Fat Joe chops it up with MTV about his upcoming album, The Darkside v.1.
“The people gotta understand: I don’t give a fuck right now. It’s nothing to be political, nothing to be friends about. My niggas that’s with me is the loyal niggas. Bandwagon niggas don’t rock with me. Right now, I tried to give y’all the nice guy. I tried to go, ‘Hello, Aloha’ — they don’t want Fat Joe to do that. I’mma have to do something that I’m an expert at; it’s called ‘kill people.’ That’s why it’s The Darkside: Volume 1. Once you get this one, you ain’t gonna never want Fat Joe to do anything else. Just know that this new album right here is about to be the skeleton. We about to change how every nigga do their album now. Niggas is gonna have to come hard.”
“How I figure it, you make all that pretty music, and you ain’t selling no records anyway. You might as well do what your strength is. I come from Diggin’ in the Crates, Big L, Big Pun. I come from this hard shit. I’m not playing with niggas. The mask is off, the gloves is off. We darkin’ out, we don’t care. We leaving fingerprints at the police scene so they can find it on purpose.”
I’ve got to admit, I’m looking forward to this. When Joey is on his gritty NY shit, it’s dope. Hit the jump for the Jeezy/single talk.
Joe is working with Young Jeezy, Busta Rhymes, DJ Khaled, Cool & Dre, Alchemist, Street Runner and more on the LP. Scott Storch is also set to dish out beats.
“Some people wish, they wish it was over,” he laughed. “I got some things that’s gonna light up the airwaves. My first single I’m gonna put out, me and Young Jeezy, when Funk Flex hears this, he’s gonna play it from 7 at night, till 11 at night. No other songs played on the station, no interruption. The worst thing you can do to Fat Joe is back him in the corner or back him down till he’s got no breathing room. He’s a warrior. He’s a conquistador. He’s coming out fighting and swinging harder than ever. … Fat Joe’s walked through fire and the coldest of winters.”
Obese joe… Still Relevant?
wats his last song u heard?
nothing!!
wats kevin federlines best moment
NOTHING!
what does rick ross do
NOTHINGG!!
i hope to god hes not on anything new big l related when it comes.
I agree as well on New Yitty Gritty Joe. He’s not as annoying when he does NY grimey music instead of that bullsh** Miami sh** he be on. F*** going Southpaw.
He’s Got My Attention
after reading what he got in store for us, why young jeezy? we dont like him.. but im ready to hear this.. feelin amped up now..
*plays nas represent*
Hows he gonna talk about getting back on his D.I.T.C. days and then say he’s working with Young Jeezy, Khaled, Cool & Dre etc. These people are the definition of mainstream hip-hop, and is what Joe has been doing for a minute now. He needs to understand he can’t have the subject material Pun and Big L had way back when. Fat Joe is an old man now, has a little bit of money, and has made joints with Nelly, Lil Wayne, JLo etc…how’s he gonna come with that material and be taken seriously? That White was the only dope track of his last album, and that was mostly due to the Preemo production. This talk about how he’s gonna change how other people make albums by putting on the same old producers, with the same features from the same rappers is funny to me. You wanna change hip-hop Joe? Make a time machine and sacrifice your life for Big Pun’s or Big L’s…that’s your only chance.
I wonder how NY is gonna receive this tho, after he’s been on his Miami shit for the past few. With that said, I’m interested.
didnt they just name him one of the one hit wonders of the past ten years? i think he’s trying too hard talking about he’s gonna change the game with this album saying rappers are gonna have to come harder after…..smh
If he brought it back to the “shit is real” days… it might work… I am interested to see what comes of this. Gotta respect dude, he been making money in the business for time… I guess he saw Raekwon do his thing and bring it back to the roots, and he was like ahh hell, imma do it too.
YouGotRondo’d that ellephany in the room album with that white wasnt his last album, he had one last year j.o.s.e. 2. only good song was ice cream with raekwon, only liked the beat n raekwons verse..
u people do realize no one listens to fat joe or jeezy too much nowadays they rap abt the exact same thing
Say what you want about Joe, but when he dropped Safe 2 Say (The Incredible) as a first single, heads still slept on the album. And that shit was molten fuckin lava. His next album was 90% gritty shit and dudes slept on him again. So he got on that Miami shit. Personally, I believe him if he says he’s going dark on the next joint, because this IS the same guy who made Jealous Ones Envy, which was mid 90s classic heatrocks all the way through.
J.O.S.E. 2 was indeed garbage though.
I still might have to write this one off. A lot of rappers say “I’m gonna go back to my roots”, but that shit doesn’t always work. It might be the same Fat Joe we’ve been hearing the past few years with better beats.
im intreted too and i agree with Marlon Gibbs, i think Raekwon opened his eyes but like YouGotRondo’d said i dont think he can do some street shit after goin mainstream.
You never know tho, this cat could make a comeback.
ima listen to it
LOL @ espn first take talking to only raiders players about players that actually make the playoffs
i question a lot of you folks credibility..do you really listen to music? or do you just play favorites with some artists and hate others without giving them a chance..I’ve never been a fan of fat joe, but I know he’s capable of making good records..last one i heard was the one with the Jimmy hendrix sample..if he claims hes gonna do dat ny gritty shit whatever, i can bet it’ll be better than what 50 cent made, that was so called “griity” lol
The f**k you niggaz talkin bout??? We don’t rock that shit in Miami…
jEEZY DON’T DO IT.
if i heard a guy rockin fat joe usually a girl
jus sayin
if he really wants to get gritty with this album….get alchemist to produce the entire album…..them and only then will he be on that hard shit…ALC!!!!!!!!!
-enough with the the songs for the bitches….they dont listen to hiphop…..(well most of them)…..fuck that….
You gotta give the man his props, like he hasn’t really fallin’ off, like he said he’s fighting and still swinging, 50 did not Ja Rule this dude, Joe is still releasing albums still trying to get that hit, but I think this just might be the album that gets people to realize that. Goodluck Joe. Don’t disappoint.
Joe is working with Young Jeezy, Busta Rhymes, DJ Khaled, Cool & Dre, Alchemist, Street Runner and more on the LP. Scott Storch is also set to dish out beats.
Sounds pretty Dark to me … BAHAHAHA
Joe dropped dope material when he was thumbin through Pun rhyme book. Not before that and not since then. Dude is not talented and he ran down south after fif ja ruled him. He’s only relevant cuz wayne and khaled felt sorry for him.
joey crack is back i like it. his gritty shit are bangers,,2010 year of no bs!
50 did not Ja Rule this dude
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50 didnt do shit, it was eminem with “bully”.
50 lost to.. nas “dont body urself” “QGTM”, the lox/d block “problem child” “check mate”, fat joe “fuck 50 my fo fo”. the game, tooo many niggas killed 50 lyrically its not even funny.
Hate it or love it this guy is an NY legend and has made some classic NY street gritty albums
Unfortunately The Bronx doesn’t really care anymore.
But I do. Ya gotta Flow Joe! lol
sounds interesting.. dude sounds focused
Im frum da BX…..wit that bein sed, fuck Fat Joe
man..if that DITC Joey Crack comes back…then its on……but u know what…none of his past albums have never really been that bad..they just didnt get the marketing needed..sound/production wise they were cool with me. HELLO ALLOOHAAA!!!!!!!
Thank Gawd for That Whiiiiite!!! i’d bump a full album of joints like that but no preemo was mentioned
shake loves to flip flop… i remember seeing posts where he completely hated joe… think outside the box, homie.
Cosigning fat crack is signing away your credibility, bottom line.
Pun was so dope, Fat Joe made a career off of just having known him.
I’m losing my patience with this guy. His last album sucked incredibily. On da reals there was not a single song i fucked with and the only one I could stomach led to Joe pissing over the sample.
50>>Joe (and Joe’s been doing this how long? smh)
Let’s hope Fat Joe still has that Jealous Ones Envy grime in him. There were some cuts off Me, Myself, and I that were tough. People sleep on Joe, man.
Is It Just Me Or Did He Say The Police Fingerprint Line Twice?
Damn niggas is trippin’ Jeezy is the truth! TM103 most anticipated release of the year and J.Cole’s debut. Jeezy is like the epitome of that grimey gritty rap for today, so it’s understandable Fat Joseph wants to have him on the single.
I thought Ice Cream with Raekwon and Music were pretty dope… Fat Joe has talent, but he doesn’t use it when he needs it
the tracks with alchemist are going to be the hardest
Fat Hoe will ALWAYS BE GARBAGE!!! Only BIG PUN could salvage that fool!
Oh yeah and Fat Hoe always sounds like he’s bitin’ off someone else’s style! Yall can’t deny that!
I went back to listen to Fat Hoe’s DON CARTEGENA and that shit only had 4 HOT TRACKS ON THE WHOLE SHIT!!! WTF HOE? You only hot on APPEARANCES!
Fat Joe is suuuper underrated. His beat selection is on point too. Looking forward to this album
IF and that’s a big IF, Fat Joe gets on his Twinz 98 type shit, the album could be dope. However, look at the artists/producers it says he working with. Looks exactly like what he’s been doing the past 4 or 5 years. No thank you.
he always says something to that effect, but doesn’t deliver. If he gets some D.I.T.C. features I’ll be convinced.
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Fat Joe – Smack That Shit (prod. Scott Storch) | 2dopeboyz said this on January 11th, 2010 at 10:34 am
hell yea fat joe tera era squad for life best rapper alive n still going make music.
the album does go hard a.f tho ,real shit