Tribute to Jersey pt. 2
"They call me Hussien, Fatal/ It's a two-game table/ I'm rockin' ya nigga's craddle with a knife in your navel..."
The first time I heard of Fatal Hussien he was killing shit with Tupac. Fuck, to be honest with you I never liked 'Pac that much so when I heard my man's 'Pac tape I went out and bought a copy just to hear this Fatal guy.
For those who don't know Fatal Hussien he is a former member of the Outlawz and hails from Montclair, New Jersey. I think he or Kadafi was Tupac's godson as well. Fatal has an effortless flow and is a very good writer. He killed the "Made Niggaz" track something SERIOUS too, murdering one of my favorite beats of all time.
Anyway, I feel that Fatal is highly slept on as an MC because everyone associates him with Tupac and figures he was one of his lackeys. That's far from the case. I think the real reason for Fatal not being well known is his lack of roots in a particular area and his favorite mistress is a beast of a broad known as incarseration. His first album, In the Line of Fire, has a heavy West Coast vibe and features a lot of West Coast artists (as well as East Coast heavyweights like Freddy Foxx and Tame One). His second album came out on Rap-a-Lot, a label based out of Houston, and I haven't heard it but I was told it had the typical Rap-a-Lot sound (which is no insult, just proof that Fatal doesn't have his own sound). His next album is due out on Murda Inc. This lack of consistency is why I feel that Fatal stays under the radar. There is no particular sound that Fatal can call his own. Some would call this a curse, I think it displays his dexterity as a rapper.
One of the peculiarities of Fatal's first solo is the fact that there are a lot of uncredited features. Some claim New Jersey, others shout out the Bay Area. On the track "Friday" some nameless MC shouts out "Killa Black" which was the name of Havoc's (of Mobb Deep) brother who died in a car accident a few months before Fatal's album dropped. I don't know if this was some kind of cheap-shot because 'Pac and the Mobb had beef at the time, but there are a lot of unanswered questions about the references on this album and why the MCs remain nameless. It's a shame, these guys are dope on the mic.
As far as what is up with Fatal now, who knows. Rumor has it he had a falling out with Pac after he crashed his car, then he left the Outlawz, then he spent three years in prison for slashing someone's face with a boxcutter and then stabbing that person in the stomach and intestines (gives a whole new meaning to that "knife in your navel" line I quoted above). He is all over Ja Rule's latest album and he dissed 50 Cent a few times on there as well. I also heard he has a "Fatalveli" mixtape out but I don't know the first thing about it or where to buy it for that matter. I was also told he does work with Jim Jones of the Dipset crew as well but I can't say I'm a fan of Jim Jones really.
Today I present to all of you two archives for download. The first is Fatal's first LP, In the Line of Fire, which features Tame One, Freddy Foxx, Mac Mall, and some other uncredited West Coast rhymers who are quite nice with it. The second file is a little compilation of rare and unreleased shit as well as some guest spots. A lot of this shit is exclusive and you won't find it outside of my blog.
In The Line of Fire
Fatal Hussien Rarities and Guest Spots
So what's next for the last installment of Jersey's Finest? I'm not going to tell you now but just know that I am in the process of collecting 12-15 rare/unreleased tracks by this crew plus videos and a few full albums. Stay tuned because it'll be here next week.
-MGP
"They call me Hussien, Fatal/ It's a two-game table/ I'm rockin' ya nigga's craddle with a knife in your navel..."
The first time I heard of Fatal Hussien he was killing shit with Tupac. Fuck, to be honest with you I never liked 'Pac that much so when I heard my man's 'Pac tape I went out and bought a copy just to hear this Fatal guy.
For those who don't know Fatal Hussien he is a former member of the Outlawz and hails from Montclair, New Jersey. I think he or Kadafi was Tupac's godson as well. Fatal has an effortless flow and is a very good writer. He killed the "Made Niggaz" track something SERIOUS too, murdering one of my favorite beats of all time.
Anyway, I feel that Fatal is highly slept on as an MC because everyone associates him with Tupac and figures he was one of his lackeys. That's far from the case. I think the real reason for Fatal not being well known is his lack of roots in a particular area and his favorite mistress is a beast of a broad known as incarseration. His first album, In the Line of Fire, has a heavy West Coast vibe and features a lot of West Coast artists (as well as East Coast heavyweights like Freddy Foxx and Tame One). His second album came out on Rap-a-Lot, a label based out of Houston, and I haven't heard it but I was told it had the typical Rap-a-Lot sound (which is no insult, just proof that Fatal doesn't have his own sound). His next album is due out on Murda Inc. This lack of consistency is why I feel that Fatal stays under the radar. There is no particular sound that Fatal can call his own. Some would call this a curse, I think it displays his dexterity as a rapper.
One of the peculiarities of Fatal's first solo is the fact that there are a lot of uncredited features. Some claim New Jersey, others shout out the Bay Area. On the track "Friday" some nameless MC shouts out "Killa Black" which was the name of Havoc's (of Mobb Deep) brother who died in a car accident a few months before Fatal's album dropped. I don't know if this was some kind of cheap-shot because 'Pac and the Mobb had beef at the time, but there are a lot of unanswered questions about the references on this album and why the MCs remain nameless. It's a shame, these guys are dope on the mic.
As far as what is up with Fatal now, who knows. Rumor has it he had a falling out with Pac after he crashed his car, then he left the Outlawz, then he spent three years in prison for slashing someone's face with a boxcutter and then stabbing that person in the stomach and intestines (gives a whole new meaning to that "knife in your navel" line I quoted above). He is all over Ja Rule's latest album and he dissed 50 Cent a few times on there as well. I also heard he has a "Fatalveli" mixtape out but I don't know the first thing about it or where to buy it for that matter. I was also told he does work with Jim Jones of the Dipset crew as well but I can't say I'm a fan of Jim Jones really.
Today I present to all of you two archives for download. The first is Fatal's first LP, In the Line of Fire, which features Tame One, Freddy Foxx, Mac Mall, and some other uncredited West Coast rhymers who are quite nice with it. The second file is a little compilation of rare and unreleased shit as well as some guest spots. A lot of this shit is exclusive and you won't find it outside of my blog.
In The Line of Fire
Fatal Hussien Rarities and Guest Spots
So what's next for the last installment of Jersey's Finest? I'm not going to tell you now but just know that I am in the process of collecting 12-15 rare/unreleased tracks by this crew plus videos and a few full albums. Stay tuned because it'll be here next week.
-MGP
3 Comments:
Good lookin out man ive been looking for his album. My uncle met him in passaic county prison in jersey and he put me on to him.
Peace fam.
I know Passaic County, bailed my man out of there last summer.
Yo, dope blog. keep the rare shit coming
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