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Stanley "Mistah F.A.B." Cox is a Bay Area rap veteran who has been an integral part of his region's sound for well over a decade. He's equally skilled at writing introspective, moving songs about his life; party tunes to get the crowd moving; defeating all comers in battle rap; and freestyling for minutes at a time over whatever beat is thrown his way.
Mistah F.A.B. has a brand new album out called Son of a Pimp, Pt. 2. It's a sequel to the album that really launched his career, 2005's Son of a Pimp. I met up with F.A.B. for a long conversation, which you can check out in its entirety here. Below, we discuss his new business ventures, as well as the career of his most successful relative. Our conversation has been lightly edited for clarity and length.
F.A.B.'s music career began in the late 1990s when he was discovered by Jazzy Jim and Gary Archer. He was featured on a number of Mac Dre's Thizz Nation mixtape compilations and quickly gained prominence in the San Francisco Bay Area hyphy movement.[2] With burgeoning national interest in Bay Area hip-hop around 2005, his single in December "Yellow Bus" shortly followed by the album Yellow Bus in January 2006, F.A.B. became the subject of a major-label bidding war, signing with Atlantic Records that September, under subsidiary, Thizz Entertainment.[3] Howbeit F.A.B., who had deep independent ties with the music business in North Oakland, decided to forgo his major label deal and ventured out to launch his own imprint Faeva Afta Music in 2008.[4]
F.A.B. is known as one of the most prominent and colorful figures of the hyphy scene since the late 2000s, and is sometimes hailed as the scene's "Crown Prince".[5] He quickly become a central figure of the hyphy movement, a musical and cultural offshoot of hip-hop from the Bay Area that carries a bass-heavy beat, blaring synthesizers and an emphasis on having fun. When F.A.B. boasted of doing "the dummy retarded" in "Super Sic Wit It," he was describing an emerging aesthetic and philosophical ideal evolving within the Rap culture at the time.[6]
F.A.B. garnered worldwide recognition on other fronts as well particularly as a battle rapper.[7] F.A.B. defeated many MCs in the niche genre, including Clyde Carson of The Team, Jin of Ruff Ryders and Royce Da 5'9 of Slaughterhouse. In October 2011, Mistah F.A.B. was featured in a mobile battle rap game, Battle Rap Stars by Jump Shot Media.[8] In 2015, F.A.B reemerged in the competitive battle rap circuit and went up against Arsonal Da Rebel in the Battle of the Bay 7.[9]
F.A.B. is an accredited multi-platinum songwriter and record producer, who has collaborated with major acts such as Snoop Dogg, Too $hort, E-40, B.o.B, Chris Brown, and Eric Bellinger. He co-wrote and published record charting platinum lead single Headband, off of B.o.B third album Underground Luxury, released in December 2013.[10] F.A.B. went on to co-write "Loyal" by Chris Brown, and the single was rewarded "Best Hip Hop Song of the Year" by the 2014 Soul Train Awards.[11]
F.A.B.'s community activism and philanthropic efforts have been highly visible throughout the years. Most notably, he hosts and organizes annual Thanksgiving turkey giveaways, backpack and school supply drives, holiday toys event and various charitable events benefiting Cancer and Domestic Violence. In August 2013, Mistah F.A.B. was named one of "10 Great Rappers With Great Charities" by Green Label a Mountain Dew Venture.[12] In 2014, Mistah F.A.B. was recognized by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, who declared Saturday, February 8, 2014 "Stanley Cox aka Mistah F.A.B. Day" in recognition of the multi-talented hometown hero's efforts to give back to the community.[13]
Stanley P. Cox was born on January 23, 1982, in Oakland, California, the son of Stanley Cox Sr. and Desrie A. Jeffery. He was raised by his mother and grandparents. F.A.B.'s father was incarcerated for much of his childhood. His father died of AIDS-related complications when F.A.B. was twelve years old.[15] He is the cousin of NFL running back Marshawn Lynch.[16]
He attended Oakland Technical High School and transferred to Emery High School where he later graduated. As a teenager, F.A.B. was an avid basketball player and point guard of his high school team. F.A.B. was forced to quit basketball after he sustained an injury on the court.
Da Yellow Bus Rydah, F.A.B.'s debut studio album for Atlantic, originally scheduled for spring of 2007, was delayed by over two years (and most recently slated for a 2009 release under the revised title The Bus Ride). However, thanks to an unusually liberal contract, he was able to keep busy with work on independent labels, instead releasing a Thizz full-length album, Da Baydestrian, in May 2007, and continuing his steady stream of mixtapes and album-length collaborations with G-Stack, Turf Talk, the Alchemist, and Glasses Malone through 2015 (including Hyphy Ain't Dead, a collaboration with Turf Talk).[19]
MC Hammer released "Raider Nation (Oakland Raiders Anthem)" along with a video in late 2013 and "All In My Mind" (which samples "Summer Breeze" by The Isley Brothers) in early 2014 with his newly formed group called Oakland Fight Club which features Mistah F.A.B.[21][22]
Personally, I am going to say how I feel and exhibit that in my music. Im not afraid to lose. I can take a chance and start again if I have to. I will give it my all because Im not afraid to go to zero.[26]
Son of a Pimp is the second studio album by American rapper Mistah F.A.B. from Oakland, California. It was released on April 19, 2005[1][2] via Thizz Entertainment. Production was handled by several record producers, including Droop-E, E-A-Ski, Gennessee Lewis, Kanye West and Sean T among others. It also features guest appearances by the likes of Bavgate, E-40, G-Stack, Mac Dre (who was shot and killed 6 months prior to the album's release), Mac Mall, Messy Marv, Miami, PSD, The Jacka, Turf Talk, and Yukmouth among others. A sequel to the album, Son of a Pimp Part 2, was released on May 27, 2016.
By all accounts, Mistah F.A.B.'s 2005 album Son of a Pimp is a classic piece of mid-aughts Bay Area rap. 10 years later, Fabby Davis Jr. has become older and wiser, trading in the yellow bus for a consciousness-signifying backpack.
Mistah F.A.B.'s Son of a Pimp 2, released on May 26, is chalk-full of features that range from Bay Area OGs Keak Da Sneak and E-40 to Jadakiss and Kendrick Lamar. Stream Mistah F.A.B.'s Son of a Pimp 2 album below via Spotify and purchase the album on iTunes.
Mistah F.A.B. is readying a new project, The Hyphy Era, produced entirely by Droop-E. The Bay Area vet says the album is a "tribute and ode" to the popular hyphy era, which emerged in the late 90s and blew up in the early and mid-2000s.
"Hyphy in my time was going to the house party in west Oakland and knew that it was fixin' to be some fights," he said. "It was gonna be turnt up, and when you see it, you were like, 'Man them niggas is hyphy.' We took that energy that was expressive and put it through music. I think a lot of people put me at the front of it because I gained a lot of notoriety during that time. But the [Sneak Da] Keek's and the [Mac] Dre's and those other people brought it to the world. We were able to take the energy from the negatives and have some fun with it. I enjoyed though, it helped change my financial status."
It's been a minute since Mistah F.A.B. has delivered a fulllength project for fans, but he's back with his new Thug Tears album. The Oakland rapper drops off his new studio LP, which contains a total of 18 tracks and a lengthy list of producers and guest features.
Outside of making some hot street records for his supporters, F.A.B. has been outspoken in his music against President Donald Trump. He unveiled his "Dear Mr. President" visuals back in October, where he sends an open letter to the country's current leader.
Last month, FAB dropped his I Found My Back Pack mixtape, which was rooted in the traditional boom-bap hip-hop vibes, instead of the Bay-centric sonics synonymous with his style. With a new album title for his next official release, FAB talked about the changes in his style, his attitude toward music and the changes in Bay Area music.
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