Recorded 2016–present Label Roc Nation Records | Artists Fabolous, Jadakiss Genre Hip hop music | |
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Freddy vs. Jason
(2016) The Young OG Project 2
(2016) Similar Fabolous albums, Hip hop music albums | ||
Freddy vs. Jason is an upcoming collaborative album by American rappers Fabolous and Jadakiss.
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Background
Fabolous and Jadakiss have previously linked up on "Respect It", "The Hope", "B.E.T.", Young Jeezy's "OJ" and Troy Ave's "Do Me No Favors". The two have shared sonic space on remixes and other tracks as well, as any two rappers around for as long as these guys are bound to cross paths frequently. The album is the speculated horror theme suggested by the title named after two of horror’s most popular villains Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees.
Release and promotion
On February 29, 2016, Fabolous posted a picture on Instagram with Jadakiss with the caption, "Freddy vs. Jason coming soon". This indicates that Fabolous and Jadakiss are releasing a joint mixtape titled, Freddy vs. Jason. On March 31, 2016, Fabolous releases a snippet of a Metro Boomin-produced song on Instagram that will appear on the album. On April 2, 2016, Fabolous and Jadakiss released a freestyle of Future's "Wicked" from his mixtape, Purple Reign (2016). That same day, Jadakiss tweeted "#FreddyVsJason" to promote the album.
In an interview with Bootleg Kev, Fabolous confirmed that they are releasing a mixtape together, "Oh yeah man, he came to my party out at CIAA in Charlotte and we was talking about doing a couple things and one was to do a mixtape[…]I wanna do a mixtape, but we're gonna go through iTunes too."