Nowdays it seems like for a number of artist to blow up in a given region that area of the country must represent itself through some sort of powerful movement. Take the screw movement in Houston, Texas as a prime example. After 2005 it seems like grills, purple drank, and wet paint are the norm everywhere but H-Town. If the forefather of screw is indeed the late DJ Screw then the late Mac Dre is of comparable significance to the surging hyphy movement. In the Bay Mac Dre was the leader of a large number of fledging MCs before his untimely death, Mistah F.A.B. happens to be one of those MCs and one of the first to gain a positive nationwide lift. With 2005’s Son Of A Pimp and 2006’s Thizz Nation vol. 8 already a sign of things to come FAB is poised to show the world how to rock its Thizz face with his latest effort Da Baydestrian!

FAB jumps the album off with way too much adrenaline on the retardedly hyphy “Baydestrain”. Meanwhile Too Short and the raspy voiced Keak Da Sneak both lend there unique flows to the more sensible hyphy flavored “Sideshow (remix)”. At the beginning of “Jamonie Robinson” FAB promises to pour his heart into it, by songs end anyone who takes the time to listen will be both moved and impressed by his ability to vividly detail his encounters with his late close cousin. Too Short reappears over Bedrock’s motivational tunes on the uplifting “On Yo Way”. Whenever FAB tones down his animation he comes with much more enticing material like the Rob E produced “Get This Together”. FAB lays out the ups and downs of being an up and coming MC in today’s world on the Dogwood assisted “Feelin Fine”. Too Short makes his third and final  appearance on “Goin Crazy (Big Ol Butt)” as Fabo and 2 Dolla from D4L show what a catastrophe the snap and hyphy movement can make together. FAB saves his most introspective work for the album’s last two tracks “Deepest Thoughts” and “100 Bars”, proving that he can be both overly thoughtful and overly animated throughout an assortment of music.

With only his second solo outing FAB shoves his way to the forefront as one of the unforgettable faces of hyphy. Da Baydestrian has more than its fair share of fast forward failures yet FAB is still able to display his hometown flavor and appeal to the cross country lyric checkers. As the time goes by the hyphy movement will continue to fledge and with it up and coming artist like Mistah FAB will continue to thrive. A word to the wise, if you think that “going dumb” looks dumb then Da Baydestrian is by no account on your radar. If you like to wake and “thizz” then this will indeed fit perfectly with the rest of your Thizz Nation titles!

VERDICT – 11 / 20
LYRICS: 3
PRODUCTION: 4
DELIVERY: 2
CONSISTENCY: 2