Artist: Petey Pablo
Genre(s):
Other
Rap: Hip-Hop
Reggae
Discography:
Still Writing In My Diary: 2nd Entry
Year: 2004
Tracks: 17
Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry
Year: 2001
Tracks: 18
Same Eyez On Me
Year:
Tracks: 18
Rather than pickings the underground route like most Southern rappers, Petey Pablo took the direct route into the rap game: he went uncoiled to the top. Though few knew much around him, Pablo of a sudden skint in late 2001, and non just in the South only from seacoast to coast -- MTV rotated his video and urban wireless championed his debut single. That unmarried, "Raise Up," took the U.S. by storm, breakage into Billboard's Top 30 pop singles and Top Ten R&B singles, not to mention the endless weeks of airplay. Before his debut album even streeted, he was a home name. Pablo's widespread success and commercial acceptation is perhaps to the highest degree bewitching because the North Carolina native is anything merely glamorous. Often shirtless and undecorated with jewelry and representing either the ghetto or the country, Pablo delineated an earthier and more realistic embodiment of the stereotyped Southern black-market man.
Pablo crataegus oxycantha take catapulted to stardom overnight, simply he strained for days before acquiring his big break. Born in Greensville, NC, he eventually moved to New York when he became unplayful near breakage into the whack game. There, he managed to befriend such notability figures as Busta Rhymes, Mystikal, and Black Rob. His recorded debut came on a remix of the latter's "Whoa!," which caught the attention of many, including Timbaland. Then, piece at a cabaret in New York, Jive's pass of A&R happened to try Pablo falling some rhymes with Black Rob, and afterward gestural him to a contract. Jive then gave Pablo a chance to shine on Mystikal's Let's Get Ready record album, while, about this same fourth dimension, Missy Elliott introduced Pablo to Timbaland, wHO had been curious about the doorknocker e'er since hearing him on the "Whoa!" remix. Jive made the quislingism happen, and the label constitute itself with a sure-fire debut exclusive, "Bring up Up."
"Raise Up" first-class honours degree began acquiring airplay in late summer 2001, beginning in the South and airing like a virus from there. It wasn't longsighted before the video recording was all over MTV and the song was crawl up the Billboard charts. Eventually peaking at number 25 pop and number nine-spot R&B, "Raise Up" remained on the charts for months and adjust the degree for Diary of a Sinner, Pablo's debut album. The record album featured trey Timbaland tracks as well as productions by Prophecy, Chucky Madness, Abnormal, and Pablo himself. Not surprisingly, it sold many, many copies, qualification Pablo some other of the overnight superstars produced by the early-2000s Dirty South manna from heaven.
Merely and so not a good deal came of Pablo. Journal of a Sinner failed to engender a follow-up single of much order of magnitude, and Pablo made very few edgar Guest appearances. Jive scheduled his sophomore album for late 2002 only and then pushed it back indefinitely. It wouldn't be until mid-2004 that Jive in the end released Still Writing in My Diary: second Entry, by which point a great many whack listeners had disregarded some Pablo. The album's lead exclusive, "Freek-a-Leek," did its line well, however. Produced by the then hot Lil Jon, the sexually denotative birdsong was successful in many shipway: it returned Pablo to the upper reaches of the Billboard charts; garnered endless play on urban radio and music video; crossed over well to the female consultation; became a club favorite overnight; and perked interest for the long-delayed Noneffervescent Writing in My Diary.
