I always felt like Fab’s stagnation always boiled down to he was a superficial rapper void of anything noteworthy to speak on
Its why I avoided buying anything from The Kiss (Love Him) Cass, Banks, Fab type of crowd
He’s been out for decades but what do you know about him? Sure LL wasn’t the most introspective guy but LL is a legend and it worked for him.
Fab had nothing to offer on a transcendent level so he chased trend after trend after trend. Production, slang, song making etc It never originated with him but he certainly took a swipe at it
He didn’t give birth to any sound nor innovative approach to making albums.
Albeit successful, Fab represents how the wheels came off of NYC. Not as imaginative, charismatic, talented or creative as his predecessors but ripe with connections.