{{redirect|Change Up|the type of baseball pitch|changeup}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = From Nothin' to Somethin' | type = studio album | artist = [[Fabolous]] | cover = FromNothinToSomethin.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2007|6|12}} | recorded = 2006–2007 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] | length = 63:24 | label = * [[Desert Storm Records|Desert Storm]] * [[Fabolous#Street Family Records|Street Family]] * [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]] | producer = * Reefa * Freebase * [[Akon]] * [[Jermaine Dupri]] * [[LRoc]] * [[Just Blaze]] * [[Timbaland]] * [[Polow da Don]] * Big Tank * Steve Morales * Raymond "Sarom" Diaz * [[Andrew Roettger|Versatile]] * [[Don Cannon]] * Antwan "Amadeus" Thompson * [[I.N.F.O.|Nova]] | prev_title = [[Real Talk (Fabolous album)|Real Talk]] | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = [[Loso's Way]] | next_year = 2009 | misc = {{Singles | name = From Nothin' to Somethin' | type = studio | single1 = [[Diamonds (Fabolous song)|Diamonds]] | single1date = April 3, 2007 | single2 = Return of the Hustle | single2date = April 24, 2007 | single3 = [[Make Me Better]] | single3date = May 15, 2007 | single4 = [[Baby Don't Go (Fabolous song)|Baby Don't Go]] | single4date = May 22, 2007 }} }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = [[About.com]] |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rap.about.com/od/reviews/fr/Nothin2Somethin.htm |title=Fabolous - From Nothin' To Somethin' - Fabolous From Nothin To Somethin (Def Jam) |publisher=Rap.about.com |date=2007-07-24 |access-date=2015-08-01 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924065705/http://rap.about.com/od/reviews/fr/Nothin2Somethin.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> |rev2 = [[AllMusic]] |rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Andy Kellman |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/from-nothin-to-somethin-mw0000445776 |title=From Nothin' to Somethin' - Fabolous | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2007-06-12 |access-date=2015-08-01}}</ref> |rev3 = DJBooth.net |rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.djbooth.net/index/albums/review/fabolous-from-nothin-to-somethin-0618071/ |title=Fabolous - From Nothin' to Somethin' | Album Review, Stream |publisher=DJBooth |access-date=2015-08-01 |archive-date=2015-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206070537/http://www.djbooth.net/index/albums/review/fabolous-from-nothin-to-somethin-0618071 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' |rev4Score = B+<ref>{{cite web |last=Vozick |first=Simon |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/06/08/nothin-somethin/ |title=From Nothin' to Somethin' |publisher=EW.com |date=2007-06-08 |access-date=2015-08-01 |archive-date=2012-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930070332/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20041760,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |rev5 = [[HipHopDX]] |rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.808/title.fabolous-from-nothin-to-somethin |title=Fabolous - From Nothin' To Somethin' |publisher=HipHopDX |date=2007-06-13 |access-date=2015-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704202111/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.808/title.fabolous-from-nothin-to-somethin |archive-date=2008-07-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |rev6 = ''[[The Independent]]'' |rev6score = (unfavorable)<ref>{{cite web|author=Going out? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-fabolous-453127.html |title=Album: Fabolous - Reviews, Music - The Independent |access-date=2015-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226041943/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-fabolous-453127.html |archive-date=December 26, 2008 }}</ref> |rev7 = [[PopMatters]] |rev7score = {{Rating|4|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/43605/fabolous-from-nothin-to-somethin/ |title=Fabolous: From Nothin To Somethin |publisher=PopMatters |access-date=2015-08-01}}</ref> |rev8 = RapReviews.com |rev8score = {{Rating|8|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2007_06F_fromnothin.html |title=Feature for June 12, 2007 - Fabolous' "From Nothin' to Somethin'" |publisher=Rapreviews.com |date=2007-06-12 |access-date=2015-08-01}}</ref> |rev9 = [[Slant Magazine]] |rev9score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/fabolous-from-nothin-to-somethin |title=Fabolous: From Nothin' To Somethin' |publisher=Slant Magazine |date=2007-07-07 |access-date=2015-08-01}}</ref> |rev10 = ''[[USA Today]]'' |rev10score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2007-06-11-listen-up_N.htm |title=Listen Up: Keith's 'Daddy' fulfills, confounds |publisher=Usatoday.Com |date=2007-06-11 |access-date=2015-08-01}}</ref> }}
'''''From Nothin' to Somethin'''''' is the fourth studio album by American rapper [[Fabolous]]. The album was released on June 12, 2007, by [[DJ Clue]]'s [[Desert Storm Records]], Fabolous' [[Street Family Records]] and [[Def Jam Recordings]]. The production on the album was handled by [[Akon]], [[Timbaland]], [[Jermaine Dupri]], [[Just Blaze]] and [[Polow da Don]], among others.
''From Nothin' to Somethin''' was supported by four [[Single (music)|singles]]: "[[Diamonds (Fabolous song)|Diamonds]]", "Return of the Hustle", "[[Make Me Better]]" and "[[Baby Don't Go (Fabolous song)|Baby Don't Go]]". The album received generally positive reviews and was a commercial success. The album debuted at number two on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling 159,000 copies in its first week.<ref name="BB200"/> It was certified [[RIAA Certification|gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA).<ref name="RIAA"/>
==Commercial performance== ''From Nothin' to Somethin''' debuted at number two on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling 159,000 copies in its first week.<ref name="BB200">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1051425/toby-keiths-big-dog-heads-straight-to-no-1|title=Toby Keith's 'Big Dog' Heads Straight To No. 1|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Katie Hasty|date=June 20, 2007|access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref> This became Fabolous' fourth US top-ten debut.<ref name="BB200"/> In its second week, the album dropped to number nine on the chart, selling an additional 59,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1051279/bon-jovi-scores-first-no-1-album-since-1988|title=Bon Jovi Scores First No. 1 Album Since 1988|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Katie Hasty|date=June 27, 2007|access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref> On June 24, 2007, the album was certified [[RIAA Certification|gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 copies.<ref name="RIAA"/> As of October 2009, the sold over 566,000 copies in the United States, according to [[Nielsen Soundscan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hiphop-n-more.com/2009/10/xxl-scans-def-jams-entire-discography-record-sales/|title=XXL Scans: Def Jam's Entire Discography & Record Sales|access-date=2015-08-01}}</ref>
== Track listing == Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref name="liner notes">{{cite AV media notes|title= From Nothin' to Somethin' |year= 2007 |type= booklet |publisher= [[Desert Storm Records|Desert Storm]], [[Def Jam]]}}</ref> {{track listing | extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = From Nothin' to Somethin{{'-}} | note1 = Intro | writer1 = {{hlist|[[Fabolous|John Jackson]]|Sharif Slater}} | extra1 = Reefa | length1 = 2:54
| title2 = Yep, I'm Back | writer2 = {{hlist|Jackson|Jeffrey Contella}} | extra2 = Freebass | length2 = 4:27
| title3 = Change Up | writer3 = {{hlist|Jackson|[[Akon|Aliaune Thiam]]}} | extra3 = [[Akon]] | length3 = 4:26 | note3 = featuring [[Akon]]
| title4 = [[Make Me Better]] | writer4 = {{hlist|Jackson|[[Timbaland|Timothy Mosley]]|[[Scott Storch]]|[[Ne-Yo|Shaffer Smith]]}} | extra4 = {{hlist|[[Timbaland]]|Scott Storch}} | length4 = 4:13 | note4 = featuring [[Ne-Yo]]
| title5 = [[Baby Don't Go (Fabolous song)|Baby Don't Go]] | writer5 = {{hlist|Jackson|[[Jermaine Dupri]]|[[T-Pain|Faheem Najm]]|Vincent Bell}} | extra5 = {{hlist|[[Jermaine Dupri]]|[[LRoc]] {{small|(add.)}}}} | length5 = 3:36 | note5 = featuring [[T-Pain]] and [[Jermaine Dupri]]
| title6 = Return of the Hustle | writer6 = {{hlist|Jackson|[[Just Blaze|Justin Smith]]|[[Swizz Beatz|Kasseem Dean]]|[[Ghostface Killah|Dennis Coles]]|[[RZA|Robert Diggs]]|[[GZA|Gary Grice]]|[[U-God|Lamont Hawkins]]|[[Isaac Hayes]]|[[Inspectah Deck|Jason Hunter]]|[[Ol' Dirty Bastard|Russell Jones]]|[[David Porter (musician)|David Porter]]|[[Method Man|Clifford Smith]]|[[Raekwon|Corey Woods]]}} | extra6 = [[Just Blaze]] | length6 = 3:44 | note6 = featuring [[Swizz Beatz]]
| title7 = Gangsta Don't Play | writer7 = {{hlist|Jackson|Dorrell Mays|[[Chef Tone|Tony Scales]]|[[Junior Reid|Delroy Reid]]}} | extra7 = {{hlist|Bigg Makk|[[Chef Tone]]}} | length7 = 4:23 | note7 = featuring [[Junior Reid]]
| title8 = Real Playa Like | writer8 = {{hlist|Jackson|[[Polow da Don|Jamal Jones]]|S. Smith}} | extra8 = [[Polow da Don]] | length8 = 4:07 | note8 = featuring [[Lloyd (singer)|Lloyd]]
| title9 = First Time | writer9 = {{hlist|Jackson|Derryck Thornton|[[Trina & Tamara|Trina Powell]]}} | extra9 = Big Tank | length9 = 3:53 | note9 = featuring [[Rihanna]]
| title10 = [[Diamonds (Fabolous song)|Diamonds]] | writer10 = {{hlist|Jackson|Steve Morales|Raymond Diaz|[[Young Jeezy|Jay Jenkins]]|Slater}} | extra10 = {{hlist|Steve Morales|Raymond "Sarom" Diaz}} | length10 = 4:16 | note10 = featuring [[Young Jeezy]]
| title11 = Brooklyn | writer11 = {{hlist|Jackson|[[Andrew Roettger]]|[[Jay-Z|Shawn Carter]]|[[Uncle Murda|Leonard Grant]]|[[Tupac Shakur]]|[[The Notorious B.I.G.|Christopher Wallace]]}} | extra11 = [[Andrew Roettger|Versatile]] | length11 = 3:56 | note11 = featuring [[Jay-Z]] and [[Uncle Murda]]
| title12 = I'm the Man | writer12 = {{hlist|Jackson|Sharif Slater}} | extra12 = [[Reefa]] | length12 = 3:28 | note12 = featuring [[Red Cafe]]
| title13 = Joke's On You | writer13 = {{hlist|Jackson|[[Don Cannon]]|[[Pusha T|Terrance Thornton]]|[[Bo Hansson]]|[[Kenny Håkansson]]}} | extra13 = [[Don Cannon]] | length13 = 4:31 | note13 = featuring [[Pusha T]]
| title14 = What Should I Do | writer14 = {{hlist|Jackson|Antwan Thompson|Jeremy Skaller|Robert Larow|[[Ken Duro Ifill|Ken Ifill]]|Arama Brown}} | extra14 = Amadeus | length14 = 4:41 | note14 = featuring [[Lil' Mo]]
| title15 = This Is Family | writer15 = {{hlist|Jackson|Scott Novelli|Stephen Hacker|Jeffrey Whitters|[[Devin the Dude|Devin Copeland]]|[[Joe Budden]]|Paul Cain|[[Red Cafe|Jermaine Denny]]|Angelo Bond|[[William Weatherspoon]]}} | extra15 = Nova | length15 = 6:53 | note15 = featuring Ransom, Freck Billionaire, Red Cafe, [[Joe Budden]] and Paul Cain }}
{{track listing | headline = [[iTunes Store]] bonus tracks | extra_column = Producer(s)
| title16 = Supa | extra16 = [[Kanye West]], [[DJ Clue]] | length16 = 3:16
| title17 = I Shine You Shine | extra17 = [[Versatile (producer)|Versatile]] | length17 = 4:03 | note17 = featuring Makeba
| title18 = Chirp Back | extra18 = Shamtrax | length18 = 4:12 | note18 = featuring Bleu Davinci }}
'''Sample credits'''<ref name="liner notes"/> * "Baby Don't Go" contains interpolations from "Finer Things In Life", written by Vincent Bell. * "Return of the Hustle" contains resung lyrics from "[[C.R.E.A.M.]]", written by [[Ghostface Killah|Dennis Coles]], [[RZA|Robert Diggs]], [[GZA|Gary Grice]], [[U-God|Lamont Hawkins]], [[Isaac Hayes]], [[Inspectah Deck|Jason Hunter]], [[Ol' Dirty Bastard|Russell Jones]], [[David Porter (musician)|David Porter]], [[Method Man|Clifford Smith]], and [[Raekwon|Corey Woods]]. * "Diamonds" contains interpolations from "Do the Damn Thang", written by [[Fabolous|John David Jackson]], [[Young Jeezy|Jay W. Jenkins]], and Sharif Slater. * "Brooklyn" contains samples from "Biggie Tupac Live Freestyle", written by [[Tupac Shakur]] and [[The Notorious B.I.G.|Christopher Wallace]], as performed by [[Funkmaster Flex]] and [[Big Kap]]. * "Joke's On You" contains samples from "Born of a Gentle South", written by [[Bo Hansson]] and [[Kenny Håkansson]], as performed by Bo Hansson. * "This Is Family" contains a sample from "I Can't Believe You're Gone", written by Angelo Bond and [[William Weatherspoon]], as performed by [[The Barrino Brothers]].
==Personnel== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * Chris Athens – mastering * Ashaunna Ayars – marketing * David Brown – engineer * Shari Bryant – marketing * Miguel Bustamante – mixing assistant * Don Cannon – producer, engineer * Jermaine Dupri – producer, mixing * King Khaliyl - producer * Aaron Heick – saxophon * John Horesco IV – engineer * Josh Houghkirk – mixing assistant * Ken Ifill – executive producer * Terese Joseph – A&R * Just Blaze – producer, mixing * Jeff Kievit – trumpet * Tai Linzie – photography, art coordinator * Supa Engineer DURO – mixing * Jonathan Mannion – photography * [[Rob Mathes]] – arranger * Darryl "Big Baby" McClary – keyboards * Steve Morales & Sarom – producer * Sandra Park – violin * Ken "Duro" Ifill – engineer * Wen Qian – violin * TaVon Sampson – art direction * Alan J. Stepansky – cello * Phil Tan – mixing * Antwan "Amadeus" Thompson – drums, producer * Versatile - producer * Andrew Roettger "Versatile" - producer * Timbaland – producer * Dan Tobiason – mixing assistant * Steve Tolle – mixing assistant * Ryan West – engineer, mixing * [[DJ Swivel|Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young]] – assistant engineer, mixing assistant * Rebecca Young – viola {{div col end}}
== Charts == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
=== Weekly charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''From Nothin' to Somethin{{'}}'' |- ! Chart (2007) ! Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Switzerland|55|artist=Fabolous|album=From Nothin' to Somethin'|rowheader=true|access-date=October 23, 2014}} |- {{album chart|UK2|89|artist=Fabolous|date=2007-06-23|rowheader=true|access-date=October 23, 2014}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|2|artist=Fabolous|rowheader=true|access-date=October 23, 2014}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|1|artist=Fabolous|rowheader=true|access-date=October 23, 2014}} |} {{col-2}}
=== Year-end charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ Year-end chart performance for ''From Nothin' to Somethin{{'}}'' |- ! Chart (2007) ! Position |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007|work=Billboard|access-date=October 10, 2020}}</ref> | style="text-align:center"|98 |- ! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2007|work=Billboard|access-date=October 10, 2020}}</ref> | style="text-align:center"|29 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Fabolous|title=Real Talk|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2007|certyear=2007|refname="RIAA"}} {{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
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