Who does it better than these two? Seriously….WHO? Scroll through your honey dips  iPod, CD player or iTunes catalogue and I can guarantee you a record or two will pop up from one of these individuals. Finished? Ok, now scroll through your own conglomerate of music and again, I bet you one or two records will pop up.

If you’re an avid follower of The Dream and/or Fabolous, it’s painfully clear- they’re pretty damn good at what they do. And, they’re pretty damn good at doing it together (Pause, for all you prickz who still use that term).

The XXL Squad decided to further investigate how and why Fabolous and The-Dream are so good at what they do in the August issue, creatively titled “The Hip-Hop Soul” issue, of XXL Magazine.

Of course, I side swiped this issue early bird style from the one of my bootleg street vendors late last night. And if you’re a magazine fanatic like myself, I’m sure you’re doing the same as we speak.

SO, without further ado, here are a couple excerpts from Rob Markman’s (@robthemusiced) ill Fabolous feature and Clover Hope’s(@clovito) detailed and informative Q&A session with The-Dream. ENJOY!

Fabolous on why the ladies Love Loso…..

Women started feeling me just because I was that DUDE. I didn’t have to come out with my shirt off and dance. Not to knock who does do it, because its certain nig*az who that works for. Nelly will pull his shirt off in a minute. Ja will pull his shirt off in a minute. LL will pull his shirt off in a minute. They have great bodies; that’s cool for them, but that’s not for me. I’m from a different class of MC, too. I came up with different nig*az that I patterned myself after….I’m cool within myself that I don’t feel like I gotta take off my shirt to win girls over. When I start doing that, that’s when you know the recession hit us up”.

The Dream on R.Kelly……

I haven’t met him. We’ve talked through so many people all the time. We just did a record for his album- me, him and Tyrese is on this record together. I wrote a record for him called “Ringtone” two albums ago, the Double Up album. Of course he got on “Shawty Is A 10″, the remix, for me. So we go back and forth. His manager, Wayne, will be like, “Yeah, “Kelly’s 12 Play is his shit!” “Of course it’s his sh*t! ‘Cause it’s HIS sh*t. I don’t know why I haven’t ran into the guy yet. It’s weird.

Fabolous on separating street sh* and industry sh*t……

A lot of dudes do say incriminating sh*t and they talk about sh*t they’re not supposed to. That was always a hood rule: Street sh*t stays in the street. But now you see this sh*t is changing. Now street sh*t comes on camera, on YouTube, Twitter. That’s why my personal life, I was always a little secretive about what was going on in my life. And felt like I was still able to just make good music.

Christina Milian and The Dream address alleged photo shoot rumors…

Christina Milian: A lot of people been saying that we set up some. Like, please. We shop everyday. We live in Hollywood. We live in New York. We’re everywhere all the time, so it’s not like there aren’t people just following you or just popping up at your hotel or wherever you’re gonna be. It’s kinda crazy, but we don’t look for that stuff. We’re jsut living, being regular.

The Dream: True. Because, at the end of the day, Hollywood is her territory, her being an actress. So most of the time they’re probably looking for her and just somehow figured out who I was, like, “Oh that the nigga from, you know”.

Alright, that’s enough on my end. For the full features, make sure you hit your local newsstand to cop the August issue of XXL. In addition to The-Dream and Fabolous, the XXL Squad also dissects the controversial history of Hip-Hop Soul, the best of the best in regards to Hip-Hop & R&B duets and 2009’s top 10 R&B suspects to check for.

Sincerely

Low “Just another reason why magazines will never go out of style” Key

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