''Friday on Elm Street'' (originally titled ''Freddy vs. Jason'') is a collaborative

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by American rappers Fabolous and Jadakiss. It was released on November 24, 2017, by Street Family Records, Roc Nation, D-Block Records, Def Jam Recordings. The album is preceded by one single, "Stand Up" featuring

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Background

Fabolous and Jadakiss have collaborated on a number of tracks, including "Respect It", "The Hope", "B.E.T.", Young Jeezy's "OJ" and Troy Ave's "Do Me No Favors". The album is the speculated horror theme suggested by the title named after two of horror's most popular villains Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees. On January 7, 2017, Fabolous and Jadakiss had an interview with HipHopDX and Fab described the theme of the album during the interview.

Release and promotion

On February 29, 2016, Fabolous posted a picture on

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with Jadakiss with the caption, "Freddy vs. Jason coming soon". This indicates that Fabolous and Jadakiss are releasing a joint mixtape titled, ''Freddy vs. Jason''. On March 31, 2016, Fabolous releases a snippet of a Metro Boomin-produced song on Instagram that will appear on the album. On April 2, 2016, Fabolous and Jadakiss released a freestyle of

's " Wicked" from his mixtape, '' Purple Reign'' (2016). That same day, Jadakiss tweeted "#FreddyVsJason" to promote the album. On March 16, 2016, Fabolous confirmed he was releasing a project with Jadakiss, "Oh yeah man, he came to my party out at CIAA in Charlotte and we was talking about doing a couple things and one was to do a mixtape �� wanna do a mixtape, but we're gonna go through

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too." In October 2016, Lenny "Kodak Lens" Santiago, Senior Vice President of Roc Nation, told fans to prepare for the joint project. "Be excited about Fabolous and Jadakiss and what they’ve been talking about for months," he told Rap-Up. On January 17, 2017, the official trailer for the album was released. It's a blend of '' The Blair Witch Project'', '' A Nightmare on Elm Street'', and ''Friday the 13th''. It's about a young woman running for her life, only to be disappointed, in tears, and haunted by a familiar yet frightening tune. On November 21, 2017, the tracklist was officially revealed, and the album's title was changed to "Friday on Elm Street," as legal issues prevented the duo from naming it "Freddy vs Jason."

Singles

On January 13, 2017, the promotional single, "Rapture" featuring Tory Lanez was released. The song was produced by Vinylz and Cam O'Bi, which samples Anita Baker's, " Caught Up in the Rapture". The album's lead single "Stand Up" featuring

was released on October 31, 2017.

Commercial performance

''Friday on Elm Street'' debuted at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 35,000 album-equivalent units, of which 20,000 were pure album sales. It is Fabolous' sixth US top 10 album and Jadakiss' fifth.

Track listing

Credits were adapted from

and Tidal. Notes * signifies a co-

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* signifies an additional producer * signifies an uncredited co-producer * "Ground Up" features background vocals from Luis Santiago. * "Soul Food" features additional vocals from Daphne Larue. * "Principles" features background vocals from Range. * "Nightmares Ain't As Bad" features additional vocals from Kissie Lee. Sample credits * "F vs J Intro" contains samples of "You're a Customer" by EPMD and "I'm Glad You're Mine" by

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. * "Theme Music" contains a sample of " Far Cry" by

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. * "Ground Up" contains a sample of "Breakthrough" by

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. * "Soul Food" contains a sample of "I'm Willing to Run All the Way" by Glenn Jones and the Modulations. * "Talk About It" contains a sample of " Can We Talk" by Tevin Campbell. * "I Pray" contains a sample of "Hands of God" by Adrian Younge.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. Performers * Fabolous – primary artist * Jadakiss – primary artist *

– featured artist * Swizz Beatz – featured artist * Teyana Taylor – featured artist *

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– featured artist * Styles P – featured artist * Yo Gotti – featured artist *

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– featured artist Technical * Dayzel "The Machine" Fowler – recording engineer , mixing engineer * Steve Dickey – recording engineer , mixing engineer * Aneef Sheriff – assistant recording engineer * Ben Diehl – recording engineer Instruments * RushDee – keyboard * Ledarius Wilson – keyboard Production * Ted Smooth – producer * Mally the Martian – additional producer , co-producer * Reazy Renegade – producer * Swizz Beatz – producer * Grade A – producer * C-Sick – producer * Neo da Matrix – producer * Mark Henry – producer * KidExcluzive – co-producer * Ben Billions – producer * Schife Karbeen – producer * Sean C & LV – producer * Adrian Younge – co-producer * Marvino Beats – uncredited co-producer * Pav Bundy – producer * Doe Pesci – producer * Buku – producer * R8 – producer

Charts

References

{{Jadakiss Fabolous albums Jadakiss albums Collaborative albums Def Jam Recordings albums Albums produced by Swizz Beatz Albums produced by C-Sick Albums produced by Neo da Matrix