This sounds like vintage Neptunes, as in, Chad may possibly have worked on this one. Not sure about that “Let Loose” bit, although Pharrell’s bit on the chorus is fiyaaahhh!
Posted 25th September 2009 in Award Tour, Blueprint 3, J. Cole, N.E.R.D, Wale, jay-z
What do you do when you make your 11th number one album?? Why, you go on tour, schmucks. The Blueprint 3 Tour has been announced and our our homies NERD, Wale and J. Cole have been chosen to help the cause. The bill looks great. Peep the dates and get your tickets now.
Date City Venue
Oct 09 State College, PA Penn State/Bryce Jordan Center
Oct 10 Cincinnati, OH N Kentucky U/Bank of Kentucky Center
Oct 13 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
Oct 14 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
Oct 15 Kelowna, BC Prospera Place
Oct 16 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place
Oct 17 Seattle, WA KeyArena
Oct 21 Ypsilanti, MI Eastern Michigan U/Convocation Center
Oct 23 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center (Powerhouse)
Oct 24 Providence, RI Dunkin Donuts Center
Oct 25 Amherst, MA U of Mass/Mullins Center
Oct 27 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
Oct 28 Columbus, OH Ohio State/ Value City Arena the
Schottenstein Center
Oct 29 London, ON John Labatt Centre
Oct 30 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Oct 31 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Nov 01 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
Nov 07 Fresno, CA Fresno State/Save Mart Center
Nov 12 Champaign, IL University of Illinois/Assembly Hall
Nov 19 Albuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum
Nov 20 El Paso, TX U of Texas at El Paso/Don Haskins Ctr
Nov 21 Lubbock, TX United Spirit Arena
Nov 22 Austin, TX U of Texas at Austin/Frank Erwin Center
Posted 19th June 2009 in 9th Wonder, Back To The Feature, Drake who?, LRG, Wale
LRG presents Wale x 9th Wonder- Back To The Feature
This just dropped about 4 minutes ago.
Wale corralled some of the best of the best, got a slew of beats from 9th Wonder.
This should be gooder than good.
Posted 3rd June 2009 in Chillin, DMV, Lady Ga Ga, Wale
Official video for Wale’s single “Chillin” directed by Chris Robinson. I am not really a fan of this song at all.. but I do enjoy Wale’s music. Video is aight.. some cameos.
-Blaze of Glory
(-mtouch)
Posted 21st May 2009 in Attention Deficit Tour, Best Kept Secret, DMV, Wale
Exclusive Wale photo taken by yours truly during the Toledo stop of the Attention Deficit tour.
Wale is being generous by leaking joints via Twitter. So I’m being generous by posting it right churrr. Another solid cut from Mr. Folarin.
Posted 25th January 2009 in California Love, Elitaste, U-N-I, Wale, blu
If you’re anywhere near LA on the 29th, I advise you go. The lineup looks pretty serious. And word on the street is that Wale’s live performance stock is definitely on the rise.
There’s also rumor of him doing a full-length album with UCB. That’s major because the world needs to know about go-go like, three days ago.
Posted 9th January 2009 in Nike Air 1/2 Cents, Nike Air Foamposite One, Nike Air Penny 1, Nike Air Penny 2, Wale, nike, this is just mean
Wale swore via Twitter that we’d be blogging about his shoes from a couple nights ago.
He was right.
Behold the Nike 1/2 Cents. They’ve taken every great element from the best Pennys and created a hybrid that’s all-out retarded.
I don’t know when or where. But stay awake.
Lifted from Elitaste.
Posted 2nd December 2008 in DC had to be poppin' those couple days, Nike Boots, Wale
Wale- Nike Boots
Finally. Not exactly my favorite joint from Mr. Ovechkin, but the video turned out to be one of those ‘Damn, I wish I was there’ moments.
And I don’t care who you are, when Kid Capri shows up to the set, you’re doing something right.
Posted 1st November 2008 in $port, WMF Just Blaze, Wale, Way More Fresher, grindin', hip-hop's been pretty good to me over the last couple of months
Every now and then I get so consumed with the movement, I go ahead and google our namesake just to see what kind of stake we hold. Today I did so, and found this.
Now I do remember sending the post to the Big Homie, whether or not he passed it along to Wale is an unknown. However, that there made my day. Feels good to know that people are recognizing what we’re putting forth.
Peace to Dan, Wale and everyone else over at Elitaste!!!
Posted 25th October 2008 in 10 G's on OGs bitches need their own room, DJ Toomp, Just Blaze, Lupe Fiasco, The Mixtape About Nothing, Wale, jay-z
The following post has been inspired by this and this.
Yes, the new XXL covers have created somewhat of a shitstorm amongst us blogger types. Everybody’s going through the pictures, either bigging the kids up or picking them apart every whichaway. Throughout all he say-he say (because, the ladies don’t give a shit about any of this…lol..), I figured I had to pull my own weight in this one. I’m not gonna riff about how I’ve never heard Ace Hood (??) or Asher Roth rhyme over anything (and kinda don’t care to), or how I’m just now really starting to pay attention to Mickey Factz (my bad..). I’m simply going to point out the one whom, in my humble opinion, could’ve had stood alone in all this….
Wale.
I’ll admit it, up until The Mixtape About Nothing, I had heard of Wale, but hadn’t fully heard him. At all. 100 Miles and Runnin’?? Nope. W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E.?? Negatory. Why?? Because I’m 23 years old, and I’ve seen the best of the best in hip-hop do everything there is to do. So when a new dude comes along and gets a buzz going, I simply nod my head and go play Reasonable Doubt. Yep, I’m kinda one of those guys. Sorry. Can’t help it. I’m pretty stubborn in my tastes and set in my ways. I don’t big up the mid 90’s to early 00’s because it’s the cool thing to do. I’m a product of ‘Friend or Foe’. I’m a student of ‘Ain’t No Fun’. It Was Written triggers sensory responses to where I start smelling smells and hearing noises I heard back in ‘96. That’s just the way it is.
When Wale started making his rounds on the net a little while ago, I brushed it off. My young-old man mentalities got the best of me so I wasn’t too concerned. Then I heard ‘Back On The Go-Go’ on D’s Myspace and thought ‘…okay..hmmm..’ Then I started hearing bits and pieces of this and that. Again, cool. THEN, a chance encounter with said emcee in Bape in NYC some months back (and he STILL didn’t get back regarding the beat cd. But that’s neither here nor there…for now.)
Suddenly, The Mixtape About Nothing is out.
The premise itself is ingenious. Rapper takes most beloved show in TV history, centers tracks around the show. Nice. Never really has that been done before, so it could either be flat-out ill…or god-awful. The former. The former, for sure. After a few listens, it was clear. Wale had that moment. You know the one where after that one piece of material, an artist no longer has to do the hard sell. The Young Jeezy, Trap Or Die moment. The 50 Cent, Guess Who’s Back moment. The Lupe Fiasco, Farenheit 115 moment. Word. He had one of those. That’s the moment every artist dreams about; creating that one body of work that’s so raw, yet so telling- the mission statement, if you will. It’s the set where when you’re talking to the homies about Wale, you say ‘Dude, all you gotta do is listen to the Mixtape About Nothing…’
As far as the rhymes themselves, the kid can go.
‘They tellin’ me I ain’t shit
It’s quite true, constipation takes patience..
I have that like waitress
And the game’s like an indecisive patron…’
What?!!
‘They say I’m Lupe, they say I’m Lil’ Wayne
They say I’m to Jay to portray new ‘Le..
They say I’m to nice to be a rapper, the prerequisite is gun clappin’ so what happen?
They label me a backpackin’ nigga on fashion, I laugh at ‘em
You Mr. West, I ain’t mad atcha, see..
He in his soul mode, I’m on my go-go
Only thing in common is these fuckin’ Matsumotos…’
…damn.
Not to mention joints like ‘The Kramer’, ‘Perfect Plan’, and ‘The Grown-Up’. Crazy, indeed, but they have meanings and messages that are as clear as day. Wale managed to go on and tackle all things relevant in the life of not only a young artist these days, but all things relevant to a young black man. Race, bitches, sneakers, love, lust and hip-hop were all dealt with handily. Aware, but not preachy. Silly, but not ignorant. He tightroped the lines perfectly. Best Kept Secret is also a winner here because he provided the backdrop that’ll eventually be a great marriage to come between the two. Soul x Go-go = Win. Think (for lack of a better or more recent comparison) Preemo and Guru or better yet, Little Brother and 9th Wonder.
Beyond all the famous cosigns and great clothing choices, the best thing Wale is doing is creating his own lane. DMV now has a champion, a real one. He’s not trying to be overly NYC or ATL (thank God). The idea that he has embraced and highlighted his own surroundings makes it that much easier to get into him. We’re not getting the guy who patterned himself after rappers X,Y and Z. While you can see the influences, you can also see his own spin.
Maybe I’m being a bit overzealous here. Maybe I’m overdoing it. Or maybe I’m right. Maybe Wale took it there. I haven’t been this excited about an emcee post-Hov since Lupe. That says a lot. Hopefully, everything pans out here and I don’t come off looking insane once his album finally drops. But I probably won’t because he’s working with Just Blaze, Toomp, BKS, and by the grace of 35 Gods and Heavens, me. Either way, I’m fully endorsing Wale. Eight months late.