Wale Been in the Game for Almost a Decade without a Definitive Sound/Style

[GoldenGlove]

Shine is better than the new album

I don't know, I think the new album has higher high points than Shine, but Shine might have less skips which is crazy when you think about it.

 

[drugxglory]

Logic is what you get when you drain the melanin from Kendrick Lamar

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

I don't know, I think the new album has higher high points than Shine, but Shine might have less skips which is crazy when you think about it.

wow thats crazy

 

[SnowflakesByTheOZ]

Good post OP. New song sounds horrific, I can't even say what style of music that is tbh.

It all starts with something about his personality being off-putting. Not sure what it is. When you see famous artists pose with famous artists it usually makes sense. With Wale you get the sense that somehow he is fake, in a world of fake people, which is an achievement.

Musically: I -years deep in his career- have a hard time quoting 1 Wale line. My favorite song he made is the song where there's this bed up-and-down sound, but I keep forgetting the title of the song but it's a song that was ultimately covered by Rihanna. I think his pocket was going to be/would be the beautiful, natural sisters music with a very small slice of materialism and gangsta.

How he was signed to MMG, very unclear to me. I know Rozay likes soulful music but..

Then there have been these moments where Wale gets angry at a sports commentator for saying Drake is more famous than him (which obviously is true) that tell you his character is shaky.. and why he is someone we all know but nobody fukks with heavy in Hip-Hop (besides him fighting on Twitter with fans demanding them to think he's a great artist ...)

Damn never seen this. This is the exact reason why people don't fukk with Wale. He's just hyper sensitive and cringe. He's a good rapper but if people don't rock with your personality they're not gonna buy your product

 

[Guvnor]

His signature sound or at least one he revisits is that On Chill/Lotus Flower Bomb type style.

 

[raoulduke187]

breh is just not that good of an artist so he can't live up to his own hype

 

[360dagod]

Good post OP. New song sounds horrific, I can't even say what style of music that is tbh.

It all starts with something about his personality being off-putting. Not sure what it is. When you see famous artists pose with famous artists it usually makes sense. With Wale you get the sense that somehow he is fake, in a world of fake people, which is an achievement.

Musically: I -years deep in his career- have a hard time quoting 1 Wale line. My favorite song he made is the song where there's this bed up-and-down sound, but I keep forgetting the title of the song but it's a song that was ultimately covered by Rihanna. I think his pocket was going to be/would be the beautiful, natural sisters music with a very small slice of materialism and gangsta.

How he was signed to MMG, very unclear to me. I know Rozay likes soulful music but..

Then there have been these moments where Wale gets angry at a sports commentator for saying Drake is more famous than him (which obviously is true) that tell you his character is shaky.. and why he is someone we all know but nobody fukks with heavy in Hip-Hop (besides him fighting on Twitter with fans demanding them to think he's a great artist ...)

They violated

 

[Izanami]

Raps over soulful beats and rnb/hip hop mash ups

That’s his style and he thrives in that lane. Would like to see him work more with Bink! and Jake One

 

[Guvnor]

breh is just not that good of an artist so he can't live up to his own hype

In your opinion has krit lived up to his hype?

 

[jaguar paw]

He’s trying his hardest now to accept the reality that he raps for a living.

 

[KravenMorehead™]

I thought he had turned a corner with Ambition. That album still goes hard to this day


The thing with Wale is that his female centric songs ARE his wave. He's better at female empowerment/dedication anthems than any of his peers and I'm including Kendrick, Drake's tent, and J.Cole in that sentence. Wale can write a female centric song that brings ALL of them to shame...

It's why Summer On Summerset is his best work in years. If Wale were to make a concept album about the ups and downs of a relationship I guarantee it would be a classic.

Also I think he's too obsessed with being mentioned as a great alongside Cole, Kendrick, and the artist by committee known as Drake. I know the need to be the best is supposed to be something that every MC pushes towards, but Wale sometimes needs to STFU and let the music just speak for itself.

With that said he's a dope MC and supremely underrated and I think he still has that defining album in him, the funny thing is that Wale might be one of those artists who fukks around and experiences a "second prime" and drops a classic when NOBODY expects him too.

Ziggrodamus

 

[DropTopDoc]

He always strikes me as the cat that knew he was good, but could never find consistency, through lack of effort or career decisions, his hardest work was the mixtapes about nothing, other than that, a feature here, a track there, but no defining album, he’s always a step away from a hit cross over, which i think would suit him

 

[raoulduke187]

In your opinion has krit lived up to his hype?

in terms of music quality, yes

popularity wise - no

 

[Guvnor]

in terms of music quality, yes

popularity wise - no

Same could be said for Wale. he has made some dope music imo.