Wale got dropped by Atlantic because album SHiNE, flopped!

[BmoreGorilla]

Been down with Wale since Dig Dug. His mixtape game always been on point. Especially More About Nothing and Folarin. Real inconsistent with the albums tho.

If you think about it his career trajectory basically been the exact same as the sneaker game

 

[sayyestothis]

Wale =

 

[Gizza]

There was a thread last year on why he wasn't more popular out of his era. A classic case of talent alone not the true indicator to a super star. You see the same in sports. Just feed your base & tour if he can't get another shot in the mainstream.

 

[ThiefyPoo]

He released that song with G-Easy instead and thought he was good

Breh as a fan of his shyt is hella frustrating .

 

[Real N Quotes]

Wale is dope when he stays in his lane

Last album was

Everything else I fuk with

 

[AKM-95]

Wale should be fine cause he knows how to make decent radio friendly music and on top of that if things get really bad he can get a spot on WWE as a celebrity/personality for a payday.

 

[O.G.B]

How do you get a sample like this cleared . Do a video and still not put this song on the album .





He needs to stop giving his best songs away for free like Ross told him .


Get back to making great music and stop worrying about who you better than .


@NV-ME listen to the song I posted .

He dropped that right before his last album why wasn't this a single .

Makes no sense, this was a potential hit.

 

[Spacely Sparkus]

If you think about it his career trajectory basically been the exact same as the sneaker game

Big Wale fan fr. He did a lot imo w/ his circumstances but this shyt is fukkin hilarious

He'll bounce back tho, prolly moving over to Epic + his relationship wit other peers

fukk Atlantic anyway, trash roster wit their talent that never did Wale 1st week #'s (yess, all the new nikkas, I been watching the sales). Capitalism over art. It is what it is.

He still delivered 5 albums.......

 

[Marlo Barksdale]

U realize they always have options on every contract right.

Maybe he was DROPPED because they didn’t PICK UP the option.

Wale was saying in 2016 that Shine was going to be his last album on Atlantic because they didn't see eye-to-eye at all and weren't promoting him (same way Atlantic did TI & Def Jam did Jeezy on their farewell albums). "PYT" was a hit but Atlantic dragged their feet on it and didn't release the album until a year later.

I remember he had interview a year or two ago (I wanna say Hot 97 or Breakfast Club) where he was heavily inferring that he couldn't wait to be out of his Atlantic deal and saying stuff like "I'll be a free agent" & "I'm not going to say anything about my label to futher delay my album so shoutout to Atlantic" when asked about the push backs.

 

[KravenMorehead™]

Lupe had the same issues w/ atlantic

 

[Izanami]

 

[KravenMorehead™]

i almost didn't buy ambition cause it wasn't on it. I thought about postin this earlier

I thought "reminisce" and "know me" were gonna be on Shine too. Nope...

 

[Ziggiy]

I honestly think he put out some bullshyt with Shine to get off the label. That’s the ONLY excuse for that abortion of an album...

And we all talking bad about Wale when we’ve had examples time and again that ATLANTIC is the real problem. Saigon, TI, Lupe, and now Wale. That label sucks the soul out of the most talented rappers.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I honestly think he put out some bullshyt with Shine to get off the label. That’s the ONLY excuse for that abortion of an album...

And we all talking bad about Wale when we’ve had examples time and again that ATLANTIC is the real problem. Saigon, TI, Lupe, and now Wale. That label sucks the soul out of the most talented rappers.

Add Little Brother to that list

 

[Cory MBA]

He is dope. Stop experimenting. Just rap.

Current personal top 5 when he is on.

"When you bring up money, God leaves the room."