Wale - "WOW, That's Crazy" (Discussion Thread)

DarkmanX

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Only listened to the joint with Durk thus far & i already saved that joint to the library. Dope.

I fukk with Wale.
 

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Gifted and TAAN were both better IMO, but these last two :francis:

I feel like this album closes out better than TAAN.

For me it’s Ambition > Gifted >>>> TAAN.

Gifted had higher highs (88, Guillable etc) than Ambition but I think front to back Ambition is a better project.

TAAN didn’t really hit with me like that.

Ambition was also Wale’s first release underneath MMG. MMG during that period was a movement so the hype around the album was huge.

Might also be nostalgia for me as well :manny:
 

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''Sue Me'' album opener :wow:

Folarin byke brehhs :to:

another blassic... SHINE doesnt exist :scust:

Folarin rankings:

1) The Album About Nothing :wow: modern day blassic 9/10
2) Ambition - surprise step up from his debut 7.5/10
3) Gifted - solid but couple dead tings on the join 7/10
4) Attention Deficit - album was all over the place even tho it had 4 monster highs 6.5/10
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5) SHINE - *sigh* , the boy didnt know what he was doing on this album, dropped Black is Gold then turned the whole album into something weird smh 4/10
 

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There's a couple tracks of those eps he dropped that should of been on this album instead of some of the stuff that is on here.

This has been the story of Wales career. Ambition could’ve had Barry Sanders and Tats on my arm. There was heat on Festivus that should’ve been on TAAN.

My boy and Ungrateful &Thankful, salary Kaep, staying power :snoop:
 

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This has been the story of Wales career. Ambition could’ve had Barry Sanders and Tats on my arm. There was heat on Festivus that should’ve been on TAAN.

My boy and Ungrateful &Thankful, salary Kaep, staying power :snoop:
Cassius too

Know Me, Reminisce, New Phone and Illuminate somehow didn’t make SHiNE. :mindblown: I think his problem is overthinking the theme. He records way too many tracks and has to leave too much on the cutting board. He said he picked 15 of 46 tracks for this and left the other 31 in the vault. Can you imagine him picking through songs with his ocd self, must be a nightmare process. You don’t have to have every verse of every track fit the theme. That’s what causes every track to feel the same. Just touch on the theme here and there throughout the project so it’ll have different vibes. Sometime you just gotta bar these tracks up with high energy. I’m not saying he shouldn’t make relationship tracks, because they get you paid and women will go to concerts, but the male base in hip-hop is what makes rappers legends. And it seems like that’s his main frustration.
 
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