Why isn't Wale bigger/more popular than he is?

[ImChrissyB]

Wale is pretty successful but I do personally feel he could be bigger.
And he's had a string of great albums, he's also improved significantly as a rapper
from 06/07 to now.

He's only gotten nicer and his albums have only gotten more thematically ambitious.
He gets unfair hate on TheColi .


I don't think we know what you mean at all.

Basically he didn't get fukked by the white man and when I say 'fukked' I don't mean gay shyt I mean he didn't change his persona. He stuck with a sound that gave him a specific audience and kept it that way instead of switching up. No illuminati conspiracy, no booty giving smh believe it or not, the industry is still conniving nothing has changed. I have three family members who were there and trust me that switching up your image for the mainstream shyt is real damn

 

[ImChrissyB]

what are you talking about?

Basically he didn't get fukked by the white man and when I say 'fukked' I don't mean gay shyt I mean he didn't change his persona. He stuck with a sound that gave him a specific audience and kept it that way instead of switching up. No illuminati conspiracy, no booty giving smh believe it or not, the industry is still conniving nothing has changed. I have three family members who were there and trust me that switching up your image for the mainstream shyt is real damn. He refused to be flexible with his sound and that can hurt an artist in the long run. Like I said.. he didn't give in to demands

 

[ImChrissyB]

You have it all wrong.

it's because of his personality/behavior and the fact he boxed himself in trying to cater to the new demographic that went out and bought his shyt.

You must forget.... Interscope put Lady Gaga on his shyt....for his Lead single with that " Wale refuses to sit in the directors chair" shyt.

Basically he didn't get fukked by the white man and when I say 'fukked' I don't mean gay shyt I mean he didn't change his persona. He stuck with a sound that gave him a specific audience and kept it that way instead of switching up. No illuminati conspiracy, no booty giving smh believe it or not, the industry is still conniving nothing has changed. I have three family members who were there and trust me that switching up your image for the mainstream shyt is real damn.. He wasn't versatile with his sound knowing he could have and probably should have been. He chose the lane he wanted and stayed on that path musically. Like I already said, he didn't give in to demands aka give in to the white mans orders aka sit in the directors chair smh you going way outta field there.

 

[ImChrissyB]

@ the conspiracy theories people come up with for rappers that aren't as popular as they think they should be.

Like for how long can you claim that you weren't down to commit homosexual acts, and that's why your music wasn't hot enough to keep your career afloat?

Basically he didn't get fukked by the white man and when I say 'fukked' I don't mean gay shyt I mean he didn't change his persona. He stuck with a sound that gave him a specific audience and kept it that way instead of switching up. No illuminati conspiracy, no booty giving smh believe it or not, the industry is still conniving nothing has changed. I have three family members who were there and trust me that switching up your image for the mainstream shyt is real damn

 

[Pier7]

Basically he didn't get fukked by the white man and when I say 'fukked' I don't mean gay shyt I mean he didn't change his persona. He stuck with a sound that gave him a specific audience and kept it that way instead of switching up. No illuminati conspiracy, no booty giving smh believe it or not, the industry is still conniving nothing has changed. I have three family members who were there and trust me that switching up your image for the mainstream shyt is real damn

Word, I cant believe these simple nikkas went straight for the gay shyt. I thought your statement was pretty clear as day. A perfect example of what your talking about is The Weeknd. He was struggling in the industry until he decided to play ball with the major's and let them clean up and shape his image to their liking, then all of a sudden he became a pop icon.

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[KingOFKings]

Thread starter must live under a rock. Wale's album this year was number 1 on the billboard charts...that's pretty much as big as it gets for hip hop/rap these days. He is up there, not tier 1 popularity like Drake obviously..yet he's like tier 1b, right under it.

By the way..he just wrote most of Black Dollar

 

[ImChrissyB]

Word, I cant believe these simple nikkas went straight for the gay shyt. I thought your statement was pretty clear as day. A perfect example of what your talking about is The Weeknd. He was struggling in the industry until he decided to play ball with the major's and let them clean up and shape his image to their liking, then all of a sudden he became a pop icon.

nikka went from



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Exactlylol glad someone gets it!

 

[JYoung24]

he's not really that good looking

Most rappers aren't look at Lil Wayne . Wale is a regular looking dude

 

[CrimsonTider]

Thread starter must live under a rock. Wale's album this year was number 1 on the billboard charts...that's pretty much as big as it gets for hip hop/rap these days. He is up there, not tier 1 popularity like Drake obviously..yet he's like tier 1b, right under it.

By the way..he just wrote most of Black Dollar

He definitely wrote the 1st verse of foreclosure

 

[The G.O.D II]

No homo, but he forgot to add "ugly"..... U can see kanye pulling hoes of all shades....Kendrick is not in the Wale realm of ugliness (again no homo) although he is short and dark.

It's not eem the dark part cuz if u're dark with desired features u're good but Wale just has the trifecta and that's a lot to overcome..... that's just the game.

Top ten gayest post on Coli history

 

[THE MACHINE]

@ImChrissyB you know you can use that multi quote right? You don't have to quote and respond 1 by 1 . I hear what you are saying though.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Basically he didn't get fukked by the white man and when I say 'fukked' I don't mean gay shyt I mean he didn't change his persona. He stuck with a sound that gave him a specific audience and kept it that way instead of switching up. No illuminati conspiracy, no booty giving smh believe it or not, the industry is still conniving nothing has changed. I have three family members who were there and trust me that switching up your image for the mainstream shyt is real damn.. He wasn't versatile with his sound knowing he could have and probably should have been. He chose the lane he wanted and stayed on that path musically. Like I already said, he didn't give in to demands aka give in to the white mans orders aka sit in the directors chair smh you going way outta field there.

You clearly don't know what you're talking about.

Wale was the hipster/hypebeast rapper who got signed to Interscope... and then in 2009 put this shyt out



Dre Beats placement,$200k Benz in the video, Lady Gaga, trying his best to be the "voice of DC"..... nikka even was posing in front of High Schools he didn't even go to.

and that shyt flopped.

Let's go down the "Give into the White Man's Orders" checklist
- Lady Gaga
- Make your video to represent what we're branding you as
- Endorse a product we have a financial interest in


The crowd that currently listens to Wale...doesn't know shyt about Niketalk,Hypebeast,NahRight, or 2DopeBoyz....or that an entirely different crowd listened to his music before they got on board with Lotus Flower Bomb and Ambitious Girl

 

[SirBiatch]

You clearly don't know what you're talking about.

Wale was the hipster/hypebeast rapper who got signed to Interscope... and then in 2009 put this shyt out



Dre Beats placement,$200k Benz in the video, Lady Gaga, trying his best to be the "voice of DC"..... nikka even was posing in front of High Schools he didn't even go to.

and that shyt flopped.

Let's go down the "Give into the White Man's Orders" checklist
- Lady Gaga
- Make your video to represent what we're branding you as
- Endorse a product we have a financial interest in


The crowd that currently listens to Wale...doesn't know shyt about Niketalk,Hypebeast,NahRight, or 2DopeBoyz....or that an entirely different crowd listened to his music before they got on board with Lotus Flower Bomb and Ambitious Girl

I was wondering how long it'd take for someone to mention "Chillin."

LOL at Wale not having chances. Dude was given a Gaga feature (at the height of her career).

He's just trash. And there's only so many trash artists allowed to have the spotlight at one time.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

I was wondering how long it'd take for someone to mention "Chillin."

LOL at Wale not having chances. Dude was given a Gaga feature (at the height of her career).

He's just trash. And there's only so many trash artists allowed to have the spotlight at one time.

People really forget that Wale got an opportunity that most upcoming rappers would do ANYTHING for.

imagine, getting a feature from one of the biggest artist on the planet for your lead single, and a huge roll out from your label....and end up getting dropped cause you were making music nobody wanted to hear.

 

[jamaicaiwonder1993]

Is this some kinda inside joke?