Calliko ft. GlC – Cruisin (prod. by Big Head Beats)
Dark Time Sunshine – A Walk In The Park
Gunplay, Stalley, Wale, Meek Mill, And Rick Ross-Power Circle (Feat. Kendrick Lamar)
House Shoes-Nails (Feat. Quelle Chris And Guilty Simpson)
Rapper Big Pooh-The Love (Feat. Alexis Jones)
Talent Couture-Percocet and Adderall
I don’t know about you, but I think this Maybach Music deal was a mistake. I mean, I know Mr Folarin’s accountant is happy, but his fans will suffer, the music will suffer. IMO.
Wale the hipster poster rapper, recently pulled out of the D.C. Black Pride Festival because he “didn’t know Black Pride was a gay-related event when he agreed to appear.” Hahhahahahaha! That’s ripe. Read the story here.
P.S. didn’t this guy do tracks with Lady Gaga and appear in several drunken photos with Lilo? I think someone just got axed off a few black books.
I dug Rihanna’s “Umbrella” because it wasn’t a dirty metaphor it was a good and straight-forward pop-tune. “Rude Boy” isn’t a dirty metaphor either, it’s a blatantly filthy song. Wale was seemingly visited by his muse when listening to the track and decided to throw his own verse on it–I’m assuming from the point of view of the “rude boy.” I’ve really been digging this risque-Rihanna banger so I was pretty stoked to see that Wale decided to subvert(or at least expand) it. To be honest, I haven’t even listened to it yet; let’s listen together shall we?! Download it here.
Rihanna-Rude Boy (Wale-Remix)
Like it or not, this is hip hop. – 2010
Download: B.o.B ft. Asher Roth – Fuck The Money [Produced by Kanye West]
Download: Emilio Rojas – Bold and Arrogant Remix ft. Styles P & Asher Roth
Download: Freeway – Freezer’s Back
Download: Skyzoo – Bayonetta (Hi Def Remix) featuring Wale
Download: Webbz ft. Rick Ross – Presidential [Produced by Just Blaze]
Chase & Status – Saxon ft. Nicki Minaj
So Dubstep kings Chase & Status are really taking this U.S. remix/collaborative effort to heart. So far they’re 2 for 2, they got that Snoop joint, and that Jay-Z D.O.A. remix. Nicki Minaj hasn’t been covered really at all on our site, and now that I’m pondering, I’m really not sure why. She meets all the stringent criteria that we place on covered artists. She’s hella hot, she rhymes better than Asher Roth, and she’s hot shit, killing the blogs. Peep the video, Wale is totally kicking that elementary school game, you know, when you spit in a girls face because you like her but don’t want her to know it.
As any rapper should, Wale is proving fairly divisive–with people people hating, disliking, not caring, feeling and loving, I guess he’s doing something right? His debut full length is certainly different then his mixtapes. Here is my review, courtesy of Treblezine.
Despite the clever appropriations of things like tofurky, soyrizo and other animal-friendly re-workings, fledgling vegetarians are eventually forced to accept the fact that it’s unquestionably impossible–even with advanced gastronomical technology–to make these meat-free substitutions taste identical to the bloody nectar of the cows, pigs and chickens. Two years ago, various mixtape DJs were hurling beats at Wale like a zookeeper would wildebeest legs to a hungry lion. And, like the lion, the D.C.-bred rapper tore into them with famished abandon. Wale triumphantly gutted these beats of all of their original intent and replaced them with his own stampede of polysyllabic equivocations and rapid-fire metaphors. A prolific streak of mixtapes established Wale as a rapper’s rapper.
Wale is anything but a beast. 9th Wonder, I suppose he’s closer to bestiality, sans the zoophilia definition. But if I’m not mistaken Wale is in the business of disappointment as of late. His first week record sales of his first LP, Attention Deficit, were meager when contextualized within the Wale marketing scheme. This prompted a managerial gem of a disclaimer from Wale’s manager, Weisman told XXL “Wale’s the type of artist who is bigger than the metrics say he is.” Well of course he is Daniel. He’s a real beast. Peep the track and let me know, are you impressed?
Wale-Beast Prod. By 9th Wonder
This post is to let you know that I’m working on a review of Wale’s album Attention Deficit right now, should be up soon. The album is good though, know that. Perhaps even worth paying cash-money for (he’s given you enough free ish already, hasn’t he?). I also wanted to post something where I could use this ridiculous, but awesome, graphic I found; I hope to someday be reincarnated as a mixtape artist. Aside from this graphic, this pic of Wale has been used for the single to “Nike Boots” as well as the cover for The Mixtape About Nothing. It was taken while I was at URB for the cover of their 150th issue, so I always get sentimental when I see it.
Speaking of URB, they just launched their new site, scope it!
Below is–what I think is–the best track on the album “TV in the Radio” which has a guest-verse from K’Naan. Ill.
Wale feat. K’Naan-”TV in the Radio”
stay tuned for the full review
MPFREE’S
Beanie Sigel-Average Cat (Jay-Z Diss)
Wale ft. Bun B. – Mirrors (Prod. by Mark Ronson)
The Game – Better Days (Prod. by Jim Jonsin)
Reason and Storm Davis – Keep It Over There (Falside Remix)
Usher – Blockin (Prod. by Tricky Stewart)
Feature Download
MPFREE: Kool Keith, Denis Deft And Yeti Beats: Bikinis N Thongs
Interviewing Portable Payback recently I recall Marc 7 making a strong point that he was upset that Jurassic 5 had turned down an opportunity to work with the Dave Matthews Band a few years back. At first I was a little taken a back by the emphatic point Marc was making about working with a fluffy rock band who was known for making Caucasian girls swoon across our sketchy land. And then I realized that he wanted to work with them BECAUSE they had that effect on those girls heart rates. In other words, the color that matters is green. If you can ride the gravy train that is the coattails of an industry supported giant like DMB or in Wale’s case, John Mayer, than you hop on board with a smile on your face and a bib around your neck.
This new Wale track with John Mayer is not the only time these two have partaken in the same activity. Both of these musicians jumped on the New Era phenomenon of commissioning musician edition fitted caps. The Mayer fitted was straight wack, but the Wale one was pretty ill, having co-opted the Washington Nationals logo and all. Peep both fitteds after the jump, and for the record, I think Ped is still selling his Wale cap. The track will be on Wale’s Attention Deficit LP, slated for a November 10th, 2009 release.
Wale – Letter (Feat. John Mayer)(Prod. By Mark Ronson)
Too often there is way too much hard drive space being violated with horrendous media content. This myriad of crud can range from bad bestiality porn to piss poor mixtapes. So when Duck Down outright demands you “download the right thing”, you should pay note. Go delete that dirty German porn, and free up some space for some of the following artists: Sean Price, Marco Polo & Torae, Heltah Skeltah, Boot Camp and Skyzoo. If you happen to be a diseased degenerate and you’re somewhat attached to your folder of necrophilia, peep the previewed tracks first. You sick bastard!
Sean Price – Ruckdown
Skyzoo ft. Wale – Freshfest
Marco Polo & Torae ft. Rock & Lil Fame – Smoke
MPFREE: Duck Down – Download the Right Thing (Mixtape)
track listing after the jump…
