“Tired of Dreaming,” which features Rick Ross and Ne-Yo, is a pretty interesting effort. In the song he details his ideal woman, from her teeth to her feet. Surprisingly, the song isn’t very compelling.
For the track, Wale hooks up with Nicki Minaj and Juicy J, the reigning rap royalty of twerk songs. Both Meek and Wale’s memberships in MMG truly made their careers.įor “Clappers,” Wale samples perhaps one of the greatest family reunion/parties tracks of all time (E.U.- “Da Butt”). The hook which says, “We ain’t supposed to never have nothing/ we ain’t supposed to never have shit,” shows some more self-awareness.
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Interestingly, they shout out Pro Era frontman Joey Bada$$ and his now deceased friend Capital Steez. On “Heaven’s Afternoon,” Wale recruits his Maybach Music comrade Meek Mill for a track that tells a rags-to- riches story. Over a Marvin Gaye sample Wale raps, “Love you then they hate you/ then they love you again/ hate you then they love you/ then they hate you again.” Wale is clearly aware of his public reception. Rapping over a combination of dramatic keys and guitar strings, Wale use the track to explain the good and the bad that come with being “gifted.” For “LoveHate Thing” Wale essentially continues with the same idea as the intro.
The album opens with “The Case of The Gifted,” which includes brief commentary and a graffiti spray can. The album comes complete with big production from Just Blaze, Lee Majors, Stokley Williams of Mint Condition and more, and features Wale being self-reflective, boastful, a little flirty and even unabashedly weird. This time, however, it seems like he has somewhat found his lane. With this third album, The Gifted, listeners are once again seeing another face of Wale. Given these differing personas, it makes sense that Wale inspires such ambivalence. And unlike his first album which was somewhat of a flop, Ambition, went Gold. The rhymes were more narcissistic and boastful and the production was noticeably more club friendly. After signing with Maybach Music to release his sophomore album, Wale‘s songs began to sound like the lost tracks from Rick Ross’ Deeper Than Rap.
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The album’s content featured his thoughts on skin tones, eating disorders and other idiosyncratic topics. On his debut LP, Wale seemed a little timid and reserved. With his first two albums, debut LP Attention Deficit ( Interscope) and sophomore LP Ambition ( Maybach Music/Warner Brothers), listeners were introduced to two very different Wales. Part of this unstable reception can be attributed to Wale himself. Since making the transition from a mixtape artist to a mainstream artist, it seems as if public opinion on him has oscillated between acclaim and vitriol with not much of anything else in between. Names like Just Blaze, Lee Majors, Cardiak, and No Credit supply the beats for this more mature/still flashy release, all of it adding up to Wale's win number three.Wale is a name that comes with serious levels of ambivalence. As beefy as it gets, "Rotation" is still the puff-puff-pass weed anthem stoners wish for, with "Bad" (featuring Rihanna), "Tired of Dreaming" (featuring Ne-Yo and Rick Ross), and "Clappers" (featuring Nicki Minaj and Juicy J) coming off as great bangers that don't squander their superstar guests. "Simple Man" is self-reflection with a head-nodding beat and some witty borrowing from 2Pac then there's the great and quite big "Golden Salvation (Jesus Piece)," which juxtaposes lyrics about the Gospel and bling for a layered and interesting swagger fest. "LoveHate Thing" is a breezy summertime jam reminiscing with plenty of gun talk and reckless stories of youth, but the complicated Wale can look to his dangerous past with much love and much gratitude that he made it through those days alive. Besides being solidly built and not overstuffed at 16 tracks long, The Gifted is the fascinating sound of the life of the party growing up, and that's as in "in the process," because there are still plenty of club bangers, strip-club jams, and irresponsible moments, and all of them are welcome. While his first two efforts were smart, clever, funny, and infectious, rapper Wale was never one known to offer rich insight, but on the opening number of the aptly titled The Gifted, he spits "The status got me trippin'/I like my bitch but I like these bitches on my dick be spittin'/Tell that you feelin' different, knowin' you the bread winner," and suddenly the hook of this great album reveals itself.
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