Yes the tape was a trending topic on Twitter when it came out about a week ago, and Mr. Folarin says he got over 100,000 downloads in less than 90 minutes when it dropped. A nice little ego booster, but Wale says he still feels the same way about selling 28,000 the first week his LP Attention Deficit (2009) dropped.
“It damages your pride, your ego, it makes you think you’re not doing something right,” said in his hometown of Washington, D.C. “I wanted to channel the Wale [that existed] before I ever signed a record deal…”
…”That’s why you hear that vigor and hunger in my voice while I’m rapping. I was trying to go super-crazy in the booth to let them know that the hunger is still there. It’s to my label, the fans, to the doubters. I’m trying to prove myself. A lot of people try to reinvent themselves. I’m trying to define myself. It’s almost like it was a rough draft of my mission statement before, but this is the final draft. If y’all didn’t know who Wale was before, you know now. And the play on Nothing is that a lot people are saying nothin’, but we’re saying somethin’ now.” –
MTV
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Is he talking about Kid Cudi,Damn what happened Scotty!
The mixtape is better then most people’s albums. Different approach but just as if not more impressive as No Ceilings. Execpt Wale did it without as recent pop beats.
Wale sold 20k because he thought he could sell a half-assed single just because Lady Gaga was on it. I liked Attention Deficit but I admit he sunded desperete most of the cd.
@spaceman , I think you mean his LABEL thought he could sell the single. Its pretty evident how he felt about it on the first track of More About Nothing if you listened. Regardless vintage Wale is what everyone got on MAN
Whale should get a job at McD’s and just stick to what he does best, make mixtapes
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LMAO, uhh…if you’re making quality mixtapes like Wale, you can easily make a lot of $$$ off shows…how do you think Wiz Khalifa, Curren$y, Blu, Fashawn, etc. are making money? def not off album sales…
Word I just realized he was talkin bout Cudi.. “You just a man on the moon” line.
Wale is such a herb. He’s been acting like a platinum artist for 4 years now. Nobody is more deserving of 28,000 sales first week than this ego-maniac.
damn 28 thats a damn shame cause the album is great_ motherfuckers jus dont support real talk _ needs videos for 90210 and shades!
#hit the jump
“Do you fools listen to music, or do you skim through it?”
Rap fans, always trying to instigate. That was about Cudi, but it wasn’t “just a man on the moon”. He was talking about they had a friendship, but can’t maintain it because their lives are different, despite being considered competition.
I felt like he went hard on this mixtape just to show his fans thats hes still in it. He clearly speaks about not wanting to drop a single, but because of the label he did. Just to show you how controlling money (Labels) are.
“interscope is my fam, so I ain’t tryna make no issue, I’m just rhymin up in this booth..”
“everybody judgin of a single I didn’t even pick”
Dudes just catching that cudi line?
I’m a huge Wale fan but Attention Deficit was sub-par. Mixtape About Nothing & More About Nothing are way better. Hell 100 Miles & Running was better too.