ATTENTION:DEFICIT

on monday, wale announced the title of his debut album, scheduled to come out in summer.

the new album: ATTENTION: DEFICIT

later today, he will be announcing the release date of his second album/mixtape.

wale announcements

wale made a number of announcements last night about his album. unfortunately, the announcement is that he'll be making a number of announcements. he calls next week a big week for him, as it's full of wale news.

monday: announces album title + track listing + featured artists

tuesday: released first single off back to the feature, and announcing the release date of that mixtape

friday: announces tour dates + locations

dc chillin

video of wale performing his first single on his upcoming album, chillin, and one other track.

the fully mastered version of the track is said to have lady gaga on it.

kid cudi & wale

wale and kid cudi did a track together on cudi's mix tape, " a kid named cudi " but this new track features both of them again, entitled " look up in the stars. "

no word on what album it'll be on, but nonetheless a pretty fly track, even with all the dj mess behind the track.

kid cudi - look up in the stars


credits: hypetrak

the mixtape about nothing

so this mixtape is old, but with all my continuous posts here and there about wale (more are coming, know this!), i figure i should share his most recent mix tape. this came out back at the end of may in 2008 and was put up by sites elitaste and 10deep, two online realms that wale runs with very closely.

the mixtape is really really good, both production-wise as well as his flow. it's inspired by seinfield as you can see by the album art, but even the titles have a specific "the" before each track like seinfield episodes. and there's no way you can hate on that cover. it's perfect. download link below:

the mixtape about nothing

just a quick note: his new album, with no real release date is entitled "back to the feature" and know this...it's going to be produced by the genius mark ronson, kanye west, just blaze, 9th wonder and the virtuoso french electronic tag team, justice. that's what's up.

new wale track

check out this track. "night life" feating young chris and tre (from ucb)


the track is supposed to be off wale's upcoming album "back to the feature."

real fresh sounding track (as everything else has been thus far).

wale - nightlife


credits: elitaste

wale - bringing hip hop back

went to the wale show this past weekend in san fran, and i gotta say, this dude is going to be huge in 2009. from his lyrics to his beats to his collaboration with dc legendary go-go band UCB, wale is on his way up in the hip-hop world. homeboy controlled the crowd unbelievably well too...and he doesn't even have an album out yet.

at the la show, warren g, xzibit and bishop lamont (dr. dre's protege) all came to the show to check him out, and ended up coming on stage to tell the crowd that wale is real.

at the new york show, jay-z made sure sure he and his people had the best seat in the house. for what its worth, leonardo dicaprio, a hip hop fanatic was there too.

even diddy twittered and blogged to make sure that nobody should miss wale when he's in town, because he's that good.

his first single, "chillin" produced by cool and dre is going to drop soon, and it's absolutely ridiculous how good this track is. there's no way around it. his older track, "nike boots" too is an instant banger, whether you're in the club, the freeway, or anywhere else.

watch out for wale, cause he's coming to get it. straight up.

if you don't already have it, download chillin asap. mp3

here's wale performing "chillin" in san francisco on saturday (1/31)