She injects this crazy/beautiful combination of sadness and sexiness that only Rih can do, singing, confidently, “Hood girls just want a real n***a.” (On the original version, Wale said, “Hood girls want a smart n***a” point, counterpoint.) Clean up your apartment, this song will be around all summer. Rihanna ups original guest vocalist Tiara Thomas’ ante and proceeds to tear down the place. We were only previewed the first hook and first verse of this new version of Wale’s inescapable single there are high expectations for this song, and Martin was given strict orders not to play any further. Rihanna has never gotten on a rap remix, to our knowledge. Other notable tracks include “Hella,” with YG and Dom Kennedy, which has the feeling of Beyonce’s “Party” set on West Coast Customs shocks “Sunshine,” a Spanish Harlem-tinged number that involves cowbell and the outro, where Wale says, sneering, “Where your keys at, playboy? I slang hyperboles, playboy.”
Read on for a track-by-track preview of the album’s highlights. roots, citing late hometown hero Chuck Brown, the Godfather of Go-Go. The Gifted – due out on June 25th – is the first one to feel like Wale himself masterminded it.Īt a private preview held at the Atlantic offices last week, MMG’s A&R Dallas Martin introduced the project by noting Wale’s intention to recall his D.C. Sure, it sold well, but much of it could’ve been pieced together by any of the bosses in the MMG factory. 2011’s Ambition – his follow-up after hopping over to Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group – seemed like a Rick Ross album, only with more references to Nikes and obscure NBA players. rapper was signed to Interscope, he put out a very Interscope debut, complete with a Lady Gaga feature.
Wale’s recording career to date has had an amphibious feel of sorts.
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