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Olubowale Victor Akintimehin (born September 24 1984 in Washington, D.C.), better known by his stage name Wale, is an American rapper and producer. Fusing DC’s homegrown go-go genre with a streetwise Northern hip-hop sensibility, he takes samples from all genres and blends them together with lyrical dexterity. In 2005 he released his debut mixtape, Paint a Picture, and has since released four more. His debut album, Attention Deficit, was released Nov. 10, 2009
Wale was born to Nigerian immigrant parents in Washington, DC. He grew up on Peabody Street in Northwest DC and moved to Largo, Maryland as a teenager. He attended seven different high schools in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, finally graduating from Quince Orchard High School in 2001. He went to Robert Morris College and Virginia State University on football scholarships, and then Bowie State University but dropped out in 2004 to pursue music full-time. Before music started paying the bills, Wale worked day jobs at Sprint, Up Against The Wall and Downtown Locker Room.
Wale emerged onto the local DC hip hop scene with the help of WKYS-FM’s DJ Alizay. Wale began getting radio play in 2004 with a single called “Rhyme of the Century” which got Wale in the June 2005 “Unsigned Hype” section of Source magazine and his buzz started growing.
In November 2006, a feature ran on AllHipHop.com’s Breeding Ground about Wale. The day before Thanksgiving, Wale took the stage between Lil Wayne and T.I. during the Southern Invasion tour at the Verizon Center.
Wale was born to Nigerian immigrant parents in Washington, DC. He grew up on Peabody Street in Northwest DC and moved to Largo, Maryland as a teenager. He attended seven different high schools in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, finally graduating from Quince Orchard High School in 2001. He went to Robert Morris College and Virginia State University on football scholarships, and then Bowie State University but dropped out in 2004 to pursue music full-time. Before music started paying the bills, Wale worked day jobs at Sprint, Up Against The Wall and Downtown Locker Room.
Wale emerged onto the local DC hip hop scene with the help of WKYS-FM’s DJ Alizay. Wale began getting radio play in 2004 with a single called “Rhyme of the Century” which got Wale in the June 2005 “Unsigned Hype” section of Source magazine and his buzz started growing.
In November 2006, a feature ran on AllHipHop.com’s Breeding Ground about Wale. The day before Thanksgiving, Wale took the stage between Lil Wayne and T.I. during the Southern Invasion tour at the Verizon Center.
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Mama Told Me
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Strings (Inflagranti Remix)
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Shoutbox
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fredifilho wrote:
*_* muito boom !
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mhunke wrote:
acoustic version of diary is nice
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iiisamet_ wrote:
tv in the radio>Beatifull Bliss> 90210>mirrors
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KukkiMonsta wrote:
mirror is the best song on here, pretty girls, and momma told me are nice too.
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mhunke wrote:
Mirrors and Prescription are the best off his album
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pacersnrams781 wrote:
TV In The Radio and Mirrors are the best.
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liljake wrote:
90210 is the best on the album!
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ReyRey619 wrote:
Why hasn't G Told Me surfaced yet?
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Add1cted2kicks wrote:
i like the song letter more than any song on the album
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pebakke wrote:
I'm with you pamento that i love the Best Kept Secret produced stuff, but there are some other songs on AD that are damn good in my opinion. if you can expand your fan base while still making good music all on a debut cd, i'm for it.
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mhunke wrote:
yeah, the album does sound a lot different than 100 Miles and Running, but just because the album is more commercial and obviously does try to reach a broader audience with a lot of features doesn't mean it's worse imo. i love both underground and commercial rap so it's great to see Wale excel at both
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niodyne wrote:
100 Miles and Running blew Attention Deficit clear out the water actually, So I'll agree with you there.
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OtisHaughton wrote:
i agree with pamento, the album doesnt live up to the mixtapes, i hate the Pretty Girls Version with Gucci, its so bad, i deleted it then put the demo without Gucci on my album instead.
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fredifilho wrote:
*___* MUITO BOM !
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pamento wrote:
yea i'm well aware of Pretty Girls. That and "Mama Told Me" (and to a lesser extent, 90210 & Prescription) are the only songs on the album that I like. The rest of the album just sounds like he's pandering to get a bigger audience. Did he really need Pharrell, Bun B, Chrisette Michele, J.Cole (Memphis Bleek 2.0), K'naan and Gucci Mane (who is on what was supposed to be a DC anthem)? Can any of you guys say that this album is anywhere close to being as good as 100 Miles and Running was?
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NoDrops86 wrote:
@Melquana21 it's people giving the song different tags.
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niodyne wrote:
@pamento did you not listen to the entire album? Listen to Pretty Girls and say he abandoned his original sound.
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mhunke wrote:
do you not realize that you're referring to only three songs?
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pamento wrote:
Not a fan of the album. Wale abandoned the sound that got him noticed in the first place for some Neptunes and Cool & Dre produced garbage.
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Melquana21 wrote:
how the fuck is Shades not in the top songs at all?
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