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Why You Should Listen To: Wale [MixEP]

By on January 17, 2011

On January 5, 2011 J. Cole’s Friday Night Lights was crowned Mixtape of the Year and Big K.R.I.T’s K.R.I.T  Wuz Here was declared the runner up. I was conflicted; while I loved J. Cole’s mixtape and was happy to see him get the shine he deserved I found myself enjoying Wale’s More About Nothing mixtape more as he covered a variety of subjects and did so with great lyricism. When I suggested that Wale should have at least been runner up I was laughed at by King Jerm, P, and probably others. This didn’t surprise me, people tend to sleep on Wale because his lyrics aren’t as in your face (m\Meaning the word “like” isn’t in front of all of his wordplay) which tends to make people think he can’t rap. It’s also possible that you guys just didn’t like the mixtape that much. But instead of calling the police on Jerm and P for the injustice of laughing at Wale’s mixtape, I decided to make a MixEP so that I might be able to convert the haters. I tried to take songs that show how versatile Wale is.

1.Wale’s Service Announcement (Paint A Picture)
2.The MC (More About Nothing)
3. Politx (Hate Is The New Love)
4.The Manipulation (The Mixtape About Nothing)
5.Work (100 Miles And Running)
6.The Friends and Strangers (More About Nothing)
7. Warwick Avenue (Back To The Feature)
8.Rhyme of the Century (Paint A Picture)
9.The Vacation From Ourselves (The Mixtape About Nothing)
10.Please Listen (100 Miles and Running)

Download: Why You Should Listen To: Wale [MixEP]

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  • Mike L

    I think Wale can rap, I just personally feel like he lacks the charisma to keep me interested for more than a song or two.

  • Rickjamesbitch

    Thanks to all of you guys who helped me with this!

    @Mike: Meh, i’ve never had a problem keeping interested but to each his own..

  • arkitekt

    nice

    • Rickjamesbitch

      Thanks man, I heard you’re the guy on the site who is really into underground rap, what rappers do you like?

  • Jack Jumper

    Who does the artwork for nappyafro? Its nice.

    • http://www.nappyafro.com King Jerm

      that would be the BEAST known as B-EASY!!

      he like one of them dope ass producers that haven’t been found yet….

      niggas sleeping on my nigga…

  • P

    Im wasnt laughin at u bro im a semi Wale fan, I bough his album but it was kinda boring

    • Rickjamesbitch

      Dont worry about it man, I aint mad at you or Jerm I just thought putting that in there would make the intro more epic haha..
      And yeah his album was a little boring and i feel a few songs could have been taken off like Let It Loose but I thought it was a pretty good debut, even if More About Nothing is A LOT better

  • Smitty Del Negro

    Where’s Shades?

    • Rickjamesbitch

      I didn’t do any stuff from his album cuz Feds have been shutting websites down due to that stuff..

  • A Reader!

    Mad mad mad respect to Rickjamesbitch or infact anyone who’s shedding light to dopeness called Wale.

    I know im coming across as Wale-stan but its just I dont got enuff time right now to delve any deeper right now!

    • Rickjamesbitch

      Thanks man, Wale is a great artist who deserves more recognition

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