Better known as Wale, dropped a mixtape on Christmas Eve. I'm a fan of Wale. Always have been since The Mixtape about Nothing. Since then, Wale has gained much recognition, dropped two albums joined Maybach Music Group, switched up his flow and most recently has been nominated for a Grammy.
I'm a fan of Wale because of his poetic flow and consciousness. However, since his joining of MMG, I feel like his music isn't the same. Don't get me wrong, he still has it. He still speaks to me, but not as he did before. I feel current day Wale is one who has crossed the indie/underground rapper threshold and is now more commercialized. I hate when that happens to the best of them. It happened to Kanye, Pusha T, and I feel like it's about to happen to Kendrick Lamar. The likes of Common and Childish Gambino are still underrated so they haven't fed into the hype, which I love.
Folarin the mixtape was good. It wasn't great. I don't know why I thought I was going to get old Wale with this one. While there were hints and teases of old Wale, it wasn't enough for me. My favorite tracks are: Cool of feat. Jhene Aiko, Money Changes feat. Chrisette Michelle and Get Me Doe feat. 2 Chainz. Ironically, my favorites are all featuring somebody. I feel like he had too many features on this one. I wanted Wale with minimal features. But I got Wale with mostly features.
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