DC Chillin'

As I was surfing the blogosphere (as I am apt to do Friday nights. What? I do it for you!) I found that Attention: Deficit, the new Wale album I have been eagerly awaiting was “leaked onto the streets of binary code”(see: firstup.se). Just eleven days before its official release, Attention: Deficit fell victim to music’s H1N1 virus. After taking Blueprint 3 officially on August 31st, MH1N1 has been attacking artists of all genres, but rap in particular has taken a huge hit. Jockin’ Jay-Z, the aforementioned self-proclaimed “greatest rapper alive” took a lighthearted approach to the leak saying, “it’s a preview. I’m excited for people to hear the album. I’m very proud of the work I’ve done, so enjoy it.” However, not all artists can afford to give their listeners this free preview. But, seeing as Edward has recently explored the music industry’s trying times, I’ll move on to Attention: Deficit.

What separates Wale’s leak from Hova’s is that the Blueprint 3 was by and large a disappointment. “Empire State of Mind” may be the hottest Jigga track I have heard since “The Black Album,” (with the exception of “Brooklyn We Go Hard”) but other than that and possibly “Young Forever” the album was highly anticlimactic. Attention: Deficit, however, is a revelation. After the Back to the Feature bust, Wale brings us his first commercial record. And in the interest of full disclosure I have not listened to the whole thing (I’m waiting till the official release on November 10th), but “90210″ is the most promising hip-hop song I’ve heard since Cudi’s “Make Her Say” hit us this spring. The Mark Ronson-produced track features Wale’s classic one-liners, “word spread fast that your knees spread quick,” to accompany the Barney-sounding beat (definitely a compliment, impressive at least). Promise me you’ll support Wale; he’s great, and any guy that makes a whole mixtape about Seinfeld is my hero (sorry JFK, you shoulda made a Seinfeld mixtape). I’ll give you “90210,” which I have perpetually put on repeat, anotha hot track off of “Attention: Deficit,” the Neptunes’ produced “Inhibitions (Let It Loose) (feat. Pharrell),” and also an awesome “Chillin’” remix by Top Billin.

Editor’s Note: In the time between DFJ’s Friday night composition of this piece and my publishing it on Tuesday, the Hood Internet dropped a sick Black Moth Super Rainbow/Wale mash, which I’m appending to this. DFJacobs has not preapproved this track, but we all know how much he loves his Hood Internet.

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90210 – Wale (YSI)

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Inhibitions (Let It Loose) (featuring Pharrell) – Wale (YSI)

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Chillin’ (Top Billin UK Mix) – Wale (YSI)

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Sticky World Tour (Black Moth Super Rainbow vs. Wale) – The Hood Internet (YSI)

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Wrong. Wrong wrong wrong. Also, this guitar looks like Kenny Chesney would be attached to it. It's completely country. Couldn't you have picked a cooler guitar, Carter? Like maybe a SWORDITAR. That would be totally Weezy.Weezy the slayer -- WEEZY THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS. Oh man, that's awesome. You should title your next album that. As long as it's not a rock album. Because you're a rapper, dumbass, and noone would pay to hear you play guitar with your hand full of thumbs if you weren't already well-known. Asshole. But I'm gonna totally buy a sworditar and slay you with my tasty, steel-bladed rock, probably screaming something climactic and awesome like, "It's time for my solo now!" Which would be nice. And would teach you a thing or two about rockin', Wayne. Because I know rockin'...

Hey, remember Kanye? Remember that time he put out an album of auto-tune warbling? Well, Lil Wayne thinks he can follow suit and just march out of the nice niche he’s made himself and venture into the world of rock. Someone’s been playing too much Guitar Hero, and it’s not just those guys who lived down the hall from me last year. Seriously, though, I was willing to give Kanye a chance, and he delivered a grower of an album, so no complaints there. With Wayne, I’m not as optimistic.

First of all, I think the only reason Kanye succeeded is because he bared his soul. Cliche as it may sound, Kanye seriously showed an emotional range which was simultaneously shocking and accessible. It was a gamble, and it paid off. The other thing Kanye did right is he made his own sound. He took auto-tune to the next level, making it the focus of a whole album, and symbolic of the sort of the correction he sought in his life throughout 808s.

Weezy has no such noble aspirations. This is Weezy taking on Axl. Seriously, dude, not everyone with dreads can rock. Hell, Axl can’t even rock all that well.

Unfortunately, this song isn’t terrible. That would make this all too easy. It’s decent. That’s the most I’ll give it. I don’t think I’d listen to it if it weren’t Weezy, but he’s probably counting on that. And when he does release his Rock Opus, hereafter referred to as Weezy’s Democracy, I’m sure I’ll give it a listen. Maybe not two, but it’ll get a spin.

The Single:

Prom Queen -Lil Wayne

And how Weezy should sound:

Yes ft. Pharrell – Lil Wayne

SWORDITAR.

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