![]() ![]() Puffy Shirt himself, Jerry Seinfeld, aren’t enough to keep anybody except Wale diehards from yada yada-ing through this one. He’s a competent emcee, especially when speaking about the struggles of young African Americans, but he’s in need of a good producer to rein him in.Ī guest verse by 2 Chainz and a brief cameo by none other than Mr. While his first two efforts were smart, clever, funny, and infectious, rapper Wale was never one known to offer rich insight, but on the opening number of the aptly titled The Gifted, he spits 'The status got me trippin'/I like my bitch but I like these bitches on my dick be spittin'/Tell that you feelin' different, knowin' you the bread winner,' and suddenly the hook of this great album. Even his beefs are boring (earlier this year he exchanged words with a Raptors announcer during a Toronto-Washington game). The main problem? Wale’s neither a larger-than-life personality like Maybach Music head honcho Rick Ross nor a gritty street rapper like labelmate Gunplay. On his third album, he tries to appeal to everyone with us-against-the-world rallies (Heaven’s Afternoon), strip club anthems (Clappers) and slow jams (Bad), with diminishing returns. Who is Wale? After a handful of mixtapes (including the excellent Seinfeld-themed The Mixtape About Nothing) and two so-so albums, The Gifted sees the Washington, DC, rapper suffering from an identity crisis.
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