Wale - Ambition (Discussion)

[TRG]

1. Don’t Hold Your Applause (Produced By Tone P)
2. Double M Genius (Produced By Mark Henry For Terror Squad Productions)
3. Miami Nights (Produced By Mark Henry For Terror Squad Productions)
4. Legendary (Produced By Toomp For Zone Boy Productions)
5. Lotus Flower Bomb (feat. Miguel) (Produced By Jerrin Howard)
6. Chain Music (Produced By Tone P)
7. Focused (feat. Kid Cudi) (Produced By Kore)
8. Sabotage (feat. Lloyd) (Produced By. Cloud Eater)
9. White Linen (Coolin) (feat. Ne-Yo) (Produced By. Deputy)
10. Slight Work (feat. Big Sean) (Produced By. Diplo)
11. Ambition (feat. Meek Mill & Rick Ross) (Produced By T-Minus)
12. Illest Bitch (Produced By Tha Bizness)
13. No Days Off (Produced By Toomp For Zone Boy Productions )
14. DC or Nothing (Produced By Tone P)
15. That Way (feat. Jeremih & Rick Ross) (Produced By Lex Luger)

320 out

[Meho]

This shit is dope. Miles ahead of AD.

[Blood$]

about to bump this now

side note, anybody got "Tats On My Arm" dirty/cdq?

[Lunatic]

side note, anybody got "Tats On My Arm" dirty/cdq?

I got the same question

Damn I didn't know this leaked. Can't wait to bump it!!! I have HIGH expectations.

[blaKQout]

http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2011/10/03/wale-tats-on-my-arm-f-rick-ross-dirtycdq/

[Lunatic]

1. Don't Hold Your Applause - 4/5. Has a very nice intro feel it. Tone P dropped a cool instrumental. Overall cool track.
2. Double M Genius - 3.75/5. This is cool too. Not mind blowing but a good album cut overall. I dig it.
3. Miami Nights - 3.75/5. Another cool album cut. You can tell the dude who produced track 2 produced this one too. It's cool.

4. Legendary - 4/5. Toomp on the beat! The hook is dope. I like the vibe and message.
5. Lotus Flower Bomb - 4/5. Cool little single for the chicks. Miguel's hook is dope.
6. Chain Music - 4.5/5. The first real "banger". This is more of what I expected from a production standpoint (but everything else has been good too).

7. Focused - 4/5. Kid Cudi on this. It has a cool vibe. Like it better than I thought I would.
8. Sabotage - 4/5. Lloyd is dope as fuck. Dude's voice is on another level. Cool single potential track.
9. White Linen (Coolin') - 4/5. Has more of a smooth R&B vibe (slightly reminds me of Rick Ross "aston martin music"). Always liked Ne-Yo.

10. Slight Work - 4.25/5. Cool Big Sean collab. This is a banger right here
11. Ambition - 5/5. The lone Rick Ross/Meek Mill features. God damn this is hot. Definitely the best track so far.
12. Illest Bitch - 4/5. Lol at dedicating a song to your sister called "Illest Bitch." Very dope instrumental though.

13. No Days Off - 4.5/5. Toomp again. I really dig this. One of the better tracks.
14. DC or Nothing - 4.5/5. Damn this is hot again. This is real real hot. This hook is insane.
15. That Way - 4/5. Was on the MMG compilation but cool to see it get more exposure/love.

All in all, I feel like Wale is one of the hottest rappers out right now. He's just in a zone, his prime really. Not sure he'll get better than this but he doesn't need too, if he can keep this up in the years going forward, he's gonna' have a very well deserved long and dope career.

And there's dope tracks that didn't make the album like "bad girls club" and "tats on my arm"

[Chamillitary Click]

In a little more than a week, "Ambition" will be the only song that remains on my iPod. That song is fucking ill.

[NotoriousTDA]

luna u are way too kind when it comes to reviewing albums.

this shit is trash, worst production ive heard in awhile. only a couple songs are dece.

i feel wale only shines as a guest appearance on tacks

[OG Jaydc]

luna u are way too kind when it comes to reviewing albums.

this shit is trash, worst production ive heard in awhile. only a couple songs are dece.

i feel wale only shines as a guest appearance on tacks

Coming from the guy who called big seans album classic.

[Chamillitary Click]

luna u are way too kind when it comes to reviewing albums.

this shit is trash, worst production ive heard in awhile. only a couple songs are dece.

i feel wale only shines as a guest appearance on tacks

Coming from the guy who called big seans album classic.

I don't really know how to describe it, but this guy likes one sound of Hip Hop. Basically that Kanye type production, with a lazy, yet slight "swagged" flow. I don't know if the boy listens to anyone else outside of Kanye West, Big Sean, Wiz Khalifa & Mac Miller.

With that being said, I agree with everything he said here.

[MoodMuzik]

luna u are way too kind when it comes to reviewing albums.

this shit is trash, worst production ive heard in awhile. only a couple songs are dece.

i feel wale only shines as a guest appearance on tacks

Coming from the guy who called big seans album classic.

I don't really know how to describe it, but this guy likes one sound of Hip Hop. Basically that Kanye type production, with a lazy, yet slight "swagged" flow. I don't know if the boy listens to anyone else outside of Kanye West, Big Sean, Wiz Khalifa & Mac Miller.

With that being said, I agree with everything he said here.

agree with everything he said?? the production definitely wasent one of the low points for the album

[Chamillitary Click]

luna u are way too kind when it comes to reviewing albums.

this shit is trash, worst production ive heard in awhile. only a couple songs are dece.

i feel wale only shines as a guest appearance on tacks

Coming from the guy who called big seans album classic.

I don't really know how to describe it, but this guy likes one sound of Hip Hop. Basically that Kanye type production, with a lazy, yet slight "swagged" flow. I don't know if the boy listens to anyone else outside of Kanye West, Big Sean, Wiz Khalifa & Mac Miller.

With that being said, I agree with everything he said here.

agree with everything he said?? the production definitely wasent one of the low points for the album

Alright, I don't agree with everything. The production was on point. Not great. But not something worth complaining about. But this album is trash. A step down from his first album. I hear the Rick Ross influence all over it. It was just a flat album.

[Meho]

This album is great. And it shits on AD. AD had it all...the beats, the concepts, lyrics...but Wale was such a boring rapper back then. So bland.

Now that he's with Ross, he's much more confident. So you can count this and the Maybach Music tags as Ross influence but what else exactly has he influenced ?

[Lunatic]

This album is great. And it shits on AD. AD had it all...the beats, the concepts, lyrics...but Wale was such a boring rapper back then. So bland.

Now that he's with Ross, he's much more confident. So you can count this and the Maybach Music tags as Ross influence but what else exactly has he influenced ?

Agreed

[Blood$]

"Sabotage", "Slight Work", and "Illest Bitch" are the skippers for me after the first listen... cool album, definitely better than AD after just one spin

need to give this a few more spins before I have my final opinion on it