Wale promoted his debut album Attention Deficit by performing “Pretty Girls” with The Roots on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” on Tuesday (Nov. 10). “Mr. Never Wear the Same Thing” tweeted that the first person to congratulate him on his album release day was Soulja Boy.
What would a collaboration between three of hip-hop’s biggest breakout stars sound like? Wale tells Rap-Up TV how he desperately tried to get the perfect track for him, Drake, and Kid Cudi from Jay-Z after Jay eventually passed on it for The Blueprint 3.
“I told Cudi, if you tell Kanye to let me get that joint, we could make the biggest record ever—me, you, and Drake,” the D.C. rapper says of the Kanye West production, tentatively titled “Let the Money Fall.” “That would’ve been the record for us three to be on. I was like, this is gonna be bigger than any record ever.”
Wale celebrates the second biggest day of his life tomorrow with the release of his debut album Attention Deficit.
Hip-hop’s underdog chilled with Rap-Up TV on the eve of his album release to talk about the advice he got from his Roc Nation boss Jay-Z, receiving Rihanna’s blessing to sample her song, getting the cold shoulder from Kanye West (“I don’t wait for handouts”), and why his “Chillin’” collaborator Lady Gaga is the next Madonna.
Wale will have hip-hop fans’ undivided attention when his long-awaited album Attention Deficit drops tomorrow. Did the D.C. rapper’s debut also grab the attention of critics? Find out below.
Wale goes up to bat with his debut album Attention Deficit, sliding into stores on November 10. The all-star line-up includes Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Bun B, Gucci Mane, Jazmine Sullivan, Chrisette Michele, and more. Tracklisting below.
An invite-only crowd popped beer bottles and rocked to the musical stylings of Estelle, Wale, Ludacris, and Nas, as well as DJs Biz Markie and D-Nice, at the Heineken Red Star Soul series at New York City’s Gotham Hall on Friday night (Oct. 16).
As we first reported, Wale samples Rihanna’s “Question Existing” on “Contemplate,” one of the tracks from his debut album Attention: Deficit (Nov. 10). The Syience (Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s “Hollywood”) production can also be found on DJ Haze & DJ Capcom’s Leaders of the New Empire mixtape.
