![]() ![]() But though The Gifted may not live up to greatness, it’s not really a bad album, and it deserves some praise for its merits. That’s a pretty grandiose package, but it brings to mind the proverbial book that belies its cover. If you ask Wale, the answer to this problem is clearly Wale, who drops his third album with the title The Gifted and cover art featuring a bust of himself. But that rapper, if he’s going to become the first rap hero of 2013, has to be somebody really great, really…gifted. So, what now? Well, the burden of greatness moves on to the next aspiring rapper. As it turns out, though, this time Kanye didn’t set the best example, and those releases came and went without delivering the year’s first great rap album. Cole moving the release dates for Watching Movies With the Sound Off and Born Sinner to follow Kanye’s lead. June, meanwhile, was widely hyped as the month that would change everything, with Kanye releasing Yeezus and both Mac Miller and J. The first five months of the year were particularly dry, yielding $AP, Wolf, Indicud, and 12 Reasons to Die, all decent albums in their own right, but certainly not transcendent). One Eye Kitten (Remix) (feat.After a stellar 2012, rap music has seen kind of a dip in 2013. ![]() Black Heroes / Outro About Nothing (Feat. SIDE NOTE: 4 Target Bonus Tracks Added after the jumpĨ. ![]() Hit the jump to check out the full tracklist along with the link to pick up your copy of Maybach Music Group’s lyrical genius in Wale, brought to you by the crew here at The West Coast Syndicate. Production comes from the likes of Tone P, No Credit, Lee Major & Travi$ Scott with a few others bringing the sound together perfectly for the album. ![]() Features on the album of course come by way of his MMG bretheren in Rick Ross and Meek Mill while Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz & Rihanna along with a few others help round out the supporting cast. The album comes complete with 16 tracks on the standard edition while the deluxe set will bring the grand total to 20 tracks. After the release of the artwork along with the real true single in ‘Love Hate Thing’, it’s now time to see what the DMV native has in store for his 3rd LP. And after he took the nation by storm with the release of his ‘Bad’ single, the fans knew Wale’s next retail body of work would follow the trend. As alot of people commented saying that his signing to MMG had a downward effect on his musical influence, Wale laid all that talk to rest with the release of his Folarin mixtape released at the tail end of 2012. After iTunes released the official stream of the album a few days back, the explicit version of the album has hit the net 3 days before the intended release date of June 25th. ![]()
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