The Album About Nothing

Wale

Album • Mar 31 / 2015 • 14 songs, 1h 4m 38s

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With songs detailing everything from his sometimes-contentious relationship with fans (“The Helium Balloon”) to passionate pleas on the state of young black men in America (“The Pessimist”), *Nothing* is an ambitious and highly personal project with wide-angle production that flips Janet Jackson and Isaac Hayes samples alongside live-band funk and futuristic synths.

5.4 / 10

After the push-and-pull of his MMG years, Wale gazes back towards his past on his fourth album, nodding to his 2008 "Seinfeld"-referencing breakout The Mixtape About Nothing and attempting to recast his audience's perception of him.

4 / 10

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8 / 10

Almost seven years ago, a Washington, D.C. emcee named Wale dropped a Seinfeld-inspired project called The Mixtape About Nothing. The emcee...