The Album About Nothing
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Album • Mar 31 / 2015 • 14 songs, 1h 4m 38s
Pop Rap
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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.
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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.
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