![]() ![]() But to do so would be to overlook Wale’s own story and the way in which he invests himself into his work. The record is perhaps even more susceptible to this treatment thanks to the recent release to universal acclaim of contemporary Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly, which is about as get-your-elbows-in-Van-Gogh-style and impressively outside-the-box as hip-hop gets. It would be easy to dismiss Nothing as just another commercialised art-hop album (think Kid Cudi or Wiz Khalifa), with all the inoffensive samples and ostensibly detached vocals. His latest effort, The Album About Nothing, does just that. But for a member of a sub-culture so concerned with being cool, Wale has always openly embraced his quirks and idiosyncrasies – his music has reflected this complexity and three-dimensionality. He’s worked frequently with the straight up gangster-rap guys like Rick Ross and is as equally chummy with ballers as Drizzy and Hove. Update 3/23/15 (11:25 p.m.Wale occupies a strange liminal in the hip-hop landscape. This one is really for everybody who supported me and helped me elevate my career to new heights when I dropped “mixtape about nothing” and years later “more about nothing” writing this album I felt the same feeling I felt makin those other projects…." Update 3/9/15: Here's the second of three covers and a description from Wale himself. ![]() UPDATE 3/4/15: The full tracklist for the album can be viewed below. ![]() The Album About Nothing is set for a March 31 release. Cover number 3 was created by my good friend sue tsai. This is my fears my thoughts my dreams my Demons. This is basically saying come with me on the journey that is my everything. Walkin up and U see a blue moon Illuminating. Here's what the rapper himself had to say about it: Artist Sue Tsai, a friend of Wale's who also did the artwork for "Bad," designed this one cover out of three. With less than a month before its release Wale has unveiled the artwork for The Album About Nothing. ![]()
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