The Official Wale "Ambition" Album Discussion Thread

[Meet The Sniper]

Finally got through my listen yesterday. I think it's a really good album. I'm one of the few people OD enough to use the song rating system on their iPod's but I can only remember like 3 5 star songs (Miami Lights, Slight Work, Ambition), lots of 4s and some duds. I've only listened to it through once so I'll have to listen to it again before comparing it to AD, because I REALLY liked AD.

It wasn't half what niggas was hyping it up to be, though everybody calls their shit classic nowadays. But better than I thought it would be.

 

[StillDreaming]

[video=youtube;gQR4tQLX85U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=gQR4tQLX85U[/video]

this song is going over alotta heads right now....

 

[H-Rap 180]

[video=youtube;gQR4tQLX85U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=gQR4tQLX85U[/video]

this song is going over alotta heads right now....

That shit just goes tooooooooo hard.

Wale aint been able to hardly celebrate before some Cracker-blogger wrote a 12 page article trying to discredit him saying he dosent know who he wants to be as an artist.

They cant stop the movement, "The Resistance" is too strong.

 

[MrCrafty]

http://www.power1051fm.com/pages/onair/breakfast-club/?uri=channels/449330/1526781

Wale interview

 

[StillDreaming]

That shit just goes tooooooooo hard.

Wale aint been able to hardly celebrate before some Cracker-blogger wrote a 12 page article trying to discredit him saying he dosent know who he wants to be as an artist.

They cant stop the movement, "The Resistance" is too strong.

Yea bruh I'm reading some of these reviews and most these shits is bogus as hell. I think it was the djbooth review I read last night dude was was downing the album because he thought songs like Chain Music were too "materialistic" or some nonsense. I'm like did u even listen to it??? Silly crackas gon follow......

U notice how most of em one make sure that u know they were fans before Ambition, naming mixtapes and Attention Deficit like they really supported that or paid any attention to those projects. I tell u man its really hard to find credible reviews on hiphop albums these days....

 

[H-Rap 180]

Yea bruh I'm reading some of these reviews and most these shits is bogus as hell. I think it was the djbooth review I read last night dude was was downing the album because he thought songs like Chain Music were too "materialistic" or some nonsense. I'm like did u even listen to it??? Silly crackas gon follow......

U notice how most of em one make sure that u know they were fans before Ambition, naming mixtapes and Attention Deficit like they really supported that or paid any attention to those projects. I tell u man its really hard to find credible reviews on hiphop albums these days....

Twitter is my new review source.

 

[DarthRozay]

props man. i remember seeing that cover when it came out and just thinking since he looked like ace hood he probably rapped like him too lmao so wrong

 

[MrCrafty]

[video=youtube;3m276j6eLfc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m276j6eLfc[/video]

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[daboyag1]

Do yall not realize that Pill is still cool with Freddie Gibbs? thats why he dont be around them mmg niggas for real im thinking.

 

[gee757]

[video=youtube;3m276j6eLfc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m276j6eLfc[/video]

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i wanna c that tatz on my arm video..

Do yall not realize that Pill is still cool with Freddie Gibbs? thats why he dont be around them mmg niggas for real im thinking.

when ross had them seizurez pill was on twitter still reppin mmg tellin ross 2 get well so dont believe da HYPE,.,.freddie fibbz aint shit & he aint gonna b shit ova therr on Coon Tom Entertainment aka CTE,.,.

 

[thewave19]

Its amazing how gee think everybody is a coon outside of his connected fat fav rapper who was a c.o, sold his soul and got 2 slave owners tatted on him

Im started to think u are Ross yaself

 

[goobs]

heavy promo flow

 

[infamous114]

i wanna c that tatz on my arm video..

when ross had them seizurez pill was on twitter still reppin mmg tellin ross 2 get well so dont believe da HYPE,.,.freddie fibbz aint shit & he aint gonna b shit ova therr on Coon Tom Entertainment aka CTE,.,.

Gibbs just dropped a dope ass mixtape

 

[bignorm73]

Pill stole the show, dude can spit man.

[video=youtube;W37g5rfYmy0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W37g5rfYmy0[/video]

Pill was really freestyling on that joint lol.

Pill>>>>>>>>>

 

[JDSTAYWITIT]

Take off :

1. Focused
2. Sabotage
3. White Linen
4. Slight Work

Replace with ...

1. Barry Sanders
2. Pick Six
3. Underdog
And possibly...
4. Passive Aggress-her

And you would have a seriously dope record .... Not to say it's wack album but when I see what it could have been it leaves a bit to be desired ... That shit from like track 6-9 just killed the momentum the record built with the first few tracks ... Gotta stop leaving the dopest shit on mixtapes .... But s/o to wale word around town is he went and "tripled up them uuuuunits" so that's a good look ...but this album could have been more I give it a 3-3.25/5

 

[infamous114]

Damn Pill did kill that freestyle

 

[gee757]

Gibbs just dropped a dope ass mixtape

still i dont c him bein shit on cte he aint got no hype like a wale or meek mill imo@ HBCUz & shit,.,.

 

[DarthRozay]

still i dont c him bein shit on cte he aint got no hype like a wale or meek mill imo@ HBCUz & shit,.,.

he'll be lucky if he has an album out by this time next year as well. jeezy barely got a date for his own album. I feel bad for the dudes under him

 

[buttuh_b]

My sentiments of the album:

Well I've been a fan of Wale since like 07 so I'm not one of the newly acquired fans. We used to go at it with eachother on twitter and shit, I kinda trolled him. I purchased Attention Deficit when it flopped first week and all that.

For this album... it's not bad. I see he tapped into the 16-30 year old female demographic and then his affiliation with Maybach Music has given him a "hood" crowd. It's undeniable that the whole "ambition/ambitious girl/poetry/no days off" shit is a marketing ploy that people eat up. That part of the game don't impress me. I guess that's why he's about to move 200k first week (I'm proud of him for that).. Ok.. Musically.... Wale will never be a great artist. He just doesn't have it in him. He is good though. The production on this joint is definitely a huge step up from the last effort. I would say this project is more cohesive. But he kinda took a step back in terms of substance and content. Most of the topics are pretty generic. Lyrically, he is about the same as he's always been. I can see why a lot of people wouldn't be a fan of his style. He doesn't have the greatest voice and his flow can be choppy and shit gets jumbled and hard to listen to. That's something I don't think is ever gonna change.

Overall it's a cool record though. I haven't read anyone else's opinion on the album other than they like it or whatever. It's not the greatest shit in the world and doesn't match all the hype I've seen. I give it a 3.5/5 or a 7/10.

 

[H-Rap 180]

Hurry up and grab your copy before its gone!!!