Insecurity, bulimia, infidelity, intra-racial discrimination, self-loathing and coked out, aspirational celebrities: welcome to Wale's coming out party. "Hello mainstream / I'm a walking dollar bill / 'Aint a damn thing changing." -- Wale, "5 Minutes" It almost seemed like this day would never come: after a series of five increasingly hyped mixtapes, Washington D.C. rapper Wale has finally unleashed his oft-delayed debut LP, Attention Deficit. In many ways, his career arc thus far speaks volumes about the brave new world of music distribution, where publicity is paramount and physical product is worthless....
With appearances by Lady Gaga, Bun B, Gucci Mane, Marsha Ambrosius, Chrisette Michele, Jazmine Sullivan and K'Naan and production handled by heavyweights Mark Ronson, the Neptunes, Cool & Dre, 9th Wonder and TV on The Radio's Dave Sitek, expectations are high. And it's cool for a debut, but there's plenty of potential for so much more here.
Hip hop has an exciting new face and his name is Wale. The 24-year old who hails from the colourful back streets of Washington DC was discovered by Mark Ronson in 2007. The Grammy-Award winning producer/writer was so impressed by the East-Coast rapper’s laid back flow and skilful wordplay, that he decided to sign him to his own label Allido Records, an imprint of Interscope Records. Ronson introduced Wale to Lady Gaga who instantly became a fan and proceeded to write the hook for Wale’s debut single [...]

So I MUST have been living under a rock for the past month or so to have missed this gem of a track. The uberlicious rapper that is Wale dropped and popped his track "Chillen" ft. Lady Gaga in the beginning of June. The track has a very heavy M.I.A feel coming from Gaga. So much so that if I didn't see Gaga in the video, I would have forgotten that M.I.A has "retired". I guess this track it shows Gaga's versatility? Humm... I'm not sure how I feel about Gaga spurting M.I.A flava...(psst M.I.A puhleze UN-retire!). [...]
I'm told by the good folks at Universatile Music that they locked this one down last minute, which, unfortunately, means I don't have enough lead time to get outta work to see it. But it's a great get – Wale will be performing this Wednesday at Pinky Ring at Bar Smith . If the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd for Z-Trip at Bar Smith was any indication, this one ought to be packed as well. While we await his debut LP, allegedly titled Attention: Deficit , you can at least rock [...]
Jun 12, 2009, 12:59pm
MVSW
Wale ft. Lady Gaga ~ " Chillin " It's nice to see DC hip hop getting some play! Empire of the Sun ~ " Standing On the Shore " Sera Cahoone ~ " Baker Lake " Yo La Tengo ~ "Periodically Double or Triple"(mp3) [...]

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I am not really into any Lady Gaga music but I do love Wale. Check out a video featuring them both.
While I am already plugging things related to DC, here's the new video from Wale featuring Lady Gaga. The video features a lot of DC area sites.
"You pronounce my Wall-Ay"--any questions? Wale, straight out of Maryland's Go Go , is making a name for himself quick. So get with it! On "Chillin" , Wale claims his title as he raps, "I remain a Giant, and you Jeremy Shockey." OH snaps! Lady Gaga is on the track, singing the hook in a M.I.A. tone. Listen, it's jumpin' and soon will be pumpin' on radios alike..enjoy:

So the past couple of years, I've done a mid-year checkup on what my favorite albums of the year thus far are. This year, I'm instead of an outright list, I've decided to highlight some albums I've really dug this year that seemed to have flown somewhat under the radar. Bands like Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, and Wavves are considered underground to the general public…I think those of us who scour blogs tend to forget this reality from time to time…but have all the aforementioned bands have garnered a mass of opinions from the (ugh…here it is…) blogosphere, [...]
Off Wale's Attention: Deficit. Label: Allido Records/Interscope
Per Wale's twitter, ""chillin" is the flyer to the party/ it is the invitation to the show that the underground people already knew about...lady gaga is the popular chick who helped me promote the party that is "attention:deficit" your all welcome to come"
Hey yall... Just taking some time to recap some recently 'relevant' music videos 4 yall. Feel sad about summer. I read that there are 60% less music memes to consume. :-( Music Video: Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks Analysis: Feel like this is a 'perfectly executed meme' since it is a music video that you watch, and ur like 'damn. not sure what is happening/why it is happening. Think I should share this with people. Song is catchy.' Not sure [...]

"My name's Wale and I came to get it..." Here's the full video for Wale's "Chillin'". Am I the only one who thinks Lady Gaga is two-faced? Sometimes she looks fine, other times she looks kind of drag-queenish. That maybe her thing though...I'm not trying to diss, just saying...The song's met with various reviews, but the beginning is really catchy in my opinion and I will bang it at my gigs...Check out the proper video below...
Here we go, the video for Wale’s official lead single, Chillin’ , of his upcoming album featuring pop star Lady GaGa has finally dropped. download : Wale - Chillin’ ft. Lady GaGa download : Wale - Chillin’