This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. What could have been an interesting tribute to Seinfeld mixed with Wale’s own musicality and personal lyrics ends up sounding half-baked instead. There was an interesting concept behind The Album About Nothing, but the execution didn’t match up. When it takes fifty minutes for the album to get interesting, something hasn’t been done right.
Having the last three songs on the album stand out like this isn’t a good thing though. The collaboration with Stokley Williams on The Bloom (AG3) is the stand out track here, with the mixture of the brass instruments and funk-driven atmosphere of the song working with Stokley’s soulful voice to make something different from the less interesting style of the rest of the album. The Album About Nothing redeems itself somewhat for the last three tracks, which all feature singers instead of fellow rappers, and are all easy to listen to in comparison to what came before. It reaches the point where you forget there was any Seinfeld referencing at all, and it just feels like any other album. Put together with the album’s sixty minute run time, it all gets to be a bit too much by the middle of the album, and it starts feeling like a chore to listen to. Most of the songs are over four minutes, and feel like they go on for a few minutes too long. None of the backing tracks bear any resemblance to the music used on the show, and instead the album features repeated usage of dated hip-hop productions that mostly tend to blend into each other, which is helped by Wale’s rapping. It’s an interesting concept for a hip-hop album, but in practice the samples feel out of place. The songs are all titled similarly to episodes of Seinfeld, and the album title is a direct reference to Seinfeld’s claims of being the “Show About Nothing”. Similarly to The Mixtape About Nothing, this album features extensive Seinfeld references, with nine of the fourteen songs featuring samples of Seinfeld’s stand-up, quotes from Seinfeld in the studio during the recording or direct audio from episodes of the show. The Album About Nothing is an interesting case, as it featured direct input from Jerry Seinfeld himself as it was being created. Unfortunately it’s not exactly a successful venture. In a sense, The Album About Nothing is a direct follow-up to the mixtape. The gimmick behind the release was its heavy references to Seinfeld, with the largest being a guest appearance by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the actress that played Elaine.
There't a lot going on in the world right today and this is my concentrated effort to create life sparkle, make it glimmer” he says.Īccessible today on iTunes, enthusiasts can stream the project in its whole for free of charge thanks a lot to the good folks at Spotify.Back in 2008, Wale released The Mixtape About Nothing. I needed an album that was just good for summer, good for good climate and getting with close friends. I'm not speaking about anything as well critical. I'michael not trying to outshine anyone, I simply let go. Balvin, and actually his infant little girl Zyla, who appears on the outro “Grin.” The Recording About Nothing at allincludes 14 tracks in total amp functions guest looks from the loves of Lil David, Chris Dark brown, Travis Scott, Credited Lipa, G-Eázy, Phil Adé, Wizkid, L. The great thing about Ambition, and Wale in general, is that every song is catchy on its own.
But this album I can listen to the entire thing over and over, and I never get tired. Eventually I find 2-3 songs I like on a 12 track album and stick to those.
Most albums I listen to, I get tired of it within a few times of listening to it. For the world outside of the United States. #iMO #Album #iTunes #New ELHAE - Trouble in Paradise Genres: R&B/Soul Release: ℗ 2019 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc.