the first single off the album. get ready. i had it first. and like i said, i’m one of the few bammas that has the “chillin’” tees. if you’re a wale fan, make some noise, and maybe you’ll get one.

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DOWNLOAD: Wale – Chillin’ [feat. Lady GaGa]

a box full. that means i’m throwing a few around all of next week to help promote wale’s latest single, featuring Lady GaGa. i’ve been busy, but i’ve also been plotting like a rapper planning a comeback, and i’ll just say that next week will be powerful.

so if you aren’t in DC, and you want one of these shirts, then look no further. only a select few have these. i guess i got lucky. ha.

i know i posted this, but more people need it in their lives. so it’s up again. two new tracks from wale ovechkin. climbing up the favorite rapper list rapidly. on that first joint, young chris sounds like a young hov, and i’m not mad at that.

whole time, you probably heard them here first. the goon laced me with ‘em, early.

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download: wale feat. young chris – whole time

and chi-town & the dmv re-connect as rhymefest recruits mr. folarin again for some more crucial bars. let’s get it.

download: rhymefest feat. wale – ain’t heard it from me

also, wale’s interview in the boston globe can be found here. props to hiphopupdate. wish he could cise us with one of these right here. goodness. i wonder if he reads the blog.

bonus: re-upping that crucial footage from that wale x UCB show. go-go in NYC? yzr.

wale’s new mixtape just dropped over @ elitaste.com. but we’ll help you out and link you to it.

download the mixtape about nothing: pt. 1 and pt. 2.

it’s actually marvelous. and there was one part where i said, “uh oh. too many slow joints on this thing.” and then he did something i’ve never heard before. that joint is called “the manipulation,” and it is INSANE!i’m giving props where they are do, and this man is one clever ass guy. he hit the game with an unheard of angle. and i co-sign it all. i hate to be on anybody’s johnson but he wins mixtape of the year. early. yes, i’m biased. but it’s also that good.

my opinion means nothing though. but it’s a crucial mixtape. i just gave it 4 stars in itunes. and that’s rarer than that steak i was eating in paris.

bonus track: the hacksaw jim juggan (feat. skyzoo)

candidate for greatest track i’ve heard this year. why didn’t it make the mixtape!? and the song title makes sense after you hit that wikipedia.

thoughts? i think it’s pretty vicious, even though it took years to come out. and if the mixtapes didn’t, this definitely solidifies us on the map. i just wonder how ms. lohan (pictured above with the ambassador) feels about that coke line…

and vimeo punishes youtube, any day. i wonder if i’ll run into these justice guys in paris.