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His pessimism continues in вЂњThe White Shoes,вЂќ as he digs into the useless materialism of urban culture, concluding that вЂњThese niggas love white shoes so much theyвЂ™ll be buried in them.вЂќ The simmering antipathy towards how black culture has been sold to the media boils to a climax in вЂњThe Pessimist,вЂќ featuring J.

вЂњNiggas will fly you up this high wonвЂ™t let you fly to the moon.вЂќ Perhaps one could feel a little closer to being a famous rapper by purchasing a new jersey, but everything you do is controlled by those who really have the power. But what is this hunger for? As Seinfeld says in the beginning of вЂњThe Helium Balloon,вЂќ вЂњI canвЂ™t fly, but I can get a helium balloon.вЂќ Wale laments the fractional selling of dreams with this metaphor, expressing the tribulations and expectations of ambition as the music shifts to a grandiose bassline, incorporating reggae and boots stomping to a military beat. Opening with вЂњThe Intro About Nothing,вЂќ Wale grounds his soul in family and introspective hunger. Seinfeld clips narrate the album, and the cliche white-guy voice is both jaded advisor and proponent of the devilвЂ™s logic. Here, he rants about his frustrations with hip-hop gatekeepers not letting him be the classic he believes himself to be, he transcends the empty symbols of urban flashiness without condescension, and is at his best in poignant tributes to the feminine in his life. Gospel chants intersperse the post-hyphy drums and heavy, minimal basslines. The soulful production, harnessing plenty of live instrumentals, mixes well with the lingering hints of MMG production. Whereas his previous album had sounded at certain points like other MMG releases, вЂњThe Album About NothingвЂќ is thoroughly Wale.

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вЂњThe Album About NothingвЂќ continues a trend in his series of worksВ about вЂњnothing.вЂќ Besides capitalizing the same pronoun in front of every song title, it clearly differs from his other MMG produced works.

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