Will Wale ever trade that mic for a Grammy?
D.C. rapper Wale has always inhabited a no-man’s-land between mainstream
hip-hop and its go-go derived counterpart indigenous to the District. His five
mixtapes happily married tracks backed by UCB (his go-go house band) with
more radio-friendly hits like “Nike Boots.” Wale has always coolly struck a
balance between the two, but his long-awaited debut album, Attention Deficit,
finds him a slightly less successful arbiter. READ MORE