http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/ Even when I was wrong, I got my point across. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:38:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-313914 what’s the deal with this rap stuff | GORILLA VS. BEAR Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:44:22 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-313914 [...] new Seinfeld-sampling Mixtape About Nothing is, but my friend Weiss pretty much nails it here. I’m still undecided how I feel about Wale as an MC — although I’m warming up a [...] [...] new Seinfeld-sampling Mixtape About Nothing is, but my friend Weiss pretty much nails it here. I’m still undecided how I feel about Wale as an MC — although I’m warming up a [...]

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-47200 Fresh Cherries from Yakima » list season: douglas martin's favorite albums of 2008. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:39:55 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-47200 [...] hot freestyles over other rappers’ beats. as my friend and music writing peer jeff weiss stated in his review of the mixtape about nothing, D.C.-based rapper wale singlehandedly transformed the [...] [...] hot freestyles over other rappers’ beats. as my friend and music writing peer jeff weiss stated in his review of the mixtape about nothing, D.C.-based rapper wale singlehandedly transformed the [...]

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-39939 Fresh Cherries from Yakima » the starting hitters of the 2008 hip-hop mixtape all-star team. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:15:22 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-39939 [...] most of the substantial hip-hop releases this year have all been mixtapes: the nigger tape and the mixtape about nothing are among the blue-chip hip-hop releases this year. in fact, the only official hip-hop album that [...] [...] most of the substantial hip-hop releases this year have all been mixtapes: the nigger tape and the mixtape about nothing are among the blue-chip hip-hop releases this year. in fact, the only official hip-hop album that [...]

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-26543 The Mixtape About Nothing at Chickens Don’t Clap! Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:12:50 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-26543 [...] While there’s been a discernible shift for the better in the quality of mixtape-crafting over the past couple years, most are simply used to fill the void between official album releases (which, unfortunately, can be sizable in the hip-hop world) or as hype-creating teasers for upcoming records. Artists don’t typically bank on conceptual quality as the driving force of a mixtape, but instead rely on a widely cast net of prominent recycled beats and tracklists 25+ songs in length. And while there’s no question The Mixtape About Nothing has created a fair amount of hype for Wale’s debut, it opts for predominantly original production (courtesy of Best Kept Secret) and is executed with such cohesion and skill, one might be surprised that it’s a mixtape at all. [I'd like to point out that this refreshing aspect of The Mixtape About Nothing is covered in more depth in an excellent post over at Passion of the Weiss.] [...] [...] While there’s been a discernible shift for the better in the quality of mixtape-crafting over the past couple years, most are simply used to fill the void between official album releases (which, unfortunately, can be sizable in the hip-hop world) or as hype-creating teasers for upcoming records. Artists don’t typically bank on conceptual quality as the driving force of a mixtape, but instead rely on a widely cast net of prominent recycled beats and tracklists 25+ songs in length. And while there’s no question The Mixtape About Nothing has created a fair amount of hype for Wale’s debut, it opts for predominantly original production (courtesy of Best Kept Secret) and is executed with such cohesion and skill, one might be surprised that it’s a mixtape at all. [I'd like to point out that this refreshing aspect of The Mixtape About Nothing is covered in more depth in an excellent post over at Passion of the Weiss.] [...]

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-22731 benperry.net » Tuna da Week {25} Another Weltuntergang Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:52:32 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-22731 [...] about this crazy DC-based MC months before he just pwned the internet with this Seinfeld-inspired mix tape. Wale, who’s African American in the Obamian sense (his folks are from Nigeria), has a [...] [...] about this crazy DC-based MC months before he just pwned the internet with this Seinfeld-inspired mix tape. Wale, who’s African American in the Obamian sense (his folks are from Nigeria), has a [...]

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-21881 Literary Non-fiction » Blog Archive » Wale Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:05:05 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-21881 [...] I’d like to add a new name to that list: Wale.  I stumbled across his name on passion of the weiss and was intrigued.  Anyway, I agree with pretty much everything Weiss had to say about Wale and [...] [...] I’d like to add a new name to that list: Wale.  I stumbled across his name on passion of the weiss and was intrigued.  Anyway, I agree with pretty much everything Weiss had to say about Wale and [...]

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-21723 911 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:39:00 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-21723 weiss I gotta give you your propers, if i hadn't read this review I was fully prepared to diregard duke. weiss I gotta give you your propers, if i hadn’t read this review I was fully prepared to diregard duke.

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-21692 The Mixtape About Nothing « Comparative Blogging Foundation Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:17:17 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-21692 [...] to Passion of the Weiss for pointing me towards [...] [...] to Passion of the Weiss for pointing me towards [...]

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-21624 Fresh Cherries from Yakima: This Ain’t a Game and There Ain’t No Play Meter » "the masterpiece rap album is rarely constructed on purpose." Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:04:58 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-21624 [...] is on a championship run of incredible hip-hop blog posts. right on the heels of weiss’ astonishing (and widely-popular) wale feature, zilla comes off the bench with his very best “beat generation” column [and i’m [...] [...] is on a championship run of incredible hip-hop blog posts. right on the heels of weiss’ astonishing (and widely-popular) wale feature, zilla comes off the bench with his very best “beat generation” column [and i’m [...]

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-21495 Fresh Cherries from Yakima: They Can’t Hold Piss » believe the hype: wale. Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:54:33 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/06/04/wale-realizes-the-full-potential-of-the-mixtape/#comment-21495 [...] jeff weiss pointed out last week in the most brilliant blog post written all year, “Whenever dudes like Kanye or Lupe try to [...] [...] jeff weiss pointed out last week in the most brilliant blog post written all year, “Whenever dudes like Kanye or Lupe try to [...]

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