In case you are a dunce, the title and album cover for Wale's 'The Mixtape About Nothing' are inspired by that show 'Seinfeld'. If you are a dunce, don't worry, so I am. It took the third song with a soundclip from 'Seinfeld' for me to figure it out. Sure, I've never been an active watcher of the show, but COME ON.In addition to numerous quotes from the show, 'The Mixtape About Nothing' also contains an answering machine message from Julia Louis-Dreyfus to Wale, a recording of the time Michael Richards went bigot at that comedy club (which is really eerie to listen to -- at first, most people were laughing, but soon after you could hear the shock from the crowd as they realize that he is completely melting down), the apology Michael Richards gave, and references by Wale to Mapquest and David Letterman's Top 10 list. In 'The Bmore Club Slam', he also talks about how 92Q in Baltimore won't play his songs. Then, he says, "My cousin, who plays Chris Partlow...." Having just finished season 4 of The Wire last night, this excited me more than it likely excites you.
Anyway, unless 'The Mixtape About Nothing' is an aberration, Wale is going to be one of the best rappers around. But don't take my word for it....
3 comments:
yes to this. I love the Julia Louis-Dreyfus message.
Is your blog suppose to take the place of the blog we were starting? We take this part over to NRIR you know.
EMs- JLD talks says being on the mixtape will make her kids think she is cool, but it also made ME thinkg she is cool.
Jefe- For some reason, the only thing I can think of to write about the last six months or so is music. I don't know why.
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