It's a dead giveaway someone's not into something when they don't know how to pronounce it. Our example of the day is Wale. A lot of people say it like "whale" or "Wall-E" and that's OK, because it's not like everyone has time to know about good new rappers. That said, you're reading this blog post, so this might be a good opportunity to get acquainted. If you don't know, Wale is pronounced Wall-ay. He's from DC and he's got a few mixtapes under his belt. One of them is called "A Mixtape About Nothing." It's about Seinfeld, and it has a Julia Louis-Dreyfus cameo. Oh, and Wale's cousin is Gbenga Akinnagbe, the guy who plays Chris Partlow on The Wire. Our intern Patrick met up with Wale in Toronto and they talked about Ben's Chili Bowl and go-go music. Patrick kept it brief because apparently Wale hates interviews, but when the questions were done, Wale wanted to keep talking. He asked Patrick about Canadian sports, but Patrick thought Wale said "rappers" when he had actually said "Raptors" so Patrick nodded at that guy from Degrassi who raps with Lil' Wayne now (Drake, who was sitting in on the interview). The whole thing was a bit awkward.
1 - i thought it was "whale"
2 - fear and loathing in huntsvegas is the best mixtape of the past couple years
Posted by: kh | 06/05/2009 at 20:54
i think i hear more about ben's chili bowl than anything else in washington other than politics or the redskins. definitely more than the nationals.
Posted by: pops | 06/05/2009 at 21:32
this one's trickier than sufjan
Posted by: jules | 06/05/2009 at 22:18
LOL @ Drake being that dude from Degrassi.
There's video of him "freestyling" on Funk Flex, while reading all his rhymes off a blackberry. Fuck outta here, nigga.
Posted by: kool fartz | 06/05/2009 at 23:45
wale got skills hope that song with gaga gets play
Posted by: maxwel57 | 07/05/2009 at 13:25
Wale's "The Kramer" is one of the best songs of last year.
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