That hair-trigger sensitivity can be off-putting, but it's also what makes him good at what he does. Julian Kimble of Billboard said, " The Album About Nothing is his most personal piece of work to date, and also his best. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 67, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 10 reviews. The Album About Nothing has received generally positive reviews from critics.
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Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores The music video for "The Matrimony" premiered on June 8, 2015. " The Matrimony" featuring Usher, was released as the album's second single on March 2, 2015. On December 28, 2014, the music video was released for "The Body". " The Body" featuring Jeremih, was released as the album's lead single on September 9, 2014. He'll come in and give you an update." Singles You can look at him as kind of explaining what's happening if you get lost during the story. I'm going to be as transparent as I can be." He also spoke about Jerry Seinfeld's role on the album, saying: "He's the narrator. You guys are going to hear what I'm saying. I'm running from point A and through point B. I'm not moon walking to get from point A to point B. Now I'm just taking it straight to the cup.
Before, with my music, I was like the point guard with all the handles. It's like a journal that my whole lifestyle is based around.
In January 2015, Wale spoke about how it is his most personal album, saying: "It's super personal. Now, we’re here in 2014, I’m using a lot of personal things and things that are going on in my life now as well as exclusive content from Jerry Seinfeld and a little bit of the show." And then, 2010, you know, by this point I’m signed to Interscope and I have a different perspective on things and I did the More About Nothing mixtape.
Basically I just ran with that, I did a Mixtape About Nothing and I used a lot of dialogue from Seinfeld. So I had an interesting perspective on the industry. I just poked a lot of fun at society and the industry ‘cause what was hot at the time was ‘snap your fingers’ and all that. So I did a Mixtape About Nothing in 2007. "I was a big fan of Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld. In September 2014, Wale spoke about how Seinfeld inspired the album, saying: I said just type in Wale and me and see what comes up." I have every single thing.' Somehow, she missed anything that had to do with me, but has every other cut, everything else he's done. So I said to my wife, 'I'm doing this thing with this guy Wale' and she said, 'Wale is my favorite Hip Hop artist. So I said alright, I'll do it, even though I didn't know what I was going to do. I didn't understand it, but he did and then I kind of liked the guy, I dug the guy, and I listened to his music, I liked the music. Seinfeld spoke about how the collaboration came to be, saying: "Wale called me, came to my show and we hung out a little bit. That same week, it debuted at number 27 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but fell sixteen spots to number 43 for the week of February 16, before leaving the chart completely.In January 2013, it was reported Wale was working on a new album, titled The Album About Nothing with Jerry Seinfeld. On the week of February 9, 2013, "Bad Ass" debuted at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100, but left the next week. The remix also featured a reworked beat by KB and Mike Maven. On May 10, 2013, the official remix was released featuring west coast rappers YG and Problem. The music video was directed by Alex Nazari and was released on March 4, 2013. It peaked at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 27 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It was co-written by all three artists and Devin Cruise, who also produced the song. The song was released on Janu as the first single from his debut EP Almost Home (2013) and appear as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of his debut studio album My Own Lane (2014). The original version of the song appeared on Ink's 2012 mixtape Rocketshipshawty, and contained no verses from Meek Mill and Wale. " Bad Ass" is a song by American rapper Kid Ink with guest appearances from fellow rappers Meek Mill and Wale. Single by Kid Ink featuring Meek Mill and Waleīrian Todd Collins, Robert Williams, Olubowale Akintimehin, Devin Montgomery
2013 single by Kid Ink featuring Meek Mill and Wale "Bad Ass"