Shine 2017 gave the world My PYT, which is RIAA certified platinum, as Wale continued dropping heat. Released on 6-25-2013, this 16-song CD is 70:02 minutes long. With richer sounds and more honest insights into mental-health and social issues ("Expectations", "Love Me Nina / Semiautomatic", "Sue Me") on 2019's Wow. Two more blockbusters followed as The Gifted 2013 and The Album About Nothing 2015 both crashed the Billboard 200 at 1 back-to-back. The production on the album was handled by multiple producers including Just Blaze, Jake One, Kane Beatz, Cardiak, The Runners and Lee Major among others. 01 - Wale-The Problem 02 - Wale-The MC 03 - Wale-The Soup 04 - Wale-The Breeze Cool 05 - Wale-The Friends Strangers 06 - Wale-The Number Won 07 - Wale-The Eyes of The Tiger 08 - Wale-The War 09 - Wale-The Breakup Song 10 - Wale-The Work Workin 11 - Wale-The Black N Gold 12 - Wale-The Manipulation 2 13 - Wale-The Best In The League 14 - Wale-The. The album was released on Jby Maybach Music Group, Allido Records, and Atlantic Records. But whatever label he's on, Wale consistently produces multidimensional releases, and steers clear of predictability thanks to woman-praising, rap-meets-R&B ballads like the Miguel-assisted "Lotus Flower Bomb" and "The Matrimony", alongside Usher, among other things. The Gifted is the third studio album by American rapper Wale.
In 2011, Wale moved to Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group, adding a dually conscious and dance-ready vibe to an otherwise street-focused roster. During his ascent amid the peak of hip-hop's blog era, Wale offered catchy melodies and bars speckled with pop-culture references on songs like the Lady Gaga-featuring "Chillin" and Waka Flocka Flame's 2010 club hit "No Hands"-and he could then pivot to reveal a more vulnerable, thoughtful side with vivid, prose-like lyrics. A string of mixtapes found the rapper grappling with morality in both everyday life and early stardom-most notably on 2008's Seinfeld-inspired The Mixtape About Nothing-and earned him a diehard fanbase ahead of his 2009 debut album, Attention Deficit. With an itch for making songs heavily infused with go-go, the city's official sound, he dropped out of college to pursue music full-time, landing a deal with producer Mark Ronson's Allido Records in 2007 and Interscope Records a year later. Born Olubowale Victor Akintimehin in 1984, Wale, the son of Nigerian immigrants, was raised in the Washington D.C. Wale delivers lyrics you can live by-bolstered by witty punchlines, thoughtful concepts and painfully earnest introspection.