WALE - AMBITION

WALE

AMBITION

2011

1. Don't Hold Your Applause

Very nice opening track to the album.

I love it all, especially the ending and 

Wale comes with some real ish. 5/5

2. Double M Genius

As nice as the track is and Wale spits

some nice lyrics, it feels like something

is missing...but then the second verse

brings you back and the track grows.

Solid track in the end. 4/5

3. Miami Nights

Not sure i'm feeling this. Mainly because

of the over-produced beat perhaps?

There were similar and better tracks like

this on his latest  mixtape. 3.5/5

4. Legendary

Comes across boring, the beat just doesn't

pull you in and it kills the track. 2.5/5

5. Lotus Flower Bomb (ft. Miguel)

As to be expected with Miguel on the hook,

but really it's nothing compared to some

of the slow joints of the mixtape.

Could've easily been replaced with something

a lot better. Just not good enough. 2/5

6. Chain Music

At least this made the album. One of the better

tracks from the mixtape and still bumps

the fuck outta yo speakers. 4.5/5

7. Focused (ft. Kid Cudi)

I will prolly never like anything that has this

annoying Cudi vibe all over the track. 

Too bad, Wale actually is nice on the verses. 1/5

8. Sabotage (ft. Lloyd)

Another chick type joint with Lloyd. It's not bad

but again on the mixtape there's so much more 

and better to offer. 3/5

9. White Linen (ft. ne-Yo)

Hideous beat. Ne-yo is ass on here and overall

it's questionable as to how this made this album

with all the hype beforehand. 2/5

10. Slight Work

Big Sean should've never been signed. What 

a disgrace to music and what was Wale thinking?

Stinker of the year. 0/5

11.  Ambition (ft. Meek Mill & Rick Ross)

Only the second track really worthy of making

the album. But following Slight Work it's a bitter

sweet pill...and it wears off a little. 4/5

12. Illest Bitch

Nice joint but nothing more than that. 3.5/5

13. No Days Off

Seriously? Who the fuck made this happen. 0/5

14. DC Or Nothing

It's a damn shame, too little too late once again. 4.5/5

15. That Way

It's getting too much already, 3rd album this is on...

I don't know what happened between the 11.11 Theory

and this piece of nothingness but I'm deeply disappointed.

Only 7 decent tracks and 2 of those are recycled.

And speaking off, how can you not have "Bait" on here??

Doesn't make any sense. And I had such high hopes.

Overall Score: 5/10