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Wale (rhymes with Lupe, I’m sick of people calling him whale) has finally dropped the first single off his debut album, Attention: Deficit which will see its release this summer. The DCist brings his absolute A-game in this what will be the biggest electro-rap single since Kanye’s very own “Stronger.” I can call this with little doubt because of Lady GaGa’s involvement in the track. It seems that she can do no wrong on the radio nowadays.
If you have been following Wale’s latest couple of mixtapes, you’d know that Wale isn’t covering new ground on “Chillin’,” but instead, he is repaving the road he’s built up so far. If this is your first taste of Wale, then you’re lucky enough to have “Chillin’” as your head squire in your quest to find Wale.
The funny thing is that, on “Chillin’,” Lady GaGa gets her M.I.A. on. As I write this, I can just imagine your eyes rolling. Just listen to GaGa’s hook, “lookin’ at, lookin’ at, lookin’ at me…,” can you honestly tell me she doesn’t sound just like M.I.A. right there? Will this be a trend in new Lady GaGa music? Is this the 2009 equivalent of Gwen Stefani going reggae or Harajuku?
I know you hate comparing artists as much as I do, but in this case, I am having the hardest time distinguishing a difference between what Kid Cudi and Wale are doing to the game right now. The only difference may be that Wale’s lead single is loads more interesting than “Day N Nite” or “Sky Might Fall.”
Tags: Favorite New Songs, Lady Gaga, Wale
Did anyone else catch the reference to M.I.A. in the middle of the song, and the brief sample of paper planes? Kinda makes this seem like they were intentionally playing off of M.I.A.’s style.
Here is a link to download the new version of this song.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/58213580da385f8e/
Kid Cudi > Wale, hands down
After listening to this song on the radio and really liking it, i decided to come home and search for it. I typed in “MIA NEW 2009″ obviously with no success. I especially love how lady gaga’s pronunciation sounds like MIA’s, especially with the word “international.”
All in all, not a smart move on Gaga’s part: now I’m wondering what her REAL voice sounds like?
Big Wale fan ever since I heard “100 miles and running” but not feelin Lady Gaga on this track. I see what he is trying to do, mix and mash generes and even classes of music cuz lets face it, Lady Gaga is just the new pop princess on the block who will only last a couple of years and then onto the next one, it’s inevitable and she’s not that interesting nor is her music for that matter. M.I.A. should have been on this hook or Santigold (Santogold, Santi White) if that’s the type of pressense that Wale wanted which it clearly was cuz Lady Gaga tried to trace their style. Funny how Jared said even though she sounds like M.I.A. only Lady Gaga could have pulled off this hook……um…..what about bypassing the imitator and going straight to the source…..such as M.I.A. or Santigold? I think they could have pulled off their OWN style much better. As for Lady Gaga, she is the new Snow. Maybe she’s gonna cover “Informer” next. lol….Gaga is super lame.
Just my opinion….but my opinion is truth, can’t argue against it. ha ha.
Big ups to Wale though and don’t get Gaga for another hook man. It’s not stepping outside the box to get a pop princess on a hook, it’s been done.
yaaaaaa when i first listened to this track…i’m like is MIA in it…?
but ya when i found out it was lady gaga…quite shocked actually.