"....Earlier this evening, a few members of the media were invited to Chung King Studios in New York City to get an advance listen to Wale’s Attention Deficit, the D.C. native’s Allido Records debut. Treated to a spread of soul food, brews and wine, we were ushered into the control room of the recording space where super producer Mark Ronson played 9 tracks off the album (he refrained from playing lead single “Chillin’” featuring Lady Gaga), simply stating that “the music speaks for itself” before playing the tunes.
And though the songs weren’t played in any particular sequence, the album is shaping up to be one hell of a debut, with production from Mark Ronson, TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek (making his hip-hop production debut), DJ Green Lantern, BKS and Cool & Dre in addition to guest appearances from Bun B, Gucci Mane, Jazmine Sullivan, Marsha Ambrosius, K’naan, J. Cole, Melanie Fiona and Travis Barker. Showing Out was there to bring you an exclusive track-by-track preview, so hit the jump to see what you can expect to hear when the album drops September 22......"