Happy Birthday to the homie Diego!!! He definitely puts in a lot of work over here at iLLVibes so be sure to send some love his way!
It has been a pretty hot summer and a lot rappers are not quenching my musical thirst. I'm not trying to "Crank Dat Flying Squirrel", not trying to hear about a "Mille" for the thousandth time, and "Get Silly" nearly made me want to turn off B.E.T. forever all together. Nevertheless, there are a handful of rappers out there like Theophilus London, Mickey Factz, XV, Nas, Kidz in the Hall, Kid Cudi, and some others that are representing the essence of hip hop.
Wale is different from rappers because he has the perfect mix of lyricism, charisma, wit (he's sick with the wordplay), consciousness, and a flow that is unique to Wale and no other rapper. Wale is not trying to catch onto some some trend or be like another rapper, he is differentiating himself and this is what hip hop needs, as it is stuck in a time where cats are trying to be next overnight sensation catching onto a popular fad. Mr. Folarin has put in work, years of work with a number of performances and mixtapes, and he deserves to be where he is now.
Anyway, I've been collecting Wale material for a minute, and I realized that in a lot of the mixtapes people have made of his music, everybody is just putting out the quote unquote "hits" or the "bangers" and overlook some of the impressive material that Wale has released; these tracks have simply remained under the radar. Wale is not the kind of cat putting out 4 or 5 good tracks for a mixtape; rather, his product is cohesively ill. Daniel Weisman, Wale's manager, over at Elitaste.com has been holding it down releasing all of Wale's tracks that he has done after his latest mixtape and several of those will be included.
In other words, this iLL Vibes mixtape is in some ways a mixtape after the mixtapes as it is going to have some rare, unheard, and unreleased joints from Wale. This is the first mixtape we have done at iLL Vibes and hopefully there will be more to come.
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Be sure to check out the new section on the right-hand column of the page entitled iLLVibes Radio. This section features dope music mixes from our friend Ron over at The Tempotandrum.com. The reason the section is called iLLVibes Radio is because in my opinion the content exemplifies what radio broadcasting should be all about. His podcasts contain the eclectic vibe that is a staple of our tastes here at iLLVibes. I am a huge fan of these 90 minute mixes and like a fiend, I have set them to be updated in my iTunes each week. If you are a true fan of GOOD MUSIC, you will love his podcasts and I highly encourage everyone to check them out and his page. The Tempoandrum releases podcasts every Wednesday @ 8pm and we will do out best to keep our section updated accordingly. Also be on the lookout for Volume 50, which features a Tempotandrum/iLLVibes Collabo...
The IllVibes crew will be in Atlantic City this week so unfortunately there won't be any updates. However, we will take plenty of pics and document our travels so there will definitely be plenty of posting when we get back.....
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