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Wale Audio Interview

Posted by hof - January 27, 2008

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Here is a phone interview we did last week with Wale. He’s a DC rapper down with Mark Ronson’s Allido Records and currently entertaining offers from several major labels. Wale was selected by Entertainment Weekly as one of the top 8 artists to watch for 2008, featured on the Cover of URB Magazine with JUSTICE and his record “Nike Boots” was selected by iTunes as a Single of the Week.

39 Comments

  1. DTB January 30, 2008 @ 12:10 am

    onsmash>>>

    oww owww owww

  2. Canarsavelli The Don January 30, 2008 @ 5:39 am

    WALE SON GON DO IT BIG… WHO DA FUCK IS LUCIANO

  3. yeeeeaaaaa os> January 30, 2008 @ 6:37 am

    yup

  4. Hoodie January 30, 2008 @ 8:59 am

    OS>

    thought this nigga name was whale

    didnt kno it was wally

    icb

  5. YSL January 30, 2008 @ 12:56 pm

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  6. spro007 January 30, 2008 @ 5:15 pm

    The youngin Wale got flows but come on slim, why you got the generic NY Yankee cap on. Where u from again? That’s that PG coming out of you. But I aint come on this joint to hate though – I respect u and what you trying to do – just don’t sell out! We already get enough of that. Let em know how DC really does it. Cant nothing fuk wit a real DC soldier. Stick to the gogo flows and it’ll catch on like a virus. I live up NY and everybody loved the ice cream TCB joint. Keep doing it champ …

  7. p.holly January 31, 2008 @ 4:44 pm

    lol…..LUCIANO went to UMES with me….lol….they shouldn’t ever be talkin bout this nigga….he’s nobody…..lol

  8. Marcus X February 1, 2008 @ 11:45 am

    I’m a Philly cat to be exact, and after crankin that Wale 300 Miles and Running mixtape this past summer…Let’s just say that I should be an A&R somewhere…the cat got rhymes out the ass without overly doing it, and at the same time not get too stuck on conciously talking about DC…cuz we all know DC is it’s own sub-culture of hip-hop…I fucks with Go-Go music and I love DC women like fried chicken (they are in their own lane, period)…but at the same time I hope Wale doesn’t feel like he has to rep the district so hard that the mainsteam doesn’t get it…he’s doing a great job of manuvering into the limelight and bringing back the “rewind that” feel to the hip-hop landscape. Wale in O-Eight!!! Top Impact Album of the Year!!!

  9. h cannon February 2, 2008 @ 4:09 am

    i dont see it, and i’m from DC. we dont got too many Kanye’s round here, im from uptown!!!

  10. Taz Money February 2, 2008 @ 6:05 pm

    He’s ok.

    He aint no Taz Money tho’…

  11. Pay Homage Bitch February 4, 2008 @ 2:56 pm

    Wale>>>>>>
    good luck in 08 b

  12. Clayface February 5, 2008 @ 8:40 am

    He try’n like hell…wale is cool…lol but u can tell he’s not experinced lyrcist, he a runway rapper
    He’s not Street Certified like SHATiFF or Taz

  13. J.ROD February 6, 2008 @ 9:52 am

    P. HOLLY…U FUNNY ASS SHYT PATRICK, THAT NIGGA LUCIANO SAVE UR LIFE 4RM US BEATIN UR ASS…THAT NIGGA GUTTER N I DNT EVEN LIKE THAT NIGGA…1 THING I KNO IS HE GO HARDER THAN THAT NIGGA WALE..HE JUS A LUPE FIASCO RAPPING OVA GO-GO BEATS

  14. da real southeastslim February 8, 2008 @ 8:29 am

    luciano is a real dc nigga and that nigga be grindin i heard about this niga before the south tookover he be in the city i even saw his black ass around my way hustlin cds nnawwwwwwww you cant 4k with luciano wale you know that in the back of your mind that nigga is street certified

  15. IVY CITY NE February 8, 2008 @ 9:46 am

    get real wale is a good raper and luciano is more of a hood guta niga that will probably get mainstream out of dc because wales fans are gogo fans and gogo fans dont buy cd plus luciano is a underdog so think about the giants

  16. topmodel February 8, 2008 @ 9:54 am

    wale is not from dc like luciano said on the youtube diss hes from the county and he use to play golf in high school,on some tru shit iam from uptown and since i meet the luciano nigga around my way i always type his name on my search engine to find some new shit about him cause hes more like us THE REAL DC NIGGAZ,wale can rap but its seems like he not part of us hes a season raper when wale first came out when lupe first came out wale was all over youtube on skateboard talking about how he love skating and shit i swear in my life i never saw a nigga from dc skate outside in i was born and raised in uptown so its not always about you knowing how to rap is about the reality of it i pick luciano ALLDAY

  17. topmodel February 8, 2008 @ 9:57 am

    DC REALEST RAPER OF ALLTIME JLUCIANO AKA MR 202 check out this track

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JP67lOGVMM

  18. NICEST BEATS February 10, 2008 @ 2:49 pm

    http://www.soundclick.com/lilmoneyproductionz out the DMV.

  19. Round da way STAR February 29, 2008 @ 9:52 pm

    Man fuck a Luciano wit his lame ass can’t even speak english LMAO..he a broke ass dude tryna get a lil fame hatin. Ain’t nobody in there right mind goin to sign his wack ass…get ur weight up slim…Wale shyts on your face and all you wack ass ppl. Fakin like you from the city when you Fresh Of the BOAT…

  20. Round da way STAR February 29, 2008 @ 10:26 pm

    da real southeastslim and topmodel is prolly Luchicano trynna make himself sound good..no bull he’s that lame.. Talking bout you robbed niggas on youtube..lol yea your manz you bamma ass nigga, setup his manz and shyt yea i heard..clown!! Fuck you cuz BO gon handle your FOB (FRESH OFF da BOAT) ass…lol

  21. WALLY March 6, 2008 @ 11:17 am

    No one would buy this record that’s why they gave it away for free. Wale, the worst rapper alive.

  22. DrkblueMonte March 10, 2008 @ 1:51 am

    if he so bad why did MTV a multi-Billion dollar tv network do a documenty new brief on him tho. all we see from lulu is homemade take “29″ videos. Let me ask Lulu this; IF YOU SO GOOD AND RESPECTED WHY HAVEN’T WE SEEN YOU IN ANY INTERVIEWS, ANY RADIO STATION SHOTOUTS…WHERES YA LUV DUDE? Has 93.9 or 95.5 played any of your songs…LOL cause we all know the answer to those ??? NO

    You older than Wale too..still videotaping from you gargage

  23. gjkldfjg; March 18, 2008 @ 4:29 pm

    yall gon stop hatin on on WWWWWWale

  24. gjkldfjg; March 18, 2008 @ 4:34 pm

    aye wally stop goin on my mans like dat cuz he will stomp you wit his fresh pair of nike boots you “hps” aka{hatin piece of shit}

  25. Nijaboi March 22, 2008 @ 8:39 am

    Man any real nigerian knows Wale is a prototype Nigerian American…LuLu on the other hand is a FOB bamma thats been a hater for years that no one will even interview..lol

    LuLu stop hatin cause BO gonna beat the sh*t outta you cuz

  26. JoRob March 22, 2008 @ 2:48 pm

    no bull i would not care if that nigga was from DC VA ATL France or italy. he reppin the city and he made it. if son music like that or even if it was some shit ill support caz a lot of ppl dont realize that if they like it or not Wale can help put the city in the eyes of every1 out there from the fans to the ppl in the industry. even all the hometowun artists that playa have been talkin bout in this blog. i dont know none of yall but ill still root for yall caz you wanna rep the city. thats only ganna help the next nigga from here get on.
    all yall out there that know about the music game and tryin to make it got to ask urself why DC has A&Rs from warner broz interscope bmg and more liven right here in our city but they aint fuckin wit us. its caz they say our attitudes fucked up and we aint worth the drama.

    im an RNB singer i started in the city but lived in DC and VA. i was in VA a lot of my life but the city is what i bleed.

    if u look at anyWays from here that made it they had to move to ATL nyc LA or miami caz niggas B haten so they have no choice. you got to look outside the box to fig out why they did what they did. even ur man Jholiday had to do that. Wale aint do that he started in the city and still goin strong.

    the crazy thing is that dc started this music and every1 has capitalized off of us because we been to busy worrying bout the next nigga and haten.
    i have been to LA ATL miami and nyc and sorry to say but these niggas music game off the hook. they go to the club 30 deep with the same shirts on cd of their pplz on their neck posters all lat puttin there face on cars with tvs on it 4 of there ppls like 20 feet from eachother sale’n the same nigga cd. the funny thing is i can be in LA nyc or anywhere and these ppl aint even from the area. i went to miami and saw a gang of niggaz from nyc on on the strip pushin their ppls cd.

    the industry scared of us caz we al kings and queens and we can take over the music game but its up to us to put the ego behind and make it happen.

    so big upt to Wale and every1 out here from the dmv DC. caz i got luv 4yall if i kbow u or not. if u from the block or not caz in the end its all bout that money and helping ya fam moe.

    check me out I SUPPORT DMV ARTISTRY DO YOU?
    http://WWW.JOROBISMUSIC.COM
    http://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/JOROB22315

  27. big b March 30, 2008 @ 5:23 pm

    I SEEN LUCIANO SO MUCH IN DA CITY I WOULDNT EVEN MATTER TO ME IF HE FROM THE CITY LIKE THE (WALLY UP TOP COMMENT ) WALE CDS IS SOMR SHIT AND I FROM AROUND THE WAT NORTHEAST AND DAT NIGGA JLUCIANO CD ROCK LIKE ON SOME REAL DC TAKEOVER SHIT WALE IS A TYPE OF RAPPER THAT COULD NEVER DO HIS OWN THING HE JUST DO GOGO SONGS AND HOP ON ANYTHING THAT MAKE HIM DIFFERENT AND THEN WHEN HE NOT RAPING OR TALKING ABOUT SHOES ON GOGO BEATS HE SOUND JUST LIKE A FAKE ASS DC LUPE FISCO

  28. big b March 30, 2008 @ 5:27 pm

    I SEEN JLUCIANO SO MUCH IN DA CITY I WOULDNT EVEN MATTER TO ME IF HE FROM THE CITY LIKE THE (WALLY UP TOP COMMENT ) WALE CDS IS SOME BULL DICK HOPING SHIT AND I AM FROM AROUND THE WAY NORTHEAST,DC AND DAT NIGGA JLUCIANO CD ROCK LIKE ON SOME REAL DC TAKEOVER SHIT WALE IS A TYPE OF RAPPER THAT COULD NEVER DO HIS OWN THING HE JUST DO GOGO SONGS AND HOP ON ANYTHING ITS NOTHING THAT MAKE HIM DIFFERENT AND THEN WHEN HES NOT RAPING OR TALKING ABOUT SHOES ON GOGO BEATS HE SOUND JUST LIKE A FAKE ASS DC LUPE FISCO
    PLUS HE NOT FROM DC

    CAN GO TO ANY HOOD HOOD AND YOU DONT DO DIRT NIGGA SHUT THA 4K UP WHAT IS YOU SAYING YOU BITCH ASS ICE CREAM NIGGA

  29. miss gogo April 17, 2008 @ 7:12 am

    i love jluciano mr 202 hes sexy and i love his first cd i got em, wale is okay but as a raper he do to much gogo,when i want to hear gogo i will listen to the gogo bands, jluciano if wale could get a deal with interscope you could get one with def jam so keep doing what you do like you do it with ur sexy ass

  30. STAY IN DA GOGO(keep it real) April 17, 2008 @ 10:54 am

    1St i use to like wale but how you going on interviews saying you dont have beef with jluciano but you made a whole song for more than 4 min talking about this nigga jluciano on ur last mixtape then you got ur cousin talking for you on youtube like you care WALE COME ON MIEN YOU KNOW better as an artist and iam a dc head NIGAZ IN DA HOOD 4K WITH THIS NIGGA JLUCIANO MR 202 in the streetz check this out he riped wale on some freestyle shit i heard. like THE GREAT BIG said a real artist should never be scared of another artist

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yY7kuFXbr0

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yY7kuFXbr0

  31. STAY IN DA GOGO(keep it real) April 20, 2008 @ 6:26 am

    luciano is only 21 yrs old so i dont blame him 4 actin childish but dis hop hop at his best in dc

  32. hassan taylor April 21, 2008 @ 1:43 pm

    he need to stay with go-go

  33. FREEAGENT April 28, 2008 @ 1:03 pm

    WALE ITS MAY WHERES THAT MIXTAPE

  34. FixyaFace May 29, 2008 @ 6:53 pm

    I respect Wale 4 makin’ it big. I ain’t tryin 2 hate on him. But he’s not from D.C.
    He grew up we me in Gaithersburg,MD(20 mins from D.C. .That’s when he was just Victor. Thank God he’s nottryin’ 2 be hard cause never was in any shape or form. I just hate when cats blow up they from some where they
    really not from. Victor stop lying 2 your fanS. U went Rosevelt Middle School,Roberto Clemente, Ridgeview and Quince Orchard High.
    Your Address was 38 Timber Rock RD, Gaithersburg,MD 20878. I know everything you
    ass boy! Don’t make me expose you.

  35. jwig July 1, 2008 @ 5:27 am

    iam still bumping dat luciano shit

  36. jwig July 7, 2008 @ 3:52 am

    NEEW JLUCIANO AKA MR202 FT SHAWTY LO

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scUuCrlk3Gw

  37. keyon January 19, 2009 @ 6:00 am

    THE HOODEST AND REALEST RAPPER
    JLUCIANO AKA MR202

  38. Brian January 27, 2009 @ 6:48 pm

    I went to high school with this motherfucker he was such a faggot he got his ass whooped it was funny as shit

  39. stacy March 20, 2009 @ 7:05 pm

    is that the real JoRob who left a comment? I feel you hun. DMV needs to keep maken moves. I want to see you wale and Tabi Do a track boo. that would be hot! well if its you I love your Music!!

    halla at me
    hottstuff@aol.com

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