On New Soul off of Back to the Feature, Wale talks about that shit. And I like Cudi, but him and Wale is different. Did you listen to Man on the Moon? That’s a stoner album. And in no shape, form, or fashion can you compare Cudi to Wale. Like his punch lines are outta this world, you gotta sit and think about that shit and what he’s talking about. If you just sit and listen to Wale, dude has crazy flow. Then why you click the link under his post and take the time out to comment on his shit? Sit the fuck down somewhere please. Still, it's a minor complaint as The Album About Nothing is bigger, bolder, and better than expected.I will never understand how someone can sit on here and talk about how nobody wants to hear Wale and blah blah blah. Package all this weighty material with Jerry, George, and Elaine in the mix and the album is a creative triumph, but although Wale's got so much to say, he often says it over the same tempo, and if it weren't for "The Girls on Drugs" (rescued from another Seinfeld-themed mixtape, Festivus) and a couple other kicking moments, the musical spectrum here would be narrow. Cole tackles race relations and suggests that feeling flossy and/or stoned is just a temporary distraction from the bad news across society, then "The Middle Finger" gets at the helplessness of depression as it rattles off all of the rapper's problems and then drops F-bombs and "Leave me alone" as its chorus. A routine about relationships ("When you get engaged it's like starting on the roller coaster.") inspires "The Matrimony" with special guest Usher, but the Jerry device is used as needed, and this ironically titled effort is heavy with Wale's own hopes, dreams, and disappointments, including dealing with a recent pregnancy, then miscarriage. Seinfeld guides listeners through the story and sometimes his routines or thoughts inspire the songs, including the key poetic track "The Helium Balloon," where flying free and high becomes a metaphor for talent. It's a fame so huge that Jerry Seinfeld is actually Wale's friend now, and while the sitcom star was sampled for the 2008 mixtape, he narrates this album. It worked better the first time, but much has changed for Wale in the seven years leading up to The Album About Nothing, meaning a rekindled, quirky idea like this could put his fame at risk. Playing off the ideas and structure of his 2008 mixtape The Mixtape About Nothing, rapper Wale's fourth studio album uses the television sitcom Seinfeld as the framework for an introspective and autobiographical effort, and as odd as that sounds, this is the second time it has worked.
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