Wale x Folarin (Review)

Wale has been promoting his newest mixtape, "Folarin", for a few weeks now and today is the day. Sponsored by Maybach Music Group and hosted by DJ Clark Kent, Folarin officially released today. We fell in love with Wale's music because he's been doing things that a lot of rappers either aren't doing or are trying to but failing miserably. Wale is able to rap about anything and turn his verses into poetry. Wale's poetic flow has gained a lot of fans over the past few years. Theory 11.1.11. and More About Nothing are some of Wale's best works and this tape, Folarin, falls fairly short of their marks. The flow from Wale is there (in the tape) but his beats were selected VERY poorly selected. The best songs beat wise were definitely "Cool Off", "Street Runner", "Skool Daze", and "The Right One". Some of the features include Hit-Boy, Nipsey Hu$$le, Trinidad Jame$, 2 Chainz, and Jhene Aiko. And even with these heavy hitters on here, the tape still lacks. Overall, we'd give the tape a 6.5/10; classic flow, decent lyrics, mediocre beats. Come on Wale, we know you can do better than this.

Download "Folarin" here.