Wale Shows "Ambition" On New Album

Artist: Wale

Title: Ambition

Release Date: 11/1/11

My Rating: 

★★★

This is Wale’s sophomore album after being released from Interscope Records and signing with Rick Ross as part of the MMG camp.  Ambition is the desire for personal achievement. It provides the motivation and determination necessary to achieve a particular end or condition. Ambitious people are characterised by their strong desire for attainment, power, or superiority. It is evident that Wale was very ambitious after being dropped after album and selling below average on the album.

The album contains classic, laid-back, relaxed lyrics, along with instrumentals. "Ambition" starts out with "Don't Hold Your Applause," a song dedicated to having made a name for himself and getting the attention he feels he deserves.

He states that in his Song “Legendary”; “Its something to be great, its nothing to be famous. F-ck fame, f-ck money, f-cuk everything anyone could take from me. It aint hard to make money, we young n-ggas tyrna be legendary.”

“Slight Work” could possibly be a club song, with its up-tempo and sirens sound effects. This song features Big Sean and like usual he did he thing with catchy flow and style of delivery. My favourite song would have to be the title track off of the album, "Ambition”. Wale brings out his MMG label-mate Meek Mill and his boss Rick Ross to help him out on the song. Meek Mill does what he needs to do and that is rap. Of course Ross did his thing “Ambition is priceless, that’s something that’s in your veins, I doubt that will ever change. Ambition is my sh-t and put that on my name, and I doubt that will ever change”.

The next couple of songs bring out a slightly more lyrical side of Wale, but not as much as he could have been. Wale closes the album with "That Way" featuring the vocals of Jeremih and the notorious Rick Ross. The song is slightly more lyrical than the other songs and was a good way of closing out the album. Wale did well choosing this as the final song, but I still think the album could have been put together better.