Folarin II
| Wale
Folarin II
Folarin II is the seventh studio album by American rapper Wale released on October 22, 2021, through Maybach Music Group and Warner Records. The production on the album was handled by several producers, including Cool & Dre, DJ Khalil, Harry Fraud, Hitmaka, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Lee Major, OG Parker and Rogét Chahayed among others. The album features guest appearances by Rick Ross, Chris Brown, J. Cole, Jamie Foxx, Ant Clemons, Maxo Kream, Yella Beezy, Hot Sauce of Backyard Band, Lil Chris of T.O.B. and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men. The album was executive produced by Ross and Wale. It is the sequel to Wale's 2012 mixtape Folarin. -Wikipedia
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HipHop DX
WALE 'FOLARIN II' FLASHES GREATNESS BUT GETS CLOUDED WITH CAREER RECOGNITION RAPS.
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Medium
The gifted Folarin adds another quality project to an already impressive discography.
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Riff Magazine
Wale displays unflinching confidence on ‘Folarin II’.
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Ratings Game Music
This is probably my favorite Wale album to date. It’s well-balanced and features a bunch of songs that play into the DMV rapper’s strengths.
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Exclaim!
Ironically, while Wale is clearly disillusioned by the politics of the record industry, with Folarin II, he's given that industry a project worth rallying around.
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DTLR Villa
With a project jammed packed with nostalgic samples, you mentally switch from back in the day quotes mixed with intricate cadences by Folarin himself.
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Ben's Beat
Wale has been going strong and consistently delivering through popularity peaks and valleys for 12 years running at this point, and there’s no reason to believe he’ll slow down any time soon. There’ll be something here that most rap fans will enjoy, even if it’s not the most groundbreaking thing in the world.
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nappy afro
A decade-plus in his career and I am still trying to figure out what justifies Wale to spit ire at fans & music critics when his music comes off this average? Where’s the progression? What makes this stand out? Why do people think this is “album of the year” material? I’m not seeing it here. It is still your typical mainstream rap album in a year where phoning it in is not cutting it, when there’s quality material coming from the underground.
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