This song is beyond a masterpiece. This is Wale at his best, untouchable Folarin.
Unfortunately he wont be alive when they finally give him his flowers! Wale is a pure gem. Surround this king
Man, it kills me that the industry acts like Wale just doesn't exist. Like he didn't drop classics like 88, Illest Bitch Alive, Lotus Flower Bomb, The Body, LoveHate Thing, The God Smile etc etc
How can you ignore that flow? That wordplay? That depth in conception and lyricism. I would feel the same way as he does if I was treated the same way. Worst thing is that even this song [Groundhog Day] in which he spits out everything that is killing him doesn't even get heard. It doesn't get played let alone talked about. It hasn't even reached half a million views yet and is perhaps the deepest song I heard this year. Wtf is wrong with this world. This is crazy!
Mind Mischief and Diary, Black Is Gold, had the best verse on No Hands and he had J. Cole on his 1st album
for all the bangers he has you can name another half of songs that are garbage. wale isn't consistent. but even still at his best he's one of the greats this song proves it.
Follow the Ten Commandments, read Ephesians 4:29, Saturday is the Lord’s day
We shouldn't breathe the same air if you still dont think The Gifted is a classic album. #Shine 🔵🌙
i thought gifted was terrible. I was very dissapointed but I love the mixtapes and album about nothing .
Cassius Cohen man I thought I was the only one who felt like this glad I'm not alone 🙏🙏
#hisbestwork
Top 5 of this generation
This one of the best disstracks ever
its actually frustrating how Wale is slept on..i just cant see the logic, Wale is in the top new school man
you are frustrated that people like me don't like his music? you are frustrated at people's taste in music? lool.. he is boring and depressing.
Unfoldedwarrior You must have been one of those remedial students. He said he's slept on. Whether a person likes his music or not, doesn't change the fact that he's highly talented...
Unfoldedwarrior You should have stopped at your last dumb ass comment... Now people are really going to see how stupid you are. Using your own definition of "slept on", please tell me how that relates to people liking his music? Please don't answer, because you'll just come off more foolish.
Greg Gregory wow..all it takes is urban dictionary. You really are an ignoramus. dont you have self respect to at least check the facts before commenting. It's like im talking to people from an upside down reality. Even from context, you can still arrive at the same conclusion, how can you know something happening around you if you are sleeping. duh. oh my days, ignorant. jeez
Unfoldedwarrior Just when you thought dumb couldn't get any dumber...
Wale, please understand that you still have loyal fans! Especially in the DMV!
The relationship between cole and wale so real. It takes ya brother to speak that real shit to you for it to bring the best out of you. Some of the best bars from wale in a min #salute
THIS IS A PURE WORK OF HUMAN SPIRITUAL ART!! There needs to be amused where you can go and hear shit... nothing visual, just pure amazing music such as this... This wasn't WALE.. THIS WAS WALE's Spirit talking..... BRAVOOO!!!!!!!
Give me Wale and Big Krit against any pair of rappers. They deserve more credit both def underrated.
Rip Bg super underrated, so is Bas and Omen they're both part of dreamville
Wale really doesn't get his credit these days. People love to hate on him and call him boring and trash, when really, he's the best out of MMG along with Stalley and Meek. The only rappers people mention these days are Kendrick, Cole and Drake. Nobody giving Sean, Krizzle, Joey, Earl and Wale the shine and credit they deserve.
You right, you can even throw Lupe on there. The music game kinda shunned a lot of people.
That second half of the song.... holy shit
Forever thank Cole for this... true friends wake you up
The video was released on Groundhog Day - Wale is a genius on so many levels.
The fact that he made this in a day after unexpectedly hearing coles track makes it even more amazing how talented he is
Keep sleeping. I ain't gon holla for your admiration. Ima just get my black ass in this booth, cut loose so I can buy papaya juice for my beautiful black baby.
😂 ok? Making it seem as if I'm mocking maliciously... I'm being playful, so relax...
The ending will give you chills you can hear it in his voice
if kendrick spit the same bars everybody would go crazy, but because its wale no one acknowledges this... smh
Preach!!! I always say this when it comes to Wale. Kendrick is overrated to me. I like Wale style better
wale is underrated he put out great albums especially ambition that's a classic
Ambition is not a classic. But it was an improvement from his debut album
@@littymoneyent.220 He was rapping The whole song bro. He dropped the bass and used several different rhyme schemes constantly.
@Marques Smith most definitely that album is perfect!!! Gifted good as hell too and slept on like crazy
Wale is a pure testimony of rap in poetry
Just heard this. One of the best pieces of art in the last 10 years. Refreshing. Harlem gave me a good ear for this music
Wale i'm here for you bro. You are impeccable with your music. Don't ever stop.
Wale should know comin from D.C. we always been underrated and bitter about it. Wale carries that pain in his music. Look up some of the talent that's come from Maryland, D.C. and Virginia over time. Even certain styles and slang that D.C. has never gotten shine for are all over hip hop.
Tony Spade Right. the South didn't either. Now ppl see how they flipped the South beats up n messed it up..Love Wale and his DC funky Dig dirt beats bfre his signing!
Tony Spade That's Real Talk Yung. I'm from D.C Southeast I Rep the DMV cause they always sleep on us. This Year Im Gonna Be Another Artist To Put DMV On.
Y'all got true talent but honestly it seem like y'all DMV cats(or at least some of y'all) complain too much. I never surely on Wale but he complains about people sleeping on him too much. If he stays true to this song I'll be happy. Stay consistent and drop fire like we know he can
“My skin Chocolate and Cop-pers bullets are diabetic”
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
So glad your back!!!!!
"And in this dark time... if we ont find a reason to smile..? Yeen never gon shine..." gotta find a way to keep going
The end half of this is poetic man. Powerful shit I had to come back to all these years later
I love this vulnerability. This literally gives me chills. My Gawd he snapped!
I still come back to the end of this. So powerful 💪🏾
The fact tht this hasn’t hit 1mil views after 2 years is disgraceful. Shows how much someone speaking they truth matters now
Folarin my favorite regardless of people opinions or press opinions, I'm just waiting on that Shine. He always honest, that's a fact.
top 10 nah fuck that Wale is definetly top5..
JayQweezy15 On this generation of Rappers right now. Only three do it for me J. Cole, K.Dot & and Wale that's who I listen to, and it has been like this for over half a decade now.
Catalog Absolutely but he's gotta learn to stop chasing it. TAAN was great / Gifted was great but I don't think he's felt free since Ambition. When he makes an album sharing the example he wants to set for his life as opposed to what he thinks people want, that's when he'll have the most success. The World isn't changed by your opinion but by your example. IMO the new top tier lyricist chart (excluding the legends HOVs, NAS, Em, Pusha, LUPE etc) is pretty clear (Cole / Big Sean / Kendrick / Krit / Wale) in whatever order you like. Shot out Chance / Bas / Nipsey / Dave East / Young MA / Logic for keeping real Hiphop alive
Wale doesn’t get the credit he deserves I’ve really grown fond of him, feel like I’ve discovered a rap jewel ❤️
" I remember me and Cole would open up for hov, everyday the star is born I guess I die in a room" 💥
" I remember when me and Cole used to open for Hov, everyday a star is born, but I guess I died in the womb"
Well put together. Hopefully this'll create the dialogue that leads to peace and maybe an epic collaboration.
OfficialMNIB it most likely won't because of hypebeast and mainstream copycat music culture
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They friends. Matter fact they was at a game then ight this song dropped lol
Wale is one of the best to ever do it . Honestly truly
No gucci belt? No flashing 100's? No bitches dancing? No guns? That alone makes this video great.
Im Quvos he been at it before Cole
Wale one of the best. catch him mumbling and hed probably off himself. he created his own lane, in an industry full of future, migos and yatchy's.. . hes not an idiot rapping on xans
Wale just SPAAAZED on this track!! 🔥🔥 big ups to the homie for this one
Dropped the visuals on Groundhog Day!! Wale passion for the music is equal to the greats!! #folarin
Glorious, purely life changing this is amazing Wale 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬proud to be a Nigerian. A musician. A fan. A human. Straight luv from the uk 🇬🇧
Wale is top 5 rn now no debate at all.. the gifted is a classic imo
Kiing Savuge fuck outta here u hypbeast drake dicking, non lyrical list troll.
Wale is one of the greatest and realest artist, 💯 king 👑
The spoken word on this track was 🔥🔥🔥
He went to another dimension on that last verse.
the last five minutes of just pure anger....i love coming back to this. He's too fucking good
“Forever underrated until the Undertaker makes his presence”. Folarin Top 5 in my book.
like how he dropped the video on groundhog's day
jonathan LaRoche Facts on my Born Day.. Everyday is Groundhog's Day!!😎
Everyday a start is born. I guess i died in that womb.
Bruh.......This shit gave me chills... To watch a talented soul be so frustrated while living in the heart of the beast. This industry is truly crazy, stressful, no way to know who is who. Never can really let your guard down, even the ones you think feel you don't really. "Not to cause a situation but what side of my of biracial friends call me they nigga?" That was such a bar. . .#treeoflyfe
This man said "i still love my bro thats why its rest in peace to Tommy we still bumping Cole" that right there was a f'n bar.
This the type of Wale tracks i like.
i love the poetry at the end. it goes so hard and yet still so artistic
Wale has been slept on.hes 1 of d best mC's in d game. Wale fire
The definition of Soulful...Wale flow is refreshin like a breathe of fresh air a cold glass of water
The Album About Nothing was one of the greatest albums I've ever listened to in my life yet he gets no recognition. Must be tough being Wale because he knows like we all know he's levels above those amateur 8 week rappers yet people take him as a joke or a "corny" guy. I had friends who thought the same thing till I told them to listen to Gifted, more about nothing and TAAN and now they're telling me they were wrong all along. People just don't give him a chance and follow crowds like sheep. Imo he's one of the greatest to ever do it and he always spits the realest shit. He gotta get his recognition one day and when that day comes, people gone be like "damn how'd I sleep on this guy for so long?"
Wale will always be my favorite artist. Killed the end nothing but poetry 🙏🏿
Why won't people recognise Wale as one of the greatest.
He's inconsistent and complain alot instead of just Proving with his music
The DMV births GREATNESS !!!
Wale will be appreciated in due time. Tupac had the same problem when people were only praising BIG back in the day as the best of all time. Unfortunately he didn't live to see his prediction of being the greatest ever but at least he knew and worked hard for it. Some people just aren't appreciated until its too late. Wale ain't gonna die but when he stops spitting fire to help these flames burn while people only credit a limited number of rappers, they'll want the old Wale back but it'll be too late... Ask Lil Wayne.
I know Do you you comparing pac to wale lol you funny i like wale but he ain't in that level yet
Wake is def in that level. I've heard and looked at lyrics from every Tupac song. Contents normally different between the two but as far as pen to paper capabilities as well as track production wale is def in the same category. PAC and biggie get way more praise just because they're now gone. And people can only judge them from the era they were in and the content they produced in their otherwise-- short time frame-- with PAC having a greater body of work.
Not taking anything away from them they were def great at the time and a lot of their tracks especially pac's are very powerful but to count Wale as not being on the level... we have to stop doing that. He is.
And given Wayne's body of work and still running... he deserves way more credit than he gets because I'm sure most rappers that starter both before and after him aren't even present. Who knows if Tupac or biggie would've been able to go through to the next era and still be around. When you die they just play your old tracks we can't say they would've made new tracks that are staples in the new wave.
+Bruhh H Niggas who don't read shit properly or understand shit properly always talking something else. Who's comparing who to what? If you don't understand what I'm saying ask me "what are you saying?" Besides why every time someone mention Pac's name somebody from somewhere gonna be like "how dare you mention Pac's name" and they the same niggas who don't even know shit about Tupac except heard his music.
I know Do you nigga I wasn't praising pac I just said it is a bit of a reach to compare wale to pac. Plus y'all niggas out here tryna act like he ain't tryna ride j. Cole's wave. You just delusional
The lyrics to this song is soo deep...
Wale is the greatest.
That was straight goosebumps for the last 4-5 minutes of the song... Folarin just went full BEAST on the industry... THIS IS ART!!
wale goes hard the reason why hes hated is that his intelligence is much more higher than these rappers out there who rap about money hoes and other worthless shit
Wale... the inspiration through minds! Keep your flame burning Wale!
20x better than False Prophets... Real talk!
Wale be ignored nit even slept on... Ignored! Damn!
He the Real GOAT!
Still my favorite rapper. Lyrical genius and poetic trendsetter. His bars krazy
Straight Slept On!
i love love love this honesty from wale
@Wale speaking how you feel like this makes a shift in the tide and inspires people all around, don't feel slept on or think you don't have it bruh, you inspire countless people with your perspectives and poetry. Keep on man, keep on
Wale is one of my favorite rappers. Love it!
man I love all of the love in the comments. I've been rocking with wordplay le since hiphopgame . keep doing you strong black man. we got your back. bars on another level. rewind factor on infinity. shine on em!
How isn't this at a million views yet? I can definitely see where his frustration stems from.
Damn Wale this was deep 🔵🌙
One of the best beats I've ever heard
3:08 to the end of the song... omg
wow.... this is that realness..... KEEP YUH HEAD UP BOY WALE... it's kool your fans got you.
Wale, you that nigga man..
True poet who's words actually touch & up lifts peoples souls.
Never stop doing what you do my nigga. #Shine ⭕
This Is The Wale We Need....
I'm so glad J Cole pissed this man off
5 years later... I'm still glad as all hell
The love I have for this man, I too wish he had more recognition, but I guess that's how the world works, people would rather support someone like Tekashi69 who's completely talentless than someone who has talent oozing on them like Wale, then they get surprised when certain artists "sell out"
Came back to give Wale his flowers. He’s been on a spree as of late.
The end tho fuck
This gives me goosebumps,i dont know about you.. wale went fucking off!!!!!
“Everyday stars are born, I guess I died in the womb” can’t get no more artistic than that
Do you get it tho? It's a reference to being left off the song as well. Wordplay
This is the Wale everyone wants. Cole wanted to bring that besdt out of him. Wale has bars for days. Him and Cole are 2 of the dopest rappers out right now.
Wale a giant in the game credit or not
I can't wait for Wale to drop another song about relationship. To me, all his best songs have been about relationships
here just because it’s fire and it’s groundhogs day 😂💯
The music business don't think he's a great artist but everyone knows that Wale is one of the best in the game.
Damn, when Wale goes in he changes the game!
This is Perfect.
“ everyday a star is born .. i guess I died in the womb”
Go Innnnnnn Wale... #YouAreAppreciated! 💕👑
Did we all just witness a masterpiece???
If you've been rocking with Wale since the beginning like this comment!
Lesia MzBlu Hamilton since Georgetown press and waledance days
since dig dug
shoeperstarr well same, those are just some of my early favorites
Since Attention Deficit!
Attention Deficit is still in rotation. Had too many flows on that joint.