Washington D.C.’s own Wale recently released his 5th studio album SHINE April 28th this year, which makes him one of Hip Hop’s most consistent rappers dropping projects within a two time fram. We’ve had to dissect Wale’s brand new album and here’s what we thought about it below.

Creative Control has never been an issue for Wale ever since signing to Maybach Music group, and if you’ve consumed Wale’s last four albums on that label, you can hear the consistency of his production and singles he chooses to release.

Growth? Wale has grown much since entering the game 11-years ago, and you can make the case for him being a rap veteran at this stage in his career. What we admire most about Wale’s projects is that he doesn’t shy away from formulas that worked for him in the past and yet able to maintain fresh and unique material to keep his fans satisfied.

Songs We’re Rocking Too Off The Album consist of “Thank God” which is the intro and was produced by Cool & Dre. Check our rating track by track ↧↧↧.

WALE SHINE TRACK By TRACK RATINGS

1. Thank God – 5
2. Running Back feat. Lil Wayne – 7
3. Scarface Rozay Gotti – 6
4. My Love feat. Major Lazer, Wizkid & Dua Lipa – 7
5. Fashion Week feat. G-Eazy – 10
6. Colombia Heights (Te Llamo) feat. J. Balvin – 9
7. CC White – 8
8. Mathematics – 6
9. Fish ‘N Grits feat. Travis Scott – 8
10. Fine Girl feat. Davido & Olamide – 9
11. Heaven On Earth feat. Chris Brown – 8
12. My PYT feat. Sam Sneak – 9
13. DNA – 7
14. Smile feat. Phil Ade & Zyla Moon – 10

Overall, we give Wale’s SHINE album a cool 86.7 which is a rating-hop from the last review we’ve conducted for The Album About Nothing. If you haven’t got your hands on this project we highly recommend that you click this link here to support artist such as Wale doing it at a high level in his career. Thanks for reading.

Tickets on sale.. we may need bigger venue . https://t.co/7U2NVi5yHh

— Wale (@Wale) July 5, 2017

They way my daughter is growing up and gettin smarter every day makes me so emotional .. I never knew I could love so hard . She perfect ??

— Wale (@Wale) July 4, 2017