WALE: WHY I JOINED ROZAY'S 'MAYBACH MUSIC'

Over the past 12 months, Washington D. C . rapper Wale has taken a lot of flack from fans for signing with Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group . Despite the criticism, Wale proved that he could hang with Rozay, Pill and Meek Mill on May's Self Made Vol. 1 without having to sacrifice his artistic credibility. Now , in a lengthy and explosive interview with Culture VI, Wale addresses those who doubted him switching to Rick Ross 's label. Wale first talked about the perceived cocky streak in his music and personality . He explained that as a rapper, it 's important to maintain a higher level of confidence about his music. "Human beings , that’s what we’ re here for . We’re supposed to misunderstand each other . If everybody understood each other , we’d have wings… and we’ d be able to talk to God, " he explained . " Now, I say that and say this , my music is based on reality and artists are supposed to almost accentuate all of their qualities for better or worse . I ’m sure the most depressing song ever written by the most depressing person on Earth wasn’ t as depressed as they depicted it to be. A song is supposed to accentuate human emotions. So, I put those things and emotions on the genre, Hip Hop , where we are praised for how we say rather than what we say. So if I exude confidence on a Hip Hop record and I ’m really good at exuding confidence on it , you’re gonna call me cocky ? Well , what should I tell you? I woke up at 8 o’ clock this morning, ate a bowl of cheerios, went to the studio , made a mediocre song , and went to sleep ? Is that what people would prefer you think? Because I’ m sure if I said I put on some $400 Jordans, a Moschino shirt, and some PRPS ’s and I went to the studio and killed every nigga in Hip Hop on a song … motherfuckers would check for me . I’d get close to a million [ Twitter ] followers quickly. " He added , " It ’s the 'Sanders Theory .' Deion or Barry, pick one . People love Barry Sanders for doing what? For damaging his body for the Detroit Lions for 10 years . Then when he walked away from the game with both of his knees intact , I heard the worse things from people of that area, the Lions fans, about him. Deion, put it all out there . I ’m gonna high step. I’m excited. I ’m gonna put it all out there . I don ’t get to score that many touchdowns, so I’m excited. Come enjoy this joy with me. Music is a drug, my nigga . Be happy with me , be happy for me . I sold 28,000 records my first week , with no push from my label. My mother couldn ’t even buy my album from across the street from my house . You don’t think I’ m supposed to be excited to still be here? Working with Rick Ross, one of the hottest rappers in the game ? You don’t think I’m excited to have a double platinum record with Roscoe Dash and Waka Flocka ? Them same people who was talking about this , that and the third , hip- hop blah blah blah, are the same people in the club singing 'No Hands' verbatim . Same people saying ' Wale, he’s selling out , blah blah blah, ' those are the same people rocking when ' No Hands ' came out . ' Why is he doing this , what’s going on?' Hip Hop. This is Hip Hop music. And my mission statement is to never dumb it down, but never over-think it ." Wale also discussed how he he fits into Maybach Music Group and why he may have switched up from his usual sound for the group's LP Self Made Vol . 1 . He explains that the sonic shift came out of being a versatile artist and experiencing new things in life that have pushed him to experiement with new sounds. He also added that Hip Hop 's blogger culture has also affected the way people listen to music. He claims that instead of giving an artist 's new music a chance, they expect rappers to meet a certain standard that wrongfully dictates whether they've sold out or not COURTESY: DXr signing with Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group . Despite the criticism, Wale proved that he could hang with Rozay, Pill and Meek Mill on May's Self Made Vol. 1 without having to sacrifice his artistic credibility. Now , in a lengthy and explosive interview with Culture VI, Wale addresses those who doubted him switching to Rick Ross 's label. Wale first talked about the perceived cocky streak in his music and personality . He explained that as a rapper, it 's important to maintain a higher level of confidence about his music. "Human beings , that’s what we’ re here for . We’re supposed to misunderstand each other . If everybody understood each other , we’d have wings… and we’ d be able to talk to God, " he explained . " Now, I say that and say this , my music is based on reality and artists are supposed to almost accentuate all of their qualities for better or worse . I ’m sure the most depressing song ever written by the most depressing person on Earth wasn’ t as depressed as they depicted it to be. A song is supposed to accentuate human emotions. So, I put those things and emotions on the genre, Hip Hop , where we are praised for how we say rather than what we say. So if I exude confidence on a Hip Hop record and I ’m really good at exuding confidence on it , you’re gonna call me cocky ? Well , what should I tell you? I woke up at 8 o’ clock this morning, ate a bowl of cheerios, went to the studio , made a mediocre song , and went to sleep ? Is that what people would prefer you think? Because I’ m sure if I said I put on some $400 Jordans, a Moschino shirt, and some PRPS ’s and I went to the studio and killed every nigga in Hip Hop on a song … motherfuckers would check for me . I’d get close to a million [ Twitter ] followers quickly. " He added , " It ’s the 'Sanders Theory .' Deion or Barry, pick one . People love Barry Sanders for doing what? For damaging his body for the Detroit Lions for 10 years . Then when he walked away from the game with both of his knees intact , I heard the worse things from people of that area, the Lions fans, about him. Deion, put it all out there . I ’m gonna high step. I’m excited. I ’m gonna put it all out there . I don ’t get to score that many touchdowns, so I’m excited. Come enjoy this joy with me. Music is a drug, my nigga . Be happy with me , be happy for me . I sold 28,000 records my first week , with no push from my label. My mother couldn ’t even buy my album from across the street from my house . You don’t think I’ m supposed to be excited to still be here? Working with Rick Ross, one of the hottest rappers in the game ? You don’t think I’m excited to have a double platinum record with Roscoe Dash and Waka Flocka ? Them same people who was talking about this , that and the third , hip- hop blah blah blah, are the same people in the club singing 'No Hands' verbatim . Same people saying ' Wale, he’s selling out , blah blah blah, ' those are the same people rocking when ' No Hands ' came out . ' Why is he doing this , what’s going on?' Hip Hop. This is Hip Hop music. And my mission statement is to never dumb it down, but never over-think it ." Wale also discussed how he he fits into Maybach Music Group and why he may have switched up from his usual sound for the group's LP Self Made Vol . 1 . He explains that the sonic shift came out of being a versatile artist and experiencing new things in life that have pushed him to experiement with new sounds. He also added that Hip Hop 's blogger culture has also affected the way people listen to music. He claims that instead of giving an artist 's new music a chance, they expect rappers to meet a certain standard that wrongfully dictates whether they've sold out or not COURTESY: DX