Ambition (Wale album)
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| Studio album by Wale | ||||
| Released | November 1, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 – September 28, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 60:10 | |||
| Label | Maybach Music, Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Chris Barz, Cloudeater, Deputy, Diplo, DJ Toomp, Jerrin Howard, Kore, Lex Luger, Mark Henry, Tha Bizness, T-Minus, Tone P | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (69/100) |
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| AllHipHop | (7/10) |
| AllMusic |   |
| Consequence of Sound |  |
| HipHopDX | |
| Paste | (5.6/10) |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.7/10) |
| PopMatters | (5/10) |
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| XXL |
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Ambition is the second studio album by American hip hop artist Wale. It was released on November 1, 2011, by Maybach Music Group and Warner Bros. Records. It is the follow-up to his debut album, Attention Deficit, which was released in 2009. The album features guest appearances from Rick Ross, Lloyd, Ne-Yo, Big Sean, Miguel, Meek Mill, Kid Cudi, and Jeremih. The album was supported by five official singles— "Chain Music", "Bait", Lotus Flower Bomb", "Focused" and "Sabotage". Ambition received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 164,000 copies in its first week of release. As of June, 2013, the album has sold over 482,000 copies in the United States.
On July 20, 2011 Wale began releasing video blogs titled "#Nodaysoff Vlog: Wale – The Making of 'Ambition'" through the Maybach Music Group Channel. In an August 2011, interview with HipHopDX, Wale spoke about how the album is the best music he's ever made, saying: "I’m putting out 10 new songs when I get up to a million follower on Twitter - [songs not from] the album. And I got a lot of freestyles, some classic shit, not playing no more. It’s been too… I feel like I’m one of the best, you know? And I wanna give my fans a reason to brag now like, "Yo, this is what I like Wale the most." A lot of niggas is nice, I’m just tryin' to take it up a notch like, we is working. I’m working vigorously. I’m mentally getting right. Working out, getting physically right. Reading more, I’m back to the old me. The vigor that I had with 100 Miles & Running is like, all over the album, it’s the best music I’ve ever made in my life and I mean that."
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