Attention Deficit (album)

Attention Deficit
Studio album by Wale
Released	November 7, 2009
Recorded	2007–09
Genre	Alternative hip hop
Length	53:42
Label	Allido, Interscope
Producer	Mark Ronson (also exec.), Best Kept Secret, Cool & Dre, David Sitek, Dejion, The Neptunes, The Sleepwalkers
Wale chronology
Attention Deficit (2009) Ambition (2011)
Singles from Attention: Deficit
"Chillin" Released: April 14, 2009 "World Tour" Released: September 8, 2009 "Pretty Girls" Released: October 6, 2009

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(77/100)
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The A.V. Club	B+
Entertainment Weekly	B
The New York Times	favorable
Pitchfork Media	(6.6/10.0)
PopMatters	(7/10)
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
The Washington Post	favorable
XXL	(XL)

Attention Deficit is the debut studio album by American rapper Wale; it was released on November 10, 2009, by Allido Records and Interscope Records in the United States.

Upon its release, Attention Deficit received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number 21 on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 28,000 copies in the United States As of June 2013, the album has sold over 200,000 copies in the United States.

The album's lead single "Chillin" featuring Lady Gaga, was released on April 14, 2009.

The album's second single "World Tour" featuring Jazmine Sullivan, was released on September 8, 2009.

The album's third single "Pretty Girls" featuring Gucci Mane and Weensey (of Backyard Band), was released on October 6, 2009.

Attention Deficit received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 21 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable". David Jeffries of Allmusic gave the album a favorable review.The A.V. Club's Nathan Rabin gave the album a B+ rating.

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