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3.9 ( 47 total votes )
Wale - Nike Boots
Artist: Wale
Producer: Osinachi
Album: TBA
Label: Board Administration/MMG/Warner Bros.
Washington, D.C., rapper Wale lively exclaims “this ain’t a shoe song!” on the bridge of his new buzz single, Nike Boots. Currently the iTunes “Download of the Week,” the song has resonated across the country in an extremely short period of time. In a recent issue of Entertainment Weekly, the magazine named Wale as one of their ‘8 People to Watch in 2008,’ drawing a comparison between the creatively conscious MC and Chicagoan, Lupe Fiasco. Nike Boots, which is produced by Osinachi, is a song you must hear in order to judge. When a Texas artist stereotypically titles their song “Candy Paint,” the song is probably about, well, paint. But on Wale’s foot-wear titled cut, Nike Boots, the opposite couldn’t be truer.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on December 3, 2007
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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Sounds a little bit like the 'shawty' beat.
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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tight song, feelin this one
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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NIKE BOOTS...ANOTHER SONG ABOUT SHOES LOL..THE LYRICS STR8 N THE BEAT BUT ALL OVER THE TRACK NOT THAT FIYA
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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This is a hot track!!
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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Hot this is not.
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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I never heard of him before, but I guess now I know. I think the beat is really really HARD...BUT, I think you could have put almost any other artist (B.G., Paul Wall, Young Buck, three-6-Mafie, etc.) on this track and they would still get a high score! But If I am going off of what he is spitting, its really really corny and basic. Nothing leaves you in awe like the beat is supposed to make the MC do. Oh well...Its ok though.
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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I been rocking Nike boots since 05............This joint aint bad
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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The real ones......A buck fifty a pair
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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in the city (d.c.) he gets decent radio play and in the states near. and he has made an large impact because he merged mainsteam (hip hop) and local underground (go-go) and made it worked constantly. he has a good track record other than this song. google him and listen to some of his prior tracks. i like this and his other songs but can't really get with his choice of vocabulary when rapping.
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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and the songs isn't about nike boots. it's the fact that we continue wearing them (no matter the season) as a d.c. logo or crest. like new york and air forces, new orleans and reeboks or cali and chucks. sorry had to revote too
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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straight feelin dis
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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better than thought
if he can keep on wiv songs lyk this BIG SUCCESS |
| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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this was almost good,
I give him and A for tryin 5.1-10 |
| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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4.9876
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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How is he unsigned?
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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Its aight
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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the beat is the reason yall like it...for real. but its good no joke, and B more be wearin nike boots more than iv seen in DC. still a good tune
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| Posted on Nov 28, 2007 |
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pretty good
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| Posted on Nov 29, 2007 |
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excatly wat i was thinking jsims!
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| Posted on Nov 29, 2007 |
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Z okae..
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| Posted on Nov 29, 2007 |
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beat makes this song
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| Posted on Nov 29, 2007 |
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Im diggin that beat tha most
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| Posted on Nov 29, 2007 |
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He's not a "Great" artist, but he has heart, thats why I feel all his work. You can cop his entire album on his myspace for those that want to check him out. Once again Osi Osi doing his thing, hes making moves in the industry right now.
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| Posted on Nov 29, 2007 |
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This beat is the only reason why i`ll listen to the whole sonq .
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| Posted on Nov 30, 2007 |
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It was stated befo. The beat is real good but the lyrics made it crash. Is not even talkin about nike boots, which causes it to lose some credibility anyway. He digress from that an goes into a whole explainin/pleadin type song. I give it a two.
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| Posted on Nov 30, 2007 |
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honestly this guy is doin big things. hes stepped his game up the past couple months and this track is definately hella fresh. keep doin your thing wale
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| Posted on Nov 30, 2007 |
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this song really grows on you. Listen to it more than once, it has a lot more behind it then just a pair of nike boots. Wale comes hard and brings it all from the heart, he's almost a copy off of kanye. I dont see how hes unsigned.
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| Posted on Dec 09, 2007 |
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HEHE NICE SONG BUT WHO BROUGHT SHOSE IN THE RAP GAME
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| Posted on Dec 16, 2007 |
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This song dropped back in September in D.C. and MD,but this song is still crank. I got my Nike Boots, Dunks, and my 992's. Glad DMV finnally got some music on here.
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| Posted on Dec 26, 2007 |
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And if you don't live in D.C. area then yall prob won't get the full picture.& Rico is right, Nike Boots are a D.C. thing so don't hate if u don't know what it's about. Real talk.
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| Posted on Dec 26, 2007 |
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| Posted on Dec 26, 2007 |
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Wow, ok, as he proclaims... "this AIN'T a shoe song" ya'll that's dissing these lyrics must not listen. He does talk about Nike Boots, he spits that it's the one thing that bands people together because everybody's wearing them. He spits about how popular the black Nike boots are because nobody can hate when you don't wear a color meaning that gangs who seperate themselves by wearing colors is really just dividing the people as a whole. Before you diss lyrics, listen to them and what they mean. This joint is tight not only because it has a mainstream beat that people can dance or post the wall to, but it has deep lyrics but a simple chorus that people like y'all can understand when you miss the entire meaning of the song.
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| Posted on Dec 27, 2007 |
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Uptown Roamers Southside Riders
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| Posted on Dec 27, 2007 |
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I like it.
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| Posted on Feb 02, 2008 |
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Da first time I was like its otay...BUt den i listened to it and Da beat caught me up and Dude can flow!!YA dig!!
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| Posted on Feb 20, 2008 |
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I don't know how I missed this when it dropped, but it's the hottest song out right now! The video is dope, the verses are real and the hook is swaggerific! Wale is NOW ON THE RADAR!
"Goadome Nikes, the cortazone of the poem writer none like us so none like us" |
| Posted on Jan 03, 2009 |
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dis is year old but i still bump it daily..... & I'll be playin this one for years to come!.....
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| Posted on Jan 21, 2009 |
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Nike boots is da shit shotout 2 wale dis ma song and da gud part is not bout shoe.
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2009 |
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hottest song out right now
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| Posted on Feb 25, 2009 |
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I'm a fan of Wale n Kid Cudi and I agree with MH Wale Is definitly one the Radar
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| Posted on May 01, 2009 |
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Still in my rotation, the song is a banger
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| Posted on May 22, 2009 |
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OH HELL NO
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| Posted on Nov 16, 2009 |
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Beatz hard and wale'z a spitta so it wuz destined fa gr8ness
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| Posted on Dec 12, 2009 |
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this song is amazing. wale is that dude!
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| Posted on Dec 23, 2009 |
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but on another note, shout outs to my boy MAX B - just had to throw that out there ... but anyways bout to go listen to the track
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| Posted on Jan 09, 2010 |
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not really feeling it
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| Posted on Dec 29, 2010 |
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