From Elitaste

We will be shooting a video to “Nike Boots” next week in DC around Howard Homecoming directed by Chris Robinson. Get sick.

So back in June of 2007 Wale met with Jay while he was still at Def Jam. On the way out of the meeting, MIA’s “Boyz” video came on TV and Jay jokingly said to Wale, “Man I should test you with that beat” as they were walking onto the elevator. Wale had been touring Europe with Ronson for about 2 months at this point and had hung out with MIA so he was already savvy. He went and recorded to it the next day. That song ended up becoming The Bmore Club Slam which Scottie B produced (featured on Mixtape About Nothing). Well, with the recent success of MIA’s “Paper Planes” thanks to the Pineapple Express trailer, Interscope is re-releasing her album with “Boyz” as a single…again. Interscope asked Wale to do a remix and I guess Jay-Z and Akon did ones too. Well now that Jay’s is out we thought, hey, let’s put this out with the verse Wale recorded 3 weeks ago and a brand new verse he recorded today. So below you can find the newest version, the 2007 version and the Bmore version. Enjoy.
Lyrical highlights include:
“I’m comfy as crocs, ain’t talkin no Izod gear”
“I’m so far ahead, you nothing to them till you on Perez”
“Shit, didn’t I do this a year ago?”
Click HERE to download the 2008 version
Click HERE to download the 2007 version
And click HERE to download The Bmore Club Slam produced by Scottie B which was based off the 2007 version

So glad they made a video for this song. I dunno why they didn’t release this as a single earlier.

“Riding In That Black Joint”, an unreleased Wale track from a while back produced by Judah, is being featured on the hip hop station in Saint’s Row 2. The game drops October 14th.
Krhyme 95.4
Trick Me – Kelis
One Thing aka 1 Thing – Amerie Featuring Eve
Tell Me Bout It – Joss Stone
Fandango – DJ Quik Feat. B-Real
So Sick – Ne Yo
Me & You – Cassie
Hands Up – Lloyd Banks
New York State of Mind – Nas
Gangsta Bitch – Apache
Sucker MCs – Run DMC
Ridin In That – Wale
Twinz – Big Pun Feat. Fat Joe
What A Thug About – Beanie Sigel
Good Girl – Chrisette Michelle
I Luv It – Young Jeezy

This game dropped for PS3 today. Supposed to be dope and Wale’s got both “Nike Boots” and “Uptown Roamers” on there. He is also a draftable player in the game. Go out and get it!

Interesting

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So I’m gonna get some new tatts (for me, not Wale) and I know there are a lot of really talented people who read Elitaste.com so I thought I’d see if any of yall wanna help me design some new ink for me.

Here’s a few ideas that I got running through my head:
SKY’S THE LIMIT (across my shoulders…want it to look cool, maybe a little spacey like clouds, or planets or a galaxy…any ideas? I think that Temptations font is cool but I’m open to ideas)
if I don’t do the across the shoulders thing, I wanna get two separate ones on each shoulder blade.
One side I want: “Stay far from timid, only make moves when your heart’s in it, and live the phrase ‘Sky’s The Limit’”
Other side I want: “Life should be lived on the edge, see everyday as a true challenge and then you live your life on the tightrope.”

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