译Pitchfork评Wale 2009年单曲"Chillin'" [ft. Lady Gaga]

翻译：thesweetescape

With Gaga doing her best Maya and Wale saying things like, "I'm the same way-- M.I.A./ Me, Cool and Dre get high like planes," you've got to wonder: Why not get the real Ms. Arulpragasam on the hook? After all, a long-anticipated first official single from the mixtape fave featuring M.I.A. would get every single rap, pop, and (ahem) indie rock [ft. hip-hop] blog atwitter! How dare those folks at Interscope deprive us nerds of a collaboration that will skip over to the Next Page before 4 p.m.?! Maybe because Wale knows he has the nerds; the nerds will ride. I mean, who else are we going to seriously back rap-wise in 2009, Charles Hamilton? Please.

Lady Gaga正卖力歌唱时，Wale却说唱道 "I'm the same way-- M.I.A./ Me, Cool and Dre get high like planes,"你不禁疑惑：为何不邀请真正的M.I.A.女士献唱歌曲hook呢？毕竟要是feat.深受听众喜爱的M.I.A.的话，这支本就备受期待的首支正式混音带单曲定会充满说唱，流行，嘻哈独立摇滚风情，引爆讨论热度！环球公司怎么敢破坏这次我们资深听众梦寐以求的合作？！可能Wale本人知道他有资深乐迷粉丝，这些粉丝的言辞犀利。我是说，除了Charles Hamilton，谁还会大力支持说唱歌手呢？理性思考下吧。

Wale says his name nine times on "Chillin'". It's called branding. "My name Wale and I came to get it." Hi, my name is! etc. If you already know his name maybe this song isn't for you. But there's enough Mixtape About Nothing to satiate the non-masses, though references to McLovin will spark more than Mills Lane. It's way more respectable than, say, "Lollipop" though it's no "Lollipop". He walks that path between blog heavy and normal-dude-who-can't-check-Nah-Right-12-times-a-day well. Only thing that really rubs me is that Jock Jams sample. Unnecessary. But, hey (hey hey), people still go to basketball games. That's a communal experience-- more so than rocking the Skullcandy in front of the PowerBook. That's what I call crossover.

Wale在歌词里重复了9遍自己的名字，打响所谓的名声。（歌词） "My name Wale and I came to get it." Hi, my name is! 诸如此类。如果你知道这位歌手，这首歌也许面向你的。但前作《Mixtape About Nothing》已经讲过无数介绍自己的歌词了。尽管提到McLovin的歌词比Mills Lane更劲爆。但还是比（Lil Wayne热单）"Lollipop"得体些，尽管并非名义上的“棒棒糖”。他说唱着流水账般的零散歌词，并且一个正常人不会一天“Nah”声不断。歌曲唯一让我不爽的地方就是对Jack Jams的采样。很勉强，但是，嘿(嘿嘿)，人们还是会去看篮球比赛。这是一种集体生活——这比在电脑前戴着耳机自嗨更有意义。这就是我所说的转型突破自我。