Wave Chapelle's "W" Gives Summer Vibes, Doesn't Have A Song Worth Skipping

At first I was offended. This man "Wave Chapelle" is just going to act like it's cool to make a play on words (names) with the name of the greatest comedian (and one of the greatest people) of all time?! Blasphemous!  And what's the deal with the whole "waves" trend ("wave") anyway?  First it was Kanye's indecisive ass, and now this guy Wave Chapelle wants to be known as a "wave"?  When I think of a wave the first thing I'm going to think of is a "trend", and while there are 2 different ways to identify someone who makes "wavy" music (at least in my head), Wave Chapelle is definitely the latter. The Milwaukee emcee's latest mix tape W is cool, smooth, and indeed the waviest thing you'll hear all week.

Drake vibes are present throughout the entire project, which, given the past uhm... 10 YEARS of total domination that Drake has done, clearly the people will love this. Chapelle's singing voice is made evident on multiple tracks on the project, most significantly the "On The Road Interlude" where you can hear Wave talking about his responsibilities, his refusal to sell his soul, and the idea that hard work does pay off. Wave also hits us with a nice singing sound (although pretty noticeably auto-tuned) on "Time", which includes some speaker shattering drums that you'd likely hear on a Drake track.



To sum it up, Wave has anything and everything you need to turn up on a night out on the town with the "Home Team", and the track by the same name is the most hypnotizing of all of the tracks on the tape. The beat gives vibes of an echoing ghost ritual, but obviously this ghost knows how to party!  Wave can get deep and introspective as well, and he shows it on tracks like "Page Three", and he can even make songs for you to hang out and vibe to with your significant other ("OMW"). Wave has the sound of the summer of with W, and though I'm still kind of offended by his name, he's certainly not a biter, because he's doing his own things, and he's working for his own "W's" along the way.


 (*I do not own these songs, or the rights to them*)