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Wale addressed being referred to as a back pack rapper and/or an internet rapper on his Back to the Feature mix tape – and did it well, I might add. But I don’t think that his answering his critics mitigated any of the perceived stigma around the fact that his renown is inextricably linked to websites and the tubes that tie them together. Of course, the fact that Wale was able to make a pretty big noise in the DC rap scene, even garnering some major airplay, should hush those whisperers. It hasn’t, though. But whatever. During the first week of sales, Attention Deficit moved almost 30,000 copies. That’s all that was shipped, though. Read more