{"id":145,"date":"2009-04-02T21:44:26","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T02:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=145"},"modified":"2017-11-29T14:26:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T19:26:33","slug":"wales-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"Wale World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_155\" style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-155\" title=\"Wale\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/wale-2-bl.jpg\" alt=\"Wale\" width=\"264\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/wale-2-bl.jpg 264w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/wale-2-bl-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wale<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">With the strength of an energetic band and a sound full of Southern fried funk, the artist known as Wale,<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>(pronounced Wah-Lay) rocked the stage at Syracuse University&#8217;s Schine Underground last night.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">The new school Hip Hop artist, born of Nigerian parents, is making a name for himself (he was born Olubowale Victor Akintimehin). His impressive performance gave the\u00a0(young, mostly white) audience an appreciation for Go-Go flavor that was made famous by pioneers\u00a0such as EU, Rare Essence and Chuck Brown.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>The crowd seemed very familiar with WALE\u2019s sound and waited somewhat impatiently for him to hit the stage.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 &#8220;We Want Wale!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">D<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">uring Wale&#8217;s\u00a0rendition of the Junkyard Band\u2019s \u201c<em>Sardines\u201d<\/em> I saw a group of students, from either DC or Maryland, including SU Basketball player Arinze Onuaku, rocking to the Go-Go beat. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>(Didn\u2019t know the big man could move so fast).<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_147\" style=\"width: 477px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147 \" title=\"Dance\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/wale-tour-dancing1.jpg\" alt=\"Dancing\" width=\"467\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/wale-tour-dancing1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/wale-tour-dancing1-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Go-Go Beat<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; With the strength of an energetic band and a sound full of Southern fried funk, the artist known as Wale,\u00a0 (pronounced Wah-Lay) rocked the stage at Syracuse University&#8217;s Schine Underground last night.\u00a0 The new school Hip Hop artist, born of Nigerian parents, is making a name for himself (he was born Olubowale Victor Akintimehin). 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