The discography of American rapper

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consists of seven

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s, three

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s, ten

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s, one extended play, sixty-five singles (including twenty-seven as a featured artist), two promotional singles and forty-one music videos. In 2005, Wale started his music career by releasing mixtapes in the Washington, D.C. area. His debut mixtape was titled '' Paint a Picture''. Following that, Wale released his second mixtape in 2006, '' Hate Is the New Love''. In the same year, Wale signed with a local record label in Studio 43. In 2007 Wale was discovered by Mark Ronson, and was signed by Allido Records, which released his third mixtape, '' 100 Miles & Running'', featuring artist Daniel Merriweather. In 2008, Wale was signed by

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, which released his fourth mixtape, '' The Mixtape About Nothing'', which is

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-themed. In 2009, Wale also released his debut studio album, '' Attention Deficit'', which contains three singles, " Chillin", featuring Lady Gaga, " Pretty Girls", featuring Gucci Mane, and Weensey, and " World Tour", featuring Jazmine Sullivan. After going on tour with

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in 2009, Wale became a managed artist of Jay-Z's recording label, Roc Nation, to help with all management duties. In that same year, he released his fifth mixtape, ''Back to the Feature''. In 2010, he released his sixth (and second Seinfeld-themed) mixtape, ''

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'' under his own

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, The Board Administration. In 2011, Wale signed to

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where a compilation album named ''

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'' was released. It topped

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, and Top Rap Albums, while peaking a number five on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. Wale released his second studio album, '' Ambition'', on November 1, 2011. It peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200, and topped R&B/Hip-Hop Albums as well as Top Rap Albums.

Albums

Studio albums

Collaborative albums

Mixtapes

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Other charted songs

Guest appearances

Music videos

As lead artist

Notes

References

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