Olubowale Folarin, aka Wale, reps his Nigerian roots hard on this track.
I’m glad they made a video for this song. I’m not that big of a Wale fan, but this song is the joint. It’s produced by the Apple Juice Kid, who took a classic African disco rhythm and flipped up something real nasty with it. The original, “My Sweety, My Sugar (Let Me Love You),” was recorded by a Sierra Leonean artist named Bunny Mack in 1979. Bunny put out a few albums, but never hit as big as he did with this track. Apparently, this was a big, big tune when Africa caught disco fever. 20 years later, Bunny’s song is as catchy as ever in its latest, hip hop incarnation. Stream and download the original, sampled song here.
Just in case you’re the type of person that still buys actual CDs , you should know that this song is only available on the iTunes version of Attention Deficit (or you can download the rough version Wale leaked himself last August from 2dopeboyz).
