– The Album About Nothing also gives its 14 tracks “The” titles, from “The Helium Balloon” to “The Body.” Seinfeld also voiced his support of the album when he tweeted to his 2.8 million followers, “Look at my friend On point. Like the series – where each episode was named “The Contest,” “The Chinese Restaurant,” “The Puffy Shirt,” etc. Seinfeld pops up on The Album About Nothing as the narrator and the rapper’s conscience. Meet the Beatle: A Guide to Ringo Starr's Solo Career in 20 Songs It just felt so offbeat and that’s what appeals to me.” And then I heard about the mixtape, and he came up with the idea of doing the whole album. I thought he was a very charming young man.
“So I had heard his name and then he came to a show and asked if he could say hello, so he came backstage. My wife was a fan and she plays his music in the house all the time. “I think I met even before I knew about. Wale‘s Seinfeld-inspired The Album About Nothing currently sits atop the Billboard 200, and while Jerry Seinfeld spent almost a decade near the upper echelon of the Nielsen ratings, Wale’s new LP, an extension of his 2008 The Mixtape About Nothing, marks the first time the comedian has featured on a Number One album. To celebrate the achievement – Seinfeld calls it “a dragon I have long wanted to slay” – the New York Times spoke to Seinfeld about the 60-year-old comic’s unlikely friendship with 30-year-old rapper and what attracted him to the Wale’s music.
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