Wale ripped mics to a packed Club Mighty in San Francisco on Friday. Dude seemed happy to be there, and raced through a quick set including "Nike Boots" and the wonderful Justice mix, "Wale D.A.N.C.E." I'm not sure that he ever stopped smiling, and it felt much more like a dance party than a traditional hip-hop show. The man still seems to be a bit struck by all the sudden attention he's got--from blogs to Rolling Stone and XXL, everyone want to say that they called him the next big thing. Despite the hyper-hype, he had poise and held it together well on stage.

Wale put down a couple of frees, even digging deep for some 2Pac over which to flow. He dissed ringtone rap, gave love to Bay Area hyphy and spent a few bars discussing Eli, the Giants and Tom Brady's Super Bowl self-destruction. In the end, however, his set was a bit too short, maybe only 45 minutes.

I hear that there will be photos from this thing up on the Fader blog later today. So peep that, since I didn't bring a camera. And since we're talking about Wale, his track with Bun B, "Go Mode," finally made it to the blogs without a cease and desist notice.

Update: Fader blogs the show, with photos.