Average Rating: 5.3/10
Overall Rating: 4.6/10
1. When I'm Gone (6/10)
2. On My Level Ft. Too Short (5.5/10)
3. Black and Yellow (9.5/10)
4. Roll Up (6/10)
5. Hopes and Dream (5.5/10)
6. Wake Up (5/10)
7. The Race (2.5/10)
8. Star of the Show Ft. Cherry Woods (3/10)
9. No Sleep (5/10)
10. Get Your Shit (4/10)
11. Top Floor (1.5/10)
12. Fly Solo (8/10)
13. Rooftops Ft. Currency (7/10)
14. Cameras (6/10)
Wiz had a lot of hype going around since last year. After not making a real album for his first three years, he's finally releasing a debut album, and the album's first single "Black and Yellow" brought in a lot of hype in for this album, however, does Wiz Khalifa's debut album "Rolling Papers" deserve all that hype? Or is Wiz Khalifa just one of those artists who make good music every once in a while? Whatever the answer is, it's still too early to tell, but this album will determine the hype and anticipation of his next albums, and if this album was worth the hype and anticipation.
Wiz gave a lot of mixed signals about the album's concept and direction. The lead single "Black and Yellow" had a concept, the album's name "Rolling Papers" gave the album another concept, the second single "Roll Up" gave the album a third very different concept, then the album's cover came out and I thought I got what the album was about, but I was wrong, instead of being an album about weed like I assumed, the album was full of poorly written and dumbed down hip-hop, therefore, due to the lack of creativity here, this album was honestly mediocre at best.
Rolling Papers was mostly tracks built for the radio. Tracks like "Get Your Shit", "Top Floor", "No Sleep", "Wake Up" and "The Race" where exactly the type of mainstream hip-hop that's killing the genre, they are just simple about sex, cars, and money, but ironically, no weed, because the album’s name was Rolling Papars. Plus the album lacked a lot of creativity, mediocre tracks like "Roll Up", "On My Level", and "Cameras" would have been better if it wasn't for most of the album, which sounded exactly like those other songs, therefore making the sound of that dumbed down, and dry hip-hop drier, and more annoying that how it really was.
Despite the lack of creativity on "Rolling Papers", there were still some good and actually great tracks on the album. "Black and Yellow" was an anthem to all the Pittsburg sport teams, the song was catchy, it was the best of the album, and easily one of the best songs to come out last year. "Fly Solo" had a unique sound comparing to the rest of the album, it focused more on singing than on rapping, which gave it a stronger and a very different feeling, and "Rooftops" was a song about success, which was a topic that is not much talked about on the album.
Rolling Papers was overall a straight and obvious let down. It had some creativity put in, along some good tracks, but the album was mostly that mainstream type of hip-hop that I find very annoying due to its style being played so much, but honestly, that did not make the album sound like a failure, it just made the album sound repetitive, uncreative, and it made the album feel like really nothing memorable, or special at the very least.
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