The Cruise [Prod. By Big Jerm] Rowland Feat. Smoke Dza [Prod. My Favorite Song Feat. Juicy J [Prod. By Rob Holladay] By Spaceghostpurp] The Code Feat.
By Lex Luger] The Grinder [Prod. By Jake One] Brainstorm [Prod. Number 16 [Prod. Blindfolds Feat. By Harry Fraud]. Embed Me. Taylor Allderdice. Wiz Khalifa. Embed Code. Labs Productions] Amber Ice [Prod. Labs Productions]. By Cardo] California [Prod. By Cardo]. By Dumont] Mia Wallace [Prod. By Sparky Banks].
By Cardo] Mary 3x [Prod. By Dope Couture] Nameless Feat. By Dope Couture]. By Sledgren]. By Big Jerm]. By Big Jerm] Rowland Feat. By Rob Holladay]. By Spaceghostpurp] T. By Spaceghostpurp]. By Lex Luger]. To some degree, it's disappointing to see Khalifa shrugging off the strides he made on Rolling Papers and choosing regression over creative advancement.
Taylor Allderdice is basically Kush and Orange Juice 2. The flip side is that there's still gas left in this tank, in part because the guy still loves weed and is still good at rapping about it.
Over humid tracks by various producers in-house Taylor Gang beatmaker Sledgren oversees, the aforementioned Spaceghostpurrp contributes a beat , he weaves raspy bars and singsong choruses into pleasant, low-stakes party jams. Obviously life has changed a lot for Khalifa in the two years since Kush and Orange Juice was released.
He's a legitimate star now with a tabloid-fodder fiancee in Amber Rose and presumably lots more money. Weirdly there's not much acknowledgment of these seemingly big transitions.
Where he does get personal is during a recorded interview with MTV News correspondent Rob Markman that's broken up and threaded throughout the album. It's annoying for several reasons. Almost every song ends with a clip of the two guys talking, thus breaking up any groove you may establish. Two, Khalifa actually burps at least twice during these segments. I realize this mixtape comes at no cost to the listener, but this is pushing it even for free shit.
Third and most important, it seems remarkably lazy for an artist to rely on a conversation with a random guy to express the themes, ideas, and frustrations he wants to get across. That's what the songs are supposed to be for. It feels like this is the central problem with Khalifa right now.
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