"I got so much money I think I
should pay for all this,
they ain't down to spend how much they say, cause they ain't ballin'.
they ain't down to spend how much they say, cause they ain't ballin'.
I got so much paper I just spend it
like it's nothing,
ain't no way they spend how much they say, cause they just bluffin'."
ain't no way they spend how much they say, cause they just bluffin'."
from Bluffin' ft. Berner
So I had a conversation with a friend
who insisted that Wiz Khalifa wasn't the same overproduced gimmick
artist he was back when he first came onto the scene and that I
should give him a second chance. Opinions are like assholes and all
that, but I'd argue that this album is objectively bad on multiple
levels.
Let's start with the title, since you might be curious- it means "only nigga in first class"- which is him, because he's really rich. So rich, in fact, that he felt the need to make an album where every single song is about this supposed wealth and how it totally didn't change him 'cause he's still keeping it real and going back to the hood and other completely humble activities. At least when he's not in the studio recording an album about how rich he is.
Let's start with the title, since you might be curious- it means "only nigga in first class"- which is him, because he's really rich. So rich, in fact, that he felt the need to make an album where every single song is about this supposed wealth and how it totally didn't change him 'cause he's still keeping it real and going back to the hood and other completely humble activities. At least when he's not in the studio recording an album about how rich he is.
The production, while probably
expensive, is decent at best. No tracks stand out as particularly
good, it's just a blur of overdone drumloops with uncreative
sampling. Some tracks("Initiation", "Medicated")
have me thinking that it might not be that bad, unfortunately
Khalifa's repetitive style of non-rapping comes on sooner or later
and kills the track(in a bad way). Speaking of Khalifa's rapping-
unfortunately he's not very good at it. I don't mind a bit of
boasting, hell I don't even mind a lot of boasting- but if there's no
deeper lyrical content than "I'm rich and smoke a lot of weed"
then there should at least be some focus on delivery. The wordplay is
at best on a level where words kind of rhyme- "good/hood",
"swag/bag" or "fake/take"-type of structures and
at worst where he just repeats a line over and over for a good thirty
seconds.
Real talk: If you feel that autotune
hasn't lost it's charm yet, this album might be for you. If you
sometimes stop and think- "man, it would be awesome if hip hop
sounded like it was the Jersey Shore soundtrack", this album is
probably for you. If you're constantly curious about the magnitude of
Wiz Khalifa's wealth and success, this album is definitely for you.
If neither of these apply, then I would recommend against listening
to it.
High point of the album: Got Everything ft. Courtney Noelle
Low point of the album: Fall Asleep
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