ROLLING PAPERS
| Wiz Khalifa
ROLLING PAPERS
Rolling Papers is the third studio album by American rapper Wiz Khalifa. It was released on March 29, 2011, by Atlantic Records and Rostrum Records. It is his first album under a major label after his independent releases, Show and Prove and Deal or No Deal. The album features guest appearances from Too $hort, Curren$y and Chevy Woods. Rolling Papers was supported by five singles: "Black and Yellow", "Roll Up", "On My Level", "No Sleep" and "The Race". The album has been noted by music writers for having a pop rap style. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
2011 - this long-developing hip-hop star releases a surprisingly cohesive full-length 0
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Pop Matters
2011 - This sort of lyrical laziness pervades the album heavily, and Wiz's flow even sounds less tight than it has in the past.
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Pretty Much Amazing
2011 - There’s no apologies for the poppiness, he just goes for it, and succeeds better than most.
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NME
Wiz proclaims that his “life is like a movie”. Maybe so, but he needs to delete some scenes.
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IGN
2011 - a great outing that should only further his budding career
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AV Club
2011 - it feels more like a hollow triumph than the culmination of a long, hard journey
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Hip Hop DX
2011 - this album is catchy and melodic
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Rolling Stone
2011 - manages to give life to those kinds of cash-gorged perma-baked clichés by warmly luxuriating in the space between pop’s fresh-faced exuberance and hip-hop’s easy arrogance
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BBC
2011 - Thoughtful rap that deserves mainstream attention.
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MTV
2011 - a stout collection of ear-bending rhymes and smokey beats
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Slant Magazine
2011 - The average track on Rolling Papers sounds slick and expensive, prompting me to wonder exactly how much more this clunker of a crossover attempt cost to produce than any of Khalifa’s vastly superior mixtapes
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The Quietus
2011 - For a start, the record seems to be tripping over its own heels in trying to be chart-friendly and appeal to the same people that lapped up anything released by Young Money last year, but ends up just sounding too trite and shallow.
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Bloginity
While littered with highlights, there are also plenty of tracks that may have you hitting fast-forward before the half-way mark.
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Sputnik Music
2011 - tlantic is whittling away at any semblance of credibility with these cookie cutter attempts at create-a-rapstar. If music has no artistic merit or essence, what is the point"
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Vivascene
2011 - Yes, it’s mainstream, focusing on women and weed with a noticeable shortage of the social conscience that propelled hiphop into acceptance, respectability and notoriety.
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Now
2011 - a bigger, shinier sequel to last year's Kush & Orange Juice mixtape; it's full of smooth beats and summertime vibes nicely suited to Khalifa's languorous flow, but with a gleaming commercial pop veneer
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Rap Reviews
2011 - But this album is, put simply, one that won't make much of an impression, good or bad. And that's the worst kind.
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Screen Invasion
201 1 - Overall some good moments here but the shine is worn off by an album that dosent know when to say stop.
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ihiphop
2011 - It’s not terrible; it’s just mediocre, and it doesn’t live up to the success of the critically acclaimed mixtape Kush & Orange Juice.
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Mind Equals Blown
2011 - Rolling Papers is the product of a rapper trying to recreate magic unsuccessfully.
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The AU Review
2011 - a solid album, it has a spirited appeal and doesn’t ever get heavy
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Entertainment Weekly
Rolling Papers surely will be enjoyed and passed around among Wiz’s fans.
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The Washington Post
2011 - On “Rolling Papers,” everything is shiny, everything is cool, everything is mellow. There are even songs on it — ballads! — that sound like love songs.
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USA Today
Nobody beats the Wiz: Rapper Wiz Khalifa is the king of partying on Rolling Papers.
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Jrock223
2011 - a solid album that has a variety of songs that will keep you entertained
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Boston Post
2011 - After clearly finding his identity on his mixtapes, it’s like he used his debut to make music for everyone but himself.
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