(Courtesy of awmusic.ca)
By Bruce Garlinghouse, Staff Writer -- garlingh13@up.edu
After spending hours downloading Wiz Khalifa's mixtapes, I, along with probably 75 percent of college students, was highly anticipating the release of his first album "Rolling Papers." So when my housemate informed me the album leaked a week before its scheduled release date I quickly got back on my laptop.
Even though it was the first album I considered actually purchasing since Eminem's "The Eminem Show," I couldn't resist locating the leaked music. After listening I was immediately happy with my decision – not because I would be the coolest kid on campus bumpin' the new Wiz a week before my peers, but because I was saved from wasting my money on such a letdown.
The album is littered with longwinded intros, poor vocals and a song I could have sworn featured the Jonas Brothers. While I'm sure fans of the radio will love songs like "No Sleep," the song seriously undercuts the identity that propelled Wiz to the forefront of the hip-hop scene.
If you're a real Wiz fan, you'll soon realize that of the keepers on the album, you probably already have most of them because the album contains a couple of songs that were on his mixtapes.
Wiz needs to stop singing and go back to what he knows: champagne and women with whom he has no intention of developing a serious relationship.
