*The Essentials Of Cool*: Wiz Khalifa

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Wiz Khalifa - Rolling Papers (Cover Art & Track Listing)

Kind of disappointed to not see more Pittsburgh talent, not named Mac Miller. At this point Mac would've been a pretty obvious guest appearance. I guess Chevy Woods fka Kev Tha Hustla will have to do.

Wiz Khalifa - Rolling Papers

01. When I’m Gone
02. On My Level (Featuring Too $hort)
03. Black And Yellow
04. Roll Up
05. Hopes & Dreams
06. Wake Up
07. The Race
08. Star Of The Show (Featuring Chevy Woods)
09. No Sleep
10. Get Your S***
11. Top Floor
12. Fly Solo
13. Rooftops (Featuring Curren$y)
14. Cameras

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Wiz Khalifa & The Jackson 5

I'm feeling these low tech videos, more & more. I guess that's one positive of the crumbling music business. Gotta love the dance moves! lol

I love this song. He reps Pittsburgh well, I just wish he wasn't so isolated from other dope artists.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Merry X-Mas (Rambling Man)

I think Wiz Khalifa seriously needs to look into new management. Why don't I see this cat working with better producers or on better mixtapes? It seems like his talent is being wasted. He needs to get his foot in the door in the New York & DMV scenes. I want to hear this cat on things with the likes of 9th Wonder, Joell Ortiz, Elzhi, Judah, Black Milk, Skyzoo, Wale, DJ Premier & Royce Da 5'9". Pittsburgh is a bit of a no man's land for Hip-Hop, but the good news is that you are close to places like the 2 I mentioned earlier. It doesn't seem like his management are taking advantage of his location.

Why do rappers/emcees even put out albums anymore? Why not just put out mixtapes and make your money on tours? I know nothing about the music business and I will rightly admit that, but it seems like record deals should be obsolete sooner or later. Don't most artists make their real money on tour anyway?

Apparently Gizmodo didn't think too much of Blockbuster's effort to remain relevant in the wake of Netflix partnering with Xbox Live. The one thing I don't understand is why Blockbuster didn't partner with Sony in an effort to make their content available on Sony's PS3. Seems like it would have been a nice companion to roll out with Home. Maybe they wanted to, but Sony declined? If they didn't try that was dumb on Blockbuster's part.

Murs & 50 Cent give the best interviews in music, in my opinion. Here Murs discusses his move to a major label, the music industry in general and anything else on his mind: