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Wiz Khalifa has long been the epitome of "we get it, you smoke week," but he really hasn't made any efforts to show there's more to him than that. And when he does seem to try, it just ends up being shallow. Wiz Khalifa continues to show his lack of sense in Rolling Papers 2, a new mixtape that continues to equate him to no more than a fool.

It's hard to say for certain whether listening to Wiz Khalifa rap endlessly about weed and women is either sad or hilariously ignorant, and nothing about Rolling Papers 2 helps you get closer to an answer. Title track 'Rolling Papers 2' even sees him acting like a hero just because he smokes weed, as if he's doing the world a service in doing so. After the fine, inoffensive opening track 'Hot Now,' Wiz immediately launches into the expected lyrics about - you guessed it - smoking. The entire first half of the record is almost exclusively about weed and smoking and how much better that makes him, and at this point it's neither cool or new; it's redundant.

The guests do this record few favors. There exists only two scenarios on this album: the guests are good and Wiz Khalifa brings them down, or the guests help ruin the songs. The first scenario is fairly rare, but it does happen. Most notably is on 'Mr. Williams' with THEMXXNLIGHT and Curren$y, where the features help give off a vibe similar to The Weeknd, but then Wiz hops on and drives the track straight into the ground. On the opposite site, Wiz isn't the worst part of every song. The late Jimmy Wopo's contribution to the track is literally just a ripoff of Cardi B's 'Bodak Yellow.'  And Snoop Dogg's part at the end of 'Penthouse' is unacceptable by every mark. Wiz does start to show some promise by the end of the record in various places, though. 'Rain' with PARTYNEXTDOOR actually captures a really nice vibe as the duo collaborate, Wiz adopting a pretty nice flow. A similar structure follows in 'Karate' with Chevy Woods, but 'Never Hesitate' ruins it as Darrius Willrich just says a bunch of words that don't make sense. THEMXXNLIGHT returns at the end for a few electronic-influenced tracks that have interesting beats but not the meaning to carry them, and even when there is meaning, like in 'B Ok,' it just feels like a cheap Macklemore copy.

Wiz Khalifa continues to show his lack of sense in Rolling Papers 2 as he relies on the wrong people and subjects to make a splash. There's better ways of rapping about weed and smoking, if you so choose to make that your niche (which I highly don't recommend), but Wiz doesn't seem to care. It's all about being on top; or, at least, thinking you're on top when you're really far at the bottom, but too high to know otherwise.

Favorite Track: Rain

Least Favorite Track: Penthouse

Rating: 44 / 100

Wiz Khalifa – Karate / Never Hesitate Lyrics ft Darrius Willrich & Chevy Woods

Karate / Never Hesitate Lyrics by Wiz Khalifa ft Darrius Willrich & Chevy Woods

[Part I – Karate] [Hook/Chorus – Wiz Khalifa & Chevy Woods] Cup full of gin, now we’re hunting her friend I might f–k once, but I never ever call again F—-d your b—h in my van, slapped the s–t up out yo’ man F–k the police, I go HAM Hit her from the back like, “D–n!”

[Verse 1 – Wiz Khalifa & Chevy Woods] D–n! How you…

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SCRATCHTHEBLOCK PRESENTS: THE URBAN THEME (NEO-SOUL GROOVE)

Soulful morning scratchers!!!  Today we present you The Urban Theme, a great selection of 10 tracks dedicated to all neo-soul lovers around the world.

We start with french neo-soul duo, Les Nubians with a must have impressive masterpiece titled Once In My Life, produced by Sébastien Arni aka Chief , a swiss beatmaker and founder of Feelin Music label. The extra-smooth gem is included on Collabo Collection an outstanding compilation that includes: Moka Only,Kissey Asplund,Blu,Sene.

Last year on September , we introduced ya a great neo-soul album by a talented artist named Lenny Hamilton Jr. The multifaceted artist from Nashville dropped in 2010 Wayout . The project deserves your attention so we put on this selection a single from Wayout titled Walk Away. Don’t forget to support artists that made real good music scratchers!!!!

Lashell Griffin is a new entry. The Detroit songstress conquered us with the single Get Away included on her debut album Free released in 2004.Free is a project that involved also Lashell husband, Lee Griffin (real interesting voice!!).

We got anotha new entry to satisfy your hunger of news!!  We have to admit that Lakecia Benjamin has been a wonderful discover also for us. During the listening of her album titled RETOX , the entire scratchtheblock staff goes crazy!!! The talented and multifaceted artist born in Washington Heights worked to sharp her prowess as musician (playing saxophone) as well as as composer and producer working alongside with Ben Kane to release RETOX. For the project Lakecia recruited some important names like:Krystle Warren, Amp Fiddler, Maya Azucena among others. We decided to introduce her with the single titled Share My Life remixed by Brooklyn producer DJ Center.

Baltimore producer/singer JSoul is often mentioned here on da block. He appeared on Low On Cash,Rich In Love , So Soulful and Lost In Lust , we also recommended his great project titled Black Sinatra. Today JSoul is again here, with a seductive,slow gem titled Diamond enhanced by Baltimore jazz musician Craig Alston. The track is included on Blue Midnight released in 2013.

The next track is performed by California singer Jasmine Nichol. With the album titled NoE released in 2013 she carves out her own lane. NoE is permeated by  squiggly and fuzzy sounds ,warm harmonies perfectly combined with the intriguing voice of Jasmine. She reminds us a lot of avant-garde artists like: Stacy Epps,Kissey Asplund,Arima Ederra. We chose the single titled Take’ em masterfully produced by New York based duo Allan Cole and Darien Victor Birks aka The Stuyvesants, that appeared on Remixes and Reworks and Spin That

Maybe for someone, the name of Geno Young is not familiar, but we guarantee that in the music industry he represents a  respected indie neo-soul singer/producer/songwriter. He collaborated with Erykah Badu,N’Dambi,Carmen Rodgers,Guru,Eric Roberson. Geno appeared on Stay Mellow 2 and today we show ya something really impressive from his album dropped in 2004 titled The Ghetto Symphony. The single is Broadway and it’s a cover of a 1963 record by The Drifters.

So many new entries today !!! The next group is Deep Street Soul a collective composed by Sol Loco (as drummer), Papa ‘J’ Hunter (as bassist),Matt ‘Guitars’ Green (as guitarist) and Ms. Monique. They are an  avant-garde expression of funky,retro-groove music with tints of soul! In 2011 Deep Street Soul released Look Out Watch Out from which we chose the single Fallin featuring Roxie Ray , that we mentioned on Class In Session Vol.2 with her Dojo Cuts’s collaboration.

We met Darrius Willrich on Lost In Lust and on Low On Cash,Rich In Love. His multitasking skills as producer,musician,songwriter as well as singer intrigued our mind since we listened to for da first time his album Can’tGet Enough . Today we recommend Get It On a wonderful track that combines elements of jazz with tipical neo-soul groove.