Khalifa is at his best when he is naturalized about his marijuana use. I don’t want to hear him talk about smoking weed I want to hear him rap about smoking weed. Wiz gets painfully obvious and often rambles like the stoner he is, and really he is a much better rapper than an interviewee. He doesn’t regret Rolling Papers but he “maybe would have done some things different.” This type of insight can be interesting but comes across as unnecessary, especially because it is on almost every track.
The mixtape is filled with clips of an interview he did with MTV News’ Rob Markman, offering personal insight of where he is at with his career. It has that mixtape feel and Khalifa is laying down his lyrics with a carefree “don’t give a shit” attitude, secretly hoping his old school fans will approve. Everything is laid back, cued to a downbeat. The high-end carefully polished beats aren’t present. This mixtape is 17 tracks of leaning back, toking up and laying down some smooth verses.
Here he attempts to go back to his roots and create something with cooler-side appeal. Taylor Allderdice is Khalifa’s apology to the disappointed, the haters of Rolling Papers. Rolling Papers was a pop-rap album and with its success nearly all of Khalifa’s underground credibility garnered from Kush & Orange Juice had disappeared. While the album was a commercial success with hits like “Black & Yellow” and “On My Level” many fans hated how mainstream it was. After he signed to Atlantic and released his first official LP Rolling Papers many fans were divided. Khalifa gained recognition for his flow and delivery on his early mixtapes, specifically Kush & Orange Juice. This is what Snoop has been doing his whole career and what Wiz is hoping his career will look like.
The entire soundtrack/film is about smoking weed, yet Snoop and Wiz don’t get stale they continually find ways to keep marijuana fresh. The two are actually friends in real life, recently collaborating on the soundtrack for the film Mac & Devin Go To High School that the duo also stars in. Wiz Khalifa raps about smoking weed so much it is like he is aiming to be the next Snoop Dogg.
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