Guest Blogger: Jenna 1

Wiz Khalifa is one of hip hops hottest artists at the moment. He is at his peak of popularity and continues to grow. His songs tell a lot about where he came from and where he’s at now in his life. His songs portray many different feelings and emotions. His album Rolling Papers has more of a laid back and chill feeling to it. The songs describe how he’s so amazed he’s made it this far in life when he’s so young. While the albums Cabin Fever and Deal or No Deal are more upbeat and party music. Another artist that is a lot like Wiz Khalifa is Big Sean. He is a new hip hop artist who also raps about where he is at in his life. His album Finally Famous features a song with Wiz Khalifa. I think that both the rappers have the same feeling to their songs. The song, “Cameras” by Wiz Khalifa is one of my favorites because it tells the story about how his career has just taken off. “I always knew I was this good, but never knew I’d be this good” is line in the song that shows that if you follow your dreams someday you may just reach them. Also the song “This Plane” has memorable lyrics because it’s about when his career was just starting out and he says, “Uh, so while you busy trying to fit in, Imma stand out, and view my life through this lens to see how it pan's out.” I like this line in the song because it shows that he’s not afraid to be different and he’s not just like everyone else. Wiz Khalifa raps a lot about drugs and women some people tend to disagree with his music while others appreciate it. BBC Music critic Lloyd Bradley said "These are the sort of songs that mainstream hip-hop needs, and would probably find much more entertaining than what tends to get pushed at it." I agree with this statement because the things people rap about fit the genera of music. David Jeffries of the All Music Guide really nailed it said "Rolling Papers casts Khalifa as a more earthbound and approachable version of Kid Cudi, or Curren$y for the masses, both of which are meant as compliments," I also agree with this because I think that earthbound is the perfect word to describe the mood of his music. "Khalifa hustled for years to get his big break, suffering record-label indignities, releasing mixtapes and using Twitter to build a following. When he raps, 'I don't wanna wake up,' on 'Wake Up,' you can't help but hope his dream lasts a while." This was said by critic Jon Dolan and I think it shows how far he’s had to come to make it this big but all his hard work paid off in the end. I have been to a Wiz Khalifa show and it was definitely worth my time and money. It was a really fun concert but the thing that I liked the best was he sounds just how he does on his albums in real life which most people don’t.