Wiz Khalifa - Taylor Allderdice review

It's been beyond a minute since i've done review so i thought it's about time i hope back on that cycle and hopefully make this thing a regular occurrence. Now on to the mixtape i'm going to be reviewing, Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Allderdice. Wiz has been in the game for a long time and most people don't know that so i give him props for staying stuff and believing in his product. He blew up on a big time level after the success of Kush & Orange Juice and then blew up on a world wide level after Black & Yellow. We all thought his Album Rolling papers was going to follow suit and blow this guy up so high the weed he's smoking is gonna feel like smoking dandelions. Well it didn't. Rolling papers was a disappointment, i know that, you know that and Wiz knows that recently releasing what most people would take as an apology for how Rolling papers turned out. Over the past year it seems like Wiz has been trying to revert back to his old weed talking ways on smooth ass beats and this is show cased at it's most on this mixtape. The word that came to my mind when i was half way through this mixtape was smooth, this shit is smooth. The whole mixtape is laid out like Wiz is having an interview which are essentially introductions to his songs which i felt was quite cool. The beats are nice, i noticed he used the same beat on the first song that Curren$y used on his mixtape Verde Terrace but i have not problem with that cause i like the beat. So far i've been reading people saying Wiz needs to change up his lyrics all he talks about is Money, Girls and WEED WEED WEED. Yo. What the fuck are you looking for when you listen to wiz khalifa ? Deep meaningful lyrics that make you want to change your whole outlook on life and start volunteering in africa. That's never going to happen, my whole notion is if i want to listen to some mind provoking shit i'll go listen to artists that can give me it instead of bitching when someone else can't.   Though most of the beats sound similar and lyrics may feel repetitive, i feel all and all this mixtape is really chilled out and something nice to listen to when you are just trying to chill and vibe to music.

I'm going to give this mixtape a 6/10
 

Watch The Throne ???

A classic case of super hype and the final product not being able to match up to that hype :/. I'll admit i was looking forward to watch the throne, i've been a huge fan of both Kanye West and Jay-Z for several years now and hearing that they were having a JOINT album nearly blew this kids roof off and make me fall into cardiac arrest. I think one of the most deceiving elements that made me thing this album was going to be legendary was the single "Otis". The production on that was beautiful, for once i liked heavy use of a sample especially seeing as it was Otis Redding and i'm also a fan of his work (R.I.P.), the lyrics on Otis weren't too amazing but they were cool. Another reason why i thought this album was going to be really good was the contribution/feature of Frank Ocean, I really like his song writing and the dude can sing so i was looking forward to seeing what he could do with Kanye and Jay. I think it's kind of funny that out of 3 songs i liked on the album, Frank Ocean is featured in 2. I can appreciate the artistic direction that they were going in and I've always got to commend someone that does something different for a change. You can tell that Kanye had a huge influence on Jay, being a big listener of Jay-Z's music there hasn't been much change in his music apart from Jay-Z's lyrics getting less and less smart over the years. The beats are very clubby, electronic and in a way rock like which at times i don't think really blended well. The thing the order they put certain songs in was kind of messed up too, especially the last two track. All in all the album was alright, i'm not saying its terrible when it actually is alright i just don't think it was as amazing where it could live up to its title "Watch The Throne". That title says the a lot and trust me i watched the throne and the spot is still vacant.
Tracks I Enjoyed:
Otis
Made In America
New Day
No Church In The Wild