Blacc Hollywood
Wiz Khalifa's third LP nobly attempts to pin his recent rangy genre excursions down onto a single album. Blacc Hollywood is a blur of late night bottle service orders and wake-n-bake seshes that imparts more elite weedhead bonafides than hopes or dreams.
A quick exercise: Take 10 seconds or so and list as many of the most popular rap stars of the moment as you can. Most lists will probably include some combination of Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Jay Z; some might throw in Rick Ross and 2 Chainz. Whichever rappers were listed, they likely share two…
Blacc Hollywood is remarkable only as a ghostly portrait of a half-formed figure prowling the fringes of success.
The rapper sounds at his best when he sticks to his formula of earwormy tracks and steers clear of Drake's emo-rap territory, writes <strong>Lanre Bakare</strong>