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If you listened to Wiz Khalifa's first single, "Black and Yellow," then you know the young Pittsburg lad can go hard.
However, listen to follow-up effort "Roll Up," and you would say this is not the Wiz I know.
Surprisingly, the same "Black and Yellow" producers, Stargate, take credit for this follow-up single. Stargate usually produces songs for R&B songs, including Beyoncé's smash-hit, "Irreplaceable" and Rihanna's "What's My Name."
Now I've listened to Wiz before — especially when he murdered Rick Ross' "Super High" remix — and he is most definitely a dope rapper. But how does one go from "Black and Yellow" to this soft song?
In "Roll Up," he is not talking about getting high — which may be shocking to most — but he is talking about whenever his lady friend — possibly Amber Rose – needs him, he will be there.
Now if this was an R&B song for an R&B artist, then there's no doubt about it hitting the charts.
But I would be surprised if "Roll Up" gets any play time on the radio, because it doesn't feel like mainstream track. It's just something for the album.
But then again, it does give me that feel of Fabolous' new banger, "Killing 'Em," which currently gets a lot of airtime.
Since Wiz is a new artist he has to come even harder because he hasn't been in the industry for long.
If he wanted to go soft, he should have gotten a better production team, such as The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, which has done luxurious work on Rick Ross' "Deeper than Rap" and "Teflon Don" albums.
My suggestion to Wiz is that if you want to go soft and give the ladies something they can relate to, especially since you're known for rapping about getting high all the time — then do so with the right production.
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