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Wiz dropped his highly anticipated mix tape Taylor Allderdice. Obviously haven’t had a chance to give it a listen just yet, but I caught a few tweets from the Listening Session that went down a couple weeks ago. One blogger (@LowKeyUhtn), called it a mix between Cabin Fever and Kush & OJ; tough to to say what that means, but I’m going to take it as a positive. It’s no secret that the rapper has been struggling lately. I was convinced the dude fell off completely. Rolling Papers was less then stellar, he’s dating a whore, and now he’s writing bubble gum rap for the radio. Alas, a few of his recent singles and features have offered listeners a beacon of hope. He’s also had some trouble pushing his albums in the past, so he’s really counting on this one to build some steam for the upcoming O.N.I.F.C. 

So give it a listen, share your thoughts below, I’m interested to hear y’all take on this as well.

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“50 told me: go ahead, switch the style up and if they hate then let ‘em hate and watch the money pile up. The good life.”

The much rumored about Cabin Fever mixtape (download here) from Wiz Khalifa is a far cry from his earlier work; the lyrics are dumbed down, the hooks much more simple, and the beats are Gucci meets Rick Ross – I’m just waiting for someone to come over them and say “burr.” Take for example track five out of the nine song tape: Taylor Gang, featuring Chevy Woods – a recurring figure in many of Wiz’s past works – loops “Taylor. Gang. Taylor. Gang.” six times per hook, three hooks in all.

See also track three, GangBang, featuring Big Sean, where the intro is exemplary of the few themes that run throughout the tape: he lights something up, breathes in a hit, “This one look like that one, that one match this one, fuck it. Money. Money. Money, and I got money, hos, money and hos. I got money and hos.” And if track four, Erryday, doesn’t sound like a Rick Ross joint then I’ll shoot my sub-woofers right now.

Add to that the incorporation of other popular hip-pop tropes such as auto-tune, more lyrics about money-making, and weed-songs and you have an insubstantial nine-song medley that you can play the whole way through without much noticing a track change (they all sound the same).

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One of XXL’s Top 10 Freshmen of ’10 and notorious weed smoker/hot spitter, Wiz Khalifa, is lining himself up for a productive year. “The High,” an unofficial mixtape containing leaks and teasers for some of his upcoming projects, is available right below for your listening pleasure. If you’re looking for the just released Cabin Fever mixtape click here for a download link and review.

“The High” contains some old tracks from tapes like ‘Prince of the City 1 & 2 and ‘Flight School,’ as well as new remixes. Attention to track 2, which preludes his summer release of the recently reinvigorated ‘Cabin Fever’ project, due to drop this summer. Also give a listen to tracks 4, 13, 16, 17, 19 and 23 – all parts of his most upcoming project ‘Kush x Orange Juice‘ which is yet to have a release date, though it is expected out sometime towards the middle of April… check back here for details, we’ll have it first.

Cop the full mixtape at FireMixtapes.com

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It will not be called “Cabin Fever” as has been speculated for months, but instead, the new album from Pittsburgh star Wiz Khalifa will be called “Deal or No Deal.” “Cabin Fever” was one of many working titles Wiz had for his ablum, but the one he’s decided on seems most fitting.

The title stems from Wiz’ status as an unsigned agent – he’s had ‘no deal’ since parting ways with Warner Bros. earlier this year. However, deal or no deal, the kid Wiz will release the 15 track album with Rostrum Records, Taylor Gang and iHipHop on November 24th. And how bout that cover?!

He’s been stirring up some buzz with a few leaked tracks here and there, all of which are worth a listen…

Most recently leaked is “This Plane,” a fire track which probably won’t have the album plug at the end if it makes the LP cut.

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“Air Born” is over a classic Camp Lo beat.

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