Rolling papers

Rolling papers
Studio album by Wiz Khalifa
Publication (s)	March 29, 2011
admission	2010/2011
Label (s)	Rostrum Records , Atlantic Records
Format (s)	CD, digital
Genre (s)	Hip hop , rap
Title (number)	14th
running time	57:51 min.
production	StarGate , Jim Jonsin , Benny Blanco , ID Labs , Andrew "Pop" Wansel , Oak , Brandon Carrier , Bei Maejor , Detail , Lex Luger , Clinton Sparks
Studio (s)	Downtown Recording Studios Lotzah Matzah Studios Roc The Mic Studios, New York City ID Labs Studio, Pittsburgh The Treehouse, Los Angeles Circle House Recording Studios, Miami
chronology Deal or No Deal (2009) Rolling papers Mac & Devin Go to High School (with Snoop Dogg ) (2011)
Single releases September 14, 2010 Black and Yellow February 3, 2011 Roll up May 28, 2011 On My Level (feat. Too Short ) August 9, 2011 No sleep

Rolling Papers is the third studio album by the American rapper Wiz Khalifa . It was released in the USA on March 29, 2011, and has been available in Germany since May 13 of the same year.

background

After Wiz Khalifa had released his second studio album Deal or No Deal in November 2009, just like his debut album Show and Prove on the independent record label Rostrum Records , the mixtape Kush & Orange Juice was released in April 2010 . This was a great success for Khalifa and rated as one of the “best hip-hop mixtapes of the year”. Due to his success he drew the interest of larger major labels such as the Maybach Music Group , and the musician Drake also offered him to go on tour with him. After declining both offers, he announced on July 30, 2010 that he had signed a record deal with Atlantic Records . He would also begin to record his third studio album.

Track list

#	title	Songwriting	producer	length
1.	When I'm gone	Cameron Thomaz , Eric Dan	ID Labs	4:09
2.	On My Level (feat. Too Short )	Cameron Thomaz, Todd Shaw , James Scheffer , Richard Butler , Danny Morris	Jim Jonsin	4:32
3.	Black and Yellow	Cameron Thomaz, Mikkel Eriksen , Tor Hermansen	Stargate	3:37
4th	Roll up	Cameron Thomaz, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen	Stargate	3:47
5.	Hopes & Dreams	Cameron Thomaz, Brandon Carrier	Brandon Carrier	3:59
6th	Wake up	Cameron Thomaz, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen	Stargate	3:46
7th	The Race	Cameron Thomaz, Eric Dan	ID Labs	5:35
8th.	Star of the Show (feat. Chevy Woods )	Cameron Thomaz, Eric Dan	ID Labs	4:46
9.	No sleep	Cameron Thomaz, Benjamin Levin , Noel Fisher	Benny Blanco , detail	3:12
10.	Get your shit	Cameron Thomaz, Eric Dan	ID Labs	4:36
11.	Top floor	Cameron Thomaz, Andrew Wansel , Warren Fields	Andrew "Pop" Wansel , Oak	3:42
12.	Fly Solo	Cameron Thomaz, Eric Dan	ID Labs	3:20
13.	Rooftops (feat. Curren $ y )	Cameron Thomaz, Shante Franklin , Brandon Green , Clinton Sparks	At Maejor , Clinton Sparks (co-producer)	4:21
14th	Cameras	Cameron Thomaz, Eric Dan	ID Labs	4:29
	Target Deluxe Edition Bonus Track
15th	Middle of You ( feat.Chevy Woods , Nikkiya & MDMA )	Cameron Thomaz, Eric Dan	WillPower	4:16
16.	Stoned	Cameron Thomaz, Eric Dan	Stargate	3:31
	iTunes bonus track
15th	Taylor Gang (feat. Chevy Woods )	Cameron Thomaz, Lexus Lewis	Lex Luger	5:35

Publication and promotion

Immediately before the album was released, the mixtape Cabin Fever was released on February 18, 2011 , which served to promote the album, which will be released in March. Rolling Papers is Wiz Khalifa's first album to be released on a major label .

On January 26, 2011, the rapper announced the name and the date of publication. He also revealed that the title of his CD has three different meanings.

• “The title of the album is appropriate. It's called Rolling Papers , like the papers you roll and the ones I roll and the ones we smoke. But [the meaning] is also deeper. I thought [of that name] before I even started recording the album and had an idea about this one. It's not just about marijuana. It's something bigger. My career really took off when I started smoking paper. "
• “The second reason I called it Rolling Papers is that when I left Warner Bros. I was more or less getting my rolling papers . I got my contract bloody curled up and smoke colored. And I was given the opportunity to go, to quit, to do my thing and to capitalize on it. So this is another pair of papers that I've really needed in my life. "
• “The third reason [for the name] is that I gave up writing [lyrics] a long time ago. I stopped writing it down or typing it into my BlackBerry or iPhone . I wrote down notes, but I didn't write real verses, so it was like goodbye on paper. The paper has also been rolled out. Everything was very natural. The first thought that came to my mind was how I really feel. It feels like this is my most natural sound now. That's what I put the most value on the album. I was very focused. I was really in the mood for this stuff when I was working on it and I didn't use any paper other than the cigarette paper. "

Singles

So far, four songs from the album have been officially released as a single. The first, Black and Yellow , on September 14, 2010. Five months after its release, in February 2011, the song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 . In June 2011, the song about the colors of the flag of the rapper's hometown, Pittsburgh , was awarded three times platinum in the USA for 3,000,000 records sold.

On February 3, 2011, the second single from the album was released, Roll Up . This rose to 13th place in the USA and was also awarded platinum.

On March 8, 2011, the song The Race was released as the second promotional sound carrier and reached 66th place in the United States.

The song On My Level , on which Too Short also participates, was released on May 28th as the first promotional sound carrier . It reached number 52 in the USA and was later released again as the third single, but then only placed at number 78. It was certified gold in November 2011 in the USA.

On March 22nd, No Sleep was released as the third promotional record. After the song placed sixth in the US, it was released on August 9, 2011 as the fourth and final single. It is also certified with platinum.

The song When I'm Gone also reached a chart position, although it was not released as a promotional sound carrier or single.

Commercial win

album

The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 after its release , and sold around 197,000 times in the first week. It reached number one in the American charts of the Top R & B / Hip-Hop Albums and the Top Rap Albums . In the second week, the album dropped to fifth place, as only 59,300 CDs had been sold. This means that around 257,000 records were sold in the USA within two weeks. In the third and fourth weeks, a further 37,000 and 34,000 CDs were sold, respectively, so that the album has now sold 328,000 units in the USA. On June 21, 2011, Wiz Khalifa was awarded a gold record for the album for 500,000 units sold in the United States. In November 2011, it sold 609,000 units in the US alone.

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2011	Rolling papers	DE67 (1 week) DE	-	CH68 (6 weeks) CH	UK47 (2 weeks) UK	US2 × 2 Double platinum (65 weeks)US	First published: March 29, 2011

Singles

The first single reached number one in the USA and so far was the only one that was also able to place in the charts in Germany.

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2010	Black and Yellow Rolling Papers	DE31 (34 weeks) DE	AT44 (3 weeks) AT	CH44 (28 weeks) CH	UK5 (17 weeks) UK	US1 (25 weeks) US	First published: September 14, 2010
2011	Roll Up Rolling Papers	-	-	-	UK42 (6 weeks) UK	US13 (22 weeks) US	First published: February 3, 2011
	The Race Rolling Papers	-	-	-	-	US66 (1 week) US	First published: March 8, 2011
	When I'm Gone Rolling Papers	-	-	-	-	US57 (4 weeks) US	First published: April 2011
	On My Level Rolling Papers	-	-	-	-	US52 (9 weeks) US	First published: May 28, 2011 feat. Too short
	No Sleep Rolling Papers	DE91 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	US6 (15 weeks) US	First published: August 9, 2011

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Canada (MC)	gold	40,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
All in all	2 × gold, 2 × platinum	2,050,000

Main article: Wiz Khalifa / Music Sales Awards

reception

The album only got average criteria. It only reached 59% based on 24 reviews. For example, Brandon Soderberg of Spin magazine wrote that the album embraced the tenacious one-note approach of the numerous mixtapes that paved the way for his sizeable follow-up album. The Boston Globe said the album was as safe as possible and, with one exception, was a collection of radio-accessible singles. Brad Wete of Entertainment Weekly claimed that the album was lyrically limited to, to be intoxicating. It's all about women, cannabis and money. Even so, it glows with the passion of an outsider and the wickedness of a winner.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ brillyance: Best Mixtapes of 2010: # 3 Wiz Khalifa “Kush and Orange Juice” . realityisreal.com. February 7, 2011. Archived from the original on February 24, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 29, 2011. 
2. ↑ Jayson Rodriguez: Will Wiz Khalifa Accept Rick Ross' Offer For A Maybach Music Deal? . mtv.com. July 30, 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
3. ↑ Mawuse Ziegbe: Wiz Khalifa Declines Drake's Offer To Join Tour . mtv.com. August 20, 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
4. ↑ Mawuse Ziegbe, Sway Calloway: Wiz Khalifa Announces He's Signing To Atlantic Records On 'RapFix Live' . mtv.com. July 30, 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
5. ↑ Wiz Khalifa Rolls Out Album Title, Release Date . rap-up.com. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
6. ↑ Music Sales Awards (USA): Black and Yellow
7. ↑ Awards for Music Sales (USA): Roll Up
8. ↑ Music Sales Awards (USA): On My Level
9. ↑ Music Sales Awards (USA): No Sleep
10. ↑ Keith Caulfield: Britney Spears Snares Sixth No. 1 on Billboard 200 with 'Femme Fatale' . billboard.com. April 6, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
11. ^ Rolling Papers - Wiz Khalifa - (2011) . billboard.com. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
12. ↑ Cyrus Langhorne: Wiz Khalifa Keeps Rollin 'Top 5, Jim Jones Dips Into Top 20, Brotha Lynch Hung Swings Onto The Chart . sohh.com. April 13, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
13. ↑ Allen Jacobs: Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 4/24/2011 . hiphopdx.com. April 27, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
14. ↑ Music Sales Awards: United States
15. ↑ Allen Jacobs: Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/13/2011 . hiphopdx.com. November 16, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
16. ↑ Brandon Soderberg: Wiz Khalifa - 'Rolling Papers' . spin.com. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
17. ↑ Julian Benbow: Album Reviews - Wiz Khalifa: Rolling Papers . articles.boston.com. April 5, 2011. Retrieved on December 29, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
18. ↑ Brad Wete: Music Review - Rolling Papers (2011) - Wiz Khalifa . ew.com. March 23, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2011.