Show and Prove

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Show and Prove
Studio album by Wiz Khalifa

Publication
(s)

September 5, 2006

admission

2005/2006

Label (s) Rostrum Records

Format (s)

CD, download

Genre (s)

Hip-hop , rap

Title (number)

17th

running time

69:17 min.

production

Johnny Juliano , ID Labs , Black Czer , Nesia Beatz , The Resource , Champ Super

chronology
- Show and Prove Deal or No Deal
(2009)
Single release
August 7, 2007 Pittsburgh Sound

Show and Prove is the debut album by the American rapper Wiz Khalifa . It was released on September 5, 2006 in the USA on the independent label Rostrum Records . In the USA and Germany, it did not enter the charts.

background

In the fall of 2004, Wiz Khalifa signed a recording deal with Rostrum Records . He then released his first mixtape in 2005 ( Prince of the City: Welcome to Pistolvania ) before releasing "Show and Prove" in 2006. His second studio album, Deal or No Deal , didn't follow until 2009, but six mixtapes have been released in the meantime.

Track list

# title producer length
1. Intro ID Labs 1:42
2. Pittsburgh Sound The Resource 3:32
3. 'Bout mine Nesia Beatz 4:22
4th I choose you ID Labs 3:44
5. Damn Thing ID Labs, Johnny Juliano 3:58
6th Keep the Conversation (feat. Boaz ) Johnny Juliano 4:09
7th Stay in Your Lane Black Czer 3:42
8th. Stand Up (feat. Chevy Woods ) Johnny Juliano 3:46
9. Too late Johnny Juliano 4:50
10. I'm gonna ride ID Labs 3:24
11. Gotta Be a Star ( feat.Johnny Juliano & S. Mone ) (Remix) Johnny Juliano 4:33
12. Let 'em know ID Labs 3:43
13. Sometimes (feat. Vali Porter ) Champ Super , ID Labs 4:21
14th Locked & Loaded (feat. Chevy Woods ) Black Czer 3:58
15th Burn somethin ' Johnny Juliano 3:50
16. Crazy Since the 80's Johnny Juliano 4:41
17th History in the Making / Never Too Late ID Labs 7:07

success

The album did not reach any chart placement in the USA, neither on the Billboard 200 nor in genre-specific charts. The album attracted particular attention in Pittsburgh , Wiz Khalifa's hometown. In addition, the album is considered to be Khalifa's trailblazer towards his first contract with a major record label, which he signed with Warner Bros. Records in 2007 . Around 10,000 units of the publication had been sold by August 2011, and last.fm had 2,228,000 clicks from over 647,000 listeners.

Individual evidence

  1. Benjy Grinberg: “[Mac Miller 's going to be one of the biggest artists in the world. I really truly believe that. ”] . hitquarters.com. October 17, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  2. a b c Wiz Khalifa's Best Project (Voted On By Taylors) . khalifafans.com. August 8, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  3. Show And Prove by Wiz Khalifa . lastfm.de. Retrieved March 6, 2012.