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Blacc Hollywood (2014)

Where the lyrics of Blacc Hollywood take you, and where it was really made.

Wiz Khalifa's first album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200, yet critics mostly gave it mixed reviews.

Key places

Recorded in Los Angeles at I.D. Labs (2014)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — The album was recorded at I.D. Labs in Los Angeles. The point marks the city centre, not the exact studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Blacc Hollywood: studio album by American rapper Wiz Khalifa
• Released in the UK on 18 August 2014, and in the US a day later
• Released by Rostrum Records and Atlantic Records
• Guest appearances from Ty Dolla $ign, Juicy J, Project Pat, Curren$y, Ghost Loft, Chevy Woods, and Nicki Minaj, among others
• Two official singles: "We Dem Boyz" and "You and Your Friends"
• Credits adapted from the album booklet, with co-producers and additional producers marked

Background

• Title announced on 24 June 2013, when collaborations with Miley Cyrus and Juicy J were mentioned
• Cover art and release date posted on Instagram on 30 June 2014
• The release date announced at that time was 19 August 2014
• Khalifa released the 28 Grams mixtape on 25 May 2014, after getting out of jail on a marijuana possession charge
• In an August 2014 interview with USA Today, Khalifa said the album would be his best work yet

Recording

• The album was recorded at I.D. Labs in Los Angeles
• The source gives no recording dates for the album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), known as Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and actor.
• Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he signed with local independent label Rostrum Records to release his debut album Show and Prove (2006).

Career

• His 2008 single "Say Yeah" became his first minor hit; he then parted ways with Warner Bros. Records in 2009.
• He signed with Atlantic Records in 2010; "Black and Yellow" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Albums Rolling Papers (2011) and O.N.I.F.C. (2012) were commercial successes, with Rolling Papers peaking at number two on the Billboard 200.
• His 2015 single "See You Again" with Charlie Puth peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 non-consecutive weeks and earned diamond certification from the RIAA.
• He founded the label Taylor Gang Entertainment in 2008 and launched the cannabis brand Khalifa Kush in 2016.
• He has acted on television and voiced roles in American Dad!, Duncanville, and Big City Greens.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Metacritic: average score of 54 out of 100 from 16 reviews, which indicates mixed or average reviews
• Luke Fox of Exclaim!: compares the album to the Transformers quadrilogy, a series of mass-appeal blockbusters
• Bruce Smith of HipHopDX: the misses keep the album from being great, but Wiz still shows he can deliver
• Jesse Cataldo of Slant Magazine: remarkable only as a ghostly portrait of a half-formed figure
• Jordan Sowunmi of Now: strongest when Wiz returns to the hopeful, aspirational tone of his early rise
• David Jeffries of AllMusic: not a clear-headed album maker, but the record returns to serious business often enough to have a theme
• Michael Madden of Consequence of Sound: Wiz sticks to his guns while other rappers compete creatively
• Brandon Soderberg of Spin: stands for so little that he somehow remains relevant
• Evan Rytlewski of The A.V. Club: finds no evidence of hard work on the album

Records

• Billboard 200: debuted at number one with 90,000 copies in its first week
• Second week: fell to number six with 30,000 copies
• Three consecutive weeks in the Billboard 200 top ten
• Canada: debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart with 5,300 copies
• As of January 2016: 327,000 copies sold
• 22 June 2016: RIAA Gold certification
• 2014: ranked 93rd most popular album of the year on the Billboard 200
• Lead single "We Dem Boyz": peaked at number 43 on the Billboard 200 and certified Platinum by the RIAA

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Khalifa released the 28 Grams mixtape on 25 May 2014, after getting out of jail on a marijuana possession charge
• The promotional single "Stayin Out All Night", released on 28 July 2014, was produced by Dr. Luke
• The music video for "You and Your Friends", released on 23 December 2014, had over 64 million views
• The album ranked 93rd most popular album of 2014 on the Billboard 200
• The fourth promotional single "So High", featuring Ghost Loft, was released on 12 August 2014

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

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