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O.N.I.F.C. (2012)

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The title copies the form of Prodigy of Mobb Deep's album H.N.I.C., and the phrase it spells out is explicit.

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O.N.I.F.C. is the fourth studio album by American rapper Wiz Khalifa
Released December 4, 2012 by Atlantic Records, Rostrum Records and Taylor Gang Entertainment
The title is an initialism inspired by the album H.N.I.C. by Prodigy of Mobb Deep
Debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 148,000 copies sold in its first week
Received generally mixed reviews from contemporary music critics

Release date changed several times: announced April 11, 2012 for August 28, pushed to September 18, then pushed again on September 5 with no date
Track listing first confirmed September 25, 2012, with the standard version's tracks
Guests include 2 Chainz, Akon, Berner, Cam'ron, Courtney Noelle, Juicy J, Chevy Woods, Iamsu!, Lola Monroe, Pharrell, Problem, Tuki Carter, The Weeknd and Amber Rose
Producers include Cardo, Benny Blanco, Danja, I.D. Labs, Jim Jonsin, Pharrell Williams, Sledgren, Stargate and Pop Wansel
Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller recorded for the album, but the track did not make the cut
Wiz Khalifa said Snoop Dogg, Mac Miller and Curren$y were not on the album because records were not finished in time
Mixtape Taylor Allderdice, named after his high school, released March 13 under Taylor Gang and Rostrum Records
Wiz Khalifa graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in 2006
Mixtape Cabin Fever 2 released October 16, 2012, in preparation for the album
2050 Tour with Juicy J, Chevy Woods and Lola Monroe; last show December 12, 2012 in Pittsburgh

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).

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.

Metacritic average score 56 out of 100, based on 20 reviews from mainstream critics
AllMusic's Fred Thomas: the album falls between the growing pains of an artist forced to develop faster than he is ready for and material less inspired than the earlier records
The Guardian's Alex Macpherson: the best moments come from guests, and Khalifa is described as serviceable but limited
The A.V. Club's Evan Rytlewski: the album splits the difference between a drug-centered muse and pop obligations without finding a middle ground
Slant Magazine's Ted Scheinman: the main flaws have more to do with the lyrics' reflexive materialism than with Khalifa's ego
Pitchfork's Jordan Sargent: the rapping is inconsequential to the production
Spin's Dan Weiss: Khalifa does not say anything worth echoing
Entertainment Weekly's Kyle Anderson: a positive review praising Khalifa's bleary-eyed charisma
Rolling Stone's Jody Rosen: a positive review calling the album as solid as the earlier Rolling Papers was slack
The Village Voice's Sowmya Krishnamurthy: the production really works, and the album is pleasant if not particularly inspired
PopMatters' David Amidon: as pop rap albums go, the album is beyond solid

Debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 148,000 copies in its first week
Second week sales of 40,000 more copies, dropping to number 25
As of March 2013, sold 352,000 copies
Certified platinum by the RIAA for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million in the United States
Let It Go with Akon debuted and peaked at number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100
It's Nothin' with 2 Chainz peaked at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart
Paperbond peaked at number 22 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart

The album title follows the initialism form of H.N.I.C., an album by Prodigy of Mobb Deep.
Wiz Khalifa announced a track with 50 Cent that became Telescope, and 50 Cent later confirmed another track with him in a Power 106 interview.
Snoop Dogg, Mac Miller and Curren$y were left off because their records were not made in time, and Wiz Khalifa had talked to Drake and E-40 about appearing.
The music video for The Bluff with Cam'ron was shot in Harlem, New York.
The Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller recorded for the album, but the track did not make the cut.