right-click

Wiz Khalifa Gets His Vitamin C

It’s been nearly two months since XXL magazine revealed the “Freshman Class 2010,” its annual preview of hip-hop’s next big thing. Which means it’s been long enough for us to ask: So, are any of these people really going to be famous? Maybe! J. Cole and Big Sean would presumably have the head-start, with their respective Jay-Z and Kanye associations, but as of now we’d have to say it’s Wiz Khalifa — a slim, easygoing 22-year-old body-ink aficionado from Pittsburgh — who’s in pole position. Khalifa’s just released his new mixtape, Kush and Orange Juice, and it’s a nice showcase of the youngun’s commercial appeal. He’s got the kind of cartoony, overly enunciated flow that makes us think classic G-Funk (specifically, D.J. Quik) and a party mindset, but his biggest crossover asset is his propensity to rhyme over all manners of soft pop-radio beats, a tactic currently being successfully utilized on 2008 XXL freshman B.o.B’s hit single “Nothing on Me.” Don’t be shocked if Khalifa’s up next.


Download Kush and Orange Juice
at NahRight

Wiz Khalifa Gets His Vitamin C