But a full-length album was never released, and after leaving Warner Bros. Records, a deal that produced a single, Say Yeah, that hit No. That paved the way for him to sign with Warner Bros. This is an artist, after all, who took the fast track to stardom.īorn Cameron Jibril Thomaz in 1987, the Pittsburgh-based rapper released his first CD, Show and Prove, in 2006 on the indie label Rostrum Records. If Blacc Hollywood is as good as Khalifa seems to think it is, it figures to be one of the biggest hip-hop albums of 2014. You can see it through the artwork you can see it in the visuals and the videos and things like that.' I'm really passionate about it, and you can just feel the passion through the music. 'The thing about Blacc Hollywood is everything I'm talking about has been very important to me right now. 'I think the unique thing about all of my other projects were the mind states that I was in at that time and what I was trying to get out to the world, and just how important that message really was to me at that time,' Khalifa said. 'I was able to work more hands-on with this one, sort of the way I am with my mixtapes, where we strive for the best and we really don't settle or accept anything other than the best,' Khalifa said. That's really what's different and helped me have a different approach.'

Just being a happier individual, just having him to take me away, it takes my mind away from everything, and then I can go back to it. 'So having a son, I've been able to, like, experience things with him, whether it be like singing all day or laughing and being silly and just joking and stuff like that, whereas before, my life might have been a little bit more serious during those times. 'All of my music comes from just living and life, and as long as I'm feeling happy and creative and (having) fun in my life, I'm able to make that kind of music,' Khalifa said in a phone interview. Since he released his previous album, O.N.I.F.C., Wiz Khalifa has had a major change in his home life: He and his wife, model Amber Rose, had a son, Sebastian, in February 2013.īecause he's an artist who says he tries to make music that reflects his life, it's not surprising that Khalifa feels fatherhood has affected his creativity and his music.

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