Blacc Hollywood
by Wiz Khalifa
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Aug 19, 2014
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5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 72 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 23 out of 72
  3. Negative: 19 out of 72
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  1. NazAw
    Aug 20, 2014
    4
    Wiz Khalifa seems to be one of the most genuine in the industry, and the positive energy surrounding the music is loving, but the experience itself is just plain boring and repetitive on "Blacc Hollywood".

    From themes to production, to Wiz struggle with bars, it varies as little as Kanye's interviews lately. Though continuing from track "The Sleaze", it leaps higher than ever, serving    Wiz Khalifa seems to be one of the most genuine in the industry, and the positive energy surrounding the music is loving, but the experience itself is just plain boring and repetitive on "Blacc Hollywood".

    From themes to production, to Wiz struggle with bars, it varies as little as Kanye's interviews lately. Though continuing from track "The Sleaze", it leaps higher than ever, serving some fresh and more ear-grabbing hooks and raps than to say.. the two/thirds. But even so, appearing on track nine of an album of thirteen it is not enough when the highlights comes up so late in. And while Wiz probably wont (at this point) top the brilliance and cohesion of "Kush & Orange Juice", on the debut album the following singles, at least showed his charm and some catchy pop tunes.
    "House In The Hills" is wonderful compared to a handful, featuring some afro influenced production and introspective lyrics of his life- lifestyle[s] and characteristics people like to jab on to him. "Promises" is him singing (kind of?), actually doing the better job here than his rapping, almost asking myself "why not more?" when most is rambling of rap-speak, sing-song-rapping with production instead at the end being the more attractive attraction. But the only replay-valued tracks really are the ones left of off the standard LP.
    Wiz has shown that he is capable of making an album, but this time, the rhymes and songs are not memorable, just worn off, literally, as the word itself being thrown into this album.
    The songcrafting is less joyful and more of a hashtag rap on "Blacc Hollywood". The mixtapes prior to this, in my opinion were somewhat enjoyable, fun and original to his sound, the trap/club project "Blacc Hollywood" may not be something already too familiar to Wiz' catalogue, sonically, and that is pretty much the lacking.. Wiz does not sound witty nor smooth nor creative and new over these instrumentals as others already mastering it.
    This is pretty much background music, and it is fine as that so long beats slaps, cause other than that digging deeply in is where you find nothing much.    … Expand
  2. JamieVic
    Sep 2, 2014
    8
    As I'm writing this right now, Blacc Hollywood is Wiz's best album. It's very different from his previous albums (Rolling Papers & ONIFC) due to how diverse the tracks are, however lyrically it's almost pretty much the same. I found the album to be "fun" but the downside to the album is it lacked direction but strangely, it was something I also found so good about the album.
  3. metacu7er
    Aug 23, 2014
    10
    Wochenende Saufen Geil FICKSCHEISSARBEIT ich rast aus Wochenende Saufen Saufen SCHEISSARBEIT WWWOOOOOOOCCCCCHHHHHHHEEEEEEENNNNNNNEEEEEENNNNNDDDEE !!!!!!
  4. MaxIndieGames
    Jul 1, 2015
    10
    It's a good album, for someone who "just wants to listen to music" and doesn't care about lyrics.
    And even with the lyrics being bad, Cameron still talks about the things he does, cares/cares not about and enjoys and expresses who he is, what he does, why he does it and so-forth, and isn't that what we want our rappers to do? To be who they are?
  5. TNTTheNextTune
    Aug 19, 2014
    7
    Three months after the release of 28 Grams, Wiz Khalifa releases a new album called Blacc Hollywood

    The album opens up with “Hope”, a nice track with Ty Dolla $ign with a very catchy and radio-friendly hook. The second track is the already well-known hit “We Dem Boyz”, in my opinion one of the less inspired tracks on this LP. “Promises” is the first track with pop influences on the    Three months after the release of 28 Grams, Wiz Khalifa releases a new album called Blacc Hollywood

    The album opens up with “Hope”, a nice track with Ty Dolla $ign with a very catchy and radio-friendly hook.
    The second track is the already well-known hit “We Dem Boyz”, in my opinion one of the less inspired tracks on this LP.
    “Promises” is the first track with pop influences on the album and as well one of the best songs.
    “KK” is one of the single released from Blacc Hollywood, a stoner-anthem with Project Pat and Juicy J to support him. On the Curren$y-featured “House in the Hills”, Wiz looks back at his career in one of the most introspective songs on the album.
    “Ass Drop” is a great club banger with a not as good hook that slightly ruins the song. “Raw” is a trap song that bites A$AP Ferg style in a non-original way.
    The last tracks are filler and forgettable. I expected more from the collaboration with Nicki Minaj “True Colors”, which sounds off and boring.
    The DJ Mustard-produced bonus track “You and Your Friends” is way catchier and even if it didn’t peak high on the charts, it’s a nice summer anthem.
    Blacc Hollywood has nice but also boring moments and it’s not very cohesive. It sounds like a compilation of hit songs.
    This album flows better than his last projects, if you like Wiz Khalifa, you’ll undoubtedly like this album.

    For more reviews and hip-hop/R&B news, tune on The Next Tune on Facebook    … Expand
  6. geedup
    Aug 27, 2014
    4
    Quite anticipted by most I think, which is evident with the Cd climbing to #1 I believe. But, execution is the key to success and there is little variety in his works on the CD. A new sounding voice with the same old same old. Short on quality word play (read; lyrics) or appealing songs to my ear (read: beats) i didn't find much to like on the CD. plenty of guest appearances sprinkled onQuite anticipted by most I think, which is evident with the Cd climbing to #1 I believe. But, execution is the key to success and there is little variety in his works on the CD. A new sounding voice with the same old same old. Short on quality word play (read; lyrics) or appealing songs to my ear (read: beats) i didn't find much to like on the CD. plenty of guest appearances sprinkled on the CD as well, but they couldn't save this thing. Pass.… Expand
  7. MrFireApple
    Aug 19, 2014
    7
    Everybody know that Wiz Khalifa is not a lyrical genius, but I'm kinda tired of all the song about weed. Of course the beat is f*cking dope and contain awesome verse. So when you check the good and the bad, you can see that the album is kinda good.
  8. Spangle
    Oct 10, 2014
    2
    As a whole, Wiz Khalifa’s third full length effort is terrible. Now, it is slight improvement over his sophomore LP, O.N.I.F.C., but only slight. The thing this was has over that last work is undoubtedly the number of quality songs. Four tracks here are admittedly enjoyable, but what holds this one back is the lows. By lows, I mean the other nine tracks here, as they are differing degreesAs a whole, Wiz Khalifa’s third full length effort is terrible. Now, it is slight improvement over his sophomore LP, O.N.I.F.C., but only slight. The thing this was has over that last work is undoubtedly the number of quality songs. Four tracks here are admittedly enjoyable, but what holds this one back is the lows. By lows, I mean the other nine tracks here, as they are differing degrees of horrible with some being so ear bleedingly bad that I considered quitting part way through. The things I put myself through…… Expand
  9. asjklasjklas
    Aug 25, 2014
    4
    Blacc Hollywood has no significant qualities to critique—it's one of the most boring and anti-charismatic hip-hop records I've heard all year. Wiz Khalifa's 'accent' or whatever you want to call it, it's never received a positive reaction from me personally. It's actually done the opposite. And I'm all about the legalization of cannabis and creating a "stoner sound", however, there areBlacc Hollywood has no significant qualities to critique—it's one of the most boring and anti-charismatic hip-hop records I've heard all year. Wiz Khalifa's 'accent' or whatever you want to call it, it's never received a positive reaction from me personally. It's actually done the opposite. And I'm all about the legalization of cannabis and creating a "stoner sound", however, there are much, much better records in that department—hell, Snoop (Lion)'s collaboration with Miley Cyrus on "Ashtrays & Heartbreaks" gets a pass over this. And although his public image might suggest otherwise, Khalifa's a very uninteresting artist. The hip-hop genre in 2014 has had a lot of interesting entries this year—Childish Gambino and ScHoolyboy Q—and Blacc hollywood isn't even close to them. It has enough repetitive 'hooks' and lame production to fill a jukebox at a 2-star strip club. Empty, meaningless, and in all honesty, annoying.… Expand
  10. PinkFriday
    Sep 6, 2014
    4
    Blacc Hollywood se divide em faixas incríveis e faixas péssimas: as incríveis são Hope, We Dem Boys, Promises e Ass Drop, músicas muito boas, e que podem até fazer sucesso. As péssimas são So High, House In The Hills, The Sleaze e KK, que deixam o álbum enjoativo. Não é o melhor de Wiz Khalifa.
  11. bsosajr
    Dec 30, 2014
    5
    Compared to "Show and Prove", and even "Rolling Papers", Wiz Khalifa's new LP feels like he's had too much alcohol and marijuana. The only song where I hear some sort of rapping is "House in the Hills" featuring up and coming rapper Curren$y. I was disappointed in the obsessive use of Auto-Tuned in the average lyrics. I'm not a fan if this new "Trap Wiz".
  12. T-rodney
    Aug 21, 2014
    6
    Blacc hollyhood starts out well with purpose such as hope, we dem boys and promises. I expected more but seems to lose direction with the sleaze, raw and started to lose steam on true colours and 'So high'.Ova rally its a good album but wiz khalifa loses direction and fails to be a GREAT Album that we expected. With Hope, We dem boys, promises and ' staying out all night' the was a balanceBlacc hollyhood starts out well with purpose such as hope, we dem boys and promises. I expected more but seems to lose direction with the sleaze, raw and started to lose steam on true colours and 'So high'.Ova rally its a good album but wiz khalifa loses direction and fails to be a GREAT Album that we expected. With Hope, We dem boys, promises and ' staying out all night' the was a balance between Bangers music and music with meaning but later the balance was lost but still a good album hope to hear more and better albums from Wiz soon.… Expand
  13. Mybabyblue
    Jan 15, 2017
    0
    This album is repetitive, bad produced, and most of all, LAZYY. Nothing special, just crap after crap .
  14. FruitJuice
    Jul 18, 2017
    3
    what........................................................................................................................................................................
  15. ChunkDump
    Jan 9, 2021
    5
    this wasnt it chief. the album was too damn trappy for my taste. "we dem boyz" and "you and your friends" stand out the most. not very memorable anywhere else. this was the beginning of his "mass release era" quality is always better than quantity...

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

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  1. PopMatters
    Sep 4, 2014
    50
    If you’re in it for the live-it-up-till-morning jams (and they are entertaining), then you’re going to be spinning this record at plenty of house parties. But artistically speaking, the album isn’t a progression of the rapper’s career; it’s content to stay on the same eternally- stoned playing field as 2012’s O.N.I.F.C.
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  2. Pitchfork
    Aug 29, 2014
    56
    Melodies coast, but they don’t always stick; everything’s too mannered, too clean, and the album is marred by a clinicality further punctuated by its bonus tracks.
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  3. XXL
    Aug 22, 2014
    60
    The lyrics on this album are more of the same.
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