O.N.I.F.C. - Wiz Khalifa
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 35 Ratings

  • Summary: 2 Chainz, Cam'ron, Juicy J, Courtney Noelle, Pharrell, and The Weeknd guest on the second release on Atlantic Records from the Pittsburgh rapper.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 20
  2. Negative: 2 out of 20
  1. 83
    Wiz's bleary-eyed charisma elevates both radio bait ("Got Everything") and trippy shape-shifters ("No Limit").
  2. Dec 17, 2012
    70
    As pop rap albums go, O.N.I.F.C. is beyond solid, full of immaculate production and airtight if simplistic rhymes about money, girls and weed.
  3. Feb 11, 2013
    60
    On ONIFC he tilts the balance back--slightly. [Mar 2013, p.111]
  4. Dec 12, 2012
    30
    He's less dexterous and creative on this interminable 17-song, 73-minute disc as he indulges in all of rap's worst impulses.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 11
  2. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. 9
    People need to stop hating on Wiz, this album is actually very good, and is LEAGUES above Rolling Papers, which was so bad that he actually issued a statement apologizing for what it turned into. ONIFC is a return to form for Wiz Khalifa, it has some songs that pound, some that are more R and B, and then he has his trademark trippy beats and chill lyrics and everyone loves Wiz for. If you don't like this album, then you don't even know what good Wiz is, and shouldn't give him a bad score for nothing. Collapse
  2. 8
    Ive been a fan of Wiz since I was in 8th Grade so Ive witnessed the many changes in his music. From the hungry-street rap to the current young rich **** **** Wiz is still a decent rapper. He can flow very well and while the lyrics on O.N.I.F.C. may mostly consist of smoking, traveling, fast cars with no roof, and his sudden haters, him rapping is quite enjoyable. The production of the album is damn near perfect, literally. Wiz has always had an excellent ear for beats, but the music O.N.I.F.C. may be his best to date. The only problem on the album "Let It Go", which features Akon. The song sounds like a Rolling Papers leftover. Other than that, great album. Wiz may rap about the same **** throughout the album, but each song has its own special, distinct feel to it. Top Songs: "Paperbond" "Bluffin"
    "Got Everything"
    "Initiation"
    "Medicated"
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  3. This album isn't as bad as critics are making it out to be. Wiz is finding himself in terms of balancing the pop aspect of his music while still maintaining an aspect of fthe gritty, harder lyrics that he built his name off of. ONIFC is less pop than Rolling Papers, but not quite as hard as a Taylor Allderdice/Cabin Fever. This is probably his niche. The mixtape sound that endeared him to his fans on Prince of the City 2, StarPower, or Flight School isn't coming back. Artists mature and grow and this is what we're seeing with Wiz Khalifa. The pop tracks on ONIFC are bearable but the beat selection as a whole was at least a 7/10. Lyrically, he doesn't step outside of the box, and probably never will. Money, herbs, clothes, women, and the party life is all you're going to get with Khalifa and anyone who comes in with expectations of hearing lyricism on the level of a Lupe Fiasco or Kendrick Lamar simply isn't being realistic. For me the best tracks are "Bluffin" although the Bishop Don "Magic" Juan outro was a bit much. "The Bluff" was also excellent. Cam'Ron definitely stole the show with his verse. Also, "Up In It" & "Remember You" were very well done, and have a lot of replay value. Expand
  4. I've been a huge fan of Wiz since Pittsburgh Sound, and I really am elated at his success, but it saddens me to my core at what he has become. There was such promise, and I had such hope that he was the one, a phoenix rising from a sea of ashes of mediocre hip hop, though it has become painfully clear that he is nothing but a false prophet, a fraud. I know that Wiz owes me nothing, but I can't help but feel cheated about what could have been. Hope is a dangerous word, but I am afraid that is all I got now. Expand

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