Producers include TM88, Sledgren, Don Cannon, Hitmaka, ID Labs, and more.

Arriving four years after the release of his last solo project, Rolling Papers 2, Multiverse is Khalifa’s first solo effort under a new partnership with Asylum.Ĭomprised of 17 songs, Multiverse is short on guest appearances, with its lone features coming from Girl Talk and They.

His seventh solo studio album, Multiverse, is his third musical release of the year, following the collaborative projects Stoner’s Night with Juicy J, and Full Court Press with Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA, and Girl Talk. No longer an upstart or newcomer, Khalifa is a bonafide veteran, conducting business through his own label, Taylor Gang Entertainment, with his latest studio album, Multiverse, on the ledger. And he eventually did after releasing a string of Platinum and Gold-certified albums and chart-topping singles in the aughts. Yet, Khalifa would have to endure various hurdles to fulfill his potential. Having just secured a record deal with a major label through Rostrum Records at the time, the Pittsburgh native appeared primed to an instant leap to mainstream success. The words and concepts and everything were literally a constant flow from the start of the song to the end.Fifteen years ago, rapper Wiz Khalifa was touted as a star-in-waiting, with many industry insiders and tastemakers predicting his promise of eventually becoming a household name. “It didn’t take long for me to explain the groove that I wanted to be in and we just wrapped everything around that. “That was just one of those nights where I got together with the guys and we wanted to come up with something that felt familiar but was all original,” Wiz remembers about recording the track. On “Candlelight Girl” in particular, he shows off unexpected vocal chops reminiscent of when Childish Gambino dropped “Redbone.” So this kind of breaks it backs down and highlights different sides of musical inspiration.”Īnd while singles like “Iced Out Necklace” find Wiz in celebratory mode, the bulk of the album features more singing than we’ve heard from him before. “Through technology and just the way music is really quick, people are throwing it all together and you really don’t get to experience the bits and pieces that make it what it is. “I feel like nowadays music is kind of put into a box and I wanted to break out of that box and have a real musical experience and diversify how people hear music these days,” Wiz explains.

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