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Kush + Orange Juice 2

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Kush + Orange Juice 2 Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Wiz Khalifa It was a big deal when #KushandOrangeJuice became the No. 1 trending topic on Twitter upon the release of the eighth Wiz Khalifa mixtape in April 2010, back when “hashtags” and “trending topics” were cutting-edge promotional tools. Back then, it was practically unheard of for a rapper with no major-label deal to be making such big waves (he’d left his former label, Warner Bros., in 2009). But there was something comforting about the red-eyed Pittsburgh rapper’s laidback mode of rapping about the staples of college dorm-room chatter: weed, women, cars, parties… Did we mention weed? Today,  Kush & Orange Juice  is considered a “blog era” classic—a throwback to a chiller, simpler time. Almost exactly 15 years later, its sequel arrives like a visit from a friend from long ago who’s grown up and gotten richer, but otherwise mostly stayed the same. The 23 terminally chill tracks of  Kush + Orange Juice 2  fea...

Multiverse

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Multiverse ALBUM ∙ HIP-HOP/RAP ∙ 2022 Wiz Khalifa “I felt like it was a world worth inviting a bunch of people to.”

Taylor Allderdice

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Taylor Allderdice ALBUM ∙ HIP-HOP/RAP ∙ 2022 Wiz Khalifa The rapper rides his success on a heady set of laidback grooves.

Full Court Press

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Full Court Press ALBUM ∙ HIP-HOP/RAP ∙ 2022 Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA & Girl Talk