Wiz Khalifa Says ‘Rolling Papers’ Creatively Wasn’t His Best Work

In anticipation of his upcoming sophomore album, O.N.I.F.C., Wiz Khalifa took to his Tumblr page to reflect on his debut, Rolling Papers, admitting that it wasn’t his best creative work.

“I haven’t been this excited about any of my projects ever. I remember when i made ‘Kush and Orange Juice,’ I listened to it and knew I had created a new genre that would change music,” he wrote. “The mistake I made on Rolling Papers was thinking it was time to move on from that genre, not knowing that it had impacted people so much. The album did great numbers, but creatively wasn’t my best work. No regrets though. We live and we learn.”

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Wiz is promising that his upcoming mixtape Taylor Allderdice and sophomore album O.N.I.F.C. will reel back in his true sound. Wiz also said that he’s not trying to crack the charts or cater to mainstream tastes, but rather for “people who live like us and can relate.”