Longtime followers of the Pittsburgh native can see just how much his lyricism and overall style have changed over this five-year period, and perhaps this transformation is best summed up by the opening line from the opening track on “Rolling Papers:” “And they say all I rap about is bitches and champagne/ You would too if every night you seen the same thing.” While this may seem like fairly typical Wiz nowadays, it’s a far cry from “Show and Prove,” which sees a younger Wiz repping the streets of “Pistolvania” and trying to make it in the rap game. Fast forward to the present, where Wiz is signed to Atlantic Records and is coming off his debut studio album that reached number two on the US Billboard 200 chart. In September of 2006, Wiz Khalifa was an up-and-coming 19 year-old rapper who had just released “Show and Prove,” his first independent album.
It’s amazing how much an artist’s style can change over the course of five years in the hip-hop game.
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