Roll Up ReviewAlbum: Rolling Papers
Artist: Wiz Khalifa
Year: 2011
Sound: 3/5
Lyrics: 3/5
Instrumental: 3/5
Idea: 2/5
Flow/Energy: 3/5
Music Video: 2/5
Other: 2/5
Roll Up gets a 3/5
Wiz Khalifa occasionally enters the mainstream in the form of pop music. Whether it’s featuring on a pop song, or just doing songs like this, where it’s very pop friendly. And that kind of makes his songs that stray down this path harder to review because pop music is so hit or miss. One person’s worst song is another’s favorite, and the same could be the same for this song. Some people could hate it, some people could love it. But this is all my opinion, so I’ll stick to that, even though people think it’s too low and too high. As for what the song is about, it’s kind of a mixed bag. It’s a friend zone song, and also in that category of dumb rapper songs where the rapper is stealing the girl who has a boyfriend. And I find the second category annoying. But that’s it, it’s very subtle. Aside from a few lines, it seems like he isn’t even with the girl he’s describing in the song. And even the others somebody could argue, but it would have to really be stretching it. The idea isn’t bad, and I don’t hate it. The majority of the lyrics are more friendly and definitely not bragging. As for sound, it has a really pop friendly hook, and yeah, it’s pretty damn catchy. It doesn’t last long though, and it wares quickly. Overall it’s not bad, it just gets repetitive if you try and listen a couple of times. And it doesn’t help when the hook is overplayed. I respect Wiz for not having artists feature all over his songs, including his big ones. This is currently his fourth biggest song, and none of the others aside from Young, Wild and Free has another artist, and that one hardly even counts. I like he’s doing it himself, although maybe in this one getting a featured pop artist or something might have sounded better. Wiz Khalifa singing is kind of weird to me. Another Wiz thing, he randomly jumps in with his little laughs. He doesn’t even make a joke, he just starts laughing. Which proves he’s high recording every song! But as far as sound, it sounds good, I’ll easily give him that. It could have been much worse. I will say I’m not a fan of the beat. This sounds a little too summer pop song too me, and the beat isn’t helping. It sounds really bland and not at all contrasting to the catchy lyrics. It gets the tone, but it just doesn’t sound good. I never though Wiz’s vocal skills would be leading the sound. And the music video is another video just there for the sake of having it. It doesn’t help the song, and I guess it’s just supposed to promote the song by existing, but why can’t more of these songs IMPROVE the song. As for lyrics, do I need to get into it? It’s hard to go into depth into lyrics that have little depth. And they don’t need too. It’s a quick little happy song, good for it, doesn’t need a big evaluation. No lines just annoyed the crap out of me, none stuck me like, "OH!” Just simple, and all it needed too. They weren’t super clever, but how many rappers have skill when they’re on the radio. Did Kanye West of Snoop Dogg have great lyrical skill when they were featuring on Katy Perry songs? No, no they did not. Again, why I feel a featured singer might help, but what can you do. If I could make changes, I’d make a couple lines better, make the beat a little better, get a new music video, and possibly the featured artist. Other than that I think it’s pretty likeable, and think it’s a harmless song. Another thing, how is the song Roll Up by Wiz Khalifa not about bud?
