As a booster and mentor to younger artists heвЂ™s excited about, Wiz tells us more about him than any track based on ideas from his 22-year old self ever could. He calls on the late Pittsburgh rapper Jimmy Wopo to spread his contagious energy on вЂњBlue HunnidsвЂќ and is eager to display his latest discovery, a California-based twin brother R&B duo named the MXXNLIGHT-who are given three songs here.

Wiz feels most significant on Rolling Papers 2 when he takes advantage of the albumвЂ™s length and endless funds to put some shine on unsung artists he genuinely appreciates. Then, Wiz falls further away from his comfort zone, creating the clumsy and downbeat вЂњB OkвЂќ a love ode nearing the bleakness of DrakeвЂ™s вЂњMarch 14th.вЂќ His formerly calm and collected flow like he just faced a blunt solo in one sitting is instead drowsy leading you to wonder what happened to the artist whose presence magically transformed вЂњ We Dem BoyzвЂќ into an immortal club anthem. On вЂњReal Rich,вЂќ Wiz gets an unusually weak Tay Keith beat that doesnвЂ™t have the bounce that catapulted MemphisвЂ™ BlocBoy JB into becoming rapвЂ™s Shoot-dancing superstar. When Wiz isnвЂ™t rehashing old ideas, heвЂ™s forcing new ones. Miami (вЂњShe got a million dollar mouth/She was born with it/She went to Dr. Williams/Where Is the Love,вЂќ but the chemistry the two had on their 2009 collaboration How Fly seems all but gone and Curren$yвЂ™s once unparalleled descriptive ability to make the most basic picture become vivid is replaced with a half-assed, bitter verse about a woman who went to Dr. вЂњOceanвЂќ nearly sounds like it was recorded in 2010, with longtime producer Cardo thatвЂ™s reminiscent of Kush and Orange JuiceвЂ™s вЂњ Mezmorized,вЂќ but itвЂ™s wasted on Wiz lifelessly making his way through what shouldвЂ™ve been an album standout. He falls back on old ideas, hardly taking any swings. No matter what, as long as Wiz is still talking weed his fanbase will still scream for him and heвЂ™ll remain a star: the downside of depending so heavily on fans who donвЂ™t want you to change. Wiz is going through the motions aware heвЂ™s existing relatively pressure-free-similar to his mentor Snoop Dogg, who pops in on вЂњPenthouseвЂќ to spit the same lethargic verse heвЂ™s been spitting since 2005. The issue with Rolling Papers 2 is that, over the course of its absurd 25 tracks and 90 minutes, it feels like there are no stakes at all. Playboi CartiвЂ™s recent Die Lit refreshingly didnвЂ™t set out to be a groundbreaking genre-changer but itвЂ™s impact rivaled all the self-serious major-label releases that screamed classic from the rooftops. Sometimes the most fun music has low stakes.

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