My career really took off when I started smoking papers. I thought of this before I even started recording the album and before it was a full idea.

It’s called Rolling Papers, like the papers that you roll, the papers that I roll, the papers that we smoke. According to Wiz, there are three different meanings behind the Rolling Papers title. On January 26, 2011, Wiz announced the album's title and release date via. His first official single, ' Black and Yellow', produced by Stargate, became one of the highest selling hip hop singles of 2010, eventually selling over two million digital downloads. After declining both rapper's offers, he announced that he was signing with Atlantic Records live on July 30 on MTV's 'RapFix 34 Live,' and confirmed that he had begun work on his debut on the label. He also came to the attention of fellow rapper Drake, who offered him the chance to co-headline his album tour. After generating buzz from the mixtape, Khalifa not only won MTV's 'Hottest Breakthrough Hip Hop Artist of 2010' award, but he also became the center of a bidding war between various labels, including Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group label. Upon its release, the album received generally mixed reviews from music critics, who complimented its hooks, but criticized its subject matter.įollowing the release of his independent second album, Deal Or No Deal, Khalifa released his mixtape Kush & Orange Juice, which immediately became widely praised as one of the best hip hop mixtapes of 2010. The album has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for combined sales and album-equivalent units of two million units.

Rolling Papers debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 197,000 copies in the United States. The album has been noted by music writers for having a pop rap style. Rolling Papers was supported by five singles: ' Black and Yellow', ' Roll Up', ' On My Level', ' No Sleep' and ' The Race'. The album features guest appearances from Too $hort, Curren$y and Chevy Woods. It is his first album under a major label after his independent releases, Show and Prove and Deal or No Deal. It was released on March 29, 2011, by Atlantic Records and Rostrum Records. Rolling Papers is the third studio album by American rapper Wiz Khalifa.

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