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Wiz Khalifa at Sunset Cove Amphitheater July 15

Wiz Khalifa at Sunset Cove Amphitheater July 15
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If Kid Cudi was the first lonely stoner to get major radio airplay, Wiz Khalifa is the next rising star of the kush-loving class of new pop-leaning rappers. His major-label debut is called, uh, Rolling Papers, and giddily celebrates blunted half-recollections of the good life. Khalifa is far less introspective than Cudi, a little less lyrical than J. Cole, and more street than, say, Drake. Instead, Wiz specializes in laid-back but neck-snapping material that’s easy to remember, even if you’re all caught up in smoking a bowl and looking back at last week’s high times.

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