But even when he’s rapping, he’s more concerned with melody than metaphor, intent on creating a hazy, hot-box atmosphere rather than flooring the listener with dexterous triple-entendres.
As hinted by singles “We Dem Boyz,” “Stayin’ Out All Night” and “Promises” - his most blatant venture into pop territory yet - there’s a more concentrated effort on Khalifa’s singing. His stretched, auto-tuned vocals ride over moody production with a charming indifference on “Raw,” a midtempo trap number for the club, and “The Sleaze,” a synth-driven track extolling girls, greenery and nightlife. The rhymes rarely falter, but it’s his flow that has long been the draw, and on Blacc Hollywood, it’s more viscous than ever.
His effortless experimentation, long a strength, is honed: The music sounds like something he stumbled upon, casually, luckily and without intense deliberation. Amber Rose Expresses Regret Over Dissing Kim Kardashian in 2015 Tweet About Kanye West: 'Learn From…Ĭhalk it up, maybe, to his marriage to model Amber Rose or the birth of their first child, Sebastian Taylor Thomaz, in 2013, but Khalifa is growing up.
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