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People's Party with Talib Kweli

Wiz Khalifa Discusses His Legendary Run of Mixtapes and Albums, Shares Stories Behind His Biggest Hits, and Reveals What’s Next for His Career

People's Party with Talib Kweli

UPROXX

Music

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Rapper, songwriter, singer and actor Wiz Khalifa joins Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh for a lengthy discussion about his legendary run of mixtapes and albums, which culminated most recently in his release titled “Multiverse.” The prolific rapper also discusses working with Snoop Dogg; being tied to the legacy of Paul Walker; his relationship with cannabis; and why he kept himself so busy during the pandemic with a string of collaborations and mixtapes. Whether you’re a superfan or are focused on his hits, this interview is an inspiring listen and offers a lot of gems that reveal what makes Wiz Khalifa one of the GOATs.

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0:00.0

Peace and love party people. This is Talib Kuala Lee to BKMC, the MCEO.

0:03.8

You are about to hear an excerpt of People's Party hosted by me and my lovely and talented

0:08.0

co-host, Ms. Jasmine Lee. What up Jasmine? What up Peeps to hear our entire combo and all of our

0:12.8

episodes with stars from the game to Lil Kim, to Anthony Anderson, to my sister Tiffany Hattish,

0:18.5

subscribe to the Luminary Channel on Apple Podcasts. Weed and boys was popping in the era.

0:24.5

Yep. That's such an important song. Did you know how big that song was going to be?

0:30.2

And tell me about making that video because I love that video.

0:33.5

Oh man, I'm trying to figure out if I wanted to, you my homie, but I don't always tell these stories

0:40.4

to everybody. I understand. People's party. You're not just speaking to us.

0:44.7

On Weed and Boys, dark. Do you know detail? No. So details of producer, he's for mission. He's a good

0:49.9

guy. He's a great dude. He's very talented. He's written a lot of hits for a lot of people.

0:59.1

He had this particular batch of songs that, so at this time, I'm on the lay. I'm still on that

1:07.2

landing and I'm still trusting, you know, my thing, but I like, yo, it's time to make another hit.

1:13.3

Like, you know, let's get on the radio. So I'm like, I'll work with whoever, I'll do whatever.

1:18.4

We'll write some hooks. We'll, you know, go back and forth on some ideas, whatever, whatever.

1:22.8

So detail brings the pack of songs through. And it's like six songs. He plays me like two of them.

1:28.2

And he plays the third one and third one's Weed and Boys. And it's really just like him,

1:32.0

like mumbling and chatting like, oh, you know what I mean? But I'm like, this is a fucking hit.

1:37.0

I can hear it already. Like, I'm like, this is a fucking hit. And then he's like, yeah,

1:41.5

but listen to this other one. I'm like, that's cool. And then he plays another one. He's like,

1:45.1

and this is it right here. I'm like, no, that was it. Like, go back. So long story short,

1:49.9

I had to put a homie to the side. I was like, yo, we getting this fucking song. It was just me

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