Paperbound by Wiz Khalifa

Paperbound

This week I have chosen to change up the category of music a little bit… It is still rap music but this is a song that would be great to use for a sport edit or something of that sort. I did this upon request of my boy Sam Mason, hit up for blog to see and learn a lot of cool stuff about skateboarding and skiing. @smason18.blogspot.com. The song is called Paperbound, by Wiz Khalifa. This song has really cool background music and not a bad rap by Wiz throughout it. It is on the slower and more mellow side of the music spectrum, so it is also perfect to listen to if you are in the mood for something more mellow. And, like I already mentioned, it is a sick song for a snowboarding, skiing, basketball, or even skateboarding edit. Also, if you work with iMovie and are able to time transitions perfectly to when the background music does the little ding noise or when Wiz says "yup", then it comes out really cool. My friend and I have done that and it worked way better that we thought. However, the song has some explicitness, not too bad, but containing a couple intense swear words and much drug reference. The worst is explicitness is at the beginning when Wiz is just talking during the intro music, but once you get passed that point it isn’t that bad. On the other hand, for the best lyrics I chose when he says “And everyday I’m on another plane, not hardly sleep, but hey I wouldn’t have it any other way.” However, I think the overall best part of the song is the background music. 

I got this image from a website called Pigeons and Planes. 

A little more on Wiz himself…

Cameron Jibril Thomas is a tatted up twenty seven year old rapper from Minot, North Dakota, often referred to as the biggest stoner in the rap industry.  Both of his parents were part of the military so he grew up in many different countries because, finally ending up in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. His parents got divorced when he was three, but he says that growing up with a tougher life has made him stronger. He also attributes Jimi Hendrix, Camp Lo, The Notorious B.I.G. and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony to his musical influences. Wiz has released many albums such as Show and Prove, Deal or No Deal, Rolling Papers, and O.N.I.F.C. (which stands for Only N*gga In First Class, which you hear him say in Paperbound). He has also released plenty of mix tapes and singles, two of which (Say Yeah, and Black and Yellow)  have reached top charts. In recent times, Wiz gets much respect among other rappers in the industry and has had the opportunity to work with some of the best. 

To get this image I just took a screenshot form the background image going in the O.N.I.F.C. full album video.

Thanks again for hitting up my blog, if you have any more comments, questions, or suggestions, please let me know. 

-Eli Levine