Rolling Papers 2

Rolling Papers 2
Studio album by Wiz Khalifa
Released	July 13, 2018 (2018-07-13)
Recorded	2016–2018
Genre	Trap [1]
Length	89:52
Label	Taylor Gang Atlantic
Producer	1Mind 30 Roc A1 Anthony Horvath Ayo Bobby Raps Cardo CBMix Chris Dreamer Cubeatz Dave Sava6e DJ Khalil Easy Mo Bee EZ Elpee Frank Dukes Hitmaka ID Labs Javar Rockamore Keyz Mike Will Made It Nostxlgic NSFR Outtatown Pvlace Rockamore Sledgren Tay Keith Terrace Martin TM88 Twon Beatz Young Chop Yung Exclusive
Wiz Khalifa chronology
Laugh Now, Fly Later (2017) Rolling Papers 2 (2018) 2009 (2019)
Singles from Rolling Papers 2
"Something New" Released: August 11, 2017 "Real Rich" Released: May 4, 2018 "Hopeless Romantic" Released: June 22, 2018 "Gin & Drugs" Released: June 29, 2018 "Fr Fr" Released: September 18, 2018

Rolling Papers 2 (sometimes stylized as Rolling Papers II) is the sixth studio album by American rapper Wiz Khalifa. It was released on July 13, 2018, by Taylor Gang Entertainment and Atlantic Records, ^[2] and is the sequel to his major-label debut Rolling Papers (2011). ^[3] The album features guest appearances by Gucci Mane, Swae Lee, Ty Dolla Sign, PartyNextDoor, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Snoop Dogg, among others. It also features appearances from R&B duo THEMXXNLIGHT, as well as Jimmy Wopo, who is credited posthumously following his death on June 18, 2018, less than a month before the album's release. The production is handled by Cardo, Mike Will Made It, Tay Keith, and Young Chop, among others. ^[4]

It was supported by the singles "Something New", "Real Rich", "Hopeless Romantic" and "Gin & Drugs". "Something New" and "Hopeless Romantic" were both modest hits, eventually being certified platinum by the RIAA. The album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 .

Background

In an episode of Genius' For the Record, Wiz Khalifa sat down with hip hop journalist Rob Markman to speak on the album, stating,

"With Rolling Papers 2, it's like I'm at a whole new point in my career where people may or may not know what to expect. I feel like this is such an opportunity to just come out to the world. It feels so important, it feels as important as the first time. So that's why I said Rolling Papers 2." ^[5]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	56/100 [6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The 405	5.5/10 [7]
AllMusic	[8]
HotNewHipHop	71% [9]
MusicOMH	[10]
Pitchfork	4.2/10 [1]
XXL	4/5 [11]

Rolling Papers 2 was met with generally mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 56, based on 6 reviews. ^[6]

Commercial performance

In the United States, Rolling Papers 2 debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 based on 84.2 million streams of its songs and 14,000 pure album sales, which Billboard equated to 80,000 album-equivalent units. ^[12] It is Khalifa's fifth top-ten album in the United States. ^[13] The album earned 33,000 album-equivalent units in the second week. ^[14] In Canada, the album debuted at number four on the Canadian Albums Chart. ^[15] It serves as Khalifa's third non-consecutive top-ten album in the country. ^[15]

In 2018, Rolling Papers 2 was ranked as the 128th most popular album of the year on the Billboard 200. ^[16] The album was certified Gold by the RIAA 11 months after its release.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Hot Now"	Cameron Thomaz Bryan Simmons Robert Richardson	TM88 Bobby Raps	3:46
2.	"Ocean"	Thomaz Ronald LaTour Edward Murray	Cardo Sledgren	3:31
3.	"Blue Hunnids" (featuring Jimmy Wopo and Hardo)	Thomaz Travon Smart Joseph Barnett Murray	Sledgren	4:06
4.	"Very Special"	Thomaz Simmons Javar Rockamore	TM88 Rockamore	2:46
5.	"Goin Hard"	Thomaz Simmons	TM88	2:08
6.	"Holyfield"	Thomaz Simmons Tobias Dekker	TM88 Outtatown	2:33
7.	"Rolling Papers 2"	Thomaz Eric Dan Jeremy Kulousek Adam Feeney	ID Labs Frank Dukes	4:22
8.	"Mr. Williams / Where Is the Love" (featuring THEMXXNLIGHT and Currensy)	Thomaz Akash Chandani Krish Chandani Shante Franklin Simmons Murray	Sledgren ("Mr. Williams") TM88 ("Where Is the Love")	6:39
9.	"Penthouse" (featuring Snoop Dogg)	Thomaz Calvin Broadus, Jr. Kenneth Wright	NSFR	3:20
10.	"Real Rich" (featuring Gucci Mane)	Thomaz Radric Davis Brytavious Chambers	Tay Keith	2:04
11.	"Bootsy Bellows"	Thomaz Murray	Sledgren	3:24
12.	"Hopeless Romantic" (featuring Swae Lee)	Thomaz Khalif Brown Tyree Pittman Christopher Barnett	Young Chop CBMix	3:46
13.	"Late Night Messages"	Thomaz Dan Kulousek	ID Labs	4:42
14.	"Rain" (featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR)	Thomaz Jahron Brathwaite LaTour Daveon Jackson Murray	Cardo Sledgren Yung Exclusive	2:33
15.	"Karate / Never Hesitate" (featuring Chevy Woods and Darrius Willrich)	Thomaz Kevin Woods Simmons Kevin Gomringer Tim Gomringer Terrace Martin Jacob Dutton Darrius Willrich	TM88 Cubeatz ("Karate") Terrace Martin Jake One Willrich ("Never Hesitate")	5:30
16.	"Fr Fr" (featuring Lil Skies)	Thomaz Kimetrius Foose Dan Kulousek Zachary Vaughan Tyler Mason	ID Labs Nostxlgic	3:15
17.	"King"	Thomaz Dan Kulousek Vaughan Mason	ID Labs Nostxlgic	3:27
18.	"Gin and Drugs" (featuring Problem)	Thomaz Jason Martin, Jr. Osten Harvey, Jr.	Easy Mo Bee	2:34
19.	"420 Freestyle"	Thomaz Samuel Gloade Michael Williams II Antwon Hicks Lamont Porter	30 Roc Mike Will Made It Twon Beatz EZ Elpee	3:37
20.	"B Ok"	Thomaz Khalil Abdul-Rahman Dan Kulousek Sam Barsh Daniel Seeff	DJ Khalil ID Labs	4:42
21.	"It's on You"	Thomaz Dave Savage	Dave Sava6e	2:32
22.	"Reach for the Stars" (featuring Bone Thugs-n-Harmony)	Thomaz Anthony Henderson Steven Howse Stanley Howse Bryon McCane II Charles Scruggs, Jr. Michael Lohmeier McCulloch Sutphin Dan Kulousek	1Mind ID Labs	4:19
23.	"All of a Sudden" (featuring THEMXXNLIGHT)	Thomaz A. Chandani K. Chandani Chris Monroe Murray	Chris Dreamer Sledgren	3:38
24.	"Homework" (featuring THEMXXNLIGHT)	Thomaz A. Chandani K. Chandani Denis Berger Murray	Pvlace Sledgren	3:04
25.	"Something New" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)	Thomaz Tyrone Griffin, Jr. Christian Ward Austin Owens James Foye III Floyd "A1" Bentley	Hitmaka Ayo Keyz A1	3:20
Total length:				89:52

Rolling Papers II Japan Version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Rolling Papers 2"	Thomaz Eric Dan Jeremy Kulousek Adam Feeney	ID Labs Frank Dukes	4:22
2.	"Penthouse" (featuring Snoop Dogg)	Thomaz Calvin Broadus, Jr. Kenneth Wright	NSFR	3:20
3.	"Real Rich" (featuring Gucci Mane)	Thomaz Radric Davis Brytavious Chambers	Tay Keith	2:04
4.	"Hopeless Romantic" (featuring Swae Lee)	Thomaz Khalif Brown Tyree Pittman Christopher Barnett	Young Chop CBMix	3:46
5.	"Rain" (featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR)	Thomaz Jahron Brathwaite LaTour Daveon Jackson Murray	Cardo Sledgren Yung Exclusive	2:33
6.	"Karate / Never Hesitate" (featuring Chevy Woods and Darrius Willrich)	Thomaz Kevin Woods Simmons Kevin Gomringer Tim Gomringer Terrace Martin Jacob Dutton Darrius Willrich	TM88 Cubeatz ("Karate") Terrace Martin Jake One Willrich ("Never Hesitate")	5:30
7.	"Fr Fr" (featuring Lil Skies)	Thomaz Kimetrius Foose Dan Kulousek Zachary Vaughan Tyler Mason	ID Labs Nostxlgic	3:15
8.	"Gin and Drugs" (featuring Problem)	Thomaz Jason Martin, Jr. Osten Harvey, Jr.	Easy Mo Bee	2:34
9.	"Reach for the Stars" (featuring Bone Thugs-n-Harmony)	Thomaz Anthony Henderson Steven Howse Stanley Howse Bryon McCane II Charles Scruggs, Jr. Michael Lohmeier McCulloch Sutphin Dan Kulousek	1Mind ID Labs	4:19
10.	"All of a Sudden" (featuring THEMXXNLIGHT)	Thomaz A. Chandani K. Chandani Chris Monroe Murray	Chris Dreamer Sledgren	3:38
11.	"Homework" (featuring THEMXXNLIGHT)	Thomaz A. Chandani K. Chandani Denis Berger Murray	Pvlace Sledgren	3:04
12.	"Something New" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)	Thomaz Tyrone Griffin, Jr. Christian Ward Austin Owens James Foye III Floyd "A1" Bentley	Hitmaka Ayo Keyz A1	3:20
13.	"Young, Wild & Free" (with Snoop Dogg featuring Bruno Mars)	Broadus, Thomaz, Peter Hernandez, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Christopher Brown, Ted Bluechel, Marlon Borrow, Tyrone Griffin, Keenon Jackson, Nye Lee, Marquise Newman	The Smeezingtons	3:27

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2018) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [17] 55 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [18] 58 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [19] 57 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [20] 80 Canadian Albums (Billboard) [21] 4 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [22] 92 Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [23] 23 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [24] 23 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [25] 32 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [26] 46 Italian Albums (FIMI) [27] 75 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [28] 12 Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI) [29] 56 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [30] 20 UK Albums (OCC) [31] 62 UK R&B Albums (OCC) [32] 21 US Billboard 200 [33] 2 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [34] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position US Billboard 200 [35] 128 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [36] 52

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [37]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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