December 26, 2006Wiz Khalifa Major Quotes “Globe-trotting Pittsburgh rapper takes independent routé to the top.” “Pittsburgh’s finest and fastest rhyme slayer.” “After tiny Rostrum Records released it (Show and Prove) in September, the album spread by word of mouth, becoming a mainstay on college radio and earning slavish attention from tastemakers like Okaplayer.com and XXL magazine” -Rolling Stone “Outfitted with slick enunciative flow, Khalifa is an East Coast star-in-waiting.” “Imagine Juelz Santana with emotional depth instead of non sequiturs and you’ve got Wiz. “Burn Sumthin” is a hustler’s anthem that recalls early Jay Z” -VIBE “Wiz Khalifa may become Pittsburgh’s most prominent voice since Andy Warhol.” - Mass Appeal “Wiz Khalifa has been blessed and blesses us with arguably the best hip-hop release of the year” “Of the rookies, Pittsburgh’s Wiz Khalifa shows why he’s a blue chip on “Right Track,” over a beat that could claim kin to Jay-Z’s “So Ghetto.” -Elemental Magazine “Pittsburgh’s youngest in charge heats up the Steel City with his bangin new single” -XXLMAG.com “Wiz Khalifa may inch out Ben Roethlisberger for the youngest star in the Steel City.” “Pittsburgh’s Wiz Khalifa is finally getting well deserved nods after a sparking grassroots movement from an unheard city and without major co-signs.” “The recent high school graduate shows, and proves his worth in the industry with an album that artfully captures the attitude of the youth’s American dream- money, power, and respect.” -AllHipHop.com December 21, 2006WIZ KHALIFA UPDATE (VIBE, ROLLING STONE and MASS APPEAL) Some Amazing WIZ News: There is a great album review of WIZ's "Show and Prove" in this month's VIBE MAGAZINE (Game on the cover). It is right under the Ciara review. There is no link on the net, so here is the text: "When 19-year-old Wiz Khalifa says, 'I came from nothing,' he means it in more ways than one: He spits traditional tales of hardship, and his Pittsburgh hometown has never produced an MC of significance. Outfitted with slick swagger and a highly enunciative flow, Khalifa is an East Coast star-in-waiting. Imagine Juelz Santana with emotional depth instead of non sequiturs and you've got Wiz. 'Burn Sumthin' is a hustler's anthemm that recalss early Jay-Z, and the sparse, infectious 'Damn Thing' hints at Khalifa's ear for hits. All together, Show and Prove is a snapshot of a gifted rapper in his formative years." --Andrew Nosnitsky WIZ also has an amazing spread in this month's MASS APPEAL with Ron Artest on the cover. WIZ is listed as one of the TOP 5 new artists in Hip Hop. “Wiz Khalifa may become Pittsburgh’s most prominent voice since Andy Warhol.” The article is reprinted below. --WIZ was also the lead in an article that came out today in the PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE about the biggest music stories of 2006. Read it here: http://www.postgazette.com/pg/06355/747616-42.stm WIZ's new single, "Pittsburgh Sound," continues to play on WAMO each night. We hear the phone calls have been crazy. WIZ was in ROLLING STONE this month (Snoop on cover) as the "New Artist To Watch." http://www.rollingstone.com/news/artiststowatch and reprinted below. Other "New Artists to Watch" this year were Rick Ross, Gnarls Barkley, and the Raconteurs, so WIZ is in good company. December 15, 2006Wiz Khalifa Featured in Mass Appeal & Vibe Magazine review!! Fresh off of his ROLLING STONE feature, Wiz Khalifa is now being featured in this month’s MASS APPEAL(Ron Artest on cover). Along with the Mass Appeal article “Next of Kin”, which features Wiz as the lead emcee for the top 5 up and comers of 2007, you can read VIBE magazine’s rave review of Wiz’s “Show and Prove” album on page 112 in their January 2007 issue (The Game on cover).. …When 19 year old Wiz Khalifa says “I came from nothing,” he means it in more ways than one: He spits traditional tales of hardship, and his Pittsburgh hometown has never produced an MC of significance. Outfitted with slick enunciative flow, Khalifa is an East Coast star-in-waiting. Imagine Juelz Santana with emotional depth instead of non sequiturs and you’ve got Wiz. “Burn Sumthin” is a hustler’s anthem that recalls early Jay Z, and the sparse, infectious “Damn Thing” hints at Khalifa’s ear for hits. All together, “Show and” Prove” is a snapshot of a gifted rapper in his formative years. –Andrew Nosnitsky VIBE 2007 December 6, 2006WIZ KHALIFA CONCERT this Saturday, Dec. 9th Wiz Khalifa is headlining a concert this weekend in Pittsburgh (info below). The show is being sponsored by Scion, Red Bull, and Budweiser (who have all been very generous to us), and it will be hosted by DJ Bonics from KISS. I already know that some of you are coming and I have you on the list. If you haven't contacted me about the show, please do so soon -- it's going to be out of control. December 1, 2006Rostrum Records is proud to announce that Wiz Khalifa is the featured "New Artist To Watch" in the latest issue ofRolling Stone magazine (Snoop Dogg on the cover). Please take a few minutes to click on the link below, read the article, and listen to the 4 featured tracks. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/12683075/breaking_wiz_khalifa November 22, 2006Check out WIZ KHALIFA in this month's XXL magazine. Wiz's "Pittsburgh Sound" is the "Chairman's Choice" for 'Real Hip-Hop Sh#t In Heavy Rotation.' On top of the 'terrestrial' plays WIZ is getting, his "Damn Thing" and "Pittsburgh Sound" are now getting heavy play on XM Radio and on Comcast's Hip Hop channel. Also, check out WIZ performing "Pittsburgh Sound" live in front of a packed house in Pittsburgh on youtube.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He4T1tEAs_g October 23, 2006WIZ KHALIFA is in the new issue of Rolling Stone (with Snoop on the cover) as the "New Artist to Watch." The article is on page 28 and takes up about 40% of the layout, including a great picture of Wiz. Wiz is also in the table of contents as "Pittsburgh's finest (and fastest) rhyme slayer." Click below to read an online version of the article: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/12683075/breaking_wiz_khalifa In other news: --Wiz's next single "Pittsburgh Sound" has started to get some initial spins on WAMO-FM (Pittsburgh's big 'Urban' station). --Wiz was also hand-picked by KISS-FM this week to do the intro to their afternoon radio show. They have agreed to keep the intro on air for the foreseeable future. --Also, check out Wiz performing "Pittsburgh Sound" live in front of a packed house in Pittsburgh on youtube.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He4T1tEAs_g October 5, 2006Wiz Khalifa's star is rising! There is so much WIZ KHALIFA news, I don't even know where to start. Things continue to progress at a wonderful pace for the Prince of Pistolvania. “Show and Prove,” Wiz's new album, has been selling out of record stores all over the Pittsburgh region since it's release two weeks ago, and online orders are coming in from all across the country (and world). In the first 8 days, Wiz sold an impressive 1,000 units without any proper distribution (we're talking local 'Mom and Pop' stores and out of the trunk). The demand is so great that I have kids from every neighborhood surrounding Pittsburgh asking me if they can buy in bulk and sell the CD themselves in their area (I oblige, of course). The network grows daily... In the past week, Wiz's Press presence has been amazing. Some highlights: --The Pittsburgh City Paper, which is Pittsburgh’s version of The Village Voice (circulation is 95,000 in a 75 mile radius) is running a cover story on Wiz this week. The new issue came out today and is available in just about every bar, restaurant, barber shop, etc., in the city. Check it out: http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/main.cfm --The Pittsburgh Post Gazette (circulation on Sunday is over 1,000,000) is running a CD review of Wiz's "Show and Prove" this weekend. They choose only three albums to highlight per week. This week it is Wiz Khalifa, The Killers, and Beck. They post these reviews online early. Check it out (scroll down): http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06278/727439-42.stm --Also, check out “A Brother Born In The Hood,” which is an in depth/exclusive interview that Wiz Khalifa did with the staff of YoRaps.com in the “Next 2 Blow” section. --And The New Pittsburgh Courier featured Wiz and “Show And Prove” this past week. Check out “Wiz Khalifa Keeps It Poppin.” On top of all of that: --Wiz performed at PNC Park (home to the Pittsburgh Pirates) last friday before the opening of the final series of the season. --Pittsburgh’s 106.7 WAMO asked Wiz to do the introduction for DJ Boogie's 3pm-7pm daily show (DJ Boogie is also the MD). --WPTS has Wiz at #2 on their Hip Hop chart. --Wiz's song, "Crazy Since the 80s" was featured on XXL's website last week. This is the fifth time they have chosen to feature a Wiz Khalifa song. --Wiz's "Damn Thing" peaked at #3 on the RapAttacks and Rap Network charts. --Wiz now has over 300,000 plays on Myspace, check out the NEW site www.myspace.com/wizkhalifa May 15, 2006WIZ KHALIFA ON XXL ONLINE ***Check out WIZ KHALIFA'S new single "DAMN THING" on XXL's website*** www.xxlmag.com ("bangers" section) In other news, WIZ just surpassed 100,000 spins on myspace and has been the top rated Hip Hop artist in the region. Also, BallerStatus named WIZ's "Prince of the City" one of the hottest mixtapes of the year...stay tuned... |
