The sound is signature Drake but, as it happens, something of a struggle for Ms. In theory the most exciting song on Melanie Fiona’s second album, “The MF Life,” should be “I Been That Girl.” Written by Drake - the two were part of a group called the Renaissance, several years ago in Toronto - it’s a dark, slow creeper, with weepy piano and weepier lyrics about a no-good man. The album did great numbers, but creatively wasn’t my best work. Wiz Khalifa’s letter laid out his feelings: “The mistake I made on ‘Rolling Papers’ was thinking it was time to move on from that genre, not knowing that it had impacted people so much. That mixtape gave him momentum, and a major-label deal, which led to his 2011 album, “Rolling Papers” (Rostrum/Atlantic), which was shinier and less narcotic than his older work, but also successful it was certified gold and spawned three platinum singles. (For argument’s sake, allow him his hyperbole.) Recalling his influential, woozy 2010 mixtape “Kush & Orange Juice,” he described knowing that he “had created a new genre” that would change music. Apologies are not ordinarily in order for rappers who have navigated the path from reliable mixtape purveyor to steady pop presence, but last month apologize Wiz Khalifa did, in an open letter to fans.
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