WIZ KHALIFA CONFIRMS PLANS FOR TAYLOR GANG ALBUM

Wiz Khalifa says that his crew has already finished recording a group LP.

Wiz Khalifa has confirmed plans to release a Taylor Gang album following his sophomore LP O.N.I.F.C., releasing August 28th.

During an interview with Vlad TV, the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native said that the group has already finished recording the project and that all that's left is to mix the songs.

"Yeah, it’s coming right after my solo album. We’ve already got the album done. We got so many songs, man. Only thing we need to do is mix it. We got singles… Everything is there, man," he said.

Wiz, who is hitting the road this summer with label mate Mac Miller, also explained the crew's movement. He referenced their recent group cover for The Source, calling it the "most swagged out cover of the last 10 years," and said that their methods are unique to their artistry.

"It’s all about peace and love, and we’re bringing that, but we’re also bringing real hardcore creativity and music to the game, just like how the originators of music did. We’re not really sampling or taking away from anybody else’s methods. We do what we do. We’re in our own world. Nothing else even really exists to us. We’ve got all these songs that people don’t even know about, and we created a world and we’re just going to come and invade and kill everybody. They’re not even going to know what’s going on."

WIZ KHALIFA EXPLAINS TITLE BEHIND SOPHOMORE LP "O.N.I.F.C"

The Pittsburgh rapper explains the meaning behind his upcoming sophomore LP.

When Wiz Khalifa announced that he was working on a new project last year titled O.N.I.F.C., he left fans little puzzled as to the meaning of the acronym. Now, the Taylor Gang head honcho has revealed the full un-edited title of his sophomore commercial release: Only Nigga In First Class.

In a recent interview with MTV's Sway, Wiz explained that O.N.I.F.C. actually stands for Only Nigga In First Class, although the edited version will be One Night In First Class. Inspired by Mobb Deep emcee Prodigy's 2001 solo debut Head Nigga In Charge (H.N.I.C.), Wiz that the title stems from a few instances while flying first class when he was slighted by the crew for being a young black man with priority seating.

"I'm just going to tell you what [O.N.I.F.C.] - it's the Only N[igga] In First Class," he explained. "It's inspired by Prodigy's H.N.I.C. When he dropped that, I felt like that sounded so strong and it really meant something and it had the n-word in it. I wanted to figure out something [along those lines] that was me, too…I said it on one of my songs, like, 'Ain't it funny when time pass?/Only nigga in first class,' and I was just talking about me being a young, rich dude and being black."

He added, "It looks crazy to [the workers on an airplane] when I walk up to them and I show them a [first class] ticket, or I'm going to priority seating and they're like, 'You sure?' It's kind of like that feeling - it's a good feeling, but it's like it's a bad feeling, like 'Damn, why y'all even feel like that about me?' When I look around and I see people in first class and they're getting they're dinners a little quicker than mine or they're looking at me or I don't get the pillow or extra [treatment] - or I get more because they know that I'm supposed to be there, so it's like the positives and the negatives."

WIZ KHALIFA SIGNS JUICY J TO TAYLOR GANG IMPRINT, COMPILATION ALBUM IN THE WORK

Chuck Taylor adds another member to his growing label roster. After adding LoLa Monroe to the roster last month, Wiz Khalifa has signed Three 6 Mafia’s Juicy J to his growing imprint.

During an interview with Hood Rich Radio’s DJ Scream (via X), Juicy J broke the news, revealing that he inked a deal with the “Roll Up” rapper and the squad is working on a compilation album.

“Juicy J is now with Taylor Gang, we goin’ in this year man. 2012, we goin’ in,” said Juicy J. “It’s going down. We got a compilation album we’re doing. When you hear it, you’re going to be like ‘Wow!’”

LoLa Monroe Signs With Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang Label, Preps Debut Album

The D.C. rapstress plans to drop the LP's first single in November.

LoLa Monroe has revealed that she signed to Wiz Khalifa’s Taylor Gang imprint, breaking the news in an interview with Atlanta’s V-103 (via Rap-Up). During the chat, she said that the decision to link with the “Black and Yellow” rapper was based on the fact that their visions aligned.

“We got it in with Taylor Gang. Wwe Taylored now,” she said. “Wiz is like a positive free individual that’s about his business and that matches everything I’ve created on my side. When he reached out, he was like, ‘I feel as though our movements represent the same thing, so I want you to rep Taylor Gang.’ And I agreed, so it’s only right. Plus, out of all the situations that came to me, my business instincts and just the comfort level, I felt it was just the right move with him. He’s a stand-up dude and it just felt right.”

The Washington, D.C. rapstress is currently prepping the release of her debut with plans to drop her new single in November.