Slide or Hide? I Stayed for the Highs: Wiz Khalifa’s Moses the Black Soundtrack Review

I won’t lie: before this soundtrack attached to Wiz Khalifa came out, I hadn’t even heard of the movie Moses the Black. That caused me to go watch the trailer, and I’ll probably check out the movie, to be honest. I didn’t love Wiz’s last project, Khaos, so I almost skipped this one, but I decided I’d give it a shot—even just in hopes of catching a couple of songs I actually enjoy.

Before I get fully into this, I did notice in the movie trailer that it said “music from Wiz Khalifa and Quavo,” who is noticeably absent from this soundtrack. That could have been a cool duo, but instead it gave Wiz the chance to shine solo. Both “Slide or Hide” and “Too Blessed to Be Stressed” were good songs to start things off. I thought the beats were solid, and more importantly, Wiz sounded good on them—both flow and lyrics. “Playa Flava” was a song that had to grow on me slightly, but the Wiz–Juicy J combo worked really well on the track.

After that initial run, my interest does fall off, unfortunately. Not all of that is Wiz’s fault, mind you. The songs with JMB Bobby Hill are okay but didn’t blow me away. If anything, autotune kicked in around then, which I didn’t need. “Smoke Weed and Chill” was okay, and maybe it’s just because I don’t think Chrome Hearts is cool at all, but I feel like Wiz rapping about CH is kind of lame—I don’t know. The beats were cool and do make some sense in the context of it being a soundtrack, but they weren’t so great that I had an urge to go back and replay them or that they’d be worth returning to this project for.

I’m glad I gave this a shot because even though I feel fairly similarly to Khaos, I also think this was a minor step up. If it hadn’t been, I might have needed a big Wiz listening break because I was starting to question my enjoyment of him like I used to. But nothing here was bad—some average songs, but a few highlights too. So I guess for now, I’ll keep coming back, haha.

Standout Tracks: Too Blessed To Be Stressed, Playa Flava & Smoke Weed and Chill

Album Rating: 👑👑👑👑👑👑(6.5/10)