Wiz Khalifa, Bammer | Fun Friday 💎

Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa spends Fun Friday getting high with LA producer Mustard on the hella catchy “Bummer.”  

Fun Friday features songs that are energetic and exciting; supercharged for the weekend.  There will be no BALLADS whatsoever on Fun Fridays! So, with that considered, for Fun Friday, May 15, 2020, we enlist Grammy-nominated Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa, assisted by LA producer extraordinaire Mustard, for the hella catchy “Bammer”.

“Don’t give me no bammer weed / We don’t smoke that shit, it’s TGOD.” So, if you’re not a weed aficionado like Wiz Khalifa, you may not have a clue what he’s referencing. Bammer, per The Online Slang Dictionary, is an adjective meaning ‘of low quality.’  Applying the slang, the word becomes a noun – ‘ghetto slang for bad marijuana.’ Urban Dictionary, in case you were curious, concurs: ‘Lacking in quality, usually pertaining to weed or other street drugs.’ While the “we don’t smoke that shit” line needs no explanation, TGOD is an acronym for The Green Organic Dutchman, a cannabis firm.  Can’t you see already why “Bammer” is perfect for Fun Friday?

This is a banger about smoking weed, something that Wiz Khalifa has been an expert on throughout his career.  Mustard, producing alongside GYLTTRYP create a backdrop is lit AF.  Adding to the ‘lit-ness’ is the use of a couple of samples: “Intro Theme (Live at the London Palladium, 1977)” by Marvin Gaye, and “Don’t Give Me No Bammer” by RBL Posse.  Besides the elements added with the samples (notably that sweet saxophone), “Bammer” is anchored by that distinct, sleek beat, associated with the LA producer.

Wiz is on-point from the start.  The chorus is incredibly catchy, even if it lacks any sense of profundity.  I mean, singing about potent weed? Not a life or death situation… well maybe if you’re a total stoner it is.  Anyways, Wiz manages to deliver entertaining, potent rhymes that expand beyond smoking trees to drip and of course, sex. It’s all within the realm of a Fun Friday.

Wiz Khalifa • The Saga of Wiz Khalifa • Atlantic • 2020

Wiz Khalifa, “Bammer” | Fun Friday 💎 [Photo Credits: Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, Broesis, The Musical Hype, OmarMedinaFilms, Pixabay, taniarose]