''28 Grams'' is the twelfth mixtape by American

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. It was released on May 25, 2014, by

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and

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. On the same day, Khalifa was arrested for marijuana possession after security stopped the musician at the airport at

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. He was jailed for a few hours, consequently delaying the release of this mixtape.

Reception

''28 Grams'' was met with mixed reviews from critics. Bruce Smith from

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gave the mixtape a two out of five, saying "Experimentation and trying new things with an art form are great. However, when the new things one tries are really just catering to popular trends, it’s less experimentation, and more imitation. Thus, ''28 Grams'' is too all over the place, overall and it feels like too much music, too much Auto-tune, and too much music that sounds as though it was already created by someone else." Joe Sweeney from

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gave the album a 5 out of ten, saying "The rapper breaks into his Flava Flav-esque giggle toward the end, and for once, it feels earned."

Track listing

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* Track #7 is a remix of

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* Track #13 is a remix of Up Down (Do This All Day) by T-Pain * Track #15 contains a recycled Pimp C verse from a '06 song titled Let's Get 'Em by Don Fetti * Track #19 contains a sample of "Seconds", as performed by Ghost Lofthttps://www.whosampled.com/sample/278029/Wiz-Khalifa-The-Last-Ghost-Loft-Seconds/ * Track #25 is a remix of OG Bobby Johnson by Que

References

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