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'***in' Problems' was obviously made exclusively for the radio, but fortunately it's one of the best tracks on the radio today.

Skrillex straight up sucks, but 'Wild for the Night' ends up being a fresh attempt at combining electronic music with hip-hop tastefully. While some may criticize these tracks for this sole reason, they succeed at their intent - that of being catchy pop tracks. '***in' Problems' and 'Wild for the Night' are obviously attempts at somewhat of a mainstream appeal. Of course, A$AP Rocky isn't without his missteps - although minor. In terms of regional influence, it's refreshing to see more artists pull traditionally 'southern' or 'east coast' techniques together and innovate this record is no exception, and hopefully this trend continues throughout 2013 - especially following up such a strong year in 2012 that really emphasized this sub-genre integration. 'Suddenly' follows this same pattern, but explodes into a classic soul sample / boom-bap with a hi-hat thrown in and rapid fire verses a-la 'Palace'. Long.Live manages to be much more thoughtful than its predecessor, while also evoking a sense of surprise with all of its extremely lyrical moments. ***s to Mary Jane to make me see from singing high notes The choir like my reefer and the preacher got my eyes low Painting vivid pictures, call me Basquiat PicassoĬapo Head Hancho, now my following's colossalĪin't no boxer, Pacquiao, but got the chopper en todo caso Now all hail to the Lord like you do to God Good and bad happen, wars, nigga chose a side Or the thighs on my whores, they be super-sized? Michael Jackson even passed cause you scrutinizedīaptised in the gutter, mother***er you decideĬause the ride come with doors that be suicide? Thankfully, he's a lot more consistent on Long.Live, dropping some well executed punchlines, but also combining introspective thought on tracks like 'Phoenix', waxing on how his lifestyle acceptance has helped quell his depression: Live.Love was more critically lauded for its production, with most (myself included) panning Rocky for some pretty lazy verses.

But besides being slightly more coherent, the lack of constant ethereal atmospherics really puts a spotlight on A$AP Rocky's rapping. The beats on $AP are polished, just not as drugged out and nearly unmastered sounding as most Clams tracks. That's not to say it's a bad thing by any means. But where his mixtape emphasized reverb-drenched production typical of Clams Casino, his RCA debut predictably caters more to the mainstream. Since taking the blogosphere by storm with 2011's $AP A$AP Rocky has been almost solely responsible for the new found relevancy of cloud-rap. King’s Disease won Best Rap Album at this year’s edition of the prestigious music awards.Review Summary: Ridin on my enemies, this my Ghetto Symphony King’s Disease II has been nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards, with “Bath Salts” also nominated for Best Rap Song.

Asap rocky new album 2021 series#

The duo had also collaborated on the standalone single ‘Big Nas’, which was released as a preview for Nas’ MasterClass series on hip-hop storytelling.

And that, to me, excites me, that possibility I think if we do another one, I’m excited about that idea, but you know, we’re celebrating this one now.” And I think the next thing we do would have to be the next page. “I feel like the next thing I do, if I was to work with Hit-Boy on the next thing I do, I think that we might do something that was going to be magical,” he commented. At the time, he had said that while they had no plans to collaborate again, he wouldn’t rule it out if the time and the idea was right. Nas had previously spoken about making a third album with Hit-Boy, who he has referred to as his “ Quincy Jones”, shortly after the release of King’s Disease II. The image also confirmed that he was collaborating again with Hit-Boy, who he had worked with on the King’s Disease albums Nas himself also holds an executive producing credit on the album, his fourteenth overall. The back sleeve revealed the tracklist for the record, compromising nine new tracks, including ‘Wave Gods’, a collaboration with A$AP Rocky and DJ Premier.