ASAP Rocky - Wassup (A$AP/Sony, 2011/12)
Rottweilers are my favorite breed of dog. I enjoy this video.
Schoolboy Q (feat. ASAP Rocky) - Hands On The Wheel (Top Dawg Entertainment, 2012)
Did you know that Schoolboy Q released the best gangsta rap album since Flockaveli? Go buy it, okay?
Also, recent trend I’ve noticed between this and Future’s “Deeper Than The Ocean.” Vehicular suicide is so in right now.
Juicy J - Blue Dream & Lean (Mixtape, 2011)
Uncle Juicy stays trippy with features from Wiz Khalifa, Spaceghostpurrp, and ASAP Rocky, among other blog favorites.
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Lil B - Goodby BasedGod Velli (Mixtape, 2011)
I’m the reason you got your deal bitch, ASAP on this dick girl
Possible ASAP diss? The “girl” may throw you off at first, but this still feels like a subliminal, especially with the ranting at the end. Don’t look too far into this, but the Based kids won’t be happy if it’s true.
No Jumper’s back. First of many new reviews coming.
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ASAP Rocky - Bass (Mixtape, 2011)
LiveLoveA$ap promises to be out on Halloween. Expect a review of the full project on No Jumper not long (but a respectable time) after.
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ASAP Rocky - Peso (internet, 2011)
I’ve already covered Peso briefly in the past, but the music video has found its way onto the internet. Featuring Rocky and the rest of the ASAP crew (including Tumblr’s very own Yams Rothstein), Marino Goods, and a lot of moments where I thought Percy Miller had shown up, but realized Rocky just bears a resemblance to him. Live.Love.A$AP due out later this month, with the cover and tracklist hopefully coming soon.
ASAP Rocky - Peso (internet, 2011)
In the middle of the Purple Swag video, an oriental-sample dropped in as ASAP Rocky ET’d a bicycle down the streets of Harlem; that song was a chopped and screwed version of Peso, which has been floating around on the internet for awhile now. The OG track has finally surfaced, and can be found on ASAP’s very own site.
Peso is a continuation of of Clam Casino-orchestrated Wassup, and finds Rocky once again innovating with his unique hybrid, Trillwave I suppose, with a beat that sounds like RZA and Swishahouse’s Salih Williams came together to collaborate. Rocky spits some throwed bars before singing about his love of weed on the chorus. Live.Love.A$ap due in August.
LiveLoveA$AP Rocky’s official debut album out the end of July. Shout outs to Clams & Greenova. I’m changing my name to Yams Casino. RIP to Ricky Black sip one for your homie up there.
ASAP Rocky - Purple Swag (Internet, 2011)
I first had the chance to listen to ASAP Rocky a year ago, on the track Been Around The World. The homie young Yams sent me a link, and asked for my opinion on it. I was impressed; to this day, I don’t know if I’ve received a link to a new rapper with more potential than Rocky. At the very least, on the East Coast, he is a glimmering beam of hope. While he obviously owes a lot to his Harlem predecessors Dipset, the city of Houston, and anything else related to the color purple (except maybe Prince? I’m sure there’s some Prince in him somewhere (||)), there is no denying that ASAP is a breath of fresh air. He combines all these elements to not only bring something new to the table, but also bring back a style of music that was in desperate need of a revival; one fellow Harlemites like Vado weren’t quite providing.
Also, thank God someone sampled Still Tippin’, that song is still some top 20 shit, but the last time I heard someone rap over any elements of that song Lupe Fiasco was trying to turn it into some type of conceptual mixtape track. This redeems that.
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