#Asap rocky at long last asap review mac

While cuts like 'Pharsyde' and 'Better Things' sound fine in the context of the album, they don't exactly have much replay value. There's diversity in the songs, sure, but even Rocky's new formula gets a tad same-y, the songs starting to blend together a bit. That's really the only problem with this record. It's an interesting and successful approach that he should have done more with on this record.

He also gets introspective at times, such as on 'JD' where he talks about loyalty being dead among his peers and his trust for others now being nonexistent, and on 'Jukebox Joints' where he acknowledges the criticisms of his multiple ventures into fashion and acting, the effect of his influence on culture, and the stress of being as big as he is right now. He also spits fire all over 'Excuse Me' and 'Lord Pretty Flacko Jodye 2', both finding him as confident as ever and as cocky as he's ever been. But there's a lot to love here, and not everything is expected: 'LSD', one of the best songs, has an extremely bizarre slowed instrumental and vocal melody which lasts the whole song which is an ode to sex on LSD sung by, you guessed it, Rocky! Yup, he actually sings here. The slow drug ballads ('LSD', 'Jukebox Joints') the bangers 'Lord Pretty Flacko Jodye 2', 'Max B', the star studded posse cut 'Wavybone' is this album's '1 Train', substituting Joey Bada$$, Big K.R.I.T. That being said, it's also still an A$AP Rocky album and most of the record sounds how you'd expect. Many of the songs here contain bizarre interludes and are entirely void of hooks, or if there is one, like on 'LSD' its a creepy ode to hallucinogens and a million times weirder than anything on. Actually, most of the album isn't radio friendly at all. Well, here's the good news: There's no EDM drops to be found here, no 2 Chainz features, no obvious radio singles to be found. He was huge now should he experiment and have a '***-it' attitude towards radio success such as Kendrick Lamar has this year? Or to play it safe, and hope the radio hits keep his success afloat?

When his 2nd LP was announced, everyone wondered what he would do next. Despite being a product of the internet, an underground sensation with weird tendencies and a flamboyant fashion sense, Rocky soon found himself at the top of pop culture and his influence soon spread to everything from pop radio to PacSun clothing lines. Despite some of his early fanbase feeling betrayed, the move paid off: The critics loved it, it debuted at number one on the Billboard charts and A$AP Rocky embarked on a highly successful summer co-headline tour with Wiz Khalifa. The A$AP crew still sat at the production boards and oversaw the album, but Rocky's increased exposure, along with outside label and production influence cause him to abandon his beloved style for a more accessible pop approach, most of the songs being upbeat radio friendly bangers and the cloud rap influence took a backseat to bass drops and poppy choruses. Obviously the major labels soon realized this, and Rocky signed to RCA in 2012, dropping his major length debut, $AP, shortly after. Despite mainstream rap still being fueled by EDM and pop influence and radio not giving this stuff the time of day, A$AP still managed to sell out large venues regularly in 2012 and you couldn't go to a mall without some suburban kid playing 'Peso' and 'Purple Swag' from his phone. It also achieved a rare feat of getting an artist (in this case Rocky) HUGE without any radio play or label assistance. Every song was drenched in hazy beats, glittery synths, slow rhythms, glitchy samples, catchy hooks and loads of references to marijuana and codeine consumption. $AP took the blogosphere by storm when it dropped in late 2011. A$AP is still the leader of the movement, though, but on this album he does the smart thing and branches out.

#Asap rocky at long last asap review mac

It's now attributed to introspective (but popular) rappers like Mac Miller, jokesters like Yung Lean and dark oddities like Bones. It's aesthetically pleasing, it's layered, it's new, it's modern, it's influenced by all the things deemed 'cool' by this generation: ambient electronic music, sex, booze, marijuana culture, flashy clothes etc. And critics and fans alike can agree on one thing it's fresh.

It's one whose sound and visual style is rooted in modern internet culture, in tumblr and various blogs, and instagram. Though Rocky was not the first person to experiment with psychedelic, chopped & screwed beats with heavy bass, he was the one to cohesively conceptualize, brand and popularize the sound and movement. It's a term that's plagued hype-fueled blog articles, thinkpieces, youtube comments and TheNeedleDrop videos for a few years now, and though both loved and hated, its existence is more relevant now than ever, and it can be traced back to one individual: A$AP Rocky. Review Summary: For all the hype, it's.really good