Questions about ASAP Rocky ”LiveLoveASAP”
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I think arguing the merits of B's music here is pretty pointless; nobody's gonna change their minds. If you find him engaging/endearing, then you probably like some of his stuff, if you are in the "dude can't rap" camp then you don't.
I am/was a fan, although I think he's fallen off - bad. But I think he's a pretty logical progression of Berkeley's rap scene. Another thread for another time, perhaps.
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I like the Rocky tape. I am pretty disconnected from blog/industry hype at this point... I am happy to enjoy shit on the merits, most of the crit I've read has to do with whether or not the industry reaction was warranted and I could care less about that. My .02: the shit jams. Is there that much more to it? His delivery is decent, the beats are extremely well-chosen and the tape has a good continuity that is lacking from less produced efforts; I dig the whole "bring your crew along" ethic, despite the obvious pitfalls of such an approach, and he's repping a certain perspective from around my way that is novel to these ears. These young kids grew up on Max B, Cam, Bone, No Limit, Mike Jones/Paul Wall, etc... he takes from all that non-NY stuff but manages to still keep it Harlem. I hear "Peso" a lot around the way... not sure how much love the kid gets beyond that, though he's certainly repping his block/set to a fault.
There's a couple sequences - from "Peso" through "Wassup" and from "Trilla" through "Kissin Pink" that I think are positively inspired. The slowed sax sample on "Keep It G" is beyond great, I just wish it wasn't hosting such subpar verses. ASAP Ferg's verse on "Kissin Pink" is the best shit I've heard all year (not really, but kind of)
alright that's it peace
I am/was a fan, although I think he's fallen off - bad. But I think he's a pretty logical progression of Berkeley's rap scene. Another thread for another time, perhaps.
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I like the Rocky tape. I am pretty disconnected from blog/industry hype at this point... I am happy to enjoy shit on the merits, most of the crit I've read has to do with whether or not the industry reaction was warranted and I could care less about that. My .02: the shit jams. Is there that much more to it? His delivery is decent, the beats are extremely well-chosen and the tape has a good continuity that is lacking from less produced efforts; I dig the whole "bring your crew along" ethic, despite the obvious pitfalls of such an approach, and he's repping a certain perspective from around my way that is novel to these ears. These young kids grew up on Max B, Cam, Bone, No Limit, Mike Jones/Paul Wall, etc... he takes from all that non-NY stuff but manages to still keep it Harlem. I hear "Peso" a lot around the way... not sure how much love the kid gets beyond that, though he's certainly repping his block/set to a fault.
There's a couple sequences - from "Peso" through "Wassup" and from "Trilla" through "Kissin Pink" that I think are positively inspired. The slowed sax sample on "Keep It G" is beyond great, I just wish it wasn't hosting such subpar verses. ASAP Ferg's verse on "Kissin Pink" is the best shit I've heard all year (not really, but kind of)
alright that's it peace
I like that these kids put their crew name before their own (rap) name. Don't think I've ever seen/heard that before.
SIRUS said:mf grimm doom etc
yeah I thought that touchstone was real ill but I kind of doubt they're doing it intentionally.
yeah I thought that touchstone was real ill but I kind of doubt they're doing it intentionally.
^ borderline unlistenable.. Do people actually like his rapping for real?
Lol at the skrillex collab. At least the mixtape joints had beats...
Lol at the skrillex collab. At least the mixtape joints had beats...
i was kinda digging this album and then its like whoa skrillex and i haven't really given it a good listen after that
b/w
i'm going to be in harlem for the rest of the month. is this what's hot in the streets?
b/w
anyone have a drake-less version of fucking problems???
b/w
i'm going to be in harlem for the rest of the month. is this what's hot in the streets?
b/w
anyone have a drake-less version of fucking problems???
PatrickCrazy said:i was kinda digging this album and then its like whoa skrillex and i haven't really given it a good listen after that
b/w
i'm going to be in harlem for the rest of the month. is this what's hot in the streets?
ASAP Rocky is doing a pre-release event at Black Star Video on 128th and Lenox
http://www.facebook.com/events/129159733909200/
Also check out the Lenox Lounge before it get's a facelift.
b/w
i'm going to be in harlem for the rest of the month. is this what's hot in the streets?
ASAP Rocky is doing a pre-release event at Black Star Video on 128th and Lenox
http://www.facebook.com/events/129159733909200/
Also check out the Lenox Lounge before it get's a facelift.
williedynamite said
atrickCrazy said:i was kinda digging this album and then its like whoa skrillex and i haven't really given it a good listen after that
b/w
i'm going to be in harlem for the rest of the month. is this what's hot in the streets?
ASAP Rocky is doing a pre-release event at Black Star Video on 128th and Lenox
http://www.facebook.com/events/129159733909200/
Also check out the Lenox Lounge before it get's a facelift.wont be there until this weekend and early morning work prevents me from going out during weekdays
atrickCrazy said:i was kinda digging this album and then its like whoa skrillex and i haven't really given it a good listen after thatb/w
i'm going to be in harlem for the rest of the month. is this what's hot in the streets?
ASAP Rocky is doing a pre-release event at Black Star Video on 128th and Lenox
http://www.facebook.com/events/129159733909200/
Also check out the Lenox Lounge before it get's a facelift.wont be there until this weekend and early morning work prevents me from going out during weekdays
I hadn't really paid attention to him, but I like the new album. It's about 50-60% good and the rest are filler. I dig the good stuff though.
Long live ASAP is a nice opener.
Goldie, which is new to me, is pretty hot. Hit Boy samples a pretty heavy duty library record, which I can't remember the name of.
I really like 1 Train just for the idea of it. Pretty cool that he got them all on there, even if not everyone really drops classics. Just a cool combo of people for a fairly high profile release like this.
Skrillex song gets skipped every time.
I live the slow build and the styling on Suddenly.
Somebody should count the "unh"s on this album. There's tons of them.
Long live ASAP is a nice opener.
Goldie, which is new to me, is pretty hot. Hit Boy samples a pretty heavy duty library record, which I can't remember the name of.
I really like 1 Train just for the idea of it. Pretty cool that he got them all on there, even if not everyone really drops classics. Just a cool combo of people for a fairly high profile release like this.
Skrillex song gets skipped every time.
I live the slow build and the styling on Suddenly.
Somebody should count the "unh"s on this album. There's tons of them.
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