Like on his first album, Rocky’s raps lean on speed-shifting and internal rhyme schemes to chronicle exquisite thuggery and luxury escapism. Amazingly, it still sounds like one song.Ī$AP Rocky Explains Sexually Explicit Rita Ora Insult on New Album On “Fine Whine,” Rocky is joined by M.I.A., Future and his new protégé Joe Fox (who anchors almost a third of the album with sung hooks) over tribal drums pounding three different sets of rhythms. “Electric Body,” featuring ScHoolboy Q, is rooted in Baltimore club and New Orleans bounce, but they’re disrobed and stretched out - not quite chopped and screwed - into a languid cloud, and the result is something inherently new. There’s no trippy song, no bounce song, no cruising song instead, it’s Lucy in the sky with diamonds, making her booty clap while sipping on drank and listening to the Doors and Stax-era soul, on almost every track. But the LP incorporates the many sounds and voices in a smoother, more organic way than previous A$AP efforts. The album has 16 guest appearances, including Kanye West, Lil Wayne and even Rod Stewart Rocky, his recently deceased Svengali A$AP Yams, Danger Mouse and Juicy J are all listed as executive producers. A$AP Rocky on Grieving for A$AP Yams, Police Brutality and Why Drugs Hil Him ‘Cope With Life’

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