Haiku Reviews – A$AP Rocky – “Long.Live.ASAP”

Slava P is so bout it bout it, he only goes by the first letter of his last name. Long Live A$AP A dream-scape intro with a Coldplay impression over rainy beats Goldie A radio smash about flaunting...
By    January 15, 2013

Slava P is so bout it bout it, he only goes by the first letter of his last name.
Long Live A$AP
A dream-scape intro
with a Coldplay impression
over rainy beats

Goldie
A radio smash
about flaunting your newly
acquired items

PMW (All I Really Need) feat. Schoolboy Q
A spaceship soundtrack
with the instant chemistry
of two delinquents.

LVL
Ethereal sounds
laid under threatening bars
delivered crisply

Hell feat. Santigold
The “we made it” song
with an unknown Socrates
shout-out throw in too.

Pain feat. OverDoz
A throwback to the
mixtape that caused him the fame
he clearly deserves.

Fucking Problems feat. Drake, 2 Chainz, Kendrick Lamar
Can a song ever
be too big to fail? If so,
this is the Enron.

Wild For The Night feat. Skrillex
Marvel at this cray
cultural awareness. Wow.
Not at all a reach.

1 Train feat. Kendrick Lamar, Joey Badass, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson, Big KRIT
“Getting 1 Trained” is
like “getting Renegaded”,
only six times worse.

Fashion Killa
Do you remember
when Rocky said designer
name-drops were done with?

Phoenix
Cobain and Jesus
comparisons. Thank goodness
it was decoded.

Suddenly
A look-back at the
path taken to achieve fame,
over basic beats.

Jodye
Angry, unfocused,
disorienting. And still,
not terribly bad.

Ghetto Symphony feat. ASAP Ferg, Gunplay
Powerful, bold threats
made by the Three Ratcheteers –
and Ferg steals the show

Angels
Heavy spaceghost shots
and an odd claim to ripped jeans
over windy snares

I Come Apart feat. Florence Welch
Over-sung vocals
mixed with under-rapped lyrics
make a drowsy song.

Pretty Flacko Remix feat. Waka Flocka, Gucci Mane, Pharrell
The thugged out remix
in which Pharrell makes you wish
he took you fishing.

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