catching up...
ugh June 2nd yeah. Killing me. All the singles have been dope. I love that A$AP Mob is a bunch of perfectionists. But I hate it too. It means as fans we're always waiting. But then we get great shit. But I hate waiting haha.
My wife got me Trap Lord for my bday, so I've been listening to it a lot. Really grown on me. Great album. Solid 4/5. Here's my take on it:
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It was perhaps easy to think of A$AP Mob as just Rocky's hypemen, but as time goes on it becomes more apparent that each member has plenty of personality of their own. Take Ferg for example who is undeniably "the weirdo" in the group. He's loud and spits non-sequiturs with conviction. Take the single "Shabba" (featuring Rocky) for instance with its insane chorus. "Eight gold rings like I'm Shabba Ranks/Four gold chains like I'm Shabba Ranks" and so on. It's almost surreal imagery, but makes sense considering he was a visual artist first. His background as an artist also shines through with his affinity for exploring his voice as an instrument - often switching its tone along with its cadence and tempo - reminding listeners of weirdos before him like Busta Rhymes, ODB and Missy Elliott. Though much of the tone of the album is pretty singular - sparse, slowish trap-inspired beats with plenty of low-end - it never feels boring. It's really an impressive debut with no major missteps. Highlights include the "Work" remix with Rocky, Trinidad James, French Montana and Schoolboy Q; "Lord" which teams up Ferg with A$AP Mob heroes Bone Thugs-N-Harmony; or the brilliant segue from "Make A Scene" to "Fuck Out My Face," the latter track's instrumental being the former's in reverse. And yet these are mostly just awesome tracks to highlight on paper, because ultimately everything here is well thought out. It seems clear that A$AP Mob on a whole care more about quality than quantity. As such, Trap Lord is highly recommended.
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I wish Ferg Forever would get a retail release. F'ing "Doe Active" is amazing haha.
@SFAD: I think you misunderstood the whole 808s thing. Sev was saying that Snoop making a "singing" album was in the line of artists that have done the same after Kanye dropped his album called 808s And Heartbreak. When that album hit in 2008 it was like "OMG why is a rapper making an album singing?" But now we've got all these dudes since (Drake ofc, etc) that have pretty much turned the "singing rapper" thing into a genre itself, which was kicked off by 808s And Heartbreak. Has nothing to do w/ trap tho.