Chesstown King's Reviews and Thoughts

A$AP Rocky returns with a truly complex, laid back album. This album proves A$AP is a good rapper….but is he a great one? Not really. The album has really good production. It gets off to a great start with Holy Ghost which features Joe Fox, a singer who’s on a few tracks. The album doesn’t really get really good till after the first few songs are over (excluding Holy Ghost). Things do pick up really well though. Guests include Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Future, M.I.A. Schoolboy Q, Juicy J, UGK and Miguel. All of the guest spots aren’t well used but most are. This is an album that grew on me and is very well executed. The verdict is a solid 8.9/10

A$AP Rocky is an interesting rapper. He reminds me of Kendrick Lamar mixed with Tyler the Creator…but perhaps not that extreme. This album is a good debut album. The album has some really cool beats. Some are dark, others more uptempo. I think A$AP is a pretty talented rapper who will be on the scene for a while. The album kinda uses the deep autotune effect a bit much, but otherwise this is a solid effort. A$AP is from Harlem but this really sounds like a mix between East Coast and Dirty South Rap Overall I give this album a 8.5/10. Great debut album man!