Uh he supposed to be dope or sumthin? This nigga no where near Gibbs level..

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To people like US, a record is a piece of history. A moment in time.
Most people don't get it.

he's not the most super lyrical dude but he has some dope songs imo
and yes like stated above his beats have a lot to do with his listenability

>he's not the most super lyrical dude but he has some dope
>songs imo
>and yes like stated above his beats have a lot to do with his
>listenability

Period.

He's a marketing creation mostly

Has a little sex appeal and some Texas infused NY
shit

you either like it or you don't. period.
nothing more to it than that.

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I absolutely don't "get" the ny niggas with southern beats shit...

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i'm not his biggest fan but he got some tracks i like a lot.

>He's a marketing creation mostly
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a product of marketing as A$AP Rocky (if not more so).

https://twitter.com/onnextlevel

Of course, that's bullshit

He just doesn't have personality


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He's part of asaps mgmt team and cosigns heavily, yet I know he knows better

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wow

I had no idea
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Young Jeezy- It's Tha World
Raekwon - Shaolin vs Wu-Tang
Obie Trice - Cheers

He's only on the intro to "Keep It G" from last years mixtape

good for him though, hopefully he's getting cakey off them
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He met them while managing some clothing store I heard.

go down to Prohibit store he'll be in there looking like he works there

What lesson heads have said this?

Criticisms of him have been fair. He's a mediocre rapper, with a good flow/voice, and a great ear for beats who appeals to youth near his age for his personality and fashion sense

His videos are appealing as well. Eye candy shit for hipsters and fashionistas.

He has bitten Bone UGK DJ Screw and Lil B and still has his own identity somehow.

LiveLoveASAP was one of last years best mixtalbums.

If you don't like it, cool.

Fucn Problems sucks, Goldie was cool, and Pretty Flacko was fire.

LiveLoveASAP didn't drive me to get all excited about his features, and he mostly kind of falls into the track, but that mixtape was one of my favorite/most listened to releases of 2011. He sounded great with the music, ad some of the more memorable tracks of the year (Leaf, Peso, Purple Swag of course, Trilla, Wassup). Really interested to see how LoveLiveASAP turns out.


Or, you know, whichever is the right order between the tape and album. Most annoying thing about him to me is how similar his titles are so far lol.


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not lovelive

.

but keep doin your thang

>

he has liveloveasap as the mixtape and loveliveasap as the album name

.

but keep doin your thang

He's got some strong songs (first half of LoveLiveA$AP) but he's as good as his hooks for the most part.

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He was ahead of the curve in that regard. I think Rocky managed to immerse himself in it more effectively though.

>He was ahead of the curve in that regard. I think Rocky
>managed to immerse himself in it more effectively though.

Although, him blogging/crying about getting his heart broken by one of those consistently cute streetwear chicks (how the fuck does an industry built on grown men dressing like boys get attract such pretty women?) predates his modern 'Chief Keef hurt my feelings!' emo-rants.

Clothes have always been a part of rap so I don't think it's anything for him to be embarrassed about per se. It just never really worked for Lupe, the way it has for Odd Future or ASAP.

Dick jumping trends.

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As someone else said, his music rides well. I wouldn't consider myself a fan, as I didn't listen to his mixtape for very long, but I like his production and he's got flow.

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I kinda have no idea who he is as an artist. He was dope on #bathsalts, but I haven't heard much of
his other stuff. I just wanna hear his "sound" and try to let it digest.

if you dont like that you wont like him.

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"Peso"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxWNNHCrcFg

"Wassup"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6I2Ek_j_Xc

"Brand New Guy" (his hardest song IMO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm_rtM2HgI4

I definitely agree with the people who say his music carries him. From what I can tell,
he doesn't even come up with alotta his choruses. This seems to be the case with much of his
music, and in that case, you're just another guy spittin' raps on a beat especially if the lyrics
or style aren't different or spectacular in some way.

But here's the biggest thing for me... that song with Schoolboy Q made me finally realize what I don't
like about Asap, Drake, and a few other guys rapping right now. They lack passion and presence.
They lack anything that says "I'm worth listening to out of 1000000 rappers rapping"...
absolutely no magnetism or "star power" or what have you.
Take a guy like Rick Ross. Regardless of how I feel about him, he has a distinctive voice and presence on
top of passion. But you don't need a distinctive voice.
Because listen to Schoolboy Q on that track. It livens up when he spits because there's fire in him,
and you *hear* it. I understand this must be a personal thing and damn near exclusive to me alone,
because Drake, Big Sean, etc have successful careers, and not very many people seem as put off by
them as I am, but that's a non-negotiable for me in a rapper.
If you lack it, I cannot fuck with you.

i feel that way about some folks people like too.

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Their styles may not convey said passion in a manner that you, in particular, can connect with. But, they wouldnt be at the level they are at without passion. I completely agree with your views on Schoolboy Q.

Now, Big Sean and ASAP Rocky are two rappers I have difficulty tapping into their passion. They can be described as "swag rappers" who, IMO, lack any real emotional depth.

I'd say, as far as rappers go, there's Style (ASAP, Big Sean, Waka, etc) and Pure Lyrical. ASAP is pretty much all style.

Drake, Kanye and Jay-Z are extremely good at playing both sides. This is why they are TOP 3 right now.

>
>Drake, Kanye and Jay-Z are extremely good at playing both
>sides.

i don't think he'll get to that level (Kanye does tho. idk why.) but i'd say he's doing alright.

maybe that's just me. but Detroit was a big step up from his previous work which i was already a fan of.

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songs like "Higher" keep my hope up for dude but honestly...i feel like he'll plateau.

unless "Guap" (or any other single off this next cd) really takes off AND he has a few 'deep' album cuts. Maybe that's too much to ask for. *shrug*

Of course, this is my opinion though. I despise fakeness irl and otherwise. Big Sean shows
some passion at times, and he's actually believable when he does even if he's just talking about ass,
but I will say that he seems genuine to me. Drake always sounds forced to me. Beyonce is another artist
that sounds very forced alotta times to me, even though I totally respect her talent and like some of her
songs. But with all that said, I must agree that certain people don't connect with me. I hear them when they
are *supposed* to be passionate. I just don't feel them or believe that the passion is genuine.
In light of that, I have disagree with this

>But, they wouldnt be at the level they are at without passion.

I'd replace "passion" with "drive". You really just have to make enough people *believe* you're passionate.
Or like your music enough to wanna believe you or be affiliated with the right team or whatever.

>I'd replace "passion" with "drive". You really just have to
>make enough people *believe* you're passionate.
>Or like your music enough to wanna believe you or be
>affiliated with the right team or whatever.

Like getting up in the morning every day, hitting the studio, putting in work to actually get somewhere.
That's why I say that determines success.
Expressing passion in your vocals is something different.

some may feel the artist's passion via their form of expression
others may not

To me, Passion and Drive/Motivation are a symbiotic relationship.

I don't hear anything passionate about him it all seems scripted and rehearsed. He taps into Texas music but I doubt he actually listened to ESG or Lil Keke, he touts Memphis music but I doubt he's ever listened to Playa Fly or Kingpin Skinny Pimp it's all an act. I don't learn anything about him while he raps and their is no depth to his subject matter it's all plastic.

We can disagree about Ross who I find is faker than a $3 dollar bill, and Drake who I think is about to show emotion and in my opinion is able to outshine more lyrical cats on songs (ie Poetic Justice).

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Cohesive in that the songs flow from one song to the next and it seems he is at least trying to trim the fat and make albums and mixtapes that are solid from beginning to end. Do that, have the right visual aesthetic, and work with the right rappers/producers and you're pretty much good.

With the exception of Kendrick and Lupe, I don't think these cats are trying to do super complex verses live anyway. Smoke too much kush to remember the lyrics.

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it would be atop my year end list if I made one. Might actually be a dope crossover 2nd single too

mostly cause of the beat. apparently the content is the worst on this song than any other song, but i cant put any serious listening towards a$ap's content as mostly nothing has any substance.

but his flow to the beat is impeccable.

it's one of my top 3 on the album.

>Uh he supposed to be dope or sumthin? This nigga no where
>near Gibbs level..
>

It's not like he's slurring on the mic or can't flow; he's a solid but forgettable MC. His beat selection puts him on top; and honestly considering how that seems to be the biggest problem from dudes that stray away from whatever the 'hot' producers are in the moment, it makes him a pretty solid package.

His biggest weakness is probably his hooks aren't as strong as they need to be in his lane...he's not bad but someone like French Montana (who in his current incarnation is a worse rapper), kinda beats him in that category soundly

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that popped up in the past five years

>that popped up in the past five years
>

I wouldn't doubt that...

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according to these standards there hasn't been a good mainstream (label that is) MC since the 90's, lol. Im a little more liberal, Ill move it up to the mid 00's with Drake, lol.

My point is if ASAP is terrible where's Lil B at. There's no nuance in the critique....we are just kinda going 'IT ALL SUCKS'.

Asap is an average MC. Ill say he's got an above average flow though, and a superb ear for beats (and a particular 'new' style of beats) which is why we are talking about him now.

To call him horrible is unfair in a world of Waka Flocka's and Nikki Minaj's.

Rocky doesn't have that.

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ASAP Rocky is the penultimate example of all style no substance.

Asap Ferg is dope though

... until "Long Live A.$.A.P." leaked. And I love the album. I think that his strength is that he knows how to craft songs. He knows how to pick beats and he knows how to flow over them. He falls into his joints as opposed to rhyming on top of them. So even if you have a decent emcee that knows how to compliment/make the most of his production, it's definetley something to acknowledge.

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That says all that needs to said about how good
or A$AP Rocky is

He's a C level rapper

Glad he's eating, good for him

But don't talk to me about him as an artist, because
he sucks

His beats are pretty good

He's not responsible for any of that, though


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There's ALWAYS a reason why you ain't feeling them.

But in reality, wack rappers do exist and some cats have bad taste.

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I don't know when the shift happened. It's why kats like bammer and O_E would rather rant about the gays and hipsters as opposed to figuring out why certain acts hit the way they do as far as the music is concerned.

Can a rapper be shitty, YUP. Hella popular shitty rappers. But there's a reason why they made a big enough wave that we are wasting keystrokes on em as opposed to the other thousand 'wack' rappers out there, and it's not just marketing (well, most of the time, lol).

if ASAP posted on the boards on some "check out my music"...
if ASAP was a local artist in your town passing out CDs...
if ASAP had a few looks on rapradar but virtually no buzz...


you all would call it EXACTLY how it is. He's average.


except he has buzz, numerous fans and is rubbing elbows with upper-tier artists:

"NOPE! HE TRASH!!!!...he has ZERO redeeming qualities!"

I don't watch 106 & Park.

I'm an adult.

I don't listen to the radio.

I don't know who's successful or not. The biggest eye opener was that best selling hip hop artists list someone posted last week.

So if you guys pump something on here or I see it on the internet, I'm gonna check out a song you might post, might check out a video.

If it's not good, it's not good.

I don't know LABeat personally, but I'm pretty sure he's been listening to Hip Hop for a minute. There's nothing that he's not getting. It's just not good.

It's not groundbreaking. ASAP is not bringing anything new to Hip Hop. It's just not good. Could he get better?

Sure.

LABeat is probably just confused.

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>It's not groundbreaking. ASAP is not bringing anything new to
>Hip Hop.

He's not a talented artist

He has no memorable talents

He's a internet creation, not famous for his music, but
for his style, swagger etc

AND THAT IS FINE!! Good for him! We need hood Paris Hiltons
and all that...Snookies, etc

However you wanna make your money not hurting people is
okay with me

But he's a C level rapper on his best day



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>But he's a C level rapper on his best day
>

Holy shit. My term. Don't bite.

"Rap Snookies"

A$AP
Wiz
2 Chainz maybe?
Certainly Keef

Rap Snookies

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