It’s among the most downcast and experimental instrumentals Rocky’s rapped over, but his winking presence and charm is never drowned out. Prominently, it features an extensive sample of Moby’s downbeat song “ Porcelain,” with its melancholic string loops spruced up by lurching drums. But in expanding his sonic palette and Rolodex across his next two albums, Rocky’s experimentation with pop, rock, and electronic sounds ended up diluting his formula rather than expanding it.Īfter a series of releases that played more like sketches than actual songs, his latest track, “A$AP Forever,” serves as his I’m back statement. On his 2011 debut, LIVELOVEA$AP, Rocky introduced himself as a tastemaking Harlemite, reappropriating Houston rap and Three 6 Mafia into a voice that was unapologetically uptown.
Last November, at his gig opening for Dipset, ASAP Rocky declared that he was the “greatest contemporary artist of all time.” This is obviously a quantum leap from just being one of the best working rappers, a title he had a legit claim to at one point.
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