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Questions about ASAP Rocky "LiveLoveASAP"

hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
edited November 2011 in Strut Central
1. How many times has this kid listened to "Still Tippin'"?

2. How have SoulStrut's most vociferous Harlemites managed to remain silent about their neighbor with the $3 million dollar deal?

3. Who among you doth ride?

I've been listening to LiveLoveASAP for about a week and half now and it's really grown on me. I especially love "Trilla," "Purple Swag," "Palace" and "Bass."

Let's hear from some of you pretty motherf*ckers.
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  • SIRUSSIRUS 2,554 Posts
    enjoy the production he rapps on. the rapps? not so much. dude is really on texas's d*ck. i'd like to hear what the one harvey has to say (even though he called dallas rapps gay. which -- sigh -- they are. except pookie.)
  • phongonephongone 1,652 Posts
    ASAP is the only real "Nu-Rapper" that I enjoy. So much better than the stuff OddFuture is coming out. Houston influence is undeniable, but also love when he breaks out the BoneThug cadence. This dude Casino Clams is going to be a star with his ambient rap production.

    Only glaring drawback is the guest spot with that Spaceghost Purp. Dude can not rap.
  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    Aesop Rock?
  • SIRUSSIRUS 2,554 Posts
    phongone said:
    This dude Casino Clams is going to be a star with his ambient rap production.

  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Haven't heard the album. The songs I have heard, I like em alright. Unlike Jay-Z, dude shouts out Texas as he regurgitates it...so that's basically a non-issue. But then even in his tribute, he's like the Lil Flip outlyer to SUC. You're really gone and you need some Pat, Keke, or Poke in your head. You ain't reaching for leprechauns and shit. That's more stuff you merely let come to you and just maybe you might like it alright in passing, like Riff Raff. It's not seek and find, meat and potatoes rap, like Killa Cal Wayne who I'd rather listen to all day eryday. I want to hear the whole album though.
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    I like it. South without the south.
  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
    HarveyCanal said:
    You ain't reaching for leprechauns and shit.

    I love this line. No, really. Thanks for that!


    I want to hear the whole album though.

    Available for free on DatPiff.com. It features a few tracks produced by San Antonio's own Beautiful Lou.
  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
    at first i only liked a few tracks but the rest of it grew on me. i'm not sold on any second coming of whatever stuff but i probably wouldn't have heard it without all the hype so... slim k screwed version is nice too
  • jdeezjdeez 638 Posts
    phongone said:
    So much better than the stuff OddFuture is coming out. Houston influence is undeniable, but also love when he breaks out the BoneThug cadence. This dude Casino Clams is going to be a star with his ambient rap production.
    yes. Agreed on Clams - I know it's been out for a while, but the "I'm God" instrumental off of the Lil B/Soulja Boy has been on constant repeat for me. (Imogen Heap Samples?) - :lalala:

    HarveyCanal said:
    dude shouts out Texas as he regurgitates it...so that's basically a non-issue.
    +1

    HarveyCanal said:
    like Riff Raff. I want to hear the whole album though.
    riff raff?

    you def should give it a shot. definitely grew on me. I fwd'd his "people" the H4D's mixtape for some legendary/classic Houston rapps. You should defintely give the full album a chance. like others have said already, I had to let the tape marinate - has not disappointed. "wassup", "Bass", "Brand new Guy", "kissing pink" and of course, "Trilla"

    I saw some footage on YouTube with him and Araabmuzik in Quad Studios and if the three clips I heard are any sort of indication of future collabs, I'm anxious to hear it. AraabMuzik and Clams are blowing my mind recently.

    as a native Houstonian (Houston Old Head), I can appreciate this effort and I really enjoy it - it's a fun listen and portions of it remind me of old DJ Screw (RIP) mixes/production from bitd and the fact that he pays homage to Houston Rapp Royalty and classics, I def respect his effort and his numerous homages to Houston Schitt is great. Plus his team is really good at picking out great, trunk rattling beats. what more would one want?
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    phongone said:
    ASAP is the only real "Nu-Rapper" that I enjoy.

    I am very intrigued about the above classification, please break it down those of us not in the know.

    Anyway, it's decent yes. Slightly underwhelmed due to most of the best songs having been leaked over the last few months and others like the Main Attraktionz track already having appeared on other albums.
    Can certainly understand why he's been snapped up as he seems to come with a defined image which always helps and the choice of producers is impressively on the nose but I kind of feel like his persona is put across by the beat choice rather than him actually leaving an impact himself.

    Don't get me wrong, it's an impressive mixtape and I've also had Trilla on repeat for a while now along with a few others but I don't quite buy into him being more than the sum of the parts at the moment.
  • BeatnicholasBeatnicholas 1,005 Posts
    is Freddie Gibbs a "nu-rapper" or "not-so-nu-rapper"? anyway I think that Cold Day In Hell mixtape is str8 heat.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    The album tracks aren't doing it for me.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    does this guy get the dipset cosine?
  • TheKindCromangTheKindCromang 1,463 Posts
    is Roddy Little a "nu-rapper"?
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    hogginthefogg said:

    2. How have SoulStrut's most vociferous Harlemites managed to remain silent about their neighbor with the $3 million dollar deal?


    maybe if you put it on 45 so I could dance to it
  • phongonephongone 1,652 Posts
    By "nu-rap," I guess I'm referring to the relative new generation of internet-driven, Pitchfork/Fader-acclaimed rappers that seem to going against the straight-up 90's golden era rapper paradigm, stylistically, lyrically and beatwise. The ASAP crew, Odd Future, Lil B (the worst schitt ever), and maybe even Kendrick Lamar. The term is for my own reference so wouldnt take it too seriously.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Ulysses31nicholas said:
    anyway I think that Cold Day In Hell mixtape is str8 heat.

    yea, the Gibbs is rather nice.


    I am a fan of the ASAP Rocky. A big fan.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    why does anyone, ANYONE, feel the need to keep talking about Lil B? srsly I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    rootlesscosmo said:
    why does anyone, ANYONE, feel the need to keep talking about Lil B? srsly I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.


  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    Berkeley people should be the first to disown this guy. He's kind of an embarrassment, no?
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    I think arguing the merits of B's music here is pretty pointless; nobody's gonna change their minds. If you find him engaging/endearing, then you probably like some of his stuff, if you are in the "dude can't rap" camp then you don't.

    I am/was a fan, although I think he's fallen off - bad. But I think he's a pretty logical progression of Berkeley's rap scene. Another thread for another time, perhaps.

    ...


    I like the Rocky tape. I am pretty disconnected from blog/industry hype at this point... I am happy to enjoy shit on the merits, most of the crit I've read has to do with whether or not the industry reaction was warranted and I could care less about that. My .02: the shit jams. Is there that much more to it? His delivery is decent, the beats are extremely well-chosen and the tape has a good continuity that is lacking from less produced efforts; I dig the whole "bring your crew along" ethic, despite the obvious pitfalls of such an approach, and he's repping a certain perspective from around my way that is novel to these ears. These young kids grew up on Max B, Cam, Bone, No Limit, Mike Jones/Paul Wall, etc... he takes from all that non-NY stuff but manages to still keep it Harlem. I hear "Peso" a lot around the way... not sure how much love the kid gets beyond that, though he's certainly repping his block/set to a fault.

    There's a couple sequences - from "Peso" through "Wassup" and from "Trilla" through "Kissin Pink" that I think are positively inspired. The slowed sax sample on "Keep It G" is beyond great, I just wish it wasn't hosting such subpar verses. ASAP Ferg's verse on "Kissin Pink" is the best shit I've heard all year (not really, but kind of)

    alright that's it peace
  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    I like that these kids put their crew name before their own (rap) name. Don't think I've ever seen/heard that before.
  • SIRUSSIRUS 2,554 Posts
    mf grimm doom etc
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    SIRUS said:
    mf grimm doom etc

    yeah I thought that touchstone was real ill but I kind of doubt they're doing it intentionally.
  • djannadjanna 1,543 Posts
    Thanks for the heads up. I was checking Piff for this a while ago and nothing.
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts 


    http://www.mediafire.com/?xaxe4085paaflgi
    copy/paste
  • StoneHandsStoneHands 341 Posts
    ^ borderline unlistenable.. Do people actually like his rapping for real?
    Lol at the skrillex collab. At least the mixtape joints had beats...
  • caicai spacecho 362 Posts
    Thanks Reynaldo. Couple of nice tracks in the 2nd half but on the whole, pretty disappointing.
  • phongonephongone 1,652 Posts
    I hope this is better than Chief Keef's album. My standards are low.
  • white_teawhite_tea 3,262 Posts
    phongone said:
    I hope this is better than Chief Keef's album. My standards are low.

    OH IS THIS GONNA TURN INTO A FINALLY RICH THREAD
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