A$AP Rocky - AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP

A$AP Rocky
AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP
2015

For a long time A$AP Rocky has been deemed all vibe. Making music that you could get down to, but anything beneath the surface was mediocre at best. This album AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP smashes that critique into pieces. AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP two years since his major debut is full of interesting beats, great rhymes and a heavy does of that vibe that has been a benchmark of his career. This record has depth, A$AP had faced loss, success and experiences that shaped this record into something more than a fluff piece with club bangers galore. Instead on songs like "L$D" and "Excuse Me" A$AP explores new beats new ways o get across what he is trying to say. The song "Jukebox Joints" produced and featuring Kanye West is especially well done and features Kanye actually rapping, quite the feat these days with Kanye on his musical exploration phase.

Not everything on the record is greatness, or even mediocreness. "Wavybone" and a lot of the final third of the record is totally contrived and follows the same old rap tropes: Money, Power Bitches. Simple old beats and tired premises bring the record down to a pedestrian level quickly and you forget the 11 good tracks you just heard. Perhaps 18 tracks was bit overkill and was more to just fill space rather than perfect each track. Towards the end the album does nothing but drag, its adds really nothing to the album which is distracting and really hurts the album. It's too bad this album is about 5 tracks to long because without the end A$AP would have something much tighter and a clear vision throughout. AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP is a good record, it has it's issues but in the end A$AP is making solid Hip Hop Music.

7 out of 10