sometime back in 2011, my homie ken hit me with this.
from first listen i knew this cat was special. this beat, the flow, the crew, the video, the confidence…. a$ap rocky was just different. “purple swag” hit and fam…. it hit. here was asap rocky on some chopped and screwed texas type sound but he had a project pat / bone type bounce with the flow…
and then that was it. asap rocky blew up quickly. he was at the right place at the right time with a whole new wave…. everything he was dropping was fire and just his overall image and branding was so on point. that first album/mixtape dropped and it was major
rocky quickly earned enough status where every time you saw his name, you looked. every time you heard his voice, you listened. every time you saw a new song dropped, you peeped. there is a word for this… is it magnetic? idk… asap rocky was simply pure uncut dope… rocky and q was always a vibe… rocky and q is still a vibe…. coast to coast dopeness.
rocky was born rakim after the legendary emcee. and his sister was named erica after eric b. and rakim…. how dope is that? it’s very easy to see that this kid was raised on hip hop. fun fact, did you know asap ferg’s dad created the bad boy logo? yup… asap mob definitely in the building.
rocky would have forever classics like “fashion killa” but then he’d have these straight up posse cuts where you could tell he wanted all of the cats to spit… let’s not forget that “1train” is the best posse track ever made.
rocky just brought the best out of artists. he’s also never scared to push the envelope on fashion, style, rap, etcetera, etcetera. each album drop and i have no idea what to expect… he swerves in every lane with a joint in his mouth and a bad bitch riding shotgun… of course he wifed rihanna… people used to talk about jay and beyonce as the north star for cool families but rocky and rihanna are doing donuts around hov. no shade, just facts.
when asap rocky drops a new album it’s an event. when this dropped tho????
or him and tyler becoming a nasty duo dropping “potato salad” out of nowhere…. yup… rocky raps with peeps and has chemistry with everybody. dude is an inspiration to me because i see him as the andy warhol of rap… he paints with his own brush and has an endless canvas…. it’s rocky season… hit this last video and then dive into the Spotify playlist of all my favorite rocky tracks.
go bump the new asap rocky track and get ready for that album drop tonight. don’t be dumb is the name…. and fam… stop sleeping… don’t be dump… pull up for rakim aka rocky. he’s one of the all-time greats in the rap game.