![]() “I introduce her to this hippie life/Make love under pretty lights,” he raps on the lustrous “LSD.” Producers like Danger Mouse, Kanye West, Mark Ronson and Rocky himself keep the expansive vibe rolling with a sound that’s at once tough and transporting - from the gospel-steeped “Holy Ghost” to the interplanetary ass-shaker “Electric Body” to the Rod Stewart-sampling soul fantasia “Everyday” (featuring Miguel). At.$AP takes the gritty East Coast classicism and syrup-drippin’ Houston screwiness of his killer 2013 debut, $AP, and adds an extra level of psychedelic sprawl via a newfound taste for acid. To put yourself above the sainted ghosts of Biggie and Pac, you’ve got to either be really good, crazily ambitious or just plain high - and on his second studio LP, the Harlem rapper is all these things and more. ![]() ![]() “Your favorite rappers’ corpses couldn’t match up to my importance,” A$AP Rocky boasts.
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