Par for the course, A$AP’s curatorial ear and overflowing charisma allowed him to coast on his laurels. Even still, there was much to like across these albums, even amongst the transparent commercial pandering and the messy clutter, respectively. On $AP, for example, Rocky’s obvious attempts to craft a crossover hit led to the release of uninspired, albeit successful cuts like “ Fuckin’ Problems” and “ Wild for the Night.” Similarly, AT.$AP was home to several failed forays into psychedelic experimentation that bogged down an already overstuffed album with self-indulgent tangents. Unfortunately, these albums had their fair share of missteps, too. “Roaches on the wall, roaches on the dresser / Everybody had roaches but our roaches ain't respect us,” he spits, using vivid imagery to momentarily recall the work of some of his more focused peers. Employing intricate flows and descriptive lyrics to document the surreal aspects of his rapid ascendance from poverty to fame, Rocky absolutely floats over one of the most inspired productions in recent memory. Consider, for example, the standout track “Suddenly” from A$AP’s first full-length LP. Having released just two full-length LPs in this time-both of them roughly comparable in quality to his initial mixtape-the sample size of his output is still small enough for us to talk ourselves into believing he has something more to offer.Īcross his two full-length LPs, $AP and AT.$AP, there are certainly moments where the rapper seems to be making the leap into rap’s upper class, just as we’d initially hoped he might back in 2011. Scroll through the page-list below until year 2019 to obtain certification.Fast forward nearly seven years to the present date, and it’s a bit disappointing to note that the same sentiment reviewers had expressed about Rocky’s music in 2011 could easily still apply to his music today. ↑ Danish album certifications – A$AP Rocky – Testing (датск.).↑ Canadian album certifications – A$AP Rocky – Testing (англ.).↑ Caulfield, Keith Shawn Mendes Scores No.↑ AAP Rocky - Chart History Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for AAP Rocky (англ.).↑ Kearse, Stephen A$AP Rocky: Testing Album Review (неопр.).↑ Ritchie, Kevin Review: A$AP Rocky's Testing is tentative (неопр.).↑ Review: A$AP Rocky's "TESTING" Experiment Is A Quiet Fail (неопр.).↑ 'TESTING' Is the Album A$AP Rocky Was Born to Make (неопр.).↑ Van Nguyen, Dean A$AP Rocky: Testing review – twisted pretty-boy cranks up the weirdness (неопр.).↑ Guagliardi, Kassandra A$AP Rocky Testing (неопр.).↑ Gonzalez, Bansky A$AP Rocky – Testing (неопр.).↑ Hernandez, Nina Father John Misty, LUMP, The Dreebs, and more albums to know about this week (неопр.).↑ Thomas, Fred Testing – A$AP Rocky (неопр.).↑ Testing by A$AP Rocky Reviews and Tracks (неопр.).↑ Testing by A$AP Rocky reviews (неопр.).
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