Music Review : A$AP Rocky - Live, Love, A$AP

Harlem meets Houston is the perfect way to describe A$AP Rocky's mixtape Live, Love, A$AP. The NY native and "Pretty Mothaf**ka" (his words not mine) was on the road with Kendrick Lamar and Drake opening up for the Club Paradise Tour. He recently signed a deal with RCA for 3 mil and the standout member of his crew A$AP Mob, seems to be on the right track with all the buzz surrounding his latest effort.

There are hard hitting beats throughout the entire mixtape. With production from up and comers like DJ Burn One, Clams Casio, fellow members from A$AP Mob and a few others, I can guarantee that your head will be nodding. It's very rare that after hearing 1 song from an artist I instantly like them. But as I listened to the 1st track "Palace", I said to myself "OK if the rest of this dude's mixtape sounds like this, he has a new fan." You can't go wrong with good beats and decent/good lyrics, and A$AP doesn't disappoint. It's like he grew up in New York but the influence from the south is definitely there.

I went through the majority of the mixtape without coming to a song I wasn't feeling that much that was "Kissin' Pink" which is an ode to sizzurp. That's not the only song dedicated to certain substances. "Purple Swag: Chapter 2", "Get Lit" and just based off the title I'm gonna put "Acid Drip" in the "High Song" category as well. Some of my favorite tracks are "Peso", "Leaf", "Wassup", "Trilla", and "Houston Old Head". I definitely suggest checking out this mixtape, I was pleasantly surprised with how good it is, especially the production. Do yourself a solid and check it out. You can download here