It final seems that he has found his true niche and found a very weird, trippy corner of hip-hop that he can truly thrive in. Overall, A.L.L.A is an amazing album, and in many ways Rocky’s best work to date. (Three people I never thought that I would consider weak features). Whereas A.L.L.A features outstanding guest spots from Joe Fox, Mos Def, Lil Wayne, Future, James Fauntleroy and ScHoolboy Q, there are also some questionable guest features from Kanye West, Bun B & M.I.A. In fact the only limitation of the album is the inconsistency of quality of features. With the majority of production being handled by Hector Delgado, Danger Mouse and Rocky himself, with contributions from the likes of Jim Jonsin, Nez & Rio, Kanye West & C.N.O.T.E, the standard of production remains high throughout. But this album also benefits from its amazing production. In terms of lyrics, flow, delivery, and presence, Rocky remains consistently amazing and never stumbles. What’s great about A.L.L.A is that it never remains in one area for too long and becomes stagnant, but instead switches between moods constantly (in the case of “Max B”, “Better Things” and “Electric Body” these changes in mood even occur within the same song).īut what is great about A.L.L.A is that Rocky is on point throughout. A.L.L.A has it’s soulful moments (“Jukebox Joints”, “Holy Ghost”), it’s chilled out, almost trippy moments (“West Side Highway”, “Fine Whine”), it’s ridiculously banging moments (“LPFJ2”, “Excuse Me”) and it’s beautifully superb moments (“L$D”). But at the same time, what also makes A.L.L.A such a great album is its well-rounded, diverse range of songs while still remaining coherent. The dark, at times eerie and spooky, songs such as “Max B”, “Canal St” and “JD” provide the perfect canvas for Rocky to be lyrically outstanding. In fact, some of the A.L.L.A’s best moments are its darkest, moodiest ones. So the question is, can Rocky make an album that meets the standards set by $AP? In short, he not only meets them, but exceeds them.įrom the first listen, it’s clear that Rocky has adopted the more ambient, trippy feel that made $AP so great and built on it. So now, more than two years later, Rocky releases his second album At. Sonically, $AP was less original and not as brave, and lyrically, Rocky lacked depth and character. So when Rocky was gearing up to release his debut album, 2013’s $AP, expectations were high, expectations that were not met. Rocky’s unique mix of New-York hip-hop, southern influence, ambiance and cloud-rap instantly set him aside from anyone else in the rap scene. Under 4 years ago, the then mysterious A$AP Rocky debuted his (arguably) classic mixtape $AP.
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