“A$AP Rocky embodies the sweat-free cool of someone who has stolen the test and memorized the answers ahead of time.”
Jeff Weiss nails (in a generally positive review) my primary reservations about Rocky: even if he’s just expressing his and his group’s interests and major cultural signifiers, his music is like a cached version of the recent browser history of a savvy rap blogger (like a Jeff Weiss, say). It makes him seem a little disingenuous, and it makes any and all talk of his New York-ness seem really out of touch with reality.
But I do really like his mixtape. I’d give it an 80.
