But the interesting part is that these contradictions serve as benefactors rather than crutches. Hell, his name is Rakim but he sounds more like a mix of UGK and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. He is a gangsta rapper who mostly spits over woozy, indie-inspired beats. He hails from New York but is more inspired by Southern hip hop. Rocky is, for many, a walking contradiction. That being said, A$AP Rocky does not want you to look at him wrong: “Don’t view me as no conscious cat, this ain’t no conscious rap/ F*ck the conscious crap, my Mac’ll push your conscious back.” If you review a socio-conscious/gangsta rap album, you have to look at it as a socio-conscious/gangsta rap album. If you review a trap music album, you have to look at it as a trap album. It all depends on which one you like more and then you make your decision.įor example, you cannot judge a Waka Flocka Flame album against a Nas album, and say, “Waka Flocka isn’t lyrical like Nas and therefore he sucks.” Waka is not a lyrical rapper so you can’t complain that “Round of Applause” doesn’t sound like Nas. One may be more lyrical but the other just works better song-for-song.
You can’t really judge one person’s album against someone else’s album.
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