(Video) A$AP Rocky’s New Years BET Interview

28th Jan2013

A$AP Ferg Interview with XXL

by @Djordje

Earlier this month, just days before A$AP Rocky released his Sony/RCA/Polo Grounds Music debut album, Long.Live.A$AP, his crew cohort, A$AP Ferg, inked a deal with the same label. With a buzz built without any mixtape, but only from features—like on Rocky’s “Kissin’ Pink” and “Ghetto Symphony,” and scattered solo cuts, notably “Work” and “A Hundred Million Roses”—Ferg has quickly become one of the more exciting young rappers around. Now, the Harlem native is inching towards the release of his debut project, Trap Lord, slated to drop in about a month. Here, he talks to XXL about his new deal, the upcoming mixtape, the meaning of “Trap Lord” and what makes him a beast.

Continue reading on XXL.

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26th Jan2013

(Video) A$AP Rocky Talks Vampire Weekend with Google Play

by @Djordje

Google Play’s guest curator A$AP Rocky talks about one of his favorite bands, Vampire Weekend. Check out the video above to find out why he loves their song “Cousins” and more.

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25th Jan2013

A$AP Illz Interview with Nylon Guys Magazine

by @Djordje

In 2005 three friends in Harlem came together and formed a crew now recognized to the world as A$AP Mob. The internationally-known outfit consists of a cast of celebrated characters and is known for its influence on the way not only hip hop, but music and culture at large, look and sound today. A$AP ILLZ, one of the three founding members and guru of the culture conglomerate, is working on his own jewelry collection and currently the face of Stussy’s newest international ad campaign. We caught up with him in SoHo and asked our same questions.

Continue reading on Nylon Guys Magazine.

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23rd Jan2013

A$AP Rocky Interview with The Village Voice

by @DomingoTutu

A$AP Rocky is tired.

In the back of a black van rolling down Houston Street, the 24-year-old Harlem rapper answers questions about his childhood, worldview, and art through tired, sagging eyes. He gives his head a violent shake to prevent himself from dozing off mid-sentence. After a moment, he pauses, re-focuses, and speaks: “Lemme ask you somethin’.”

“Sure.”

Read the full feature on The Village Voice.

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17th Jan2013

A$AP Rocky Interview with eMusic

by @Djordje

None of us knew it at the time, but when the Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky swung through the eMusic offices last spring, accompanied by a good portion of his entourage, his major-label debut Long.Live.A$AP was nowhere near seeing the light of day. That day, it was slated for a July 4 release, and “Goldie,” Rocky’s glossy gold-plated lead single produced by Hit Boy (“Niggas in Paris”, “Clique”), had just hit radio. He was riding high on the buzz from his free mixtape LiveLoveA$AP, which had delivered on the promise of his tantalizing earliest songs. Those songs, accompanied by compelling, stylish low-budget clips, suggested a marketable phenomenon, but even then he was on his way to proving he was also a budding star.

Continue reading at eMusic.

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17th Jan2013

A$AP Rocky Interview with Refinery29

by @Djordje

A$AP Rocky sat down with Refinery and talked about his different collaborations on LONG.LIVE.A$AP, his New Year’s Resolution, favorite designers and more. Click here to check it out.

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16th Jan2013

A$AP Rocky Interview with BroBible

by @Djordje

This is what you know about A$AP Rocky: His real name is Rakim Mayers. He’s 24-years old. He was born in Harlem, but musically, he might seem to be from Houston. He’s an attitude-driven New York rapper with a steady diet of thick, Southern-fried beats and smoky verses about purple swag. He’s seen his father sent to jail for dealing and his brother murdered. He’s rocketed from street posse mixtape success to a $3 million major label deal in 2011. His interests, outside of music, include high-end designer apparel, wandering the streets of SoHo, weed, video games, and bad bitches. (And “artsy girls.”) He is, in his own words, “mad laid-back.”

Continue reading at BroBible.

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15th Jan2013

(Video) A$AP Rocky Interview with Cypha Sounds & Rosenberg

by @Djordje

A$ap Rocky talks to Hot97 Cipha, Rosenberg, Kfoxx and Old Man Ebro about upcoming tour with Rihanna, album, his take on Molly & More!!!

Via Hot97NY.

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14th Jan2013

A$AP Rocky’s Q&A with Rolling Stone

by @Djordje

“It took nine years for people to start calling Jay-Z the “King of New York.” It took A$AP Rocky nine words.” Read more of Rolling Stone’s Q&A session with Rocky on sudden fame, his upcoming tour with Rihanna and more here. Preorder your copy of LONG.LIVE.A$AP today.

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10th Jan2013

A$AP Rocky Interview with PopCrush

by @Djordje

In 2012, A$AP Rocky (real name Rakim Mayers) took the music and fashion world by storm with his hybrid hip-hop sound and unique sense of fashion style. The 24-year-old Harlem native is ready to kick off 2013 on a high note with his debut album, ‘Long.Live.A$AP,’ due in stores Jan. 15.

A year ago, Rocky was virtually unknown until he dropped his hard-hitting mixtape ‘Live.Love.A$AP,’ which was celebrated by music bloggers and tastemakers alike. Record labels started calling, and Rocky inked with Polo Grounds Music, under the RCA-Sony banner.

And a star was born.

Continue reading on PopCrush. Pre-order LONG.LIVE.A$AP today.

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10th Jan2013

(Video) A$AP Ferg Interview with Sway In The Morning

by @Djordje

A$AP Ferg stops by Sway’s morning show on Shade 45 to talk Trap Lord and answer some questions behind the name.

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08th Jan2013