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A$AP Rocky: 'Long.Live.A$AP' 72 @ Metacritic
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Entertainment Weekly
100
His major-label debut proves he's more than a magnetic hedonist.
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Pitchfork
85
LongLiveA$AP delivers on and even exceeds the promise of LiveLoveA$AP. Like that mixtape, the album is a triumph of craft and curation, preserving Rocky's immaculate taste while smartly upgrading his sound
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DJ Booth
80
In many ways Long.Live.A$AP is an album of the present.
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XXL
80
Long.Live.A$AP has its moments as a cohesive album with top producers (Hit-Boy, Danger Mouse, Noah "40" Shebib) and frequent collaborators (Clams Casino) that offer choice beats.
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Exclaim
80
You'll love this album, but you won't learn much from it.
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All Music Guide
80
In the end, A$AP Rocky comes off as rap's Jim Morrison, offering an accessible, attractive, and brutish journey into darkness while remaining true to his spirit.
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Sputnikmusic
80
In short, Long.Live.A$AP takes what made his debut new or exciting and more finely hones it.
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HipHopDX
80
Debuts this good just don't come along very often, and it all comes down to the precocious Harlem rookie's vision.
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Fact Magazine (UK)
80
At its core, Long.Live.A$AP succeeds because it lets Rocky be Rocky: a rapper with a unique voice and an ear for captivating beats whose lyrical shortcomings can be glossed over with healthy servings of charisma and panache.
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The Guardian
80
Long Live A$AP's is frequently thrilling, a dense splurge of woozy electronics and samples, packed with lovely production touches.
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Los Angeles Times
75
ASAP Rocky's songs don't lack for emotion.
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Beats Per Minute (formerly One Thirty BPM)
74
Unsure whether he wanted to create a sunny, party album, gangstafest, or a record of cool pop vibes, Rocky seems to have tried to make them all, and with minor successes in all departments, he sacrifices something stronger.
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Billboard.com
71
Long.Live.A$AP may not change the game like "good kid, m.A.A.d city," but A$AP Rocky's absorbing debut is more physical in its pleasure--as in, you'll be knocking your head to some of these songs for months.
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Rolling Stone
70
Like all great sequels, the album ups the ante without losing what made the original compelling.
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Consequence of Sound
70
On LongLiveASAP, his major-label debut, Rocky expands his horizons even further, indulging in relative experimentation while also adhering to the gifts that have catapulted him to stardom in just over a year.
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The Boston Phoenix
63
If there's a knock to be had against the Harlem rapper, it's that he lacks an original presence. So it's curious that for his major-label debut he's opted to further venture down the rabbit hole of references, loading Long.Live.A$AP with a bevy of guests with personalities far more distinctive than his own.
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Boston Globe
60
Harlem's A$AP Rocky finally delivers his long delayed major label debut, and while it builds on his mixtape legacy and emphasizes his strengths as an inventive stylist, it also amplifies his flaws.
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PopMatters
60
A fine enough retail debut, but when you can get the stronger, more unique product for free that's a strange thing to strongly recommend anyone.
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NOW Magazine
60
A macabre mood keeps it cohesive and lends a cinematic quality, kind of like the A$AP Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Slant Magazine
60
So like A$AP's debut, Long. Live. A$AP is an intermittently dazzling collection of slinky, mutated R&B helmed by an unsteady, half-interested voice.
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BBC Music
50
Florence, Santigold and the usually brilliant Danny Brown do little more than tick boxes, and ultimately Long.Live.A$AP fails to match its hype with a coherent trend-setting statement.
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Drowned In Sound
50
A little shallowness is fine by me, but Rocky's studied, humourless delivery is harder to swallow.
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Tiny Mix Tapes
40
There are enough genre-hopping and synergistic, trans-genre partnerships present on the tracklist that Long. Live. A$AP, its commercial bets hedged, feels not unlike a myriad of other major-label rap disappointments from nearly any other era of rap.
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CMJ
40
Long.Live.A$AP, his major-label debut, is both cunning and desperate in its attempts to please every possible demographic without looking like it's trying too hard.
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it's a good album i'm just getting into it
Good for him.
