LONG.LIVE.A$AP by A$AP Rocky

LONG.LIVE.A$AP, the debut studio album from Harlem's A$AP Rocky, arrived on RCA in January 2013, the major-label payoff for the buzz his mixtape Live. Love. A$AP had kicked up. It went straight to number one on the Billboard 200, and it sounds like money was no object: Hit-Boy, Clams Casino, Danger Mouse, 40, Skrillex and Emile Haynie are all in the production credits, with Rocky himself chipping in beats as Lord Flacko.

The cloud-rap haze that made his name is still here, all syrupy, slow-rolling beats and woozy textures, just blown up to widescreen. The guest list runs from Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q to Santigold and Florence Welch. "Fuckin' Problems", with Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick trading verses, was the smash, his first Hot 100 top 10 and a Grammy nominee for Best Rap Song. The album went on to double platinum.

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