LIVE. LOVE. A$AP.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of A$AP Rocky's debut mixtape, LIVE. LOVE. A$AP. This album was such a huge moment in the rap world and solidified who A$AP Rocky is today. For those of you who may not know, A$AP Rocky is an American rapper from Harlem, New York. He’s part of a collective of artists called A$AP Mob, and rose to popularity in the early 2010s by embracing internet culture and pulling various different types of sounds and styles and making them his own. He married Southern rap with OG New York sounds to create a new world that bridged a huge gap with LIVE. LOVE. A$AP. This year, to celebrate the iconic mixtape, Rocky blessed fans by making the tape available on streaming services for the first time ever. Since releasing on Spotify and Apple Music a few weeks ago, every single song has been streamed over a million times, making it clear that this music can stand the test of time. If you’re new to his music, I suggest starting out with PESO, GET LIT, and a new track he dropped with the mixtape, SANDMAN.
—Eden Bekele, Digital Associate
