Zeros

A$AP Rocky Made a Rock Song: A Reluctant Assessment I mean, I didn't want to admit this either. When I first heard that A$AP Rocky was making a pop-punk track , my immediate reaction was the same eye-roll that has become reflexive whenever a hip-hop artist announces they're exploring new genres . We've been down this road before. We know how it usually ends. But here's the thing I'm begrudgingly forced to acknowledge: he actually did it. Not in the sense that he talked about power chords in an interview or wore a Ramones t-shirt in a music video. A$AP Rocky made an actual rock song , and I'm still processing my feelings about it. The track has legitimately distorted guitars. Not some producer's laptop simulation of what guitars might sound like, but actual screaming, feedback-laden guitar work that would fit comfortably on a 2000s Warped Tour compilation. The drum patterns hit those familiar rhythms— the kind that made us wear too much eyeline...