BIG GHOST reviews Long.Live.A$AP

[villain]

Does anyone else think Ghost's act is getting a little tired. Maybe it's because I follow him on twitter, but more and more he comes off as that older hip-hop head who thinks that nothing is as good now as it was back in the day.

i hope u realize this blog is not the real ghost

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

i hope u realize this blog is not the real ghost

you do know that the Big Ghostface blog has a twitter right?

 

[villain]

you do know that the Big Ghostface blog has a twitter right?

naw i don't keep up wit corny whiteboy bloggers

 

[Black]

Ayo whattup you now in the presence of the grand imperial Big Ghost AKA the mighty Volcano Hands otherwise known as the one n only Phantom Raviolis or the majestic Galaxy Knuckles AKA Shampoo Bracelets the panty melter….or the infamous Spartacus Deluxe yo. Bein that its the Xmas season n shyt tho you can call me Holiday Zeus. Once again back in the okayplayer building for ya pleasure…we bout to go on this journey into the music of a dude who about a year n change ago woulda needed some kinda introduction but now he probably dont need shyt…my boy A$AP Rocky. Anybody who peeped my Best shyt Of 2011 list already knows the god proclaimed the LiveLoveA$AP mixtape one of the best joints of the year… Truth be told tho I had K.R.I.T. Return Of 4Eva at number one on my list but Ionno what I was thinkin cuz I really actually fukks wit the Rocky joint A LOT more son. But thats neither here nor there or whatever b. Bottom line is I thought the mixtape was dope. Originally sons label was gon drop a retail version of the mixtape but the shyt aint transpire that way namsayin. Personally I was a little disappointed nahmean when I heard he wasnt gon be droppin that shyt cuz I be coppin physical copies like a muthafukka b. But after he hit us off wit the “Goldie” joint (all the way the fukk back in April) I was like yoooo….son jus changed up his whole shyt….but this THAT WORK! So all a sudden now Im hype…Im ready…if he do a whole album at THIS level he gon kill the game. Straight up n down son. What happened tho? Not a muthafukkin thing b. But I aint bitter. Lotta shyt dropped this year n son always managed to keep hisself out there doin features n droppin shyt like the A$AP Mob joint n whatnot. But here it is…at last yo. The shyt was pose to drop in 2013 but leaked a month early nahmean. No doubt thats probably gon fukk up sons sales n shyt but the question is IS this muthafukkin album worth coppin in the first place? Lets find out yo… Now bein that this aint the gods domains Imma have to hit yalls wit that legal disclaimer shyt again first namsayin..

Disclaimer:

The views n shyt in this muthafukka is all my owns…so that aint in no way a reflection of nobody other than myself n whatever whatever. No other man or woman or child represented heretofore n such hereby is sharin the opinion of the gentleman who be sayin the shyt contained within namsayin. This muthafukka do be containin foul language n shyt that might offend small children n old people n shyt too.

Aight now that we got that bullshyt out the way let me fire up my wok n throw that titanium apron over my neck n get this shyt flammbayin.

1. “Long Live A$AP” – Aight coo…so we off to a decent start right out the gate. This shyt coulda slid up on the mixtape n woulda fit right in probably b. It dont really SOUND like nothin in particular from the Live.Love.A$AP joint but it got the right vibe nahmean. Son aint really change his style or nothin neither but he definitely tightened up his shyt. The hook is some other shyt tho… But Imma assume the n**ga Rocky aware of the fact he singin like 4 octaves outta his muthafukkin range yo.

2. “Goldie” – This shyt kinda old now (still fresher than a muthafukka tho) but I aint never get to speak on it like that before…so Imma do that right now. Basically this my favorite beat of the whole damn year tho (cue uptight 90s baby talmbout NAH DAT ILL MIND OF HOPSIN 5 BEAT DOE U HATERRRR!! ). N**gas can hate on the lyrics cuz son really aint sayin shyt for a dude who was named after Rakim aka William Griffith Jr. or one half of the illustrious Eric B & Rakim (Word is bond they had some joints…google em yung) but you cant say he aint do the beat justice cuz son was snappin on that shyt far as Im concerned b. I aint sayin he bodied it wit his complex verbal acrobatics or whatever…he jus complimented it the right way namsayin…same way a new Tyga joint compliments the recycle bin on ya computer.

3. “PMW (All I Really Need)” f/ ScHoolboy Q – Speakin of one thing complimentin the other…. These muthafukkas got some real chemistry b. nikkas might need to unite n join forces or form a duo or whatever sound the least suspect n shyt namsayin. Its always refreshin to hear some trill shyt over a dope T-Minus beat without a YMCMB member hoppin on that muthafukka n spritzin that fukkouttahereness all over the track. shyt actually sounds like a hundred other T-Minus joints but that aint a bad thing cuz son usually got that fly shyt on deck…it jus happens that a lotta corny nikkas be jumpin on them heaters he be cookin up. The hook on this muthafukka is jus some basic n**ga shyt nahmean….(but what ya gon do right!). It aint on the “Brand New Guy” level but its a dope record regardless yo. I fukks with this shyt heavy.

4. “LVL” – Clams Casino back up in this muthafukka finally… In case you aint kno, thats the dude who responsible for half the joints from the mixtape. When you think of that A$AP sound you SHOULD be thinkin bout Clams Casinos beats bruh. This shyt is jus cold. Its like somebody gave a martian a MPC n told him to whip up some alien work on that muthafukka. shyt is interstellar…like NASA intercepted some transmissions from the delta quadrant of a the Milky Way or whatever n somebody threw a drumbeat on it nahmean.

5. “Hell” f/ Santigold – Clams 2 for 2 on the dope ambient space beats so far… shyt sounds like the soundtrack for the planets collidin n shyt. Its colossal yet its beautiful yo. I aint heard a beat this gorgeous in a minute namsayin. Im listenin to this shyt thinkin how he balancin out the beauty of the track wit that supreme ignorance n makin it sound effortless yo? Santigold elevated this shyt tho…without her the shyt was majestic…wit her added to the track the joint was heavenly. Word is bond.

6. “Pain” f/ OverDoz – This the first ehhh moment on the album for me son. Aint een like the joint wack it jus aint the same high caliber fire as the first 5 tracks namsayin. I fukks wit it tho. Its good background music for like when you at some elegant type affair like a gala or a swarrray or some shyt where muthafukkas be air kissin on both sides of ya cheeks….n you be layin in the cut havin some olives n gorgonzolas wit some wine you dont kno how to pronounce n whatever whatever…

7. “fukkin Problems” f/ 2 Chainz, Drake & Kendrick Lamar – I gotta hate/hate relationship wit this joint b…I hate the fukkin song first n foremost but what I hate most is that the shyt probably gon grow on me in some form or fashion if I keep playin this album nahmean. Not even a Kendrick verse saved this shyt for me. The concept is some lame shyt bout how nikkas got fukkin problems cuz they likes fukkin so whats the fukkin problem? …some not-so-fukkin-thought-out shyt like that is what. But broads fukk wit shyt like this heavy so naturally nikkas in the 2 thousand n now stay makin corny shyt like this n yall soulless nikkas stay pretendin that yall actually enjoy fukk shyt like this in order to pull hoes at the club. So first off we got Chainz on the hook. Ayo listen b….I fukks wit that n**ga Tauheed’s music on the low but this hook is so ass I feel like he was tryin to sabotage the track forreal yo. I heard 40 produced the track which is whatever but it really aint surprise me to see “C. Papi” on the damn credits next to his name. That explains the vagina sauce comin out the speakers right there yo. The nikka Aubrey probably twerkin in the stu like “Awwwwwwwwww Noah yeaaaaaah jus keep doin it like thaaaaaaaaaaaaat Noaaaaaah…put some more bytch on that muthafukkin beat my nikkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!” First off lemme get this off my chest…if you a grown man…or even jussa male PERIOD n you be callin Drake by his muthafukkin “Champagne Papi” alias….you a hoe b. fukkouttahere wit that. Same go for any nikka who refer to Rocky as Pretty Flacko. Call that nikka by any his other names or even jus Flacko….but soon as you put the Pretty n the Flacko together you jus got issues b. If you seen the video you already seen Drizzy makin 12 fukkboy facial expressions per second n all the way the fukk overdone hand gestures he be usin errday errday. I kno shyt like this jus falls on deaf ears n shyt…but yall really lettin a sheep in wolf’s clothing infiltrate the game tho. This the problem wit rap tho…nikkas is refusin to play they positions. Ey’body wanna be a lion n nobody wanna be the other animals in the jungle nahmean…. So we got mad monkeys n flamingos n hedgehogs actin like they lions. shyt is disruptin the whole circle of life b. Meanwhile Rocky spit that line that go “all these muthafukkas wanna dress like me” n so what happens? Kendrick gon show up to the video shoot dressed pretty much exactly the same as that nikka. Ion een understand these muthafukkas sometimes yo….

 

[johnny.utah]

dude stays with a thesaraus on deck


that vocabulary

 

[Black]

8. “Wild For The Night” – Skrillex on the beat? Word? YO. GET. THE. fukk. OUT. TA. HERE. B! Skrillex? SKRILLEX???? That was my reaction when I first heard bout this shyt namsayin. But soon as that beat dropped on this joint….son. The intro bein on some ragamuffin shyt n whatever….yo that shyt made me wanna roll a spliff n throw on a mesh tank top n politic wit the natty dreads round the way n shyt b. The screwed vocals is a nice touch too… Then at the :45 second mark the shyt jus flips. Im like the fukk is THIS shyt yo? How they gon fu…. Yooooo this shyt kinda aight son. Its mad synthesizer shyt goin on here but I actually aint mad at it at all son…YO WHAT THE fukkS THAT HIGH PITCHED BIRD SIREN shyt THO??? NAAAAWWWWW….that shyt is fukkin ILL yo. Son I fukks wit this shyt so hard it aint een a joke….like we gotta problem here dog. That WI WI WI WI WI WEEEOOOOOUUU WI WI WI WI WI WI WI WEEEEOOOOOUUUUU shyt should be gettin on my nerves n instead I wanna wild the fukk out n throw a sofa at a muthafukka for no reason b. shyt is the future my n**ga.

9. “1 Train” f/ Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson & Big K.R.I.T. – “Oh shyt…lookit that lineup yo. Imma jus g’head n declare this shyt a classic without listenin to it even famz” said the nikka who drank the kool aid. Now I aint one to go against the grain jus for the sake of goin against the grain but I aint all the way fukkin wit this joint like that. ONE…its too many muthafukkas on this shyt (like I said…its a thin line between Banned From TV n shyt like the “One Blood” remix that had like 70s nikkas on it) n TWO this beat needed to change at some point yo….shyt jus aint powerful enough to rock for 6 mins b…it aint “The Symphony.” This aint the muthafukkin “I Shot Ya” remix… But how the same Hit-Boy that made Goldie produce this beat too? The little strings n the boom bap drums is cool…n nikkas is spittin n whatever…but to me the shyt was jus coo….the shyt was aight…. it wasnt like some timeless classic shyt or nothin tho. 90s babies declared it the greatest posse cut of all times already tho so what Imma say to change that….

10. “Fashion Killa” – Ionno why son felt like he needed to cater to broads this excessively yo. His shyt already appeals to females without him goin straight Aubrey Graham on em. This is some Spandau Ballet type shyt tho. shyt is jus o.d. corny my n**ga. The hook on this song like…

Rocky: Her pistol go…

Broad: Bang bang, boom boom, pop pop…

(repeat)

shyt sounds like somethin from Pink Friday or some bullshyt like that. I aint een make it to the second verse tho….Skiiiiip

11. “Phoenix” – Son gettin back to what he be doin best… talkin wild shyt over a beautiful ass beat. Its like he hears that shyt n knows he cant jus approach the beat on some all the way sucker shyt. Lotta nikkas from this era…or The Estrogeneration© feel like they gotta talk bout overcoming mad obstacles n makin they moms proud n all that corny bittersweet shyt over n over n over again nahmean. Like….Im sayin this coulda been some ‘Lookit me now Im on top of the world forreal n n**gas thought I would never ever make it but Im crazy famous n successful now but Im still sad’ type shyt (or what I be callin that Eeyore Cole Syndrome) or ‘Lookit me now Im on top of the world forreal n n**gas thought I would never ever make it but Im crazy famous n successful now n oh is that yo girl? Oops I jus fukked yo girl wit my imagination’ type shyt (or what I be callin Medium Sean Disorder) or ‘Lookit me now Im on top of the world forreal n n**gas thought I would never ever make it but Im crazy famous n successful now n guuuurl I kno you aint jus walk up in here wit the new Celine Nano bag *gasp* ohmuhgoooooodenss that shyt aint een out til next Spring’ type shyt (or what I be callin Drakegina). Instead he jus approached it on some ‘Im doin real good n nikkas gon hate but fukk it’ type shyt.

12. “Suddenly” – Man… for the first couple minutes this shyt is jus laid back as fukk. If he filtered that sample out any more you wouldnt even hear it yo. But even tho the beat wild mellow he jus spittin like he rhymin over a Just Blaze banger from ’03 or some shyt. But yeah I fukks wit this shyt.

Bonus Tracks

13. “Jodye” – This shyt is jus some more harmless warning shots fired at SpaceghostPurrp aka SPVCXXGHXZTPVRRP n Raider Klan (or RVIDXR KLVN) without sayin any em nikkas names n rapped over one those amateur ass soudin beats that SpaceghostPurrp be speacializin in makin.

14. “Ghetto Symphony” f/ Gunplay & A$AP Ferg – Might need a “sans Ferg” version of this joint right here. The beat hard as fukk son. Rocky did his thing (even tho he wildin sayin he spittin like 3 Stacks on this) but Gunplay kinda stole the show here forreal. Ionno how that dude be catchin so many Ls in life n still got the confidence to step in a booth n leave a beat slumped like this but he be doin that yo. Meanwhile Ferg got the nerve to anchor this shyt n say he bout to spit like Big Boi since Rocky spittin like Andre n then son commences to rap like ya muthafukkin drunk uncle or some shyt instead. For the love of music tho…navigate this n**ga away from any mics in the future PLEASE.

15. “Angels” – The beat sounds like some Nutcracker shyt but its actually kinda fly as fukk…Son jus snappin on this tho nahmean. Not a whole lot else I can say bout that. But hell yeah I fukks wit it. Matter fact I think he shoulda replaced “Fashion Killa” wit this joint or “Ghetto Symphony.” Word.

16. “I Come Apart” f/ Florence Welch – My illegal download of the album aint had this joint on it so I aint really got nothin to say bout it namsayin.

Anyhow yo…first couple times I listened to this shyt I wasnt too impressed. But the more I hear it the more I fukks wit it. But personally I still dont get how n**gas can put out dope mixtapes n then when it comes time to drop they album they usually cant match that shyt song for song n redeliver (see Big K.R.I.T.). Far as this shyt go…I was actually feelin more than half the joints. And it was only a couple tracks that I gotta permaskip from this day forward n whatever nahmean. Overall the shyt was dope. He aint knock it out the park like I thought he could but son still delivered namsayin. shyt still wasnt fukkin wit the mixttape tho.