Image

Image Credit

Stephane Cardinale – Corbis / Contributor by way of Getty Images

Image Size

landscape-medium

Key Takeaways:

• ASAP Rocky says ‘Don’t Be Dumb’ will transfer away from flex-heavy lyrics and concentrate on emotional depth.
• The Harlem rapper credit fatherhood and private progress for the shift in tone.
• Rocky’s evolving sound displays a deeper message, shifting past surface-level themes.

Allow ASAP Rocky to reintroduce himself. On Friday (July 4), the Harlem rapper sat down with Apple Music’s Mehdi Maïzi to debate his upcoming album, Don’t Be Dumb, and provide some perception into what followers ought to — and should not — anticipate from his new period.

“The guy I am now is not the guy I came in this business as,” he mentioned. “[I’m] not the same kid. We all know I’m a father now.” Even past fatherhood, Rocky went on to level out that he’s advanced right into a family man, entrepreneur, and “all that good stuff.”

As far as what listeners can sit up for musically, the “F**kin’ Problems” rapper mentioned he’s trying to evoke some sort of emotion. “If I’m out here telling y’all how pretty I am again, it’s not talking about nothing,” he shared. “If I talked about how I f**ked your b**ch or how I can take your b**ch again, it’s not really talking about nothing.”

There is, nevertheless, one aspect that’s undoubtedly not leaving Rocky’s music anytime quickly: style. “Everybody knows I love clothes. They know I’m going to talk about that,” he confirmed. “I’m just one of those artists [who does] things without compromise.” Check out the total dialog beneath.

That extra mature mindset confirmed up on Rocky’s newest monitor, “pray4dagang,” which arrived at midnight on Apple Music. On the KayCyy-assisted file, the ASAP Mob frontman mirrored on how a lot life has modified since he “came back home.”

“I pray my son pick up my traits and not my ways / Pray for myself, hope I don’t get in my own way,” Rocky spat over James Blake’s manufacturing. “pray4dagang” marked the newest in a string of singles he is dropped over the previous 12 months, together with “HIGHJACK” and “Ruby Rosary.”