Key Takeaways:

• A$AP Rocky’s visitor verses typically outshine the primary artists, providing standout moments throughout his profession.
• His collaborations span genres and generations, that includes icons like Rihanna, Skepta and J. Cole.
• The listing highlights how Rocky’s type and lyrical presence have advanced throughout completely different eras of hip hop.

Although he’s typically stepped away from music to deal with trend, appearing, and most significantly, fatherhood, A$AP Rocky’s discography is stuffed with memorable options and moments.

The “Fashion Killa” hitmaker is liable for a few of the biggest rap collaborations of the 2010s, from “F**kin’ Problems” with Drake and Kendrick Lamar, to posse cuts like “1Train,” and past. When it involves options, Rocky incessantly outshines himself — and within the course of, even others. We’ve seen him present out on tracks like Playboi Carti’s “New Choppa,” ScHoolboy Q’s “Hands on the Wheel,” and Future and Metro Boomin’s “Show of Hands,” the place he clearly had a few things to get off his chest.

With a rapper like Rocky, who’s spent a lot of his profession placing different artists on and lending out his pen, narrowing down the highlights is much from a straightforward job. Still, we gave it our greatest shot. Below, revisit 16 of the Harlem rapper’s finest options and collabs — in no specific order — and you should definitely inform us what we missed.

1. “RAF” with Quavo, Lil Uzi Vert, Frank Ocean and Playboi Carti

Rocky getting Quavo, Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert and Frank Ocean all on the identical observe might be the musical collaboration equal of successful the lottery. While the official launch solely included Carti on the ad-libs, “RAF” nonetheless arrived with not one, however two verses from the “Thinkin Bout You” artist, plus Rocky name-dropping all types of designers. Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy was virtually too good to rap followers.

2. “F**kin’ Problems” with 2 Chainz, Drake and Kendrick Lamar

Housed on LONG.LIVE.A$AP, “F**kin’ Problems” is arguably certainly one of Rocky’s finest posse cuts, rivaled solely by “1Train” (which we’ll get to later). 2 Chainz dealt with the hook, whereas the Harlem rapper, Drake and Kendrick Lamar all went completely loopy on the 40-produced instrumental. It’s laborious to think about a collaboration like this occurring once more — a minimum of not with out some severe reconciliation occurring — particularly after the Drake-Lamar rap feud in 2024, when the Canadian star alluded to sleeping with Rocky’s child mama, Rihanna, on “Family Matters.”

3. “Work REMIX” with A$FERG, French Montana, Trinidad James and ScHoolboy Q

With French Montana, Trinidad James and ScHoolboy Q all getting their verses in earlier than him, Rocky may’ve very simply been overshadowed on “Work REMIX.” However, he rattling close to out-rapped everybody on the track together with his pretty-boy bars and Magic City shout-out. Rocky and A$AP Ferg — or FERG, as he later determined to go by — have been one thing particular within the 2010s.

4. “No Limit” with G-Eazy and Cardi B

Although Cardi B’s show-stopping visitor verse is undoubtedly the rationale G-Eazy’s “No Limit” took off the way in which it did, let’s not overlook that Rocky laid down the refrain. It would’ve been good to listen to him drop a verse, however all issues thought-about, entering into the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 is already lots.

5. “Show of Hands” with Future and Metro Boomin

On the subject of the Drake-Lamar feud, “Show of Hands” was one of many many tracks that rap followers acquired exterior of the 2 apparent essential opponents. Rocky bragged about bagging Rihanna earlier than claiming he slept with Drake’s child mama, Sophie Brussaux. “N**gas in they feelings over women, what, you hurt or somethin’? / I smashed before you birthed, son, Flacko hit it first, son,” he rapped.

6. “Praise The Lord (Da Shine)” with Skepta

A$AP Rocky’s TESTING was divisive at finest, however all that experimenting throughout his third studio LP did spawn a cross-continental hit: “Praise The Lord (Da Shine).” Maybe it’s due to his Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels reference, or the extremely easy hook courtesy of Skepta, but when we needed to guess, the flutes carried plenty of the attraction. And actually, who can overlook Big Smoke interpolating DMX in his visitor verse?

7. “1Train” with Joey Bada$$, Action Bronson, Danny Brown, Kendrick Lamar, Big Okay.R.I.T. and Yelawolf

As famous earlier, “1Train” is amongst Rocky’s finest posse cuts, due in no small half to Lamar, Joey Bada$$ and Big Okay.R.I.T. While we will debate all day about who had the perfect verse, it’s higher to pay attention above and resolve for your self. Fun truth: the “1Train” beat virtually went to Drake, who handed on it, in keeping with Hit-Boy.

8. “Cockiness (Love It) Remix” with Rihanna

Before they grew to become couple goals (and fogeys to a number of lovely kids), Rocky and Rihanna teamed up for the remix of her Talk That Talk standout “Cockiness (Love It).” Admittedly, none of us noticed his “Tell RiRi I am going re-retarded / On a remix, needed to re-record it” line coming, however hey, it is Rocky.

9. “Hands on the Wheel” with ScHoolboy Q

“Wait hold up, back in this motherf**kin’ b**ch once again / It’s the pretty motherf**ka with a 40 ounce of brew / My n**ga Q and we drunker than a b**ch,” Rocky opened his verse on “Hands on the Wheel.” It’s arguably certainly one of his all-time finest verses. And between ScHoolboy Q’s bars and the Lissie “Pursuit of Happiness” pattern operating within the background, it’s actually among the many rappers’ biggest collaborations.

10. “Shabba” with FERG

“Shabba” may be very a lot a non secular successor to FERG and Rocky’s chemistry on “Work REMIX.” With the observe named after Jamaican dancehall legend Shabba Ranks, the LIVE.LOVE.A$AP rapper dished out bars about Dominican, Caribbean and West Indian women, amongst different matters. Unfortunately, Rocky’s R. Kelly reference within the track has aged terribly, given every little thing that’s occurred with the R&B singer since.

11. “Who Dat Boy” with Tyler, The Creator

Tyler, The Creator and Rocky are a dynamic duo that, imagine it or not, almost formed a group known as Don’t Tap The Glass. While they by no means went with that title (although it did find yourself being Tyler’s ninth studio album), we did get them cementing their bond and bars on “Who Dat Boy,” together with loads of different songs. Across the Flower Boy reduce, Rocky referenced Vince Staples’ Summertime ‘06 and reminded us he’s rap’s best-dressed with a Gucci nod.

12. “M.P.A.” with Pusha T, Kanye West and The-Dream

Here’s one other track on which Rocky doesn’t contribute a lot; nonetheless, what he does add utterly modifications the power of the entire report. Pusha T’s “M.P.A.” (brief for “Money P**sy Alcohol”) discovered the Virginia native rapping in regards to the “three leading killers of you n**gas,” with Rocky becoming a member of Kanye West on the refrain.

13. “New Choppa” with Playboi Carti

While a handful of collaborations between the 2 have dropped since then, there’s not a lot that compares to Rocky and Carti linking up on “New Choppa.” Having taken the “Magnolia” artist underneath his wing early on, the A$AP Mob frontman tore by means of the second verse with full, rapid-fire supply. “New Choppa” is single-handedly liable for followers anticipating one other correct team-up from them within the years that adopted.

14. “Ruby Rosary” with J. Cole

Ahead of Rocky’s long-stalled fourth studio album, Don’t Be Dumb, he dropped off “Ruby Rosary” with a visitor look from J. Cole, who was winding down his 2024 function run. It’s in all probability no shock that, within the title of a very good track, Rocky ended up getting out-rapped by the North Carolina artist right here.

15. “Pretend” with Tinashe

Tinashe’s Aquarius period spawned so many bops, together with “2 On” and “Pretend,” the latter of which featured Rocky. Much just like the title suggests, the R&B singer needs her particular somebody to fake as in the event that they have been by no means collectively to convey some spark again into their relationship. Rocky later got here by means of with the male perspective. As talked about in his verse, the rapper may in all probability “find another lover by the next week.”

16. “URRRGE!!!!!!!!!!” with Doja Cat

Of all of the options we acquired within the 12 months or so main as much as Don’t Be Dumb, Doja Cat doubtless took Rocky probably the most out of his aspect, production-wise. Sampling Kingpin Skinny Pimp’s “Caught Them Tricks Slippin,” we acquired the New York mainstay name-dropping Blood Orange (aka Devonté Hynes) and Thugnificent from “The Boondocks.”