“Swipe Life” sees Rozay and Ferg boast about their riches from the comfort of the club VIP area. Missy aside, Always Strive and Prosper runs the typical major rap label playbook of guest stars. It’s music for when you’re too drunk or stoned to take in anything but a thumping beat.Īn ASAP Ferg-Missy Elliott collaboration sounds interesting on paper, but not even a guest spot from the greatest club commander of them all can get “Strive” to ignite. “Strive” opens with some smooth 16-bit jazz before building into the kind of faceless club joint indistinguishable from the hundreds of other late-night dance floor numbers. “Hungry Ham” reunites Skrillex with the mob after Rocky’s “Wild For the Night”, but the wacky electronics that made that track such a riot are replaced by stuttering, jittery yelps that grate on the ear. A lot of songs here will crush leaner joints when played back-to-back on the radio, but aren’t much fun when you turn up the dial. It’s the classic reach-for-radio play that feels forced and ill-suited. Stylistically, it’s a giant leap from Ferg’s RCA debut, and its concrete walls and blood-soaked narratives, as he tries to balance his own of brand knuckle-duster rap with bombastic EDM, slinky R&B, and other more chart-friendly sounds. Always Strive and Prosper is a record with widescreen dreams. Maybe Ferg could be the rap Kato, the Green Hornet’s loyal accomplice who pulled off the mask, jumped over a continent, and became the most lauded martial arts star of them all: Bruce Lee. Plus, he’s kind of weird, making hard-as-nails gangster rap tinted with an appealing irreverence. The Harlemite won’t accept his fate as second in command, and why should he? His granite voice and formidable flow channel the spirits of Biggie, Big L, and a dozen other New York legends. Positioned himself as the most likely member of ASAP Mob to harness the brand into a singular rap career. So what of ASAP Ferg? As and the sadly departed Yams helped usher in a new wave of East Coast inventiveness with their hollowed-out, Southern-washed sound, Darold Ferguson, Jr. Drop Ferg back into the brutality of Trap Lord, an album that was a far more. ASAP Ferg Album: Trap Lord Released: 2013 Style. It’s just that their legacy will always be shackled to another.Ī$AP Ferg – Trap Lord (2013) Sunday, August 12. And it’s tough to gauge Pippen’s accomplishments without stacking them next to Jordan’s. G-Unit made being 50 Cent’s weed carrier a viable career move.
Juelz could (and should) have been a star, but he could never have been Killa Cam. It’s damn near impossible when you’ve already been pegged as the deputy. Making that giant step from supporting star to leading man is a tough thing to do.
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