 Genius Meanings
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A$AP Rocky – LVL
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A$AP Rocky’s fourth track off his debut studio album, Long.Live.A$AP. The meaning of the song’s title is levels, as he explained here.
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A$AP Rocky – L$D
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This song and accompanying video were released on May 19 by Lil B on Twitter. Rocky later tweeted “THANK YOU BASED GOD.”
The song is both an ode to the drug LSD (commonly known as
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. Joe Fox & Kanye West) – Jukebox Joints
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This song is the first collaboration between two of hip-hop’s most fashion famous emcees.
The song samples an Indonesian song by Rasela, titled “Doa Untuk Kasih”, as well as “Much
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. Mark Ronson, Miguel & Rod Stewart) – Everyday
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This song follows Rocky’s releases “Multiply” and “M'$” as the first official single for his album At.Long.Last.A$AP. Rocky stated the former two records would not appear on his
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. BONES) – Canal St.
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Canal Street is a famous crosstown street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It’s a source for tourists to cop bootleg merchandise and is also a favorite location for arts and
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. Future, Joe Fox & M.I.A.) – Fine Whine
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This song is an ode to “lean” and broken relationships. Rocky, M.I.A. & Future have all been through breakups recently: Rocky with Chanel Iman , M.I.A. with Benjamin Bronfman
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A$AP Rocky – Long Live A$AP
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This is his title track off his album LONG.LIVE.A$AP. Here he breaks down some of the aspects of the video he directed.
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. Joe Fox) – Holy Ghost
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This song interpolates the Coen brothers movie O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000) and makes use of strong religious imagery. The Holy Ghost is a title for the third figure in the
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A$AP Rocky – Peso
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Acting as the lead single for the mixtape Live.Love.A$AP, “Peso” was considered by many as Rocky’s breakout song. In an interview with The New York Times (who stated the track was
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. Joe Fox) – Pharsyde
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Rocky, amidst contemplations of his sex life, bank account and drug use throughout the album, returns to Harlem in ‘Pharsyde’. He reflects on the difficulty of growing up in the
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. Santigold) – Hell
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[Intro: ASAP Rocky] / Uh, uh / [Verse 1: ASAP Rocky] / We use to wear rugged boots, now it's all tailored suits / Audemars Piguets for my criminal recruits / Champagne flutes
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A$AP Rocky – Phoenix
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In this song Rocky looks deep into his career, the affects it’s having on him, and how things could’ve been much worse off. He looks at society as a whole, and at the people that
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A$AP Rocky – Sandman
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“Sandman” is the outro and sole bonus track from the 2021 re-release of Rocky’s debut mixtape Live.Love.A$AP.
The song is sonically reminiscent of Rocky’s early, cloud-rap
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A$AP Rocky – Goldie
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First single off of Rocky’s much-anticipated, freshman album Long.Live.A$AP.
It may be called Goldie as that was the name of the pimp in The Mack.
Fun Fact: According to Hit-Boy
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. 2 Chainz, Drake & Kendrick Lamar) – Fuckin' Problems
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This all-star posse cut showcases three distinctive rappers trying to out-stunt each other on the subject of fucking “bad bitches.” Rocky called the song a “reunion” of Drake’s
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. Juicy J & UGK) – Wavybone
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Track 12 off Rocky’s second album At.Long.Last.A$AP.
The title of this track is named after the late great A$AP YAMS Instagram username @wavybone
“Could I Be Falling In Love” by
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. Joe Fox) – Max B
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This track is inspired by Harlem rapper, Max B. Max B is good friends with famous French Montana, whose intro song on his debut album touched on Max B’s situation.
Max B was given
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A$AP Rocky – Fashion Killa
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With countless references to style and fashion, this track illustrates that Rocky’s not only on top of the fashion game, but also paints a picture of how he wants his perfect girl
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. Skepta) – Praise the Lord (Da Shine)
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“Praise the Lord (Da Shine)” is the 5th track from A$AP Rocky’s third studio album, TESTING.
This song marks the third collaboration between Rocky and Skepta, following 2016’s “
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A$AP Rocky Professes His Love For Rihanna In New Song “D.M.B.”
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The parents-to-be get married in the music video.
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A$AP Rocky – Changes
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On “Changes,” Rocky describes coping with metamorphoses of life, rapping about how his previous lovers all believe he has changed, and vice versa.
The track contains a sample of “
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. Birdy Nam Nam & Skrillex) – Wild for the Night
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Acting as Long.Live.ASAP’s third single, this track marked Rocky’s first collaboration with his friend Skrillex. In an interview with Fuse he stated that they’d “wanted to work
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A$AP Rocky – Purple Swag
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About recording the song, Rocky told Complex:
We definitely recorded that shit in some small ass closet. I was getting high. I was high as a kite. On some purple drink, purple
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. ScHoolboy Q) – PMW (All I Really Need)
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[Verse 1: A$AP Rocky] / All I think about is life, nights, sipping on Sprite / Little codeine, nigga get throwed right / Two blonde dykes wanna kiss all night / I just pray to God
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. ScHoolboy Q) – Electric Body
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Rocky and ScHoolboy Q have previously collaborated on songs like “PMW,” “Hands on the Wheel,” “Californication,” and “Brand New Guy.”
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Nigo & A$AP Rocky – Arya
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On January 17, 2020, A$AP Rocky previewed a snippet of “Arya” via his Instagram story. In the video, he flexed his new A$AP Yams chain in honor of Yams Day 2020, a ceremony which
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A$AP Rocky – D.M.B.
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On “D.M.B.” (also stylized as DAT$ MAH B!*$H), A$AP Rocky utilizes chopped-and-screwed vocals to declare his love for drugs and women.
The song was first previewed in an
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Mura Masa (Ft. A$AP Rocky) – Love$ick
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A$AP Rocky collaborates with Mura Masa to produce this remix of Mura’s popular song “Lovesick.“ The original version went viral on Spotify in early 2016.
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. FKA twigs) – Fukk Sleep
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“Fukk Sleep” is the fourth song on A$AP Rocky’s third studio album TESTING. “Fukk Sleep” marks the first time Rocky has worked with FKA twigs. In the song, Rocky talks about his
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A$AP Rocky Talks About Opening Up On Frank Ocean Collaboration “Purity”
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“I want to be genuine, I want to be real.”
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. Action Bronson, Big K.R.I.T., Danny Brown, Joey Bada$$, Kendrick Lamar & Yelawolf) – 1Train
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Featuring a slew of upcoming popular MCs over a beat crafted by Hit-Boy—the producer behind “Niggas in Paris”—"1Train" was the most anticipated track for many prior to the release
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Metro Boomin & A$AP Rocky (Ft. Takeoff) – Feel The Fiyaaaah
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In “Feel The Fiyaaaah,” Metro Boomin recruits A$AP Rocky and the late Takeoff for a slow-tempo trap song in which A$AP and Takeoff make correlations between several viral events
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A$AP Rocky – Babushka Boi
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“Babushka” is Russian for “grandmother” or “elderly woman,” and it’s also a type of Russian headscarf tied under the chin, traditionally worn by women from Eastern Europe. In
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A$AP Rocky – Kids Turned Out Fine
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“Kids Turned Out Fine” is a comforting song. Rocky is telling adults and parents not to worry about how their children will turn out in life. He’s letting them know that, although
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Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky & Roisee – Am I Dreaming
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“Am I Dreaming” is the welcome afterglow to the 2023 euphoric animated superhero film, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The song opens with inspired strings before welcoming
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