A$AP Rocky album news ... will it feature Morrissey?

[Johnny]

Was never going to happen.

 

[gordyboy9]

as soon as possible rocky-what a name.
there must be a tracklisting which would show the details.

 

[gashonthenail]

He first mentioned wanting to work with Moz back in 2018. It was either all just fluff to try to get Moz to work with him, or he was smoking too much, or he and Moz did go on to work together in some form, given the GQ interview about Moz 'doing what he needs him to do'. If that third option is the case, whether it will still appear on the album is anyone's guess.

(Very brief) Moz mention from about 28 minutes in:

 

[BookishBoy]

More delays on Rocky's forthcoming album, which probably doesn't feature Moz anyway...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly8710ge35o

 

[The Alchemist]

I still think this quote from Rocky in the original GQ article from 2021 is one of the funniest things anyone's ever said about Morrissey:

“Anything you need him to do, he show up and do.”

Yea, apparently Morrissey cleaned his pool out and then after lunch, helped rehome his chihuahua.

 

[Young And Alive]

Yea, apparently Morrissey cleaned his pool out and then after lunch, helped rehome his chihuahua.

He cooed for an hour.

 

[gashonthenail]

More delays on Rocky's forthcoming album, which probably doesn't feature Moz anyway...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly8710ge35o

Maybe Moz has done a Miley and insisted that his voice is taken off the album track?

 

[RobLand]

Pitchfork says "The album also apparently features Morrissey"

A$AP Rocky Delays Album, Shares New “Highjack” Video

The rapper has bumped his long-awaited Don’t Be Dumb from August 30 into the autumn

pitchfork.com

 

[BookishBoy]

Confirmation that the album will indeed feature Morrissey, from this fascinating, in-depth Billboard profile of Rocky:

https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/asap-rocky-billboard-cover-1235757713/

Relevant section:

Don’t Be Dumb will still feature the kinds of collaborators Rocky’s fans expect, like rapper and friend Tyler, The Creator, and an all-star roster of producers including Pharrell Williams, Mike Dean, Hitkidd, Madlib and Metro Boomin, as well as some they most definitely won’t, like Morrissey. But getting such a crew on your album when you’re as famous and renowned as Rocky isn’t a feat; the hard part is making all of those disparate sounds work together to make something cohesive and accessible.

 

[BookishBoy]

Might be totally wrong about this, but if you listen to this track from around 2:15 onwards, you get a sense of what Rocky *might* do with a voice like Morrissey's. (In this instance, the guest vocals are from the amazing Jessica Pratt.) It's gorgeous.

 

[goinghome]

Might be totally wrong about this, but if you listen to this track from around 2:15 onwards, you get a sense of what Rocky *might* do with a voice like Morrissey's. (In this instance, the guest vocals are from the amazing Jessica Pratt.) It's gorgeous.

The sound does become gorgeous but could you imagine Morrissey writing lyrics like that? Lucifer Sam posted those of another A$AP Rocky song in the poetry thread - https://www.morrissey-solo.com/thre...rissey-flavour.150782/page-10#post-1987607913

Instructive! Is it like a language, with code that can be better deciphered by the in-group?

 

[JoeSellMozza]

Is there finally a release date for the album?

 

[BookishBoy]

Is there finally a release date for the album?

Nothing official that I've seen yet, but at this point I'm expecting it to "drop" rather suddenly...

 

[Ashley_TakeABow]

Is there finally a release date for the album?

Apparently...

It probably will just be "all-of-a-sudden" as BookishBoy basically said.
It says original release was August.
The curse of BOT?

 

[From the left]

Will Diddy invite ASAP for a party?

 

[thejusticecode]

ASAP Rocky is garbage.

 

[BookishBoy]

From a new cover interview with A$AP Rocky in W magazine (including v stylish photos taken by Rihanna):

Don’t Be Dumb sees Rocky experimenting with his sound more than ever. “If you take indie, mix it with classical, mix it with vintage Memphis meets Dipset meets Wu-Tang, that’s where I grab a lot of inspiration from,” he says. That swirl of influences—which also includes silent films from 1930s Germany and bands like Portishead (the rapper has been listening to them a lot lately)—can be clearly felt on the track “Hood Happy,” which features Busta Rhymes, Flavor Flav, Slick Rick, Fatman Scoop, and Morrissey. Of course, his musings on fatherhood make their way onto the record as well, but Rocky is not sure he’d call this album more personal than his past works.

 

[BookishBoy]

In completely predictable news, not only is A$AP Rocky having Morrissey on his upcoming album, but he may be about to buy Tranmere Rovers, too.

 

[trans]

somebody tell all these black people that morrisseys a racist since they dont seem to know. as a longtime fan i think this is the most unexpected and intriguing thing from morrissey world just cause it seems so impossible and i for the life of me cant bring to mind what its gonna sound like. guessing hell do the chorus but ive no idea

 

[T. H. Auden]

In completely predictable news, not only is A$AP Rocky having Morrissey on his upcoming album, but he may be about to buy Tranmere Rovers, too.

If he have so much money, maybe he can buy BOT and WMTWD and release them too?