GQ: "A$AP Rocky Is the Prettiest Man Alive" - Morrissey reportedly features on new A$AP Rocky album (May 19, 2021)

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"Two new important creative partners are likely to be found on All Smiles. The first is Morrissey.


Morrissey! Rocky, it turns out, is a huge fan, and he's been working remotely with the Pope of Mope over the past year. The former Smiths frontman has been writing, producing, and contributing vocals to the new record, Rocky says. 'Anything you need him to do, he show up and do.'"

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Related item:

• A$AP Rocky would like to work with Morrissey - April 13, 2018

Media items:

• Pitchfork: A$AP Rocky Says Morrissey Is On His New Album All Smiles - May 19, 2021
• NME: A$AP Rocky says Rihanna and Morrissey have worked on his upcoming new album - May 19, 2021

 

[Deleted member 28251]

Are you tight Hovis
Hope your gonna kick off some more..
Your even more amusing

To get wi-fi I couldn’t see the match! I desperately hope this ASAP story is true; I find it all completely plausible.

 

[Deleted member 28251]

Besides the 'producer' credits on Smiths' products attributed to Morrissey and 'audio production' for later reissues;
I believe one he was definitely more 'hands on' in a production sense was The Return of the New York Dolls: Live from Royal Festival Hall, 2004 which has a great sound to it.
Quite the meeting of worlds.
FWD.

I had a ‘Golden Pass’ which excluded me from the first gig. I’m still bitter.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

Morrissey will also be on the next Death Grips release.

would be awesome! Luv their stuff.

 

[Deleted member 28251]

would be awesome! Luv their stuff.

And he could collaborate with Bassey!

 

[BrokenFrame]

I thought Morrissey hated rap music anyway.

 

[Deleted member 28251]

I thought Morrissey hated rap music anyway.

I remember his admiration for Slim Shady.

 

[Deleted member 28251]

Reel, you & I are going to a rap gig!

 

[Carlisle baz]

I remember his admiration for Slim Shady.

The real slim shady ???

 

[Deleted member 28251]

Arrrrrghhhh. This still feels good!

 

[Carlisle baz]

Arrrrrghhhh. This still feels good!

Good lad ... down another one for your Carlisle fans

 

[Anonymous]

Can't wait to see "man shiiiiii this morrissey dude is lowkey fire though, old head really pullin out the stops on this beat bro" under every Morrissey song on YouTube. Bizarre collaboration.

 

[Verso]

I thought Morrissey hated rap music anyway.

This is a purely strategic maneuver that obviously has very little to do with Morrissey’s interest in hip-hop (or lack thereof). I’m sure it’ll be cringe-inducing.

Happy to eat my words, though.

 

[Deleted member 29417]

I thought Morrissey hated rap music anyway.

He likes the lyrics.

He just prefers singing.

 

[Carlisle baz]

This is a purely strategic maneuver that obviously has very little to do with Morrissey’s interest in hip-hop (or lack thereof). I’m sure it’ll be cringe-inducing.

Happy to eat my words, though.

If this actually comes off then I’ll give you two slices of Hovis brown bread.....
You know fine well how things like this just diminish, falter then stall..

Time will prove everything...

 

[Deleted member 29417]

This is a purely strategic maneuver that obviously has very little to do with Morrissey’s interest in hip-hop (or lack thereof). I’m sure it’ll be cringe-inducing.

Happy to eat my words, though.

There's nothing strategic about Morrissey - he talked about rap years ago & it's Rocky who revealed the news. Morrissey, as usual, is drifting about being Morrissey.

He was gushing about Sameer Gadhai - who was on California Son! - at the exact same time everyone was calling him a horrendous racist. And he & his team didn't use it to take the heat off him at all... which, in a way, is nice. Sameer can be sure it's true. Morrissey really does rate him as highly as Elvis.

 

[Verso]

There's nothing strategic about Morrissey - he talked about rap years ago & it's Rocky who revealed the news. Morrissey, as usual, is drifting about being Morrissey.

He was gushing about Sameer Gadhai - who was on California Son! - at the exact same time everyone was calling him a horrendous racist. And he & his team didn't use it to take the heat off him at all... which, in a way, is nice. Sameer can be sure it's true. Morrissey really does rate him as highly as Elvis.

Please. I’d love to hear Morrissey recite one lyric from a contemporary rap track or even name a single act that he admires. This slid across his desk and he said yes —- an opportunity for good optics that, for once, he took advantage of.

 

[Vegan Cro Spirit .777]

It's not that important if you like it or if it's successful. It's healthy for musicians to work with other musicians and be exposed to different methods, techniques, and styles.
I love the reviews of music that no one has heard yet but maybe the important thing is that Morrissey is a working musician.

WTF? how can there be reviews of music that 'NO ONE
HAS HEARD YET?

 

[Skylarker]

I'm sorry, no one in the UK has heard of this 'artist' and it will mean nothing

Figures you'd say something racist like that

 

[Deleted member 29417]

Please. I’d love to hear Morrissey recite one lyric from a contemporary rap track or even name a single act that he admires. This slid across his desk and he said yes —- an opportunity for good optics that, for once, he took advantage of.

I already posted what he said about rap in 2015 - he admires Fear of A Black Planet.



Girl Afraid noticed he's been playing Ice Cube before shows.



Plus Rocky wants to do something retro - so that would appeal.

 

[Vegan Cro Spirit .777]

a heavy hit to skinny and
the
radish and BGV dont know if to rap or not rap.
they are 'stuck on yellow and red, blind to
the 3 shades of orange'