All this is to say: ASAPвЂ™s managed to reflect a whole lot of ideas and visions through his persona, and thatвЂ™s a lot for one young guy to take on. His videos are ecstatically fashionable, mesmeric things, and theyвЂ™re compulsively watchable. ThatвЂ™s definitively uncool, but it also serves to remind the world of DipsetвЂ™s dominant mid-decade run, and many of us have fond memories of that moment, to the point where shithead antics like that donвЂ™t end up hurting ASAP, career-wise. His crew also brings unapologetic Harlem-hardhead goon tendencies they beat down a soundman at the FADER Fort during CMJ like they were Coolio in Minneapolis in 1992 (never forget) and, from what IвЂ™m told, sent the poor guy to the hospital. Instead, he absorbs and internalizes aesthetic influences from across rapвЂ™s geographic landscape, he links up with the genreвЂ™s most blogged-about young producers, and he pays tribute to historic rap scenes (Houston, Memphis) that New York was happy to ignore until very recently. Here we have a young New York rapper - one who was actually named after NY rap god Rakim at birth - who claims not to like New York rap. So in his vertiginous ascent, ASAP has captured a lot of imaginations and become a screen onto which a whole lot of people have projected their hopes and fears about the dawning internet-rap age. He did that on the strength of a couple of viral videos, and thatвЂ™s pretty much unheard of, even in the age of Tumblr rap. Before heвЂ™d even released this mixtape, heвЂ™d landed a reportedly ridiculously lucrative record deal and an opening spot on DrakeвЂ™s upcoming big tour. And, as luck would have it, his long-awaited debut mixtape delivers.ДЄSAP Rocky is a big deal. ASAP Rocky is probably the most hyped-up new rapper of the year heвЂ™s generated more conversation than even, like, Kreayshawn. But the Halloween tape thatвЂ™s left the biggest impression on me is also the one that was the subject of a ton of discussion before anyone had a chance to hear it. Bogus Boys tape is mind-crushing if thatвЂ™s the case, maybe IвЂ™ll write about it in this space next week.

And IвЂ™m sure some of what I havenвЂ™t heard is great itвЂ™s entirely possible that, say, the new L.E.P. Already, thereвЂ™s been a whole lot of good stuff the new Freddie Gibbs tape A Cold Day In Hell, for instance, is the sort of rock-solid, technically adept Midwestern gangsta rap that weвЂ™ve come to expect from the man, and itвЂ™s well worth your hard-drive space.

As luck would have it, Halloween was also the day I moved to a new town, which means I still havenвЂ™t had time to check out too many of those tapes. She was on her way to meet her beau ASAP Rocky for dinner before heading over to his recording studio.For whatever reason, Halloween was the day when just about half the rappers currently working decided to release mixtapes.

Rihanna certainly looked fashionable as she strutted down the streets of New York City. The rest of the вЂњUmbrellaвЂќ singerвЂ™s outfit was just as trendy as she sported a black leather jacket with a crinkled pattern, a blue top and ripped jeans. The designer shoes are almost a sneaker-boot-hybrid as the bottom half of the shoe had shoelaces, a velcro snap and grey and black paneling while the top half had a beautiful black butterfly design and went up to her mid-calf. The Fenty Beauty founder rocked some white Louis Vuitton boots with a hefty $4k price tag as she walked through the coating of snow. Rihanna, 33, stepped out in some fancy footwear for a date with her boyfriend ASAP Rocky, 33 on Sunday, Jan 16. Rihanna proved she has refined taste as she rocked a $4k pair of white boots with a beautiful black butterfly design on her way to dinner with ASAP Rocky in NYC.

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