*UPDATE: After this story went to press, The New York Times reported that A$AP Yams died of an accidental drug overdose. "And I hope I get to do it for a very long time." "I’m named after Rakim, and I’m finally facing what it means: I was born to do this shit," he says. Like slang for ’Allah.’ It’s the return of the god MC." Rocky leans way in, as if letting me in on a secret. "I’m claiming ownership of my legacy," Rocky says, sitting up on the rooftop banquette. Like Rocky declares on one work-in-progress track he played for me: The new me gon’ take some getting used to. Fox played them a song, and now he pops up all over the new album. With influences spanning from 2Pac and Big L to Big Pun and Eminem, Strick has embraced his lyrically-gifted predecessors since the onset of his career. on a Tuesday and this guy walked up holding a guitar," says Rocky’s longtime collaborator Hector Delgado of Clockwork Studios. "We were literally wandering the streets at 4 a.m. And an unknown Brit named Joe Fox, whom Rocky met near the studio. Sure, there’s Rocky’s signature jet-setting swag and the usual fashion shout-outs, but you can also hear psychedelic ’60s London and introspection. But At.$AP was born in London (at Red Bull Studios), and you can hear it. recording studio where Tom Waits, Beck, and Elvis Costello created hits. What I do know is that right now he’s recording two songs with Danger Mouse at Sound Factory, the wavy L.A. He and his camp won’t share many details, given that his first label album, $AP, leaked before its January 2013 release date-a fiduciary buzzkill, given the colossal hype coming off his mixtape the year before. Rocky’s more aware of the pressure than ever with his second album, At.Long.Last.
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