European hip-hop is often overlooked, but this LP is one of the most impressive releases in a year dominated by quality American and British rap music.Ĭontinue reading: Sam Bennett's Top 10 Hip Hop Albums Of 2015 With a rapid delivery, raw energy and quality production, BlabberMouf spits with a unique charisma that sets him apart from the competition. Da BlabberMouf LP sounds as if it was recorded back in '95, and has been lost to the world until now. It's rare that a rapper can sound so authentically nineties. I'm in the club getting lifted like the world cup) make Danz's album one you can constantly revisit and repeatedly enjoy.ĭutch MC BlabberMouf's 2015 solo album is a breath of fresh air. The vivid imagery, hard-hitting eclectic production and a vast array of quotable punchlines (e.g. The producer/rapper released his debut solo LP Ouija Slang through Sheffield based independent label Bad Taste Records. Jack Danz is one third of Defenders of Style, leading exports of the West Yorkshire hip-hop scene (alongside Joe Snow and Prys) who also dropped their excellent The Death Of Meaning album this year. His charges were later changed to the lesser crime of attempted grand larceny and the assault charge was dropped. He was later charged with assault and robbery because he tried to snatch the photographers' cameras. Personal Life: A$AP Rocky was arrested in 2012 after attacking a man in a clothing store in New York as well as two members of the paparazzi who filmed the incident.
His other works include the mixtape 'Lord$ Never Worry' which he worked on with A$AP Mob and released as a free download. The album reached number 1 on the US Album chart as well as the R&B and Rap charts and even the UK R&B chart. ASAP' in 2013 with his UK charting track 'Goldie' as the lead single. In September, he made a guest appearance at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards during Rihanna's song 'Cockiness (Love It)'. Before an expected appearance on 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon', he was arrested for fighting a 21-year-old in Manhattan and subsequently didn't appear on the show until a month later. He later alleged that they were copying Raider's style and stole some of their lyrics. In that year, his A$AP Mob associate A$AP Twelvyy was accused by Rocky's former collaborator SpaceGhostPurrp (of Raider Klan) of attacking Raider Klan's Matt Stoops and Space subsequently made a YouTube video to show he was severing ties with the A$AP collective. He later also performed at Pitchfork Music Festival. In 2012, he opened for Drake on his Club Paradise Tour alongside Kendrick Lamar. In December of that year, he became a nominee for the BBC's annual 'Sound of 2012' poll. ASAP' which got him signed with RCA Records and Polo Grounds Music. He was approached by various record labels after unveiling a music video for his track 'Purple Swag' and soon released debut mixtape 'Live. Soon afterwards, his single 'Peso' was leaked and ended up hitting the Hot 97 New York radio station as well as charting on the US R&B chart. In 2011, a compilation of his YouTube hits entitled 'Deep Purple' was released by a Parisian fan. The acronym has a variety of meanings including 'Always Strive and Prosper', 'Assassinating Snitches and Police' and 'Acronym Symbolizing Any Purpose'.
Musical career: A$AP Rocky was part of a hip hop collective in 2007 called the A$AP Mob. He started rapping at 8-years-old, inspired by the likes of The Diplomats, Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan, Run DMC and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. This experience and his growing up made him want to go into rapping as a career. His brother was killed near his apartment when he was 13. His father was jailed for drug offences when he was 12. Childhood: A$AP Rocky was born in Harlem, New York City and brought up around Manhattan, including living in a shelter with his mother, before moving to Elmwood Park, New Jersey.