Don't Be Dumb
Don’t Be Dumb is the fourth studio album from New York rapper and creative visionary A$AP Rocky, arriving eight years after his genre-flipping and experimental 2018 full-length Testing. A$AP Rocky’s contributions to rap in the early 2010s helped shift the genre on the whole, bringing cloud rap production touches to club-ready anthems for sounds that were exciting and at times unprecedented. Rocky continues his tendency for searching throughout Don’t Be Dumb, bouncing quickly from heavy trap and rage rap tracks to styles that seem wildly unconventional on a rap record.
His lyrical prowess is as strong as ever, with clever wordplay and ample charisma on the slow-moving, bass-heavy thickness of “Helicopter” and the distorted rage production of “Stole Ya Flow.” Rocky veers into new territory as often as he offers up conventional rap songs on Don’t Be Dumb. The most striking examples of this are out-of-nowhere left turns like the jazzy, Doechii-featuring “Robbery,” the distorted synth attack and melodramatic beat switch into cinematic soul on “Air Force (Black Demarco),” and “Punk Rocky,” a song which doesn’t resemble classic punk rock as much as it does the reverb-heavy indie sounds of the Captured Tracks roster circa 2011. The album also includes cameos from Gorillaz, Brent Faiyaz, Jessica Pratt, and Tyler, The Creator, with tracks that value exploration and expression and deliver hooks that defy expectations.
While this kind of creative abandon is standard for A$AP Rocky, Don’t Be Dumb is a more cohesive collection than the chaotic and often-confused Testing. The weird detours and stylistic wanderlust result in an album that somehow makes a lot of sense as a larger statement, with all the dissimilar sounds contributing to a listening experience that demands attention and doesn’t let go once it takes hold.
Tracklist
ORDER OF PROTECTION
HELICOPTER
INTERROGATION (SKIT)
STOLE YA FLOW
STAY HERE 4 LIFE
PLAYA
NO TRESPASSING
STOP SNITCHING
STFU
PUNK ROCKY
AIR FORCE (BLACK DEMARCO)
WHISKEY (RELEASE ME)
ROBBERY
DON’T BE DUMB / TRIP BABY
THE END
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Don’t Be Dumb is the fourth studio album from New York rapper and creative visionary A$AP Rocky, arriving eight years after his genre-flipping and experimental 2018 full-length Testing. A$AP Rocky’s contributions to rap in the early 2010s helped shift the genre on the whole, bringing cloud rap production touches to club-ready anthems for sounds that were exciting and at times unprecedented. Rocky continues his tendency for searching throughout Don’t Be Dumb, bouncing quickly from heavy trap and rage rap tracks to styles that seem wildly unconventional on a rap record.
His lyrical prowess is as strong as ever, with clever wordplay and ample charisma on the slow-moving, bass-heavy thickness of “Helicopter” and the distorted rage production of “Stole Ya Flow.” Rocky veers into new territory as often as he offers up conventional rap songs on Don’t Be Dumb. The most striking examples of this are out-of-nowhere left turns like the jazzy, Doechii-featuring “Robbery,” the distorted synth attack and melodramatic beat switch into cinematic soul on “Air Force (Black Demarco),” and “Punk Rocky,” a song which doesn’t resemble classic punk rock as much as it does the reverb-heavy indie sounds of the Captured Tracks roster circa 2011. The album also includes cameos from Gorillaz, Brent Faiyaz, Jessica Pratt, and Tyler, The Creator, with tracks that value exploration and expression and deliver hooks that defy expectations.
While this kind of creative abandon is standard for A$AP Rocky, Don’t Be Dumb is a more cohesive collection than the chaotic and often-confused Testing. The weird detours and stylistic wanderlust result in an album that somehow makes a lot of sense as a larger statement, with all the dissimilar sounds contributing to a listening experience that demands attention and doesn’t let go once it takes hold.
Tracklist
ORDER OF PROTECTION
HELICOPTER
INTERROGATION (SKIT)
STOLE YA FLOW
STAY HERE 4 LIFE
PLAYA
NO TRESPASSING
STOP SNITCHING
STFU
PUNK ROCKY
AIR FORCE (BLACK DEMARCO)
WHISKEY (RELEASE ME)
ROBBERY
DON’T BE DUMB / TRIP BABY
THE END
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Don’t Be Dumb is the fourth studio album from New York rapper and creative visionary A$AP Rocky, arriving eight years after his genre-flipping and experimental 2018 full-length Testing. A$AP Rocky’s contributions to rap in the early 2010s helped shift the genre on the whole, bringing cloud rap production touches to club-ready anthems for sounds that were exciting and at times unprecedented. Rocky continues his tendency for searching throughout Don’t Be Dumb, bouncing quickly from heavy trap and rage rap tracks to styles that seem wildly unconventional on a rap record.
His lyrical prowess is as strong as ever, with clever wordplay and ample charisma on the slow-moving, bass-heavy thickness of “Helicopter” and the distorted rage production of “Stole Ya Flow.” Rocky veers into new territory as often as he offers up conventional rap songs on Don’t Be Dumb. The most striking examples of this are out-of-nowhere left turns like the jazzy, Doechii-featuring “Robbery,” the distorted synth attack and melodramatic beat switch into cinematic soul on “Air Force (Black Demarco),” and “Punk Rocky,” a song which doesn’t resemble classic punk rock as much as it does the reverb-heavy indie sounds of the Captured Tracks roster circa 2011. The album also includes cameos from Gorillaz, Brent Faiyaz, Jessica Pratt, and Tyler, The Creator, with tracks that value exploration and expression and deliver hooks that defy expectations.
While this kind of creative abandon is standard for A$AP Rocky, Don’t Be Dumb is a more cohesive collection than the chaotic and often-confused Testing. The weird detours and stylistic wanderlust result in an album that somehow makes a lot of sense as a larger statement, with all the dissimilar sounds contributing to a listening experience that demands attention and doesn’t let go once it takes hold.
Tracklist
ORDER OF PROTECTION
HELICOPTER
INTERROGATION (SKIT)
STOLE YA FLOW
STAY HERE 4 LIFE
PLAYA
NO TRESPASSING
STOP SNITCHING
STFU
PUNK ROCKY
AIR FORCE (BLACK DEMARCO)
WHISKEY (RELEASE ME)
ROBBERY
DON’T BE DUMB / TRIP BABY
THE END
