Asap Rocky - Goldie EP (Self-Released?, 2012)

Asap Rocky

Goldie EP

Self Released?

2012

Rating: 7 braided hairs out of 10

I'm sure I'm not the target market for this Asap Rocky release, but fuck it sounds really awesome to me right now.  Note - this "EP" is fifteen tracks and over fifty minutes long, so someone involved in making this has no idea what an EP really is.  This cat seems to walk a fine line between the money/bitches/bragging version of rap that makes up what rules the airwaves, and the more intellectual/conscious side of things.  A lot of the songs remind me of that slowed down "syrup" rap that Houston was putting out a few years back...it often feels like you're listening to a dragging record, but somehow it works.  Like on any hip hop record made these days, tons of well known guests - David Banner, Swizz Beats, Paul Wall, Bun B, Lloyd Banks, and more.  

As an added bonus, this appears to be a free, self-released mixtape - search by the name, plenty of links should pop up.  But this shit is good enough to pay for.