A$AP Rocky has revealed the tracklist for his new album Don’t Be Dumb forward of its long-awaited launch this Friday (January 16).
Dubbed “a real masterpiece by A$AP Rocky and his alter egos,” the undertaking options 15 songs together with the not too long ago launched “Helicopter$” and “Punk Rocky.”
Different tracks embody “Stole Ya Circulate,” “Cease Snitching” and “Whiskey (I’m Not Resisting),” all of which the Harlem rapper has carried out dwell lately.
Visitor options and producers stay beneath wraps for now, however Rocky has teased quite a lot of high-profile collaborators together with Tyler, The Creator, Metro Boomin and Busta Rhymes, amongst others.
There are additionally rumors that the elusive Frank Ocean will make a uncommon look on the music “Air Drive (Black DeMarco)” after its producer, Digital Nas, strongly hinted as much on X (previously Twitter) earlier this week.
UPDATE: A$AP Rocky has revealed the Don’t Be Dumb options by way of Spotify billboards selling the album. Tyler, The Creator, Westside Gunn, Doechii, Brent Faiyaz, Thundercat, Gorillaz, BossMan Dlow, will.i.am, Danny Elfman, Jon Batiste, Slay Squad and Jessica Pratt are all set to look.
A$AP Rocky — Don’t Be Dumb (Tracklist):
1. Order of Safety
2. Helicopter$
3. Interrogation (Skit)
4. Stole Ya Circulate
5. Keep Right here
6. Playa
7. Trespass
8. Cease Snitching
9. STFU
10. Punk Rocky
11. Air Drive (Black DeMarco)
12. Whiskey (I’m Not Resisting)
13. Theft
14. Don’t Be Dumb / Journey Child
15. The Finish
One confirmed (and central) contributer to Don’t Be Dumb is Tim Burton, the legendary filmmaker behind Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and the late ’80s/early ’90s Batman motion pictures.
Burton’s title seems on the official cowl artwork, which he additionally designed, whereas the tracklist describes the album as “the nightmare b4 the discharge” — a transparent nod to Burton’s 1982 poem The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas (which was, after all, later changed into a cult-classic movie).
“I like Tim Burton, man. I’ve been impressed by him [since] a baby,” A$AP Rocky informed Self-importance Truthful final yr. “I feel what he does with claymation and the way he transcended into live-action motion pictures, the parallels between them and [how] he seamlessly included it from matte portray to German Expressionism. I feel he’s a fucking genius.”
Longtime Burton collaborator, the composer Danny Elfman, can be concerned, with A$AP Rocky saying in the identical interview: “Danny Elfman did my album with me, he scored a bunch of the music. We had [the TV] on mute and have been simply making music to the entire previous fims, Pee-wee’s Playhouse and The Simpsons, all that.”
As for the “alter egos” half, a clue might lie within the vinyl itemizing of Don’t Be Dumb.
“The 15-track [album] strikes by way of genres the best way you’d transfer by way of a metropolis — jazz, hip hop, metallic, indie, R&B — every monitor capturing a special block, temper, or second. It’s Rocky in full vary,” it reads.
