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Always Strive and Prosper

A$AP Ferg

Always Strive and Prosper

Second solo hip hop release from Harlem, NYC-born A$AP Rocky collaborator Darold Ferguson, Jr

ADM rating[?]

6.5

Label
Columbia / RCA
UK Release date
22/04/2016
US Release date
22/04/2016
  1. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    Ferg has crafted a tender tribute to the people he loves most. It’s not often that albums that bang this hard are this moving
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  2. 8.0 |   The Observer

    Ferg’s pungent wordplay powers this splendidly diverse and dynamic second album
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  3. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    There are tracks that stick with Trap Lord’s austere blueprint, not least the Rick Ross collaboration Swipe Life, but they’re scattered among a plethora of different musical approaches
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  4. 8.0 |   All Music

    He ain't the A$AP Mob's second banana anymore, either. Cutting-edge production from Clams Casino, Lex Luger, Cashmere Cat, and DJ Mustard help him get the job done
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  5. 7.3 |   Pitchfork

    Strip away the features, strip the beats, strip the quirky nicknames, and you’re left with Darold’s wise words, coming through loud and clear
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  6. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    ASAP Ferg takes a more serious and conceptual route on his sophomore album, and the change of pace pays off big time
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  7. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Blending trap and EDM beats, Ferg builds on the goofy-but-hard persona he introduced last time out, maintaining an arty weirdness that connects him to the other core members in the music/fashion collective A$AP Mob
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  8. 7.0 |   Beardfood

    Sometimes Ferg is the happiest rapper, sometimes he’s the trappiest, too often he’s the cheesies
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  9. 6.0 |   NME

    A much more personal affair, a result of having mined his formative years for inspiration
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  10. 6.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    While A$AP Ferg’s talent occasionally flickers when it’s directed in the wrong places, it shines brightest when he’s just being himself
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  11. 5.8 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    For all the sincerity and contemporary jargon about creating a legacy and artistic debt and tension and duality and eclectic personalities, world-beating influence and convergence, a seemingly drained Donald “Ferg” Ferguson, Jr. lets the album’s eighteen tracks just hover around the unsaid
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  12. 5.0 |   Spin

    As A$AP Ferg continues to search for his voice, his aesthetics are becoming so disparate that a streaming algorithm wouldn’t even sequence them together as a playlist
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  13. 5.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    A$AP Mob rapper's sophomore studio LP opts for mass appeal over personal style
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  14. 4.0 |   The FT

    Cosmopolitan but scattershot
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