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Sep 9, 2013There’s not much sugar to sweeten the pill, meaning Trap Lord is often one-note and depressing.
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Sep 3, 2013Originally planned as a mixtape, there’s an unfinished feeling to Trap Lord, which in turn lends a lot of promise to the eventual follow-up.
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Aug 28, 2013Trap Lord is an impressive outing for Ferg and another win for A$AP Mob.
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Aug 27, 2013Trap Lord won’t be for everyone, but it’s worth more than one listen, because beneath the trap beats and somewhat cliché storyline is a debut album that’s exciting, different, and worth a spot on the shelf.
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Aug 26, 2013Slow, silky and menacing, with twists of eccentricity, his debut is a finely constructed mood piece.
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Aug 26, 2013It’s a fun ride, to be sure, but once the high wears off and all that’s left is the darkness, you can catch a faint glimpse of oblivion. Hopefully we get to peek deeper into the chasm the next time around.
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Aug 22, 2013Originally conceived as a mixtape, Trap Lord rightfully exists as a proper album, with thirteen tracks totalling fifty-one marvelous and misanthropic minutes.
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Aug 22, 2013Though Trap Lord's vision is refracted through split personalities--for better or for worse--A$AP Ferg still sounds like a star in the making.
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Aug 21, 2013Overall, A$AP Ferg’s Trap Lord, is a solid, if an sometimes-uninspired effort.
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Aug 21, 2013The problem with Ferg’s swag raps, though, is that like any party (or after-party) that goes on for too long, it ends up just feeling overwrought and repetitive.
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Aug 20, 2013Ferg reaches beyond the boroughs and borrows from various regional musical and linguistic influences to create a set of songs laced with introspection, menace, and smartly conceived verses.
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Aug 20, 2013Trap Lord’s such a tightly bound listen, however, that it jars when it misses the mark.
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Aug 19, 2013In contrast to comrade Rocky's music, Trap Lord succeeds largely despite its production, fuelled by Ferg's oddball enthusiasm and sincerity.
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Aug 19, 2013He still lacks the kind of technical rapping skill that made A$AP Rocky reach star status. Regardless, A$AP Ferg has constructed an album that surpasses the quality of Rocky's Long.Live.A$AP from earlier this year.
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Aug 19, 2013Trap Lord is not an A$AP record; it is an A$AP Ferg record, sui generis, and that is its greatest achievement.
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Aug 19, 2013The rapper is an excellent tour guide through this warped landscape of thrills and chills, and even if Rocky remains the A$AP Mob's most obvious and outgoing choice, there's an argument to be made that the more interesting one is Ferg, a Trap Lord if there ever was one.
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Aug 19, 2013Ferg has enough lyrical promise and personality to make him a legit trap player, if not, quite yet, a lord.
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Aug 19, 2013There's nothing on Trap Lord to suggest Ferg will follow A$AP Rocky onto the pop charts, but it's a rewardingly dark and grounded listen.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 68 out of 93
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Mixed: 19 out of 93
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Negative: 6 out of 93
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