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A$AP Rocky has been in the news lately in his role as actor, fashion kingpin and mourning friend, but he\u2019s once again grabbing headlines in the lane he first occupied: as a rapper. In an interview with GQ, the Harlemite announced the title for his second major label album, At.Long.Last.A$AP. Rocky explained to the magazine how he reverse engineered the title: \u201cLook at it: At.Long.Last.A$AP. A-L-L-A. Like slang for \u2018Allah.\u2019 It\u2019s the return of the god MC.\u201d Rocky\u2019s given name is Rakim Mayers; his parents named him after the original God MC, Rakim. In the video above, he also raps a verse from the record.<\/p>\n
The album will be c0-executive produced by the late A$AP Yams, Rocky\u2019s longtime friend and mentor. Yams was something of a fixture in the underground music circuit in his native Harlem; while he was still in high school, he interned for Dipset, packaging CDs and absorbing all the knowledge he could. He eventually channeled his taste and ambition into a wildly popular blog, Real Nigga Tumblr, which he used to find new artists and curate rarities from the past, be they forgotten B-sides or scans of old magazine articles. Yams eventually used the platform to break Rocky, who quickly garnered fervent interest from labels. Yams served as executive producer on Rocky\u2019s 2013 debut, Long.Live.A$AP. He passed away this January as a result of an acute drug overdose.<\/p>\n
Rocky recently opened up about Yams\u2019 passing and more to the New York Times. He has other creative ventures on his plate, too\u2013the movie in which he stars, Dope, was a hit at Sundance and has secured release and distribution through Sony, among other companies. In an interview with MTV, Rocky admitted that songs from his first album like \u201dWild For the Night\u201d and \u201cFuckin\u2019 Problems\u201d were made \u201cto prove to that people I could have mainstream commercial success,\u201d but that he \u201chate[s] those fucking songs.\u201d Rocky also told the outlet that he locked himself in a London studio, away from friends and family and without a cell phone, to learn to make beats so he could contribute to the production on this record. He says he hopes this time around to craft songs that represent his life on a day-to-day basis, not just when he\u2019s partying. \u201cWild For the Night\u201d features Skrillex; \u201cFuckin\u2019 Problems\u201d was the massive hit that sported guest turns from 2 Chainz, Drake and Kendrick Lamar.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n