Trap Lord

A$AP Ferg - Trap Lord
Critic Score
Based on 19 reviews
2013 Ratings: #690 / 1115
User Score
Based on 506 ratings
2013 Rank: #396
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
AllMusic

Juggling Masonic symbols, Golden Age hip-hop cassettes, and loaded glocks with ease, the rapper is an excellent tour guide through this warped landscape of thrills and chills

75
The Line of Best Fit

Does Ferg both overcome and uphold the moniker of A$AP in this, his first major solo effort: yes.

75
Pitchfork

Though 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.

70
SPIN

There'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.

70
Consequence of Sound

Originally 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.

70
FACT Magazine

The tight weaving of the dreamy A$AP productions with Ferg’s rebel stance sees Trap Lord teeter somewhere between bullish and elegant, and when it’s well executed it’s a delight.

70
HipHopDX

Overall, A$AP Ferg’s Trap Lord, is a solid, if an sometimes-uninspired effort. It occupies that zone between the mindless “turn up” music and projects that have gotten a praise for being entertaining enough to at least partially negate a desire for more depth.

AllAboutMusic
82

Rocky and Ferg (mainly Rocky obviously) are the only members of the A$AP Mob that I really care for. I guess A$AP Twelvyy has some decent songs, but he’s kinda mid at best. The other rappers in the A$AP Mob are pretty bad if I’m being honest. If there was any essential album from the members of the A$AP Mob that wasn’t from Rocky or one of the Cozy Tapes projects, it’s this one. Not much here is phenomenal, but some very solid tracks show up, mainly in the 1st half. The ... read more

gopxity
75

It's pretty wild looking at this release compared to the quality of music that Ferg is releasing currently. Some of these songs seemed pretty ahead of its time and this will probably go down as a trap classic. I wish he still had the touch.

Favorite tracks: Let It Go, Shabba, Lord, Fergivicious, Dump Dump, Work (Remix), Murda Something
Least favorite: Fuck Out My Face

Melancoholic
75

Nice.

GusCreter
75

Trap classic. SHA SHABBA RANKS SHA SHA SHABBA RANKS

MMAstreetPOD
76

It's Ferg at his most carefree and fun.

Shabba is Lord.

LILPEPS
82

Le titre est APPROPRIÉ

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Added on: August 14, 2013