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Holy Ghost by A$AP Rocky is one of the best conscious rap songs this decade

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#1 ·


Incredible beat

Joe fox singing is amazing

Little samples throughout adding so much atmosphere


And rocky is at his peak both rapping and lyrics
Not only that but it's a unique topic for a conscious rap song dealing with label slaves before chance started his tirade and dealing with modern religion and its flaws


They ask me why I don't go to church no more
'Cause church is the new club and wine is the new bub
And lies is the new drugs, my sister the next stripper
My brother the next victim, my usher the next tricker
Satan givin' out deals, finna own these rappers
The game is full of slaves and they mostly rappers
You sold your soul first, then your homies after
Let's show these stupid field ****** they could own they masters
Holy smokes, I think my pastor was the only folk
To own the Rollie, Ghost and Rolls Royces with no Holy Ghost


The pastor had a thing for designer glasses
Yeah, I'm talkin' fancy plates and diamond glasses
The ushers keep skimmin' the collection baskets
And they tryna dine us with some damn wine and crackers


Let's savior chasin' green for collard greens and baked potatoes
On the table, pray for cable, hit the label, now we major
Ha, I got my own relationship with God, Lord



Such a fucking great song
 
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#13 ·
TrappedInMyDome said:
Feel like he conveyed what he was trying to do on testing a lot better on that album
But the projects had completely different goals

How can you listen to both and think the aim of the projects were remotely similar

ALLA was like an homage to the 90s while blending it with psychedelic rock and soul as well as modern rap in a tight cohesive project

Testing was just trying out completely new ideas for him
 
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TrappedInMyDome said:
Feel like he conveyed what he was trying to do on testing a lot better on that album
each album had a very different vision

ALLA felt like the end of a saga with grand performance of all of rocky’s strength and the showiness of it turned up to 11.

Testing was more of a testing of waters, showing fans the possible futures of Rocky’s musical career and what they think would suit him best. Sure there’s hits and misses but the whole point of the album was to try to do something different for the sake of keeping fresh and creative