A$AP Rocky on Harlem and At.Long.Last.A$AP | Red Bull Music Academy

In a public conversation with Egotrip founder and Academy team member Chairman Mao at the 2015 Red Bull Music Academy Festival in New York, celebrated Harlem MC A$AP Rocky disclosed details on his At.Long.Last.A$AP album and premiered the “Everyday” single featuring Rod Stewart, Miguel and Mark Ronson. But Rocky went deeper, too, digging up stories about his childhood spent between Harlem and the Bronx, his affinity for Houston rap, the making of a new A$AP Mob album, and his methods of coping with the loss of his late mentor and friend, A$AP Yams.
TOPICS:
3:38 - Harlem
31:00 - Houston rap
40:20 - Uptown history
57:43 - A$AP Mob LP
1:05:22 - Coping with loss
1:19:52 - Recording with Yasiin Bey
MUSIC:
47:27 - A$AP Rocky feat. Rod Stewart, Miguel, Mark Ronson - “Everyday” • A$AP Rocky - Everyday ...
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[@RegisTM]

He was so high.

[@Bj-re4wt]

9:40 I'm right there with Rocky. What is everybody laughing at? He was dead serious about what he was talking about

[@koalasaw]

hes so high lmao.... a better interview is him with oxford union

[@Tylorjustice]

very rare

[@nancymaloney7860]

if

[@micahcroft3996]

+Sophia White yes but high on what? EDIT: molls

[@littletrill6419]

+Sophia White its even more funny when hes high tho lol. 1:05:13

[@selenabeila]

Micah Croft he don’t do molly, he ain’t never tried it either

[@jaikang3098]

Can't wait to see him in October, Always $trive And Prosper 🙌🏾

[@TopMaximum3000]

This dude was soaring 🍃

[@JoshuaHicks-yz7vj]

He might be on acid

[@AB_1211]

In some ways he reminds me of Devante Swing (DeGrate) of Jodeci...frank, honest, blunt, smart, straight to the point....gotta love it...love A$AP Rocky

[@richiegirl3168]

"I'm sorry I keep cutting you off, I'm excited" always that excuse lol

[@lilsalad4931]

this is ASMR

[@lukepatto4366]

thakns lil salad

[@allen62]

lil salad ASMR ASMR ASMR ASMR

[@nickbro971]

this interviewer so dormant, like can we get an interviewer that's actually interested in fashion or music... lol this guy is killing me. rocky's high out of his mind, he's incredibly cool. lol i look up to him personality & clothing wise.

[@hun43rd74]

true

[@DjAntibalas]

I agree, this guy was either asking the wrong questions or asking them the wrong way. A$AP was so bored being asked about the same things asked on all interviews.

[@PapiShampoooo]

THANK YOU... you just said what i was thinkingp

[@PapiShampoooo]

We WILL SEE THIS IN 30 year .. asaapppp

[@bey_lliswiggle3782]

Human beings are disconnecting and it makes him sad…I love Asap

[@supersaiyanslice]

Yo Rocky Is lit lol

[@layladylay265]

ASAP Rocky said "get your chanqluetas or whatever makes you cozy" - you are crazy boy. Love you ASAP Rocky - stay you.

[@bigblackballs631]

@@shakiramarie6565 u high 🤣🤣

[@HannieeeBananieee]

im watching this because i love rocky but this was so awkward lol the interviewer is so slow and you can tell rocky is high af haha

[@gilbert2567]

gilbert

[@gilbert2567]

lmao

[@Rey972]

watching this being high myself, it's a pretty chill itw..

[@trerikihana6116]

He's baked af HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@NoDeductions]

He kept on saying you gonna get me in trouble with this question. Lol only A$AP Rocky but just gotta love him

[@gloop32]

realest rapper out

[@liliananavarrete1818]

cured my insomnia.

[@dragonfly_jones5637]

Rocky need to do a song with cudi and Travis Scott

[@kinggomax]

Word like an antidote remix

[@byZibiit]

+DragonFly_jones travis dont fuck with rocky

[@ghost6faze]

+preen how do you know

[@byZibiit]

ghost6faze everybody know

[@emmanueljohnson2631]

+yku not anymore they took a selfie together

[@jjvon4071]

he's all high 😂😂

[@UsefulEducation]

He discusses Ferguson and Baltimore, and police brutality in general. He gives a clear and genuine response that is not interpreted and misconstrued at all. 48:41 to 51:00

[@nickjones7048]

idk what the ppls questions were in the crowd but they were obviously better than the interviewers questions.

[@pynki08]

This interviewer is killing me. So dry. Still love Rocky tho.

[@hun43rd74]

Rocky not high he hasnt been in new york in a min (he talks about in music and other interviews) and now that hes back he sees how everything is now and this is years into his career and him being there isnt the same from when he grew up so hes sad emotional about it

[@bey_lliswiggle3782]

I’m still watching it 2023.

[@pmfmorris7824]

this Interview is dope fuck all these negative comments

[@gracey9610]

red bull interview, but both chill as fuck ??

[@earthangel8399]

The interviewer is very stiff compared to Rocky... i don't think Rocky was prepared for the depth of the questions...but he handled it well

[@quitrix8]

Comments are trippin, this was an interesting interview

[@PK-le2ok]

someone please ID rocky's flannel shirt

[@DavidDeanBretton]

looking forward to the next project

[@PapiShampoooo]

I FUCking LOVE ASAP

[@Currygoatpapi]

I Remember Skate-key it was in the South Bronx. Near 3rd Ave Classic.

[@KWILLFILMS]

you can order a tooth brush from a laptop.. lmfaooooo

[@whatwhatyep]

Why have they took the music out of these interviews? I watched one with doom a couple of years back and it played every record, i watched madlib yesterday and it faded every track.

[@user-ds5fr6ob3i]

His smile & lips 😍😍😋😍😋😍😍

[@artiXIXI]

Damn watched whole thing i wish he wouldnt be stoned as rock and speak lil faster

[@adambarker9493]

King Arth I don't know why everybody wants to book him for a lecture anyway. He's clearly not the brightest of people, his music lacks any real substance. Just because you can rock a suit, doesn't make you a professor.

[@artiXIXI]

Adam Barker well he is famous.. and he is young.. to some of people can be role model sooo

[@adambarker9493]

So ASAP Rocky is a role model for young people? Jebus save us...

[@adambarker9493]

Oh and I understand the interest, I just don't understand the platforms. RBMA and Oxford university? I guess it's a good PR move for them though.

[@artiXIXI]

Adam Barker you dont get it. Some people want to connect with something is close to them i guess its hip hop culture and maybe one of fav. is Rocky. as well known "purple people" propagator. And Oxford is interracial so they want to mix all them and their race or i dont know dude. english is not my native language

[@zizo5799]

Faded!

[@Gucci2320]

the shoes rocky got on look dope af anyone know what type of shoe is that? name? is it Alexander wang

[@adambarker9493]

GUCCI Photography Look like Rick Owens boots. Another designer he likes name dropping.

[@henryluis6903]

There Alexander wang

[@kimberlyjohnson1371]

Don't believe this guy is supposed to be in jail..He is a nice, decent young man...set aside what he said about mob hits... surely is desensitized but that's a product of our younger generation and that's sad.

[@Josh-jo2om]

He's always calling the people that used to live on his grandmas block wolves

[@Diplomastronaut]

Where's the FlyLo and Kendrick Lecture?

[@MikleShnikle]

yeah man, that would be great

[@MikleShnikle]

A Very Paranoid Android ye saw that

[@queenchaser740]

You know why I'm here. What time do I skip to for the diss?

[@ObeyTehPro]

What diss? Hahah

[@phileternal]

was the interviewer high too?

[@AmyElizabethFrith]

I appreciate this .

[@mattlippy]

rocky gives up nothing in the entire 1.5 hours interviewer is weak not worth watching

[@MikleShnikle]

the interviewer was great, he was just too fucked up

[@Tequilaxx]

if your a good interviewer you have to adjust to peoples moods..

[@shauntaedickson479]

2015...no filter.

[@Nickkperkins]

The interviewer was struggling. They might wanna switch. It felt like a faux crwn interview.

[@phileternal]

yooo that girl @ 31:04 look how she looks at that guy lmao

[@jermaineboadu6401]

He's crazy high

[@TWIZZTHEWHIZKID]

How come no one ever brings up P. Diddy's name when they're speaking about Harlem?

[@yvesaintlaurent3420]

this man sittin bent yo

[@williamharris872]

What is his braids called

[@erinstacey1606]

French braids

[@Track567]

the interviewer is kinda creepy

[@dawnofv3e]

Integrity

[@yakuzamoons]

lol...Shameek, reiterating

[@CelosTelevision]

Anybody notice ASAP said Tomato, tomato the runway. lol. He said Tomata jajaja

[@TommyyV2]

anyone know what boots hes wearing ?

[@chickenlittle4307]

1:12:28 "you know im pretty nigga😂😂😂

[@GabeCoury]

Mao sounds like he could use a little more Red Bull, lmao.

[@PapiShampoooo]

asap was so bothered. this interveiwer was so OFFF

[@jaydo-g2308]

2020?

[@RainaD]

😐 This interviewer is super boring & monotoned.

[@keycapslapper7080]

26:52

[@UsefulEducation]

You can tell he is mourning.

[@jacobkossmann7158]

trusss miii daddy

[@simbay1672]

ASAP Booted Rocky VS White America

[@ttaylor8237]

Says the guy who bit his style from every region and only had 1 single Problems who nobody even knew he was on the song. Humble yourself! And please lets not talk about cadence Wiz wannabe!!!!

[@fabiooliveira8940]

This interview is so freaking boring but so freaking hilarious at the same time!

[@awol666playmaker]

Who dis ?

[@nettingapplause]

i applaud chariman mao's effort. he's interviewing legendary artists like Q-Tip/Doom/Ali Shaheed/Prince Paul/Questlove Etc. and he's gotta deal with this unintelligible nonsense.

[@AuToMaTiiCx1904]

nettingapplause I bet you're asian

[@desgrlll]

+AuToMaTiiCx1904 LOOOOOOOOOL

[@artbytuck3090]

Exactly. This is not the platform him.

[@704OMEN]

+nettingapplause he lost his best friend close to this interview, shut the fuck up.

[@angelgrijalva1452]

this interview is awkward af😂😂😂

[@vincerodriguez209]

32:30 you got people that wanna make money and you got people that wanna sell records??!?!? wtf? poor rocky isnt very smart he can kinda rap but not very smart

[@michaelmckinney7983]

He never rapped.....

[@troublessw5949]

TROUBLES sw

[@IvoDimants]

Lame ass interviewer

[@2010relentless]

Bald guy doesn't have a good fake laugh

[@Gvmejoan]

get out of bcn .. i know belivers. Remember i told u. The beast is about to rebirth.

[@PleaseBeDumb]

Check his Sway interview yo. That one was good. I was only 20 mins into it but I was hooked

[@Saskiequelle]

Besides being pretty...what does he do?

[@EdwardNigm]

+Saskiequelle Be more pretty.

[@dona335]

Saskiequelle he raps dumbass

[@lilboss7202]

Saskiequelle raps , models , styles , fuck models YOU NAAAAAME IT

[@EduardoLopez-sg6do]

ummm

[@johneta7665]

“I’m not black, I’m Bajen” But your dumbass got that nigga wake up call overseas.

[@616silk]

p

[@levzino]

awkward

[@dontori3534]

lml shit hella awkward

[@lilboss7202]

Don Tori he was high

[@narcissist97]

this interview was a fucking disaster 😂

[@evlynmckenzie396]

joke about everthing he does 😂😂😂

[@shamicshalamb6354]

Weirdo in training

[@sifuwarrior]

LMAO Chairman mao

[@natelevinson7030]

The placid freighter conformably guess because frame coincidently start apropos a narrow parade. well-groomed, unnatural neon

[@brownsuga810]

The interviewer??? ..so.boring

[@616silk]

s

[@616silk]

a

[@CrassZorro]

This talk is longer than his career:-/

[@emperormack9921]

Well, now we know why his music sucks so bad. What a clown. I hope he knows how lucky he is to sit on a stage that has been graced by so many others with real talent.

[@Reinecouturia]

1:10:50. Perfection.🥰 & Yes I'm watching this all the way in 2020 so what?

[@TheBeautylicious89]

he probably had some edibles lol he got really high 18 min into his intervew or so lol he is so cute

[@weezy1199]

a

[@lornastevens533]

That was a good interview and he gave good advise if your doing ot just for the money dont feel bad when your integrity is questioned true words i just love him you go ASAP.