A$AP Rocky causes chaos in New York in 'Angels' video - watch

November 2, 2013 18:12

'Angels' is the latest video from rapper's debut album 'Long.L Live. A$AP.'

A$AP Rocky has unveiled a video for his track 'Angels'. Watch it above.

The promo clips shows the rapper and his crew getting up to all kinds of trouble in his native New York City. It was co-directed by A$AP Rocky with British video director Luke Monaghan, who has previously helmed promo clips for Disclosure and Fenech-Soler.

'Angels' is a bonus track on the deluxe edition of the rapper's debut album 'Long. Live. A$AP.', which was released in January and debuted at Number One on the US Billboard 200 albums chart. In the UK, it has peaked at Number Seven on the Official Albums Chart.

A$AP Rocky's previous video, 'Fashion Killa', starred Rihanna and was released in September (2013). The same month, he made a guest appearance in Drake's Miami Vice-themed video for 'Hold On We're Going Home'.

Meanwhile, A$AP Rocky recently apologised for behaviour that he says "came off homophobic" at this year's MTV VMAs. At the awards ceremony in August, the Harlem-based rapper appeared on stage to introduce a Macklemore performance alongside basketball player Jason Collins, who is gay, and seemd to pull a face in discomfort when Collins began speaking about his homosexuality.

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Fashion Week NYC: Alicia Keys Wore White to Edun, A$AP Rocky Watched Alexander Wang

Despite the tornado warning, Saturday (Sept. 8) at New York Fashion Week saw some of the hottest collections and front row dwellers yet. Keep your eyes on The Hook to find out which trends and beats took over the runway each day and see where stars like Alicia Keys, Natasha Bedingfield, Lil' Kim and A$AP Rocky spent NYFW.

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Edun

Edun, the label founded by U2 rocker Bono and his wife, stitched together a sweet and sour spring collection Saturday at NYFW. Created in 2005, the hip young label was founded to promote change through a trading relationship with Africa. At first glance, the new spring line appears soft and welcoming, but then stings with a sour bite. Delicate fabrics like silk and chiffon are juxtaposed with dark cargo slacks and structured utility vests.

Sitting front row was Alicia Keys, who jetted over to NYFW after her dazzling performance at the VMAs Thursday night. Keys stayed on trend in oversized round shades, a billowing white blouse and white pants detailed with a black racing stripe. R.E.M. vocalist Michael Stipe was also front row to support Bono, wearing an all-white look. He accented the look with a blue and red checkered shirt and glasses with orange lenses. 

Mara Hoffman

What is gray, gold and tight all over? Lil' Kim's outfit at the Mara Hoffman spring 2013 show. The controversial rapper attended the show in clothes that contrasted Hoffman's energetic and bright collection. Kim missed the mark in a gold ankle-length dress and white shirt under a skin tight gray vest. "My outfit is Ralph Lauren & my shoes are Versace today for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week," Lil' Kim tweeted Saturday afternoon. Her fashion blunder was a bit of a let down, especially because Buffalo, N.Y. native Mara Hoffman created such a sweet, tropical, playful look for spring 2013.

Jill Stuart

As DJ Brendan Fallis was spinning a medley of Niki & the Dove, Lykke Li, and Ladyhawke, a feminine spring fantasy blossomed on the runway at Jill Stuart's show. White, peach, nude and teal colors took form on ladylike lace, sequin and silk dresses. Theophilus London sat front row, watching models strut down the runway in Stuart's subtly sexy lingerie-inspired collection. London brought his unique fashion swagger to the runway, rocking a dapper white shirt, red pants, black wide-rimmed fedora and his own design of limited-edition Del Toro slippers.

Alexander Wang

Songs by Baauer, Jay Fay & Ra Cailum, and DJ Sliink played as an unrestricted bondage-tinged collection ruled the catwalk. Alexander Wang threw an S&M rave at his spring 2013 show, where the attire consisted of white boudoir-inspired leather creations decorated with cut-out racing stripes and laser-cut flourishes. 

Rapper A$AP Rocky brought some swagger to the show's front row in a black suede and leather Alexander Wang shirt, dark jeans, a backwards black cap and gold accessories. Die Antwoord frontwoman Yo Landi Vi$$er added some edgy flamboyance to the front row in a mask of white netting under a black hoodie. Vi$$er collaborated with Wang last year for a spring 2012 campaign video.

Christian Siriano

Classical tracks by Huw Tregelles Williams played as pale pink tulle creations and ripe yellow leather dresses strutted down the runway at Christian Siriano's spring 2013 show. The untucked ballet theme was a bit lighter than past Siriano collections and was truly a breath of fresh air. 

Singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield sat front row in a black Christian Siriano dress with leather bodice and slicked back hair. Her makeup was minimal -- just a sweep of smoky gray eyeshadow. "I loved the collection," Bedingfield told Billboard after the show. "The music was a perfect accent to the line -- dramatic and beautiful. I can definitely see myself wearing this collection."

Rebecca Taylor

Katharine McPhee sat front row at Rebecca Taylor's spring 2013 show as breezy lavender and coral-colored dresses and tops filled the runway. The former "American Idol" contestant and current "Smash" star was dressed quite unseasonably in all-black jumper. Taylor's spring looks nodded to the florescent and feminine aesthetic of the '80s, as models walked to tunes by MFSB and the Salsoul Orchestra.

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A$AP Rocky Talks 'LongLiveA$AP' Album, Discovers The Dirty Projectors

by Jason Lipshutz, Chicago  |   July 14, 2012 11:05 EDT

"Who's that?" A$AP Rocky asks when the Dirty Projectors begin their set and start emitting their pitch-perfect vocal harmonies at the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival. When informed of the Brooklyn indie rock group's handle, Rocky stands up to get a better view of the group. When he sits back down a minute later, he asks an ASAP Mob member to write the name 'Dirty Projectors' down and asks, "What do they make? Reggae?"

So it goes at Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival, where genres awkwardly bump against each other and tastemaker-approved artists unwittingly discover each other's mass appeal. An hour before speaking with Billboard.com, Rocky had wrapped up an unrelenting, brilliantly vacuous set alongside his A$AP Mob cohorts, stomping through "LiveLoveA$AP" cuts while threatening the audience to put their hands up. When the rain started and quickly intensified, no one in the crowd moved a muscle; instead, they bounced along with the bass of "Hands on the Wheel" and supported crowd-surfers during "Wassup."

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For Rocky, a 23-year-old Harlem native who inked a deal with Polo Grounds/RCA late last year, performing at 5:30 PM to a crowd of indie rock fans is nothing new; in fact, it's sometimes preferred. "I got supporters from all demographics," says the rapper. "There are people that don't fuck with rap but fuck with A$AP, just because I give them a feeling that they can't explain. I'm used to this happening - even when it's not at one of these festivals, my crowd is real diverse. If you've ever been to one of my shows, you'd be like, 'What the fuck did I just step into?'"

"LongLiveA$AP," Rocky's major label debut, is slated for a Sept. 11 release date, but the MC says that a record featuring his entire A$AP Mob hip-hop crew -- which includes A$AP Twelvy, A$AP Yams and A$AP Ferg, among others -- will be out before that. Rocky won't give an exact date, but says that fans will have it "in two weeks." A$AP Ferg chimes in that, on the Mob album, "Everybody has their own unique sound. Rocky set the tone."

One week after Friday's performance at Pitchfork Fest, A$AP Rocky will make his network TV debut on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," with a song scheduled for Friday, July 20. But when asked about a radio single from "LongLiveA$AP" that could provide a strong hook on "Fallon," Rocky insists that he's not going through the standard tropes of a major label artist.

"I'd put out some whack, slow shit, straight up. I'll just put out a song saying nothing - call me Pootie Tang," Rocky says with a laugh. "Putting out that motherfucking tastemaker music that we do, we change the sound of mainstream. The mainstream isn't gonna be that bullshit that you hear on the radio all day. The mainstream's gonna be that A$AP -- we're gonna change the whole world with this shit. I have a dream! I'm the trill Martin Luther King, straight up."

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