Wildly fêted by media such as the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Billboard, Noisey, The Fader, Complex, Hypebeast, High Snobiety, SPIN, Stereogum and more, the song features a sample from 'Porcelain' off of Moby's record-breaking album, PLAY.

Special guests included A$AP Ferg, A$AP Twelvyy and Dev Hynes, along with a phone call appearance made by David Banner.Įarlier this year, Rocky teased the album's imminent arrival with the first official single, ' A$AP Forever' featuring Moby. Encased in a glass room inside the gallery hosting a live audience watching, the rapper/actor/creative director and entrepreneur spent 90 minutes exploring and interpreting the creative process with an audience through a series of tests and simulations, while he was treated as a test subject himself. Rocky is joined on TESTING with features from Juicy J, T.I., Moby, Frank Ocean, French Montana, FKA twigs, Skepta, Kid Cudi and Kodak Black.Ī$AP Rocky kicked off release week with a live-streamed performance art piece, titled Lab Rat, at Sotheby's in New York on Sunday, May 20 th where he also revealed the cover art for TESTING. This album picks up where Rocky last left off, weaving mind-melting aural psychedelics into hip-hop that is, at times dark and confessional, and in other moments uplifting and celebratory. Executive produced by A$AP Rocky and co-executive produced by Hector Delgado, Juicy J, Chace Johnson, and AWGE, TESTING was recorded over three years between New York, LA, London and Berlin.

With two #1 debuts on the Billboard 200 for previous albums, $AP and At.$AP and over 4.5B streams worldwide, TESTING launches a new era for Rocky, testing new sounds and ideas in an unparalleled musical landscape where he continues to break the mainstream mindset with sonics rarely heard in hip-hop. After months of teasing and fan speculation, Harlem born MC A$AP Rocky, born Rakim Mayers, celebrates the release of his third studio album, TESTING, out now.

Asap rocky full album testing