Listen free to A$AP Ferg – Still Striving (Trap And A Dream, Rubber Band Man and more). 14 tracks (47:10). Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with. It was released on August 18, 2017, by ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds Music, and RCA Records. Overall Still Striving is Ferg’s fourth solo commercial project. The mixtape had three supporting singles. ASAP Ferg is a true polymath: Pioneering member of the all-conquering ASAP Mob, designer, director, collaborator and visual artist. 2016’s reflective genre-defying record Always Strive and Prosper, written in the aftermath of the passing of influential ASAP Mob director ASAP Yams but also heavily imbued with Ferg’s ruminations on burgeoning success, the album was a rap stream of.
Harlem's own A$AP Mob have been making waves for quite some time and have succeeded in cementing themselves as a solid movement out of New York. They've built a cult following, and one of the crew's most impactful members thus far is A$AP Ferg, who has become a budding star in his own right. Inspired by a creative, entrepreneurial father who owned a Harlem boutique and printed shirts and logos for record labels, the rapper was destined for a career path honed in on his creativity as well. Being a native of Harlem, which is notorious for its' glamour and glitz, Ferg's interest in fashion became apparent from an early age, launching a Devoni Clothing as a teenager.
However, it would be his close friend A$AP Rocky that would push him to pursue a career in music, with the pair eventually joining the A$AP Mob collective. The buzz generated from A$AP Rocky's debut mixtape, Live. Love. A$AP, would raise the profile of the whole crew, with Ferg fully capitalizing on the attention with standout verses on tracks alongside Rocky and his other A$AP brethren. Ferg's own debut single, 'Work,' helped earn him a record deal with RCA Records and Polo Grounds.
In 2013, A$AP Ferg's debut album, Trap Lord, was released, peaking at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 and cementing his standing as one of New York City's rising stars. The project further stamped A$AP Mob as a viable crew with multiple members capable of moving the needle. In the time since the release of Trap Lord, A$AP Ferg's stock has only risen, with the rapper releasing his sophomore album, Always Strive and Prosper. Now he's hit a crescendo with the release of his latest project, Still Striving.
Featuring appearances from Meek Mill, Cam'ron, Dave East, Lil Yachty, Nav, Famous Dex, Playboi Carti, Migos, A$AP Rocky, MadeinTYO, Busta Rhymes, French Montana, Rick Ross and Snoop Dogg, Still Striving is a mixtape loaded with firepower and is further confirmation of Ferg's star turn.
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XXL gave A$AP Ferg's new project a spin and picked out 20 of the best lyrics from Still Striving that were too good to ignore.
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'I'm fuckin' your bitch in a park/I bust in her mouth ’cause she parched/She throwin' it back with an arch/You cuffin' that bitch like a narc/Ooh boy I dont wanna start/Two birds on my boat I'ma start/I'm kinda like Noah's Ark' - A$AP Ferg