A$AP Nast review – a unifying bear hug between New York rap and grime

XOYO, LondonThe A$AP mob man pumps up the crowd with his spitfire raps and ultraviolent beats, with surprise backup from Skepta and the Boy Better Know crewA$AP Mob should really replace their dollar sign with a question mark. With the initial success of A$AP Rocky and A$AP Ferg, the then 13-strong New York hip-hop collective looked primed to become a sophisticated, genre-splicing and less wilfully offensive alternative to Odd Future. Then their debut album L.O.R.D. was scrapped in 2014 and A$AP...

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