

A$AP Mob member Ferg has always been the most dazzlingly unpredictable of his crew, a rapper as likely to delve into Jamaican dancehall and '90s house music as his Harlem roots. An even more eclectic, expansive album than 2013’s Trap Lord, Always Strive and Prosper finds Ferg amongst collaborators as interesting—and unlikely—as bassheads Skrillex (“Hungry Ham”) and Cashmere Cat (“Yammy Gang”), flipping from street tough (“New Level”) to teddy bear (the Ty Dolla $ign and Chris Brown-featuring “I Love You”) with ambition and ease.