A$AP Rocky gives update on long-awaited album ‘Don’t Be Dumb’: “I promise I got some new shit in store”

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A$AP Rocky has shared an update on the development of his long anticipated fourth album, following his recent legal battle.‘Don’t Be Dumb’, Rocky’s first since record since 2018’s ‘Testing’, was due for release last August, but was then delayed until autumn 2024 and has still not come to fruition.Yesterday (February 28), the ‘LVL’ rapper shared an update with GQ, saying he was “in the mixing and mastering realm of it”.“I think quite frankly, people are tired of hearing about updates about the album,” he said. “They’re just ready to get this shit, you know what I’m saying?

I don’t think anybody wants to hear where I’m at with it, how far is it along and all that.“They just want to hear some shit just to see where I’m at, and I promise I got some new shit in store.

I’m challenging myself. It’s like anything, I approach it with a different tactic, degree, or finesse.”“The album’s done,” he added. “I just want to drop it.

I don’t want to keep saying what I’m going to do and I want to give people what I’ve been promising them for a long-ass fucking time.”The update follows last week’s news that the rapper was found not guilty after a recent trial about his role in a shooting incident in 2021.After a nearly month-long trial in Los Angeles, A$AP Rocky was found innocent on all counts by an LA jury after being charged for allegedly firing a gun at his former friend A$AP Relli in the Hollywood area in 2021.