It took much longer than Rock ever expected, but at last, he has released a solo album. The Heltah Skeltah member pays homage to his longtime friend and partner-in-rhyme, the late Sean Price, with Rockness A.P. (After Price).
Rock’s 14-track debut includes the very personal title track, which details the ups and downs of his career as well as his inability to resolve old issues with Price. The Boot Camp Clik MC’s LP isn’t meant to be a gloomy experience though. There’s plenty of entertaining cuts featuring the likes of Raekwon, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Tek and Steele of Smif-N-Wessun, Buckshot, Ras Kass and M.O.P.
View the stream, cover art and tracklist for Rock’s Rockness A.P. below.
(The original version of this article was published on August 20, 2017 and can found below.)
Rock is honoring the late Sean Price with the title for his next album. The Boot Camp Clik MC has unveiled the cover art and tracklist for a new solo album titled Rockness A.P. (After Price).
The project is Rock’s first release since the death of Price in 2015. Sean P’s legacy has continued on through posthumous projects, such as the recently released Imperius Rex, but now Tha Rockness Monstah gets a chance to honor his Heltah Skeltah cohort with an album of his own.
Rockness A.P. features 14 tracks with guest appearances by Buckshot, Raekwon, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Smif-N-Wessun, M.O.P. and Ras Kass among others. The LP is due out on September 22.
Check out the cover art and tracklist below. Watch the music video for the lead single “GW BaG” above.
1. Just Rap
2. Wishin f. Kuniva
3. GW BaG
4. Camp – Wu f. Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Tek and Steele
5. Rumble for Me f. Kofi Black and Ron Browz
6. O.G.
7. FaxMachine f. M.O.P.
8. The Purge
9. Poof f. Buckshot
10. Declaration f. Raekwon, Ras Kass and the Last American B-Boy
11. Rockness A.P.
12. F.A.M. f. Young Noble
13. Shine Down f. Kofi Black
14. Da Steets Want Blood (Ron Browz Remix)
That 90s feel good hip hop. I’ll take it!
Is this Rockness’ first official album? I know he’s put out mixt.@pes but I don’t think he put out an actual album. Gonna cop regardless. He deserves just as much props as P! does.
Yeah, the “Who Dat Interlude”. I was laughing at the crackhead knocking on the door at the end. Nocturnal’s a classic, my personal favorite out of the first round of BCC albums.
This will be his first solo album. Rock was supposed to drop an album called Planet Rock in 2001, but the label that he was signed to ended up folding.
That single is dope but why no P! feature on the album?
he died
AP….After Price….. seems like the title suggest this album wouldn’t involve someone who died two years ago.
Ooooo god damn it that single is dope as fuck
Corny and he looks like jar jar binks. Its 2017 man, sound like it.
@Somebody’s ^^^^ is a hater…. The name says it all…
And do what, use autotune over a garbage trap or edm beat? Foh…
garbage trap beat? You mean a beat where someone writes their own melodies and doesnt chop a boring ass old timey sample? FOH you sissy
Go stare at the eclipse.
I would barely call wack ass auto tune nursery sing a long basic ass shit “writing” a melody.. sissy? If this is what you listen to you probably dress in tight ass jeans and women’s clothes
U’Z A CHUMP.
+1
Dope, especially wanna hear that track with mop
Ron Browz? That guy is the shame of NY. Talentless rnb fucktard. And Kuniva? For God’s sake Rock should find some decent rappers.
“rock should find some decent rappers” – like Meth, Deck, Rae, Rass Kass, MOP, Buckshot, TEk n Steele?
I meant instead of these 2
YES!
Dope. But why is Ron Browz still allowed to produce or try to make music? Dude is super trash.
this cat stole joe budden style
lol do your history kid
LameU he to young to do his history, Rock be blazing mic’s and set them mic’s on fire before Joe got punch in the eye by WU
Rock came out way before Joey did. Wow, some of you cats say anything for attention.
Y’all some ignorant fools feeding the troll like that lol. You know he was crip walking in his Momma basement as soon as y’all were responding to his dumb a$$
Song and video are both dope. I didn’t know son was still spittin. Damn, I miss real NY shit like that. Reminds you how dope rap was before it turned southern.
I must cop this now. Duck down records 4 life. Black moon is also working on a new album. Long live hip hop!
Its not on Duckdown, its on Digital Deja Vu
Real hip hop, man i miss it all this sound alike and same beat driving me crazy, you know ma copping this for sure.
This album is wack af. This ain’t real hiphop, just a washed up old mofo with no ideas. Listen to Danny Watts and Rapsody instead.
Nah this is dope, you can like Rapsody and Heltah Skeltah, I’d be she’s a fan of BBC
What brain damaging drug yo stupid tasteless ass is on??!?! How bout YOU put out your own 14 track release and THEN voice your opinion about someone else shit who been an emcee longer than yo dumb ass probably been breathing. Until then, go sitcho over-opinionated crusty ass down somewhere and shut tha fugg up.