Ferg is not the most visible member of Harlem’s A$AP Mob — that’d be Rocky, duh — but he might be the most talented. Rapping in an excitable throaty yammer that shifts without warning into head-blown stoner-dude talk and psychedelic singsong, Ferg seems like he lives his crew’s art-gallery-dipset aesthetic more fully than anyone else, and his hardest anthems — “Work,” “Shabba,” the Waka Flocka collab “Murda Something” — are among the most fun and impactful bangers currently in rotation. His debut album Trap Lord, which started as a mixtape, will take over your life if you let it. – Tom

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BUY: Trap Lord is available via A$AP WorldWide.