A$AP Twelvyy is one of the Mob members who has not yet released an album. However, the New York City MC stays ready. “Motivation” is the latest burden of proof that the MC heard on Rocky’s Live. Love. ASAP and Statik Selektah’s Lucky 7 deserves his own platform. Moreover, this particular moment is at least four years old, showing that the Bronx native had some real gems in his vaults.

On a wavy Alchemist track with lots of percussion, Twelvyy shares the microphone with one of his influences, AZ. Both artists are driven by imagery set under the Big Apple skyline. Just like Tha Visualiza 22 years ago on Nas’ Illmatic, A$AP is in a place to make his features count, and express his hunger to make himself a lasting voice in the culture.

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This track also features Dame’s relative Da$h, who was running with Curren$y and Murs back in those days. On “Motivation,” one can hear just how much somebody like AZ influenced the fashion and the flows of A$AP Mob.