There's no denying, however, that Born To Die epitomised the quintessential hit/miss LP (hits: Without You, Radio, Dark Paradise; misses: Off To The Races, that atrociously reworked Diet Mountain Dew, National Anthem) yet here, alongside Rocky, she may have found her true calling: the KickDrums-produced My Bitch (Ridin'), initially intended to feature on the Brooklyn producers' Follow The Leaders mixtape, is now to feature on Rakim Mayers' studio debut LongLiveA$AP and with 'Del Rey reduced to mere backing beau; to but a peripheral "object of your affection" she finally thrives. She goes on to muse on her "Mr. Yum: delicious to the maximum/ Chew him up like bubblegum", before rhyming flavour with... flavour in that now inimitable, side-mouthed stilted slur of hers. Now that she's rhyming alongside a purported bad boi she seems rather coy and quite innocent. Oddly... Tell 'em what it is, Lana? Well, it's a remarkably complimentary collab, that's what.
LongLiveA$AP is expected September 11th. Obviously.