It turns out that, contrary to popular demand, A$AP Rocky and Rod Stewart will not be releasing a mixtape together. Rocky’s been all over the news recently, for a whole list of reasons; from controversial, headline-grabbing anecdotes from his sex life, to the release of his lengthy, impressive new album, and now, a supposed collaborative EP with the UK singer. Rocky kicked off the rumour in an interview with Vulture, where he joked, “Me and Rod Stewart have a mixtape coming out. It’s called Born to Be Pretty and it’s definitely a panty-dropper. Droppin’ this summer. You already know.”
The story spread like wildfire. Considering that Stewart had featured on the A$AP track Everyday, it wasn’t entirely impossible. The news eventually forced Rocky to put it to bed via social media.
THE ROD STEWART MIXTAPE WAS SAID AS A JOKE , AS FUNNY AND INTERESTING AS IT WOULD BE, UNFORTUNATELY, “BORN TO BE PRETTY” IS NOT REAL, LOL
— LORD FLACKO JODYE II (@asvpxrocky) June 4, 2015
But it got us thinking, what would Born to Be Pretty sound like? We’ve already got Rocky’s sampling of Stewart’s In a Broken Dream on his track Everyday to go off. And yea, that’s a pretty solid start.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtZBA1bVbcs]
So what else would make the cut? We decided to have a look back at some guitar & gangster collabs to see just what Rocky and Rod could do for each other. Firstly, I think that we would all hope it wouldn’t degenerate into something like this:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rgStv12dwA]
Maybe something a little more heavy, like this epic collaboration between Dinosaur Jr and Del tha Funkee Homosapien. Obviously with some sweet Rod crooning thrown in tha mix.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ0CB7d6UdQ]
The jury is still out on Walk This Way. Sure RUN-DMC improved the Aerosmith classic and Steven Tyler sure has the raspiness that Rod definitely goes for, yet you can’t help having that brutal feeling that RUN-DMC could have made this their own without Tyler and… that cavernous mouth.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B_UYYPb-Gk]
Finally there’s the multi-talented Debbie Harry, who chose to provide her own rap verses on Blondie track Rapture. Lyrics like ‘the men from Mars stop eating cars‘ don’t hold a candle to the work of Rocky, so we’re thinking maybe he and Rod could take it up a level. If they ever do, however, remains to be seen.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCdS7O248g]
