A$AP Rocky's "DON'T BE DUMB" Listening Party All But Confirms The Album Is Dropping Soon

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Earlier this week, A$AP Rocky did confirm that "DON'T BE DUMB" is still coming this year with "Vanity Fair."

Are we actually getting DON'T BE DUMB? While we aren't going to get our hopes up until we see the album on streaming, something slightly different is in the air right now. According to a tweet from Kurrco, A$AP Rocky held a listening party for what will be his fourth official LP at Mr. T restaurant in Los Angeles.

The French spot's co-owner, Guillaume Guedj, posted to his Instagram to thank A$AP Rocky for stopping by and playing said project. "@asaprocky was playing his new album on Vinyl in the private record room last night @mrtlarestaurant. Vibes [flame emoji]," he wrote.

Interestingly, Guedj edited the caption in the 22 hours the photo of him the rapper has been up. It now just says, "@asaprocky thank you for coming @mrtlarestaurant . Vibes [flame emoji]." Perhaps the New York native had something to do with this?

Either way, this is very exciting news as we are seemingly the closest we've ever been to the album dropping. It helps that he also confirmed that DON'T BE DUMB is arriving before 2025 concludes.

He said as much during his Vanity Fair chat with Callum Turner, LaKeith Stanfield, Glen Powell, and Jeremy Allen White.

DON'T BE DUMB Release Date

"Danny Elfman, he just did my album with me that I'm putting out this year. He scored a bunch of the songs on my new album."

That's all we can say though as an actual day of release is nowhere in sight. It may stay that way too as Rocky told Numéro Magazine in October that he's done giving folks false hope.

"To be honest, I don’t want to talk about release dates anymore. I’d rather let the music speak for itself. One day, you’ll wake up and see what’s coming up. I was a bit foolish giving dates last time… Today, I want to make it clear. You’ll just have to wait and enjoy the record when it’ll come out."

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Zachary Horvath is one of the Music Freelance News Writers at HotNewHipHop and has held that title since August 2023. Prior to this position, he held another freelance gig covering local high school football, girls and boys varsity basketball, in addition to recapping Cleveland Cavaliers games remotely. He's taken the previous experience and used it to become a jack of all trades at HotNewHipHop. Zach has thoroughly enjoyed tackling some of the trending topics in sports, with a larger focus on hip-hop and pop culture. Some of those include Bronny James's draft stock, a multitude of angles swirling around the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, as well as Diddy's arrest and lawsuits. Separate from the headlines that everyone wants to hear about, he was fortunate enough to help spread Zaytoven's current thoughts at the time around mid-December in 2023. Even though being able to give his expertise on these stories is fulfilling, being able to share his passion for releases trumps that ever so slightly. Having the chance to express his excitement indirectly about what he thinks our readers should be checking out/revisiting grows his passion for writing that much more.

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