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Instead of creating a new wave, ASAP Rocky has drowned himself in his own ambitions and lost his identity along the way.' Similarly, Stephen Kearse of Pitchfork believed there to be flaws in the experimentation, writing: 'Rocky is enamored with collision.

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In a mixed review, online hip hop publication HipHopDX wrote that 'There is no new movement birthed there is no paradigm shift about the occur it's simply as the title states: a series of harmonic evaluations meant to gauge audience reaction. Club said, 'Though the finished project is as loose and incohesive as its title might suggest, there's a lot to like about Testing. It does not have the earth-shattering impact of his genre-defining debut, nor does it have any one track with as much immediacy as, say, a 'Fuckin' Problems', but it is unequivocally his most thoughtful, most ambitious, and most rewarding project to date', praising the album's production, experimentation, cohesion and guest appearances. Jake Boyer of Highsnobiety acclaimed Testing, labelling it 'an absolute triumph. Andreas Hale of Billboard complimented the album's experimentation but believed that ASAP Rocky is 'still style over substance and his efforts at experimentation don't always click like he wants them to'.

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Kassandra Guagliardi of Exclaim! stated that the album is 'A shedding of the 29-year-old artist's old skin and a rebirth of something more profound and slightly more complicated', complimenting the album's experimental aesthetic and identity. Bansky Gonzalez of Consequence of Sound gave a positive review, stating 'It's a welcome addition to a genre that has become so occupied with spacey, bare-bones operations and overly simplistic results.' Dean Van Nguyen of The Guardian commented that Testing is 'completely out of step with any mainstream rap album you're likely to hear this year', but 'is a spottier affair' where 'too many tracks minimise his strengths'. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 67, based on eight reviews. Testing received generally positive reviews from critics. The album's second single, 'Praise the Lord (Da Shine)' featuring Skepta, was released to rhythmic and urban contemporary radio on June 26, 2018. The album version of the single includes guest appearances from Kid Cudi and T.I. The song peaked at number 65 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

The album's lead single, 'ASAP Forever' featuring Moby, was released on April 5, 2018. The song, 'Bad Company' featuring BlocBoy JB, was released as a promotional single on March 28, 2018. In January 2018, a series of non-album songs were released by ASAP Rocky onto SoundCloud, including '5ive Stars', 'Above' and 'Money Bags Freestyle'. The album artwork was unveiled on May 21, 2018, while the tracklist was announced three days later. I prefer to experiment and have my crowd grow with me and to reach new crowds. People cater more to that because it's a bigger demographic behind that, or it's a guaranteed demographic behind that. People are scared to test new sounds, so they go with what's current 'cause it's the easy thing to do. In an interview with GQ, Rocky stated: 'My new album is really about testing new sounds. In January 2018, the album's album title was cryptically left under SoundCloud song descriptions, until being officially confirmed in May 2018. 2: Too Cozy as part of the rap collective ASAP Mob. The previous month, ASAP Rocky released Cozy Tapes Vol. In September 2017, ASAP Rocky announced the release of a new album, originally scheduled for a late 2017 release.

The album received generally positive reviews from critics and debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200. Testing was supported by two singles: 'ASAP Forever' and 'Praise the Lord (Da Shine)', alongside numerous promotional singles. The album includes guest appearances from Frank Ocean, Kid Cudi, Skepta, French Montana, Kodak Black, Dev Hynes and FKA Twigs, among others, and was produced primarily by Hector Delgado and ASAP Rocky himself, alongside a variety of high-profile record producers. It was released on May 25, 2018, by ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds Music and RCA Records. Testing (stylized in all caps) is the third studio album by American rapper ASAP Rocky.