ASAP Rocky is taking his time releasing his long-awaited album, Don’t Be Dumb, however followers will probably be getting some new music from him quickly all the identical. With Rocky showing within the crime thriller Highest 2 Lowest subsequent weekend, it solely is sensible that he’ll seem on two songs from its accompanying soundtrack.
According to Rolling Stone, two all-new ASAP Rocky songs are billed to seem on the movie’s soundtrack: “Each Eyes Closed” and “Trunks.” The soundtrack will hit DSPs the identical day the film hits theaters: August 15.
The movie is a reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 movie Excessive And Low (or, maybe extra precisely, Heaven And Hell) directed by Spike Lee. It transplants the drama of a kidnapping from post-war Japan to trendy New York Metropolis, altering the unique movie’s shoe magnate right into a document firm CEO performed by Denzel Washington. Rocky will tackle the position of the charismatic however unhinged kidnapper.
If it looks as if Washington, a Broadway vet, is a bit too distinguished for the position of a rap music exec, Rocky himself refuted the notion throughout a latest interview. As he informed Selection, “Denzel performs extra Memphis rap than anyone I do know… I used to be shocked. He’s an OG. You’ll anticipate him to take heed to Miles Davis all day. Nah, he mentioned, ‘Throw on NLE Choppa,’ [then Washington rapped] ‘I don’t do drive-bys no extra, I stroll ’em down’ That’s verbatim. I used to be like, ‘That is gonna be lit. It’s on now.’”
Highest 2 Lowest is out 8/15. Take a look at its trailer above.
