A$AP Rocky Has a Psychedelic Trip in “Jukebox Joints” Video

At.Long.Last.A$AP tries to synthesize a whole host of influences, but it doesn't exactly live by hippie credos. Sure, A$AP Rocky cites an iLoveMakonnen-furnished acid trip (and the resultant orgies) as a turning point in the creative process. Yes, the Harlem rapper became perplexingly fast friends with Rod Stewart. But there's still that thread of Uptown antagonism--ask Rita Ora, who was the subject of some particularly tasteless lyrics, or the whole of the Atlanta hip-hop scene, which some believe Rocky wrote off in an interview. (We will concede that when Susan Sarandon wants to get high with you, you've probably put some good energy into the universe.) But the new video for "Jukebox Joints" plays like a happy inversion on reefer madness; you can practically feel the malt shops and bad perms coming to life. Unfortunately, Kanye West--who produced the song and who raps on the album version--doesn't turn up for the clip.