{{short description|2013 song by ASAP Mob}} {{Infobox song | name = Trillmatic | cover = Trillmatic-ASAPMob.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[ASAP Mob]] featuring [[ASAP Nast]] and [[Method Man]] | album = L.O.R.D. | released = {{Start date|2013|12|04}} | recorded = 2013 | studio = | genre = [[East Coast hip hop]] | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=59}} | label = * [[ASAP Worldwide]] * [[Polo Grounds Music|Polo Grounds]] * [[RCA Records|RCA]] | writer = * [[ASAP Nast|Tariq Devega]] * [[Method Man|Clifford Smith]] * [[ASAP Ty Beats|Curtis Williams]] | producer = [[ASAP Ty Beats]] | chronology = [[ASAP Mob]] | prev_title = Bath Salts | prev_year = 2012 | next_title = Xscape | next_year = 2014 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[ASAP Nast]] | type = single | prev_title = | prev_year = | title = Trillmatic | year = 2013 | next_title = [[Hella Hoes]] | next_year = 2014 }} {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Method Man]] | type = single | prev_title = The Pit | prev_year = 2013 | title = Trillmatic | year = 2013 | next_title = | next_year = }} }}
"'''Trillmatic'''" is a song by American rapper [[ASAP Nast]] from the [[hip hop collective]] [[ASAP Mob]]. It was released on December 4, 2013. It was originally intended to be a first single from ASAP Mob's debut [[studio album]] ''[[L.O.R.D. (album)|L.O.R.D.]]'', which was originally scheduled to be released around 2014, but the album, however, was scrapped.<ref name="yamborghini.tumblr.com">{{Cite web | url=http://yamborghini.tumblr.com/post/98450145494/you-my-dude-and-a-ap-is-my-fav-rap-fashionable-but |title = Yamborghini|website=Yamborghini.tumblr.com}}</ref> The song, [[Hip hop production|produced]] by ASAP Mob's [[ASAP Ty Beats]] features East Coast rapper [[Method Man]]. The song has since peaked at number 29 on the [[UK R&B Chart]].
== Background and composition== The song originally appeared as a one-minute snippet on the end of [[ASAP Ant]]'s "The Way It Go".<ref name="theboombox1">{{cite web|url=http://theboombox.com/asap-nast-method-man-trillmatic-video/ |title=A$AP Nast, Method Man Take It to the '90s With 'Trillmatic' |website=Theboombox.com |date=2013-12-04 |access-date=2014-02-27}}</ref> On December 4, 2013, "Trillmatic" by [[ASAP Mob]]'s [[ASAP Nast]] featuring [[Wu-Tang Clan]]'s [[Method Man]], and produced by ASAP Ty Beats, was originally released as the first single from their debut album ''[[L.O.R.D. (album)|L.O.R.D.]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/trillmatic-feat-a%24ap-nast/772147278 |title=iTunes - Music - Trillmatic (feat. A$AP Nast & Method Man) - Single by A$AP Mob |publisher=[[Apple Inc]] |date=2013-12-04 |access-date=2014-02-01}}</ref><ref name="pitchfork1">{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/53247-video-aap-mob-trillmatic-ft-aap-nast-and-method-man/ |title=Video: A$AP Mob: "Trillmatic" [ft. A$AP Nast and Method Man] | News |publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] |date=2013-12-05 |access-date=2014-02-27}}</ref> But, on September 26, 2014, fellow ASAP Mob member and general manager, [[ASAP Yams|Steven "ASAP Yams" Rodriguez]], announced on his Tumblr account, that the album was scrapped.<ref name="yamborghini.tumblr.com"/>
In an April 2014 interview with [[HipHopDX]], Nast spoke on the song saying, "Basically what I wanted to do with that was put people in that time machine and bring them back to 1997, 1996—with [[Wu-Tang Clan]], [[A Tribe Called Quest]], [[AZ (rapper)|AZ]], [[Gang Starr]]—all these guys were coming up, and it was all about rapping. It wasn't about your fancy clothes. Well it was, but to an extent. "Trillmatic" was basically to showcase that we're in 2014, but we could still shine with the whole Golden Era. So I just wanted to put people in that zone, and that was it. I think we got the point across."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/interviews/id.2341/title.aap-ferg-aap-nast-shed-light-on-l-o-r-d-album-delays|title=A$AP Ferg & A$AP Nast Shed Light On "L.O.R.D." Album Delays|date=3 April 2014|website=HipHopDX.com|access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref>
The song features a hard-hitting, vintage 1990s boom bap beat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1588861/aap-mob-trillmatic-feat-method-man-video/video/ |title=A$AP Mob – "Trillmatic" (Feat. Method Man) Video |website=Stereogum.com |access-date=2014-02-27|date=2013-12-04 }}</ref> The song title, "Trillmatic", is a reference to [[Nas]]' debut album ''[[Illmatic]]''.<ref name="rollingstone1">{{cite magazine|author=Billy Johnson, Jr. |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/a-ap-mob-s-trillmatic-video-count-the-aa99-s-references-20131204 |title=AAP Mobs Trillmatic Video: Count the 1990s References | Music News |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=2013-12-04 |access-date=2014-02-27}}</ref> It contains a sample of "[[The World Is a Ghetto]]" by [[War (American band)|War]] from the 1972 album of the same name.
== Music video == The music video for the song was mainly filmed at the Castle Hill Houses in [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]].<ref name="rap-up1">{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/12/03/video-asap-mob-f-asap-nast-method-man-trillmatic/ |title=Video: A$AP Mob f/ A$AP Nast & Method Man – 'Trillmatic' |website=Rap-Up.com |date= |access-date=2014-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=A$AP Mob |url=http://www.djbooth.net/index/tracks/review/asap-mob-trillmatic/ |title=A$AP Mob ft. A$AP Nast & Method Man - Trillmatic | Stream |website=DJBooth.net |date= |access-date=2014-02-27}}</ref> The video was released on December 4, 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/12/asap-mob-asap-nast-method-man-trillmatic |title=A$AP Mob A$AP Nast Method Man "Trillmatic" |magazine=Complex |date=2013-12-03 |access-date=2014-02-01}}</ref> The group appeared on [[BET]]'s [[106 & Park]] to premiere the video.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bet.com/video/106andpark/106guestrewind/asap-mob-106-and-park-3223-s2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213081606/http://www.bet.com/video/106andpark/106guestrewind/asap-mob-106-and-park-3223-s2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |title=A$AP Nast World Premieres New Video, "Trillmatic," on 106 | 106 & Park: BET Top 10 Live |publisher=BET |date= |access-date=2014-02-27}}</ref> The video was directed by Jonah Schwartz.<ref name="pitchfork1"/> All the members of ASAP Mob including [[ASAP Rocky]] and [[ASAP Ferg]] make appearances in the video.<ref name="rap-up1"/> In the video the group roam around the streets of New York City from the Bronx to [[Madison Square Garden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/asap-nast-trillmatic-video-feat-method-man/ |title=New Video: ASAP Mob Feat. ASAP Nast & Method Man "Trillmatic" |website=MissInfo.tv |date=2013-12-03 |access-date=2014-02-27}}</ref>
== Critical reception == "Trillmatic" was met with generally positive reviews. Billy Johnson Jr. of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' praised both rappers performances, the [[refrain]] and the song's production.<ref name="rollingstone1"/> Andy Bustard of The BoomBox stated, "Trillmatic" "is a fun and refreshing throwback to 1990s East Coast rap." Nast has "two stellar verses and a surprisingly dope hook, but it’s Johnny Blaze who lights up the track with an effortlessly acrobatic guest appearance. A$AP Ty Beats' sample-laced, boom bap production proves that the true New York essence is hiding beneath all that Houston flavor after all."<ref name="theboombox1"/> Jeff Rosenthal of ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' said, "it's been years since Method Man sounded so urgent as he does" on "Trillmatic".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2014/01/most-anticipated-albums-2014/wu-tang-clan-a-better-tomorrow |title=41. Wu-Tang Clan, A Better Tomorrow — The Most Anticipated Albums of 2014 |magazine=Complex |date=2014-01-06 |access-date=2014-02-27}}</ref>
== Chart performance == {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Chart performance for "Trillmatic" ! scope="col"| Chart (2014) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| UK Singles ([[The Official Charts Company]])<ref>{{cite web|last=Zywietz|first=Tobias|title=Chart Log UK|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/140301cluk.txt|website=Zobbel.de|publisher=Tobias Zywietz|access-date=March 2, 2014}}</ref> | align="center"| 193 |- {{singlechart|UKrandb|29|date=20140315|rowheader=true}} |}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Release history and formats for "Trillmatic" ! scope="col"| Country ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label |- ! scope="row"| United States | December 4, 2013 | [[Music download|Digital download]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/trillmatic-feat-a%24ap-nast/772147278 |title=iTunes - Music - Trillmatic (feat. A$AP Nast & Method Man) - Single by A$AP Mob |website=[[iTunes]] |date=2013-12-04 |access-date=2014-02-27}}</ref> |rowspan="2" | [[ASAP Worldwide]], [[Polo Grounds Music|Polo Grounds]], [[RCA Records]] |- ! scope="row"| United Kingdom | January 16, 2014 | [[Urban contemporary]] radio<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/playlist/|title=BBC Radio 1Xtra Playlist|access-date=February 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302010739/http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/playlist|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 2, 2014}}</ref> |}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{ASAP Mob}} {{Method Man}}
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