Don't Be Dumb
by A$AP Rocky
- Type: Album
- Released: 2026-01-16
- Label: AWGE, RCA
- Country: United States
- Length: 59:49
- Community rating: 3.32/5 from 39 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A$AP Rocky’s fourth studio album, “Don't Be Dumb,” marks a significant pivot from the sprawling experimentation of 2018’s “Testing.” The project crystallizes his psychedelic tendencies into a more confrontational and cohesive sonic statement. Across a production landscape that veers from distorted, industrial-tinged bangers to moments of lush, soulful introspection, Rocky navigates themes of fatherhood, industry disillusionment, and cynical self-preservation. The album's titular imperative serves as a thematic anchor, grounding his signature sybaritic flair with a newfound, hardened clarity, solidifying his position as a mature, yet still defiant, artistic voice.
Genres
Descriptors: confrontational, male vocalist, sampling, crime, hedonism, vulgar, drugs, atmospheric, rhythmic, vehicles, rap, experimental, commercial, club, dreamy
Tracklist
- ORDER OF PROTECTION (2:51)
- HELICOPTER (2:40)
- INTERROGATION (SKIT) (0:49)
- STOLE YA FLOW (3:19)
- STAY HERE 4 LIFE (feat. Brent Faiyaz) (5:46)
- PLAYA (3:47)
- NO TRESPASSING (3:15)
- STOP SNITCHING (feat. BossMan Dlow & Sauce Walka) (3:20)
- STFU (feat. Slay Squad) (2:58)
- PUNK ROCKY (3:54)
- AIR FORCE (BLACK DEMARCO) (3:44)
- WHISKEY (RELEASE ME) (feat. Gorillaz & Westside Gunn) (4:05)
- ROBBERY (feat. Doechii) (3:55)
- DON'T BE DUMB / TRIP BABY (4:45)
- THE END (feat. will.i.am & Jessica Pratt) (3:34)
- SWAT TEAM (3:12)
- FISH N STEAK (WHAT IT IS) (feat. Tyler, The Creator & Jozzy) (3:49)
Credits
- A$AP Rocky - vocals, writer, producer
- Jordan Patrick - writer, producer, recording engineer, guitar, keyboards, background vocals, additional producer, percussion, drums, saxophone
- Rance - writer, producer
- Alexandria Dopson - choir
- Anthony McEastland - choir
- Ashly Williams - choir
- Jaden Gray - choir
- Nakia Mason - choir
- Gosha Usov - recording engineer, arranger
- Kelvin Krash - writer, producer, recording engineer
- Soufien 3000 - writer, producer
- Thundercat - writer, producer, bass, additional producer, guitar
- Zach Fogarty - recording engineer, writer, co-producer, guitar, additional producer, arp synthesizer, producer
- ICY TWAT - writer, producer
- Brent Faiyaz - featured, vocals, writer, producer, featuring
- Hit-Boy - writer, producer
- Loukeman - writer, producer, additional producer
- Clif Shayne - writer
- Kenyatta Lee Frazier Jr. - writer
- Cardo Got Wings - writer, producer
- Edrick Miles - writer
- Tony E. Scales - writer
- Tremaine Aldon Neverson - writer
- Troy Taylor - writer
- Anycia - background vocals
- David Biral - writer
- Denzel Baptiste - writer
- Take a Daytrip - producer
- Grogs - writer, producer
- Mingo - writer, producer
- BossMan Dlow - featured, vocals, writer, producer, featuring
- Sauce Walka - featured, vocals, writer, featuring
- Hitkidd - writer, producer
- Rex Kudo - writer, producer
- Caleb Arredondo - saxophone
- Michael Prince - violin
- Slay Squad - featured, producer, featuring
- Brahim Gousse - vocals, writer
- Keilo Kei - vocals, writer
- Ging - writer, producer, co-producer, bass, drums
- Lamar Mars Edwards - writer
- Deaton Chris Anthony - producer
- Cristoforo Donadi - writer, producer, guitar, additional vocals
- Digital Nas - writer, producer
- Greg Kurstin - writer, producer
- Carlton McDowell - background vocals
- Spencer Sutherland - background vocals
- Gorillaz - featured, featuring
- Damon Albarn - vocals, writer, producer
- Westside Gunn - featured, writer, background vocals, featuring
- T-Minus - writer, producer
- Hector Delgado - recording engineer, mixing engineer, writer, producer
- Mike Garin - piano
- Ilhan Saferali - trumpet
- Doechii - featured, vocals, writer, featuring
- Duke Ellington - writer, producer
- Irving Mills - writer
- Juan Tizol - writer
- Jon Batiste - background vocals
- Claire Cottrill - writer