 Allmusic editor Andre Barnes views the mixtape 's music as distinct from East Coast hip hop , calling it " sonically out of place , recasting the feel of East Coast hip @-@ hop into a quintessential , albeit progressive southern aesthetic with its country funk and cosmic , syrupy backdrops . " Jon Caramanica calls Live . Love . ASAP " placeless and universal , an album that sounds as if it has ingested the last 20 years of hip @-@ hop ’ s travels and would be comfortable anywhere . " Caramanica notes characteristics of various hip hop scenes other than that of New York 's scene , including " chewy , slowed @-@ down homages to Houston " and " nods to New Orleans and Atlanta and the Bay Area and everywhere else hip @-@ hop is made . " Alvin Aqua Blanco of HipHopDX writes that the music 's grooves " generally stay on the DJ Screw side of the BPMs " . Consequence of Sound editor Mike Madden notes its musical dynamic as " Southern flavors crossbreed [ ing ] with plenty of cloudy ambient @-@ rap moments " and views that the cadences of the beats consequently " dictate " ASAP Rocky 's rapping style . 
