 ASAP Rocky 's flow throughout the mixtape is tempered , and his delivery ranges from nonchalant rhymes to forceful double time . Jon Caramanica writes that the subject matter , including " straight @-@ talking boasts " and " heavy intake of drugs and women " , is revealed by his " bursts of short phrases , rhymed in their entirety . " On " Palace " , ASAP Rocky demonstrates alliterative lyricism and singsong cadence and flow . His flow patterns have been compared by writers to those of Cleveland @-@ based hip hop group Bone Thugs @-@ N @-@ Harmony . August Brown of the Los Angeles Times writes that " his reserved , steely delivery owes equal debts to Houston 's syrup daze and Dipset 's uptown intensity " . He addresses his rapping style on " Purple Swag " : " I 'm Texas trill , Texas trill , but in NY we spit it slow " . On " Leaf " , he addresses hip @-@ hoppers ' criticism of his style : " They say I sound like André / mixed with Kanye / a little bit of Max / a little bit of Wiz / a little bit of that / a little bit of this / get off my dick " . 
