 Live . Love . ASAP received widespread acclaim from critics . At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications , the mixtape received an average score of 83 , based on 12 reviews . Jim Carroll of The Irish Times dubbed it " a dashing statement of intent . " Allmusic 's Andre Barnes wrote of its appeal to hip hop purists and listeners , " For the saints , Live Love ASAP is nothing short of a guilty pleasure ... But for the aesthetically inclined , Live Love ASAP is a marvel of contemporary rap music , despite its abounding moral decay . " Pitchfork Media 's Jeff Weiss dubbed the mixtape a " triumph of immaculate taste " and wrote that throughout , " Rocky embodies the sweat @-@ free cool of someone who has stolen the test and memorized the answers ahead of time . " Colin McGowan of Cokemachineglow cited his ability to " command a variety of sounds " as the reason it sounds " unified without drifting into monochrome territory " . McGowan viewed that , although his " Wayne @-@ ian pattern " is not as " fluid " nor " dotted with exuberant metaphors " , his sensibilities make up for technical shortcomings : 
