1. Be a Trap Lord. Like A$AP Ferg. The rapper's debut studio album—titled Trap Lord, obvs—is out tomorrow, and features collaborations with the likes of A$AP Rocky, French Montana, and Waka Flocka Flame. Plus, tracks like "Hood Pope," in which we learn he's the Hood Pope. But first and foremost, he's a trap lord—A$AP Ferg stopped by GQHQ last week, where he explained to our own Ren McKnight just what the heck that is. GQ: How would you define a "trap lord"?
A$AP Ferg: A trap lord is basically the lord of the trap, and my trap is rap.
GQ: Sometimes we call Michael Hainey, GQ's deputy editor, the "trap lord." Are you okay with that?
A$AP Ferg: Is he a hustler? As long as he's jiggy, I'm cool with it.
A$AP Ferg: A trap lord is basically the lord of the trap, and my trap is rap.
GQ: Sometimes we call Michael Hainey, GQ's deputy editor, the "trap lord." Are you okay with that?
A$AP Ferg: Is he a hustler? As long as he's jiggy, I'm cool with it.
2. Contemplate The World's End with help from Simon Pegg. We've seen the apocalypse a lot this summer—it destroyed James Franco's house, gave Matt Damon robot arms, and made Will Smith...weird. But The World's End is different: It has beer. Part of the "Three Flavours Cornetto" trilogy (the first two chapters were Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) from British comics Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and director Edgar Wright, The World's End follows a group of friends who reunite for an epic bar crawl that ends at the title pub. That is, until they realize everyone in their hometown has become alien robots hell-bent on destroying humankind. We enlisted Pegg to school us on what to expect when you're expecting the end of the world.
