A$AP Mob’s Cozy Tapes, Vol. 1: Friends - is the second mixtape made by the collective.
The “Friends -” in the title is a phrase commonly used on A$AP Mob’s VLONE clothing. Cofounder A$AP Bari explained the meaning in an interview with NSS Magazine:
If you minus anything it’s “zero.” Minus life. Minus style. Minus food. Anything you put a minus to, you end up with zero. So the whole meaning behind the T-shirt is that “minus friends” means “zero friends."
Before his death, A$AP Yams was working on a project called the Cozy Tapes that would pool the talents of A$AP Mob. Rocky has compared it to Ruff Ryders’ Ryde or Die Vol. 1 and The Diplomats’ Diplomatic Immunity.
On July 21, The A$AP Mob made its network television debut on The Late Show with Jimmy Fallon to officially begin promoting the tape.
On October 27th, A$AP Rocky took to Twitter to drop Telephone Calls from the tape, and to announce that the project in its entirety would be officially released on October 30th, 2016.