The Progressive Era and Black Hippy cohorts Joey Bad and Soulo coming together on this new titled "Enter the Void." While Ab-Soul sounds as dope as ever, bringing socially aware rhymes together with weird and pompous abstractions, Joey sounds great on a track that sounds a bit less mired in hip hop nostalgia. Hoping these guys cross paths again in the future. Props to Lee Bannon on the production.
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Joey Bada$$- 1999
Reviews2 CommentsOn his debut mixtape, New York rapper Joey Bada$$ chases after a classic boom bap style, and, for the most part, does it justice.
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Joey Bada$$- 1999
New Tracks1 CommentDownload: Joey Bada$$- 1999 New York rapper Joey Bada$$ drops a pretty telling line at the start of his new mixtape, 1999:
"It's been a minute since they seen a style with no gimmicks."
A no BS approach has pretty much been what's been so appealing about this 17-year-old since he and his posse called Pro Era have been getting some attention on the blog-o-sphere. While I'm sure some will come around and call this kid's style old hat, I personally fail to see what's so dated about raw lyricism, mature storytelling, and a great flow.
The production on here, for the most part, is lifted from some pretty familiar places, which has its positives and negatives. Instrumentals from MF DOOM, J Dilla, Statik Selektah, and Freddie Joachim are all over this thing. Still, Joey is charismatic enough to bring his own flavor on some of these beats, for sure.
Download this 1999 tape via the link above, and check the cover art below:
Joey Bada$$- "Daily Routine"
New Tracks1 CommentAbove is a stream of a brand new Joey Bada$$ track. If you're unfamiliar with the up-and-coming New York rapper, scope this.
Anyway, this track is a part of a series courtesy of Yours Truly and Addidas titled Songs From Scratch, which typically follows the creation of a single song by whichever artist happens to be getting features.
In this installment of Songs From Scratch, Joey Bada$$ works with producer Chuck Strangers on a new track, and explain the creative process a bit in this video:
The song itself shoots for a classic, 90s-inspired hip hop sound, and gives away some bits of Joey's past: "Used to bed ma dues for lunch money, hunnies used to run from me when pockets was dust bunnies. Now what's funny?" It's got a solid, lyrical hook and an extremely relaxed vibe. I can dig it. Here's the cover art:
