Showing All "Joey Bada$$" Posts
Jun 12th Comment
Joey Bada$$, the Brooklyn teenager who's made quite a name for himself in the past year by reviving mid-'90s New York rap styles, was supposed to release his new mixtape Summer Knights today; we'd… Read Story »
Jun 7th 4 Comments
A few days late but stacked with excellence, here is your collection of May's absolute jams. For optimal ease of consumption, you'll find it here in three forms: a 12-track downloadable zip of the… Read Story »
Jun 3rd Comment
Late last year, Pro Era, the crew of teenage Brooklyn boom-bap revivalists led by Joey Bada$$, released their all-crew PEEP The aPROcalypse mixtape. Three days later, the group member Capital Steez… Read Story »
May 29th 1 Comment
This year will be one of movement for the prodigal '90s NYC hip hop revivalist Joey Bada$$, who's lined up a few releases for 2013: Up first it's Summer Knights, a mixtape coming 6/12, followed by a… Read Story »
Apr 4th 4 Comments
Later today, the Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg will release New York Renaissance, a new mixtape that's already yielded Action Bronson's "Compliments 2 The Chef" and World's Fair's "96 Knicks." And now we… Read Story »
Mar 22nd Comment
The Beast Coastal Tour kicked off in Portland last night with performances from Joey Bada$$ and his Pro Era crew, Flatbush Zombies, and the Underachievers. The inspired grouping played the small… Read Story »
Mar 6th Comment
When teenage Brooklyn boom-bap revivalist Joey Bada$$ teamed up with the great rap-fundamentalist producer DJ Premier, they named the track "Unorthodox," even though it's one of the most orthodox… Read Story »
Feb 26th 2 Comments
For "Wendy N Becky," a freebie track posted on Soundcloud yesterday, the teenage Brooklyn '90s-rap revivalist Joey Bada$$ linked up with Chance The Rapper, a furiously creative Chicago kid who raps… Read Story »
Feb 7th 2 Comments
Teenage backpack-rap revivalist hasn't slowed down one second since bubbling up to national attention about a year ago, and now he's got a new single called "Underground Airplay" that pairs him up… Read Story »
Jan 31st 4 Comments
By the end of last year, compiling Monthly Mixes became a sad task. Each month I'd scan in sadness, watching our strongest songs presented as straight-to-Soundcloud affairs, our music business… Read Story »
