Well after hearing about Joey Bada$$ a few months ago and hearing him on
America (a
track off of Mac Miller's "Macadelic" mixtape) I couldn't wait for the
young Brooklyn MC to release a mixtape of his own. "1999" did not
disappoint. Bottom line is, the kid is dope........for real. His flow is
reminiscent of the golden age of NY Hip-Hop, when rapping was all about
style and word play and not cheap gimmicks. There's been a few Nas
comparisons........ehhh,I can see where there coming from but I think
its too early in the game to be putting the kid on a pedestal next to
Nasir Jones. All in all, this kid is a lyrical monster for his age. The
production on the mixtape was done mainly by Joey's Pro Era crew with
the exception of two tracks produced by MF Doom , two produced by
J.Dilla and one by Statik Selektah. Mostly notably the production done
by Pro Era's Chuck Strangers was superb. I recommend this mixtape to
anyone who loves Hip-Hop in its purest form: tight lyrics over dope
production.- J_GranT
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