Get Right

Who is this new rapper Joey Badass and why should you care enough to give his free mixtape a listen? I sort of shot myself in the foot recently due to my last New Year's Eve resolution to no longer type symbols for rappers' names. A$AP Rocky was meant to be the last. Partially do to this personal logic, I originally had a slow start to listen to Joey Bada$$' mixtape. Only by a few days, but in Internet warp speed that’s like last year. After taking suggestion from TheOverFeed.com editors, I gave "1999" a complete listen. The project is sort of an ode to the 1990's scene of hip hop music influenced by great rappers like Nas, Notorious B.I.G. and Jay-Z. In an ironic twist, Flatbush, Brooklyn’s Joey Bada$$ is only 17 years old, but still heavily influenced by that era of music. 1999 is a complete mixtape that creatively comes correct. Not only does Joey Bada$$’ music pay respect to the New York greats, it also reinforces New York's up and coming creative talent in the hip hop field. Little known Bada$$ fact, Joey was featured on Mac Miller’s recent mixtape, Macadellic. Thank Joey Bada$$ for the free mixtape. What’s the over under on him blowing up and not completing high school next year? Stream and download the mixtape below.

Download: Joey Bada$$ - 1999