Joey Bada$$ – B4.DA.$$

Nothing makes me happier than putting on some new hip hop and hearing an album like B4.DA.$$. Seriously, this is like Xmas morning when I was 8 years old and I just opened a Millennium Falcon toy.

This is an East Coast album, no doubt. The production was handled by a variety of producers including DJ Premiere, J Dilla, Hit Boy, and for Mass pride Statik Selektah, originally from Lawrence MA. They brought a classic sound to this record where, had this come out in 1995, not 2015 it would have fit right in. Amazing that BadA$$ was actually born that year.

Released on January 20th, Bada$$’s 20th birthday, Joey has rhyme skills far beyond his age. He has been compared to NAS from the Illmatic era and it’s not unwarranted. One of the most highly anticipated debuts this year, Joey made his bones over the last couple of years on mixtapes 1999 and Summer Nights. Now he has arrived bringing heat. Check it.