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Lovin the vid 
Joey Bada$$ 1999 mixtape
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Primo passing down some lessons & advice to Joey
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^ Good looks on this vid my dude!
I would love to just sit in a session and watch Premo work. He is great at what he does.
That beat with the "Shut the Eff Up" sample that he said he is going to save fore Joeys album is :x I can't wait to hear Joey murk that.
I would love to just sit in a session and watch Premo work. He is great at what he does.
That beat with the "Shut the Eff Up" sample that he said he is going to save fore Joeys album is :x I can't wait to hear Joey murk that.
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Primo passing down some lessons & advice to Joey
Man, this is so dope. Loved seeing the BTS with Premo dropping knowledge. Premier always seemed like a real cool cat, down to earth dude.
Cannot not WAIT for this album, hopefully we get tracks from Pete Rock, Q-Tip, etc.
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I am not sure if this was posted but I came across this today via Billboard.com.
Joey Bad***** adjusts to life as a hip-hop's new golden boy.
In January, the same month he celebrated his 18th birthday, lanky rapper Joey Bad***** was named creative director of Ecko Unltd., the pioneering streetwear brand founded by Marc Ecko in 1993. As creative director, Bad*****, born Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott, wears many hats, both figuratively and literally. This week in February, his job is to come to Ecko's New York headquarters wearing anything he wants, from any brands he admires, while designers study his choices in hopes of revitalizing the company.
"What about this one?" asks Bad*****' manager, Jonny Shipes, dangling a green camouflage T-shirt. He's trying to get Bad***** to pick an outfit, one actually made by Ecko, for the cover of a magazine he'll be shooting soon. But Bad*****' stony silence makes it clear Shipes' choice won't work.
"I don't want to do that," Bad***** replies, condemning the shirt with a jab of his finger. "I'm sick of camo."
A year ago no one knew who Joey Bad***** was, but now everyone is listening closely. The Brooklyn native broke through in early 2012 with the video for "Survival Tactics," in which he and late friend Capital STEEZ (who committed suicide in December) rap from the basement of a crumbling building. Bad*****' flow is dizzying and visceral, an uncanny amalgam of almost every great New York rapper from hip-hop's golden age: Biggie Smalls, Nas, Method Man, Big L. The YouTube video has garnered more than 2 million views and quickly caught the attention of tastemakers. Last June, Bad***** released his debut mixtape, 1999, which inspired proclamations of a new rap renaissance.
Photos: Joey Bad*****, Pro Era Juice Session
"To me, the youth wasn't really representing for the **** that I grew up on," says Shipes, 33, who discovered Bad***** three years ago through a freestyle video on WorldStarHipHop.com. "[Bad*****] just had it. He was this 15-year-old kid spazzing in a hallway with his friend beatboxing. I was like, 'I gotta find this guy.'"
Shipes, a former Bad Boy Records employee who also discovered Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA and Nipsey Hussle, signed Bad***** to his independent label Cinematic Music Group, which last year inked an exclusive distribution deal with Sony's RED. Shipes says he's set up his new prodigy to be "his own boss," giving him a mirror deal where he gets an equal percentage of record sales and retains control over his marketing budget.
Bad***** says he's happy with the freedom the arrangement provides, but hasn't ruled out making a jump to the majors. "I'm still learning," he says. "I want to understand every aspect of [the business] before I make a move. I'm figuring out what an artist is supposed to have: What's slaving and what's not slaving?"
Late last year, Mountain Dew-backed imprint Green Label Sound inked Bad***** to a single deal for "Unorthodox," produced by boom-bap pioneer DJ Premier and released in January. It was a big month for Bad*****, who, in addition to turning 18 and assuming duties at Ecko, appeared on the A$AP Rocky posse cut "1 Train," featured on the fellow New Yorker's Billboard 200 No. 1 album "Long.Live.A$AP."
"Me being from New York and having a title as a rapper, that's already enough to prove 'cause people in New York are arrogant and they [are] just cold so if you make it here, you can make it anywhere. With this whole new New York movement, as far as the Beast Coast [Movement] -- Pro Era, Underachievers, [Flatbush] Zombies, you got cats like Bronson, Xquire, Smoke DZA, A$AP -- new New York is looking real nice right now. It's on the rise."
In the Ecko offices, Bad***** is a kid in a candy store, rummaging through racks of samples (a sign reads "Touch if you want your hands chopped off") before settling on a glossy black jacket with matching bucket hat. He drags a speaker dock into a cramped, fluorescent-lit room that dregs up bad memories of in-school suspension and whips out a cracked iPhone containing some of his new songs.
During the course of six as-yet-untitled tracks, it's clear that Bad***** has the makings of a landmark debut album as outlined by his heroes. Some are reminiscent of early Wu-Tang Clan, others Nas' Illmatic. On one he snarls like Ol' Dirty Bastard at his most petulant.
"Even when I first started, I never looked at other teenagers as competition," he says, mentioning that he was recently in the studio with Q-Tip. "I looked at who was in the game as a whole-period. That was my competition."
In the spring, Bad***** will go on tour with his promising crew, Pro Era, and fellow ascendant Brooklynites Flatbush Zombies and the Underachievers. The album (he has a title in mind, but is keeping it a secret) will follow. "There's a lot of Pro Era stuff that's going to be coming out in the next couple of months. I plan dropping my debut summer time or early fall," he says. "Now, I'm just focused on this whole new path of life I took on."
Although he had to stop attending Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn-"**** was getting too crazy"-Bad***** says he's still taking classes online. He's holding out hope that he'll be able to attend senior prom this summer. "I've been thinking about it," he says, flashing a grin. "But things might be even crazier then."
Joey Bad***** adjusts to life as a hip-hop's new golden boy.
In January, the same month he celebrated his 18th birthday, lanky rapper Joey Bad***** was named creative director of Ecko Unltd., the pioneering streetwear brand founded by Marc Ecko in 1993. As creative director, Bad*****, born Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott, wears many hats, both figuratively and literally. This week in February, his job is to come to Ecko's New York headquarters wearing anything he wants, from any brands he admires, while designers study his choices in hopes of revitalizing the company.
"What about this one?" asks Bad*****' manager, Jonny Shipes, dangling a green camouflage T-shirt. He's trying to get Bad***** to pick an outfit, one actually made by Ecko, for the cover of a magazine he'll be shooting soon. But Bad*****' stony silence makes it clear Shipes' choice won't work.
"I don't want to do that," Bad***** replies, condemning the shirt with a jab of his finger. "I'm sick of camo."
A year ago no one knew who Joey Bad***** was, but now everyone is listening closely. The Brooklyn native broke through in early 2012 with the video for "Survival Tactics," in which he and late friend Capital STEEZ (who committed suicide in December) rap from the basement of a crumbling building. Bad*****' flow is dizzying and visceral, an uncanny amalgam of almost every great New York rapper from hip-hop's golden age: Biggie Smalls, Nas, Method Man, Big L. The YouTube video has garnered more than 2 million views and quickly caught the attention of tastemakers. Last June, Bad***** released his debut mixtape, 1999, which inspired proclamations of a new rap renaissance.
Photos: Joey Bad*****, Pro Era Juice Session
"To me, the youth wasn't really representing for the **** that I grew up on," says Shipes, 33, who discovered Bad***** three years ago through a freestyle video on WorldStarHipHop.com. "[Bad*****] just had it. He was this 15-year-old kid spazzing in a hallway with his friend beatboxing. I was like, 'I gotta find this guy.'"
Shipes, a former Bad Boy Records employee who also discovered Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA and Nipsey Hussle, signed Bad***** to his independent label Cinematic Music Group, which last year inked an exclusive distribution deal with Sony's RED. Shipes says he's set up his new prodigy to be "his own boss," giving him a mirror deal where he gets an equal percentage of record sales and retains control over his marketing budget.
Bad***** says he's happy with the freedom the arrangement provides, but hasn't ruled out making a jump to the majors. "I'm still learning," he says. "I want to understand every aspect of [the business] before I make a move. I'm figuring out what an artist is supposed to have: What's slaving and what's not slaving?"
Late last year, Mountain Dew-backed imprint Green Label Sound inked Bad***** to a single deal for "Unorthodox," produced by boom-bap pioneer DJ Premier and released in January. It was a big month for Bad*****, who, in addition to turning 18 and assuming duties at Ecko, appeared on the A$AP Rocky posse cut "1 Train," featured on the fellow New Yorker's Billboard 200 No. 1 album "Long.Live.A$AP."
"Me being from New York and having a title as a rapper, that's already enough to prove 'cause people in New York are arrogant and they [are] just cold so if you make it here, you can make it anywhere. With this whole new New York movement, as far as the Beast Coast [Movement] -- Pro Era, Underachievers, [Flatbush] Zombies, you got cats like Bronson, Xquire, Smoke DZA, A$AP -- new New York is looking real nice right now. It's on the rise."
In the Ecko offices, Bad***** is a kid in a candy store, rummaging through racks of samples (a sign reads "Touch if you want your hands chopped off") before settling on a glossy black jacket with matching bucket hat. He drags a speaker dock into a cramped, fluorescent-lit room that dregs up bad memories of in-school suspension and whips out a cracked iPhone containing some of his new songs.
During the course of six as-yet-untitled tracks, it's clear that Bad***** has the makings of a landmark debut album as outlined by his heroes. Some are reminiscent of early Wu-Tang Clan, others Nas' Illmatic. On one he snarls like Ol' Dirty Bastard at his most petulant.
"Even when I first started, I never looked at other teenagers as competition," he says, mentioning that he was recently in the studio with Q-Tip. "I looked at who was in the game as a whole-period. That was my competition."
In the spring, Bad***** will go on tour with his promising crew, Pro Era, and fellow ascendant Brooklynites Flatbush Zombies and the Underachievers. The album (he has a title in mind, but is keeping it a secret) will follow. "There's a lot of Pro Era stuff that's going to be coming out in the next couple of months. I plan dropping my debut summer time or early fall," he says. "Now, I'm just focused on this whole new path of life I took on."
Although he had to stop attending Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn-"**** was getting too crazy"-Bad***** says he's still taking classes online. He's holding out hope that he'll be able to attend senior prom this summer. "I've been thinking about it," he says, flashing a grin. "But things might be even crazier then."
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Also I found these videos but for some reason I can't embedd them:
Joey Bad***** & ProEra Freestyle:
Joey Talks Career & New Album:
Joey Bad***** & ProEra Freestyle:
Joey Talks Career & New Album:
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Saw that Unorthodox vid on Week In Jams, good vid and good song
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Gotta love the DOOM appreciation 
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^Good looks on that video man. Always enjoy the Nardwaur videos! I still have no idea how he gets this info on artists.
Also I had no idea besides Joey that Kirk Knight and Chuck Strangers were from my homeland, Grenada!
Also I had no idea besides Joey that Kirk Knight and Chuck Strangers were from my homeland, Grenada!
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@ How long he managed to stay still through all of that.
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joey really thinkin hes too bad***** for nardwuar da god
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joey really thinkin hes too bad***** for nardwuar da god
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joey really thinkin hes too bad***** for nardwuar da god
What exactly from the interview has ppl thinking this?
I didn't even know people felt away until he tweeted about it yesterday.
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Yeah I didn't get that vibe at all.
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He just comes across like he's annoyed for a majority of the interview. The rest of the Pro Era had a lot more fun in the interiew and seemed to enjoy being there. Joey had some moments, but overall you can tell he wasn't enjoying Nadwuars antics.
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I met dude and thought he was an *%^$#$% real talk. He came off like he was too good for the fans or some &^%#
Oh well, still rock with his music.
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I like dudes music, but he has multiple inteviews where he comes off as a stuck up lame to me.
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That sucks; I have been attending shows for more than 20 years and I learned along time ago that I have no desire to meet these artist on a personal level. I might enjoy their music, but that's where it stops for me.
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ive never seen a nardwuar interview where someone is so unappreciative
but then again joey is stuck in the 90s and rappers didnt get interviewed by nardwuar back then so he probably dont even know who nardwuar even is *shrugs*
but then again joey is stuck in the 90s and rappers didnt get interviewed by nardwuar back then so he probably dont even know who nardwuar even is *shrugs*
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ol this kid kills me son was born in 95, but acts like he was battling Nas in HS. Too focused on re making old music like ASAP instead of just being a good artist.
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@ Both comments.
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Jay-Z's narduar interview was the most cringe worthy thing I ever seen in my life. Yall going a little bit too hard on joey imo
I thought I was the only one, I felt so uncomfortable watching it
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You're buggin, at least Jay was a good sport and was conversing with Nardwaur.
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