With a movement and ambition that mirrors today’s most successful artists, and a sound that is so authentic and ripe, 1999 is awesome. This is a project that will make any Hip-Hop listener excited.
Joey Bada$$, however, is doing his best to further the period's legacy of boom-bap production as an authenticator and advanced-level lyricism as a meal ticket.
1999 rightfully remains one of the most praised rap mixtapes of the 2010s.
By so loyally remaining within his influences’ style, Bada$$ both manages to both capture a surprising amount of that energy and lose a bit of substance.
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Joey Bada$$ in his prime was nothing short of a poetical poltergeist. I never knew I needed a song where a guy rhymes the words “nine-five”, with “our lies” and “the Jahs and the Allahs” until that very same thing happened on the song *Waves*; an awe-inspiring jam in which Joey raps over Freddie Joachim’s masterful boom-bap instrumental featuring a hypnotic bass line. Joey touches on his ambition with this song; ... read more
1 | Summer Knights 1:56 | 83 |
2 | Waves 3:31 | 93 |
3 | FromdaTomb$ 3:24 feat. Chuck Strangers | 88 |
4 | Survival Tactics 3:22 feat. Capital Steez | 97 |
5 | Killuminati 2:33 feat. Capital Steez | 91 |
6 | Hardknock 5:18 feat. CJ Fly | 92 |
7 | World Domination 2:42 | 90 |
8 | Pennyroyal 2:49 | 86 |
9 | Funky Ho'$ 4:29 | 81 |
10 | Daily Routine 2:57 | 84 |
11 | Snakes 4:19 feat. T'nah Apex | 88 |
12 | Don't Front 4:21 feat. CJ Fly | 86 |
13 | Righteous Minds 3:44 | 91 |
14 | Where It'$ At? 4:08 feat. Kirk Knight | 80 |
15 | Third Eye Shit 11:46 | 85 |
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