On "1 Train," a massive six-minute posse cut from his forthcoming LONGLIVEA$AP album, A$AP Rocky has lined up pretty much every single rapper who's had the internet going nuts in the last couple of…   Read Story »

Brooklyn's Joey Bada$$ and Carson, California native Ab-Soul, of Black Hippy, are two rappers who have had great years, and now they've linked up for "Enter The Void," the B-side to Joey's new…   Read Story »

Back when I was just a tiny bit younger than Joey Bada$$, it would blow my mind when someone like newly minted major-label artists Bad Religion would show up on Late Night With Conan O'Brien. And now…   Read Story »

Considering that New York City -- the place where most of the indie label/publicist/writer infrastructure calls home -- spent the entire week in a state of Deep Impact disaster, it's remarkable how…   Read Story »

Joey Bada$$ and Pro Era buddy Chuck Strangers lamp in a pre-Sandy Brooklyn in the video for the vintage-leaning 1999 jam "Fromdatomb$." Watch it below. 1999, a Mixtape Of The Week alum, is out…   Read Story »

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to select the rising bands which have connected them, someone wrote a long time ago. Or, something close to that. Here's what…   Read Story »

Joey Bada$$ is a teenage Brooklyn rapper (and BTW alum) who is almost shockingly skilled in the ways of mid-'90s New York underground rappity-rap. A couple of months ago, he released his 1999…   Read Story »

Joey Bada$$ uncorks his knotty flow for a quick verse on the brand-new "Home," a track featuring a wobbly piece of production from Pro Era affiliate Chuck Strangers. Given the tangible sense of…   Read Story »

Here's the video for one of the more vintage Common-shading tracks off of Joey Bada$$'s recent breakthrough mixtape 1999, a vibrant, Vashtie-directed chronicle of a day in the life of Joey and Pro…   Read Story »

I don't understand Joey Bada$$. I mean, I understand his music just fine. If you've listened to rap for long enough, you understand it, too. It's the sort of warm, dusty, sun-faded boom-bap that New…   Read Story »