The debut mixtape of 17-year-old Brooklyn rapper Joey BADA$$ dropped yesterday and it already has nearly 50,000 views on Live Mixtapes and 30,000 on Datpiff.  I know what you’re thinking though.  This mixtape is from a New York rapper, he raps over old Lord Finesse, MF Doom and J Dilla beats, it even has a redone version of Dilla’s “Front Street” (redone by Statik Selectah.)  It’s just gonna be another boring ‘90s throwback tape.  Unfortunately, that assumption is kind of right.  The recycled and redone beats used on this tape have been done to death.  Also, some of the hooks sound like they came right from ‘90s raps themselves.  But, for the rest of tape, the production is good (and noticeably throwback.)  Joey BADA$$ raps well for a high-schooler and his crew raps well too.  But he is clearly too caught up in an era he was barely alive for.  I hope he branches out, making more tracks like “Killuminati”, “Hardknock”, “Daily Routine” and “Righteous Minds.”  Check out the tape below.

Tracklist:

01. Joey Bada$$ – Summer Knights [Prod. By Chuck Strangers] (1:56)
02. Joey Bada$$- Waves [Prod. By Freddie Joachim] (3:32)
03. Joey Bada$$ – FromdaTomb$ (Feat. Chuck Strangers) [Prod. By Chuck Strangers] [Scratches By Statik Selektah] (3:25)
04. Joey Bada$$ – Survival Tactics (Feat. Capital STEEZ) [Prod. By Vin Skully] (3:23)
05. Joey Bada$$ – Killuminati (Feat. Capital STEEZ) [Prod. By Knxwledge] (2:34)
06. Joey Bada$$ – Hardknock (Feat. CJ Fly) [Prod. By Lewis Parker] (5:18)
07. Joey Bada$$ – World Domination [Prod. By MF DOOM] (2:43)
08. Joey Bada$$ – Pennyroyal [Prod. By MF DOOM] (2:50)
09. Joey Bada$$ – Funky Ho’$ [Prod. By Lord Finesse] (4:29)
10. Joey Bada$$ – Daily Routine [Prod. By Chuck Strangers] (2:58)
11. Joey Bada$$ – Snakes (Feat. T’nah Apex) [Prod. By J Dilla] (4:19)
12. Joey Bada$$ – Don’t Front (Feat. CJ Fly) [Prod. By Statik Selektah] (4:22)
13. Joey Bada$$ – Righteous Minds [Prod. By Bruce LeeKix] (3:44)
14. Joey Bada$$ – Where It’$ At (Feat. Kirk Knight) [Prod. By J Dilla] (4:09)
15. Joey Bada$$ – Suspect (Feat. PRO ERA) [Prod. By Chuck Strangers] (11:47)

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