This was all part of the 2013 XXL Freshmen Tour…..in related news, Joey BADA$$ just Tweeted the release date to his upcoming project:
but fuck it, eye'll just make this announcement. My "Summer Knights Ep" drops June 12th. good day
— oG $wank. (@joeyBADASS_) May 22, 2013
This is apparently the last episode in the series.
Joey BADA$$ & Co. drop their latest visual from PEEP: theaPROcalypse. Produced by Brandun Deshay.
Joey Bada$$ and the Pro Era crew came through KUBE 93’s Sunday Night Sound Session on 3/24/13 to speak with DJ Hyphen and J. Moore. The fellas discussed their background and how they originally came together, how they were put on to golden age hip-hop by their families, their ambitions outside of hip-hop, and what life is like on tour with the whole crew. They also touched on their upcoming projects, including solos from Joey Bada$$ and CJ Fly, and discussed how artists like Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, and the TDE camp are inspiring them as artists and businessmen.
UPDATE #2: Official video trailer above.
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UPDATE: We have the tour dates (below).
07-17 San Francisco, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
07-18 Irvine, CA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
07-19 Chula Vista, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheatre
07-21 Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheatre
07-23 Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre *
07-25 Austin, TX – Austin 360Amphitheatre
07-26 Houston, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
07-28 Dallas, TX – Gexa Energy Pavilion
07-30 Chicago, IL -First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
07-31 Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
08-01 Washington, DC – Jiffy Lube Live
08-02 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
08-03 Pittsburgh, PA – First Niagara Pavilion
08-04 Indianapolis, IN – Klipsch Music Center
08-06 Wantagh, NY – Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
08-07 Boston, MA – Comcast Center *
08-08 Hartford, CT – Comcast Theatre
08-09 Montreal, Quebec – Parc Jean Drapeau
08-10 Toronto, Ontario – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
08-11 Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
* minus Trinidad James
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Hopefully we’ll get the tour dates soon, but for now, check out the above promo and below flyer for the upcoming smoke fest (probably) headlined by Wiz Khalifa & A$AP Rocky.
Joey BADA$$, Action Bronson, Ab-Soul & I-don’t-know-how-he-ended-up-in-this-group Travi$ Scott go in over a Jahlil Beats track.
My new project “B4.DA.$$.” is coming this Fall. #b4damoney
— oG $wank. (@joeyBADASS_) April 20, 2013
STEEZ’s “King Capital” drops this summer.
— oG $wank. (@joeyBADASS_) April 20, 2013
Not only will we finally be seeing BADA$$’s debut project, we will also be seeing a posthumous project from the late Capital STEEZ. Hopefully we’ll get more info soon; for now, we just have the above tweets to ponder over.
Next up, Joey Bada$$ lets us know why he made the Freshman list.
Joey Bada$$ & Pro Era have been on the road alongside the equally dope Flatbush ZOMBiES, The Underachievers and Statik Selektah, and they have revealed the first episode in a web series documenting their tour.
Before it hits DatPiff.com tomorrow, Peter Rosenberg gives us a preview with the Harry Fraud-produced opening number titled, “Day In The Life” with Joey Bada$$ from the Hot 97 personality’s upcoming New York Renaissance mixtape.
Joey Bada$$ and his Pro Era family stopped by at BET as the latest guests for 106′s freestyle series.
UPDATE: And we now have the official cover from XXL:
So its about that time again, XXL list should be hitting the net soon but Ddotomen got his hand on the list early. Check it out below.
Schoolboy Q
Trinidad Jame$
Joey Bada$$
Ab-Soul
Logic
Action Bronson
Kirko Bangz
Travi$ Scott
Dizzy Wright – 10 Spot People’s Champion Winner
Angel Haze
Chief Keef – “The 11th Freshman”
Nardwuar was down in Austin for SXSW, and while there he made Joey Bada$$ and Co. the next contestants up for his creative style of interview.
UPDATE: N.O.R.E. (aka P.A.P.I.) was notably absent from the above cypher, below is his verse.
It’s only right to have Mister Cee on the 1s and 2s, as BET brings Lil Cease, Joey BadA$$, Uncle Murda, Maino, Fred The Godson and Joell Ortiz to the mic to honor the late B.I.G.
Not sure what’s left of the show, but enjoy what you can (sorry for the tardiness).
As you can see above and below, Hot 97 and BET are putting together a serious cypher this coming Monday to honor the great Frank White on the 16th anniversary of his passing. Above is the trailer.
Did Smoke DZA really get upset about a tattoo tear? He sure did. From Jonny Shipes:
If your wondering who ran thru the wall at the office, thats seth 1 of the owners of ecko u will be seein more of him in upcoming episodes. The long story short of this episode is i told DZA i got a tattoo tear & peep how upset he got, fuckin guy almost shed a real tear. i play a lil doobie solo on a gigantic doobie & joey busts the crazy moves out all in a days work lol GoodTalk
Joey Bada$$ drops the visual to his DJ Premier-assisted cut. Very creative video.
Kymmi Cee Live caught up with a few of the Pro’s at the Marc Ecko office, where they touched on the Beast Coast Tour, Joey’s forthcoming solo album, working with Pete Rock and Joey’s role at the Ecko offices.
Joey Bada$$ and Pro Era perform a freestyle exclusively for Billboard. As a bonus, the crew also performs ‘School High’ (below).
Man, Mr. Shipes is no joke…..it looks like his artist Joey Bada$$ scored a pretty dope position within Marc Ecko’s clothing company. Above, he takes us on a tour of Ecko’s New York design studio and shows off some of the clothes he’s working on. Courtesy of FUSE.
Some unreleased Pro Era ish courtesy of Joey BADA$$ (before he changed his name from JayOhVee).
