Joey Bada$$ is an up and coming Brooklyn rapper with an old school bent. His new mixtape '1999' came out this week with this clip, and it's encased in 90's boom-bap rap production courtesy of in-house producer Chuck Strangers. Instead of being a distant homage, Joey immerses himself in the dusty samples and knocking drums, which are by and large pretty tight. His lyrics are proto-typically New York, with their specificity of details and philosophical musings, all of which are delivered through a tightly wound rasp of a voice.
By the way, the dude is only 17.
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