Do you miss New York rap from the ’90s? You know, classic flows over smooth beats with brass and keys. One 17-year-old from Flatbush, Brooklyn is trying to fire up the Delorean and take us back.
Joey Bada$$ may still have another year of high school to go, but he and his Progressive Era crew, have already put out their own mixtape, garnered multiple comparisons to young Nas, and earned a spot on this year’s Smokers Club Tour.
Check out Joey Bada$$’ promising and appropriately titled debut mixtape 1999 — full of guest verses and beats from the Pro Era crew (there’s a couple of DOOM and Dilla beats on there as well) — below.
