• Joey Bada$$'s Forthcoming Debut Album 'B4.Da.$$' Details From Pro Era's Chuck Strangers

    Joey Bada$$ continues to make headlines this week (both positive and negative), with his assault charge at the Byron Bay Falls Festival in Australia, as well as releasing a track "Teach Me" featuring Kiesza, off his forthcoming album. The latest is more talk of his new album, which will be the highly-anticipated debut for the artist, titled B4.DA.$$, is scheduled to be released on January 20th. The producer behind the track that Bada$$ released earlier this week, Chuck Strangers, sat down with HipHopDX to give an interview regarding the forthcoming debut.

  • Malia Obama Selfie - The First Daughter is Wearing a Pro Era Shirt

    Malia Obama is making headlines this week, due to a recent photo that has surfaced revealing her musical tastes lean towards the hip hop flavorings and offerings of Pro Era. The selfie of the First Daughter was posted on Instagram and Twitter and it features the President's oldest daughter repping a Pro Era T-shirt.

  • Joey Bada$$ Shares New Track "On & On" Featuring Maverick Sabre And Dyemond Lewis [LISTEN]

    Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ has shared a new single from his upcoming debut album B4.DA.$$, titled "On and On," which you can check out below. In true Joey Bada$$ fashion, "On and On" is yet another excellent '90s east coast throwback, with some crackling, jazzy production courtesy of Freddie Joachim. British singer-songwriter Maverick Sabre contributes the soulful hook, while Joey's fellow Pro Era rapper Dyemond Lewis drops a verse.

  • Joey Bada$$ Shares Debut 'B4.DA.$$': Production Credits Feat. J Dilla, Statik Selektah

    Joey Bada$$ has dished more details about who will be appearing on his upcoming album "B4.DA.$$." He has revealed a more detailed tracklist that names the artists who contribute production to the highly anticipated album, in addition to the previously named features like Action Bronson, Raury and Kiesza. The album features some big-name producers like Statik Selektah, DJ Premier and, most notably, J Dilla alongside The Roots, which is a testament to how much people believe in Bada$$ and his debut album. The most intriguing track may be No. 7, with forward-thinking "A Tribe Called Quest" producer J Dilla, who has been deceased for close to a decade. It is not uncommon for productions and verses written by dead artists to be used after they have died, but for someone like Joey Bada$$ to have the honor of a Dilla production speaks to what his family thinks of him. Check out the full tracklist below via "2dopeboyz" and listen to the Statik Selektah produced "Curry Chicken" on audiomack.

  • Joey Bada$$ Shares "Curry Chicken" From Upcoming Album 'B4.DA.$$' [LISTEN]

    Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ has shared another new track from his upcoming debut album titled "Curry Chicken," which you can check out below.The Statik Selektah-produced track is another '90s throwback from the 19-year-old rapper, with hard-hitting boom bap beats, jazzy piano samples, and some good old fashioned record scratching. This sounds like some classic east coast hip-hop.

  • Joey Bada$$ Shares 'No. 99' Music Vid from Upcoming 'B4.DA.$$' [WATCH]

    Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ has shared the music video for his latest single "No. 99," which you can check out below. The Rik Cordero-directed clip is styled as a news broadcast — on "BNN," or "Brooklyn News Network" — about a mysterious vigilante named "Badmon" rising up against authority in Brooklyn, and is particularly relevant in the aftermath of the Mike Brown and Eric Garner cases. A photo of Brown is even shown in the video's intro, along with a photo of Trayvon Martin. The video is dedicated to Joey's cousin and collaborator Junior B, who died this past weekend just shy of his 25th birthday, which would have been yesterday, Dec. 8. You can check out the music video for Joey Bada$$'s "No. 99" here: "No. 99" will be included on Joey's upcoming studio album "B4.DA.$$," which is set for release Jan. 20, Joey's 20th birthday. It is the third single to be shared from the album, following "Big Dusty" and "Christ Conscious." "B4.DA.$$" will be Joey's debut studio album, his first solo, full-length release since his "Summer Knights" mixtape from 2013.

  • Joey Bada$$ Reveals Release Date, Artwork for 'B4.DA.$$' in Trailer [WATCH]

    Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ has revealed the release date and album cover — which you can see above — for his long-awaited debut album "B4.DA.$$." In a brief album trailer posted to YouTube, which you can check out below, Joey revealed that the album is set to drop Jan. 20, which also happens to be Joey's 20th birthday. In a message posted beneath the video, Joey explains why releasing the album on his birthday was so important to him. "Peace young world this is the Badmon Jozif and I just want to thank all of my supporters and fans for being so patient with me as I finished my first album," Joey begins. "The wait is finally almost over and the release date is locked and loaded." "After discovering my birthday falls on a Tuesday (the day of the week all albums drop) next year I decided to save the album drop for then (1.20.15)," Joey writes. "I thought it was the best time to cause a shift. It's always been a goal of mine to drop a project on my birthday, and the premonition has finally come into fruition. The number 120 is very unique and symbolic to me as well. My 1st album on my 20th birthday this was destiny."

  • Jeezy Shares Music Video For "Black Eskimo" [WATCH]

    Jeezy has shared the music video for his Seen It All track "Black Eskimo," which you can check out below. The Motion Family-directed clip features Jeezy rapping in semi-black and white (the only color that shines through is gold, of course) against a bare white backdrop, featuring appearances masked women, a snake, some huskies, and for some reason, a stove (though there might be some old-fashioned misogyny attached to that last one).

  • 7 Albums Named After Years They Weren't Released In

    When there is a year written on the front of an album cover, it is fair to assume this was the year the album was released in, or at least recorded. But, the seven artists below released albums that were named after years that they were not actually released in, like Taylor Swift and Prince.
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