With all the hype surrounding Earl Sweatshirt, another young and up-and-coming emcee may be being unjustly overlooked. Joey Bada$$ hails from Brooklyn and brings some real, gritty hip-hop with him. You can really feel the Biggie influence in his smooth, multisyllabic flows. CJ Fly is no slouch in the track either.
Check the video for “Hardknock” below (Directed by Coodie and Chike).
Also, don’t sleep on the new project from Joey, 1999, which drops on June 12th.
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