Joey Bada$$- B4.DA.$$

Label: Cinematic Music Group

Released 2015. Reissued 2022

With a style that's an all-encompassing throwback, going from Notorious B.I.G. to Mos Def, Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ draws the golden age hip-hop fetishist in without a problem, but his delivery is so full of life, it still holds sway for those who don't know their Bad Boy from their Death Row. This fine debut is also filled with productions from Statik Selektah, DJ Premier, and others whose names hold weight, but beat junkies will most likely jump right to the smoky highlight "Like Me," where the Roots complete a lost track from the late, great J. Dilla

Track Listing:

1. Save the Children
2. Greenbax (Introlude)
3. Paper Trail$
4. Piece of Mind
5. Big Dusty
6. Hazeus View
7. Like Me
8. Belly of the Beast
9. No. 99
10. Christ Conscious
11. On and On
12. Escape 120
13. Black Beetles
14. O.C.B.
15. Curry Chicken
16. Run Up On
17. Teach Me