Joey Bada$$ - Christ Conscious – B4DA$$
Joey Bada$$ - Christ Conscious –
B4DA$$
Joey Bada$$ has been busy since he dropped the mix tape "1999" and his new album "B4DA$$" hopes to be a coming together of the future of hip-hop. “Christ Conscious” is the second single from the album "B4DA$$" and demonstrates Joeys 90”s style and reminds me of that era of hip hop. I can notice influences of artists around that era like Ol dirty bastard, DMX, Cannibus, Redman and Methodman and Wu Tang etc. Joey comes with aggression and lyrical ability backed by a Reggie Noble/ Eric Sermon type production from up and coming producer Basquiat.
Joey has been developing this raw version of himself and it shows in “Christ Conscious” and in the visuals provided. Joey claims the song is an ascension to a higher level and that’s not what the lyrics tell you but the visuals do tell this story of young Joeys rise to fame in the rap game, from a metaphorical standpoint its almost like he’s saying I’ve done the hard work and now this is my spring board to another level of success. Its great to see Joeys hard work in Hip Hop coming together, its nice to see inspiring young independent hip hop still has its mark on a largely filtered commercialized industry. Hip hop as a pure art form had sort of lost its way dividing itself into sub genre because of its ever developing synthesis spreading across the world creating many different styles and mixing with other genres of music. This has left a generation of 90’s and early 2000’s hip hop fans looking towards the greats of the old golden era for inspiration to bring back those days. Joey Bada$$ wants to represent that generation so it is easy for him to claim critical acclaim for jus doing things the way its supposed to be done staying true to that New york style of Hip Hop. “Christ Conscious” demonstrates Joey as a developed artist unveiling his best work to date and leaves me hoping the album sounds like an album from an established artist instead of a really good mix tape. Overall “Christ Conscious” gets 4 stars.
By Ian Brown
