Joey Bada$$ released his new album 2000 on Friday (July 22) as a sequel to his 1999 mixtape, shortly after celebrating its 10th anniversary. The Brooklyn rapper kicks off the album with the Diddy-featured “The Baddest” and crowns himself, Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole as the best rappers alive in the first verse.
“N-ggas know who greater, fuck your favorite, I’m the greatest,” he raps. “They never could degrade us and I did it with no major/I made a lane for n-ggas by going my own way/I paved the way for a lot of these rappers you see today/So act like you know, bitch, I’ve been had the flow, penetrating souls/Who the best MCs? Kenny, Joey, and Cole/The holy trinity, it’s that nine-fives in affinity/Energy knowing when I’m gone and forever remember me.”
The line is a nod to JAY-Z’s “Where I’m From” from 1997’s In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 album, where Hov rapped, “Who’s the best MCs? Biggie, JAY-Z or Nas?”
Nas actually compared himself, JAY-Z and Biggie to J. Cole, Drake and and Kendrick Lamar on his 2021 track “Wu for the Children,” rapping, “Shoulda did that remix verse on ‘Gimme the Loot’ for Biggie/Me, Jay, and Frank White is like Cole, Drizzy and Kenny.”
Joey Bada$$’ 2000 also features Chris Brown, Westside Gunn, JID, Larry June and Capella Grey, and includes the recent singles “Head High,” “Where I Belong,” “Zipcodes” and “Survivors Guilt.” Producers include Mike WiLL Made-It, Cardiak, Statik Selektah, Kirk Knight, Rahki and Flatbush Zombies’ Erick the Architect.
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During a recent interview with XXL, Joey Bada$$ talked about being a big brother to rappers and how he relates to J. Cole’s “Middle Child.”
“It’s funny ’cause when J. Cole came out with that song ‘Middle Child,’ I’m like, ‘Damn, I feel like that line fit me more,'” he said. “I’m young enough to be little bro to the OGs, but old enough to be the big bro to the little homies. I really feel like that. I really lived that.”
He continued, “It’s certain people in the game that’s two or three years younger than me and they look up to me like I’m fuckin’ 10 years older than them. It’s interesting because, in a sense, I kind of am. When you in this game, it matures you rapidly. You grow super fast. It’s an accelerated pace.”
Stream 2000 below.
You forgot to mention Tekashi 69 It’s a solid album tho
Playing or not.. Just goes to show how much of a bozo you are for even having that fraud on your mind! Lmao
stop it Joseph
He forgot Pusha T, Westside Boogie, Jadakiss and Lupe.
And JID and Denzel
always got love for jadakiss
#soraspy
Nope.. Pressed play & seen Curry do the go to sleep move..
Every rapper thinks theyre the best alive, even effin’ Game! Lol. Joey Badass is good though.
That idiot forgot that, Rakim, Kurupt, Redman, KRS one, Eminem, Nas, ice t, ice cube, King T, Ras Kass, Xzibit, G Rap,… are still alive! He really think he’s 3 shit albums can fuck with there legacy?
I think he’s just saying greatest MCs of this generation.
Put Denzel Curry in there and I agree with him.
Who the best emcees, Ghost/Thought, Jay Z and Nas
All i know is him or his label paid to have his new video on top of every youtube search result for like a week straight and its barely racked 2 mill
ummm aesop rock would like a word
Man Joey trippin. Ain’t no top 3 without King Tekashi. NY stand up.
And he woke up with his hand in the potty.
Joey who? 2 out of 3 isn’t bad I suppose.
The biggest sell outs more like
Tech n9ne essentially anyone from strange is better, crooked I along with the COB gang and horse shoe would eat those 3 fakers for breakfast, hospin too
You GOTS to be depressed suburban whiteboy saying this shit ??
No more Joey badass albums for me man. I bought that one with the American flag on the cover and 2000, I just don’t care for his lyrics or delivery or something.
this
That’s a serious lie. Cole ain’t even in the running and Joey ain’t shit. Kendrick Freddie jay z
Somebody better tell him he ain’t no where near it. He better go listen to some UFO Fev.
How many people on Ufo Fev’s side? Joey on the same page as K n J with lyrics and numbers