A New Era of Musician Joey Bada$$

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

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🗓️ 14 August 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Musician Joey Bada$$ joins us today! With the release of his new album, “2000”, we discuss the evolution of his songwriting (5:07), the direction of the new record (8:59), and how Grand Puba influenced the opening track, The Baddest (10:28). Then, to better understand Joey’s present, we sit with his past: the first verse he performed (13:31), writing Waves, featured in “1999”, in his mother’s bedroom (19:15), forming Pro Era as a teenager (23:42), and the day The New York Times interviewed him in high school (33:52).

On the back-half, Joey reflects on the legacy of the late Capital Steez (37:28), how writing Survivors Guilt helped him process loss (47:34), the joys of fatherhood (56:49), the redemptive quality of Head High (1:01:22), and what, at age 27, he hopes for in the chapter ahead (1:05:03).

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0:27.0	Pushkin. This talk easy, I'm easy, I'm Sam Fricoso, producer Joey Badass.
1:13.8	Earlier this summer, Joey celebrated the 10-year anniversary of his debut
1:18.2	mixtape, 1999.
1:21.1	He was 17 when he dropped it, just a junior in high school, growing up and Bedstai
1:26.6	obsessing over 90s hip-hop.
1:29.2	The mixtape, which, by the way, I remember distinctly downloading from DAP PIF my senior year of high school, seemed
1:36.0	to sit at the intersection of the past and the present.
1:39.7	He was a new school rapper with old school influences and for those
1:44.6	disenchanted with the hip-hop of the early 2010s he was a beacon of hope but then as
1:51.0	it always seems to life got in the way.
1:55.0	Tragedy, loss, success, heartbreak, two friends and capital stees and junior B that left us much too soon. All of that life, all the messiness,
2:07.8	the pain, the joy, the triumph, is on full display in Joey's excellent new record 2000.
2:15.0	That life is also the subject of this conversation.
2:18.7	But before we jump in, I have to issue a warning.
2:21.8	Around the 30 minute mark, there is a extended conversation around suicide.
2:27.4	By the end, I hope you'll find it powerful and healing, but if you or someone you know is in need of free and
2:35.6	confidential help, you can call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline by
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