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Why is it that Joey Bada$$ and Vince Staples (and to a lesser extent Action Bronson) have been the only motherfuckers to successfully drop a legitimate debut album in 2015? All these other hype ass rappers have only managed to swan dive right in their fucking faces! Look at Young Thug's bitch ass! Yuck. Last year Migos had the world by the junk, and now they've fucked it up too?
My advice: stop releasing "debut albums" that have one foot in the "mixtape" world, and don't even come with a proper physical release. That is not how you set the world on fire!
I appreciate B4.DA.$$ More with every listen. In terms of flow and lyrical content and pure technical skill, it's second only to TPAB. If You're Reading This has a more sophisticated mood and Tetsuo & Youth has better production... Summertime '06 is probably a more enthralling album, but Joey Bada$$ dropped a sleeper hit that feels more like a classic every day.
It's such a great album, and it's only become greater, so much so that I can't rule out the possibility that it might end up being the Rap album of the year.
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