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Jul 9, 2013Summer Knights is for the hip-hip heads and less for the kids that are Joey’s usual teenaged fanbase.
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Oct 30, 2013Where things get truly interesting, though, is watching Joey’s flow adapt to the song.
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Jul 24, 2013Even with the occasional humorless rhyme and plodding beat, Joey Badda$$'s latest mixtape is further proof that he is a force to be reckoned with, and that the hype around him is not unwarranted.
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Jul 9, 2013Aside from pushy cuts like “95 ‘Til Infinity” and “Amethyst Rockstar,” there are moments when some of the songs on Summer Knights are so uniform that they end up feeling like one exhaustive freestyle with much ado about nothing. But whenever Joey’s delivery gets a little stagnant, he’ll quickly fill a track with a winning bit of introspection and his signature throwback ‘90s flow comes to rescue.
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Jul 9, 2013The even-keeled approach stands tall on this mixtape, validation of the years of wisdom and brilliant intent under his youthful exterior.
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Jul 9, 2013Joey Bada$$ absolutely deserves his position as one of hip-hop's rising young stars, he just needs to learn how to leave them wanting more.
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Jul 12, 2013Joey too often comes out looking like someone who’s already grown weary of the system, an 18-year-old curmudgeon, a sharp contrast with the energy that 1999 promised.
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Aug 15, 2013"Death of YOLO" and "Word Is Bond" show promise, but the tape feels like little more than background music for blunt sessions.
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Jul 22, 2013This, for all the fighting talk, has the feel of a lightweight flailing around for another KO.
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Jul 9, 2013Overall the young rapper's glorious flare of an introduction has not been brightening. His latest, Summer Knights continues this trend.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 43 out of 49
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Mixed: 4 out of 49
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Negative: 2 out of 49
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