Jay-Z, The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Mos Def, if you are a fan of music, specifically hip-hop, chance are you have hear one if not all of these names before. Aside from all being rappers, they have one thing in common; they originated from Brooklyn, New York. I am going to introduce you to an emcee that would have made the late great Notorious B.I.G. proud. His name is Joey Bada$$, and his first project called “1999” represents not only the golden age of hip-hop in the 1990’s, but also is culturally significant in various other ways. For those who don’t know, Joey Bada$$ is a 20 year old rapper that hails from Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, and when “1999” was released in 2012, Joey was at the young age of 17. 1999 's album artwork is of two boys skateboarding in the streets in a place where we can assume is Brooklyn, with the numbers "1999" entered in bold blue print, laying on a yellow backsplash. Chances are you may not have heard of Joey
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1999 is one of my favorite projects ever, and being a huge hip-hop fan, I love it that much more. Whether or not you personally like the music, the cultural significance is clear. The thing that is lost in hip-hop is purpose. Most rappers simply rap about violence, drugs, degrading of women, and this makes the genre of hip-hop seem ignorant. Artists like Joey Bada$$ and albums like 1999 bring purpose and meaning back to a genre of music that needs it so desperately in the era of stupidity in hip-hop. 1999 has cultural significance that can be felt by many generations. What is most amazing to me is that 1999, even though it has a sound of a time in the past, it is so ahead of its time. Joey as a 17 year old made an album that touched me, and I’m sure many others along the way. The cultural significance of this album has many levels and was so easy for me to write about because I can feel the cultural significance every time 1999 blares through my
1999 is one of my favorite projects ever, and being a huge hip-hop fan, I love it that much more. Whether or not you personally like the music, the cultural significance is clear. The thing that is lost in hip-hop is purpose. Most rappers simply rap about violence, drugs, degrading of women, and this makes the genre of hip-hop seem ignorant. Artists like Joey Bada$$ and albums like 1999 bring purpose and meaning back to a genre of music that needs it so desperately in the era of stupidity in hip-hop. 1999 has cultural significance that can be felt by many generations. What is most amazing to me is that 1999, even though it has a sound of a time in the past, it is so ahead of its time. Joey as a 17 year old made an album that touched me, and I’m sure many others along the way. The cultural significance of this album has many levels and was so easy for me to write about because I can feel the cultural significance every time 1999 blares through my