Bruh. Joey Bada$$ got shelved at Columbia Records. HOW?!

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His single was a die hard flop, don't think any label would keep promoting an artist music after that lol
 

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i always thought joey and big krit would be bigger than they ended up being

'underrated' is overused these days, but those two really are
 

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These rappers be around 10 plus years and be having label problems. It don’t help that he ain’t a household name or anything., Maybe the buzz from this will help :yeshrug:
 

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What did the label really offer him?

Joey’s music hasn’t really done shyt in the last decade besides that one album he dropped with the American flag on the cover but it was forgettable.

I guess he just wanted to eat and live off the advances which I imagine was a few million. Now they’re controlling his music and output because he wanted the bread

Crazy I’m listening to Larry June right now who did the complete opposite and has blown up and has wayyyy more motion than Joey has ever had. I guess other than when he first dropped back when he was a teenager with his little crew. Larry still rich as fukk too and gets to release what he wants, whenever he wants. His show here in Toronto last summer was sold out

Joey just doesn’t seem “active” in the game like that, despite the features here and there. The battle raps were cool though
Guys like Joey would benefit greatly from being free agents in this climate. Look at the artists that have mastered the D2C experience.
 
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