Chuck Strangers

Take a listen to Los Angeles native Casey Veggies‘ smooth banger “Smart Water,” as a swanky jazz saxophone sample meets heavy bass for head-nodding vibes courtesy of production by Chuck Strangers of Brooklyn’s Pro.Era crew. [...]

Brooklyn hailing Pro Era frontman, Joey Bada$$ drops off the visuals for “Fromdatomb$” a cut off the 17 year old’s critically acclaimed debut mixtape, 1999. [...]

Fresh off tour and straight back in the booth, Pro.Era child soldier Joey BadA$$ hits us with some freshness in the form of “Home”. [...]

In the latest edition of Pitchfork‘s “Selector” freestyle series, host Eavvon O’Neal has the task of dealing with Progressive Era, one of the largest and most talented collectives of Hip-Hop’s new generation. Lead by frontman Joey Bada$$, the crew speaks about redefining the distinctive sound New York was once known for with in-house producers such [...]

Fresh off the release of his debut mixtape, 1999, Joey Bada$$ rounded up his Pro Era cronies to head over to The FADER offices in New York. The crew stopped by for a quick interview, where they discussed their early love for rap (“I heard Stillmatic before I heard Illmatic” producer Chuck Strangers stated, really [...]

New York has recently been on an uprise with A$AP Rocky, French Montana and more bringing back the patented, gritty aura which had been lost for some years. But one rapper who has captured the carefree, Central Park skater feel of 90s New York is Brooklyn young gun Joey Bada$$. At only 17 years old, [...]

If you’ll remember yesterday’s offering from Joey Bada$$, the promising 17-year-old Brooklyn-bred emcee teamed up with Yours Tru.ly and Adidas to compose a new joint from scratch as part of their Songs From Scratch series. You’re in luck if you were digging what Joey and his Pro.Era comrade Chuck Strangers came up with (I imagine [...]

Hopefully by now, with the hints we’ve been slinging your way (“Hardknock“, “Catharsis” and “World Domination“, but none better than our Get Familiar feature) 17-year-old Brooklyn-bred phenom Joey Bada$$ is a name you’re pigeonholing in that iPod of yours. Just in time before his debut mixtape 1999 drops (June 12th is the date – circle [...]