Summer Knights is the second mixtape by American rapper Joey Bada$$. It was released on July 1, 2013, by Cinematic Music Group. The mixtape was planned to be released as an EP, to prelude the release of his debut album B4.DA.$$, but instead it was announced to be a full-length mixtape. The mixtape features production from Chuck Strangers, Kirk Knight, MF Doom, Statik Selektah, DJ Premier, Lee Bannon, Oddisee, Navie D, and Bruce Leekix. The mixtape features more original instrumentals than his first mixtape 1999 which was primarily samples.
On May 22, 2013, Joey Bada$$ announced the official release date of his next solo project, Summer Knights EP on June 12, 2013, which marks as the one-year anniversary release of his breakthrough mixtape 1999. On May 28, 2013, Bada$$ announced Summer Knights will no longer be an EP, and instead announced that this project will just be a full-length mixtape. He revealed that the mixtape will feature 17 tracks, along with the production, which will be handled by Statik Selektah, Lee Bannon, Chuck Strangers and Kirk Knight, among others.[1][2]
The mixtape features guest appearances by his fellow Pro Era members, along the additional production by DJ Premier, The Alchemist, MF Doom and Oddisee, among others.[3] On the announced release date, Joey Badass revealed on Twitter that the mixtape was pushed back until July 1, 2013.[4] This was also said to be a "rest in peace" mixtape to Pro Era founder and close friend Capital STEEZ, further indicated in the 16th track entitled "#LongLiveSTEELO."
Summer Knights received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, which indicates "generally favorable", based on 10 reviews.[12]Exclaim! magazine's Chris Dart found Badass' rapping versatile and skillful, and said that the mixtape is exceptional at its high points, despite being a few unnecessary songs overlong.[7] Abrea Armstrong of XXL felt that his lyrics are still confident, but now informed by new life experiences, and recommended Summer Knights to hip hop buffs rather than Badass' typically teenage listeners, although she wrote that "Joey is here to prove that they're one in [sic] the same."[11] In a mixed review, Phillip Mlynar of Spin felt that Summer Knights lacks the immediacy of his early music and found his rapping dull and enervated, which he mused is a result of pressures and expectations from the music industry.[13][14]
On December 24, 2013, XXL positioned it at number 19 on their list of the best mixtapes of 2013. They commented saying, "One thing is clear when you listen to the tape, he’s not kidding around, as he unleashes some bone-shattering bars with a calm cold assassin-like demeanor. 1999 was more of a coming-of-age tale from Joey while Summer Knights provides as a worthy follow-up illustrating his maturity and growth. Pro-Era’s boom-bap ’90s chill-vibe is still prominent in the album, however with an extra kick making it sound very refreshing."[15]
Most mixtapes are digital downloads that are free and are usually not released for any profit. Summer Knights however is available both for free download as well as purchase on iTunes and Google Play (the latter being available for free streaming as well).
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Summer Knights is the second mixtape by American rapper Joey Bada It was released on July 1 2013 by Cinematic Music Group The mixtape was planned to be released as an EP to prelude the release of his debut album B4 DA but instead it was announced to be a full length mixtape The mixtape features production from Chuck Strangers Kirk Knight MF Doom Statik Selektah DJ Premier Lee Bannon Oddisee Navie D and Bruce Leekix The mixtape features more original instrumentals than his first mixtape 1999 which was primarily samples Summer KnightsMixtape by Joey Bada ReleasedJuly 1 2013Recorded2012 2013GenreEast Coast hip hopLength70 00LabelCinematic Music GroupProducerThe Alchemist Bruce Leekix Chuck Strangers DJ Premier Kirk Knight Lee Bannon MF Doom Navie D Oddisee Statik SelektahJoey Bada chronology1999 2012 Summer Knights 2013 B4 Da 2015 Singles from Summer Knights Unorthodox Released January 14 2013 My Yout Released September 9 2013The extended play has inverted into the re release from the mixtape titled Summer Knights EP released on October 29 2013 Contents 1 Background 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Digital download 5 Personnel 6 References 7 External linksBackground Edit Joey Bada worked with many producers for the mixtape including MF Doom Statik Selektah DJ Premier and Oddisee among others On May 22 2013 Joey Bada announced the official release date of his next solo project Summer Knights EP on June 12 2013 which marks as the one year anniversary release of his breakthrough mixtape 1999 On May 28 2013 Bada announced Summer Knights will no longer be an EP and instead announced that this project will just be a full length mixtape He revealed that the mixtape will feature 17 tracks along with the production which will be handled by Statik Selektah Lee Bannon Chuck Strangers and Kirk Knight among others 1 2 The mixtape features guest appearances by his fellow Pro Era members along the additional production by DJ Premier The Alchemist MF Doom and Oddisee among others 3 On the announced release date Joey Badass revealed on Twitter that the mixtape was pushed back until July 1 2013 4 This was also said to be a rest in peace mixtape to Pro Era founder and close friend Capital STEEZ further indicated in the 16th track entitled LongLiveSTEELO Critical reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingCMJ favorable 5 Consequence of Sound 6 Exclaim 7 10 7 RapReviews com7 5 10 8 Rolling Stone 9 Spin7 10 10 XXL 11 Summer Knights received generally favorable reviews from music critics At Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics the album received an average score of 66 which indicates generally favorable based on 10 reviews 12 Exclaim magazine s Chris Dart found Badass rapping versatile and skillful and said that the mixtape is exceptional at its high points despite being a few unnecessary songs overlong 7 Abrea Armstrong of XXL felt that his lyrics are still confident but now informed by new life experiences and recommended Summer Knights to hip hop buffs rather than Badass typically teenage listeners although she wrote that Joey is here to prove that they re one in sic the same 11 In a mixed review Phillip Mlynar of Spin felt that Summer Knights lacks the immediacy of his early music and found his rapping dull and enervated which he mused is a result of pressures and expectations from the music industry 13 14 On December 24 2013 XXL positioned it at number 19 on their list of the best mixtapes of 2013 They commented saying One thing is clear when you listen to the tape he s not kidding around as he unleashes some bone shattering bars with a calm cold assassin like demeanor 1999 was more of a coming of age tale from Joey while Summer Knights provides as a worthy follow up illustrating his maturity and growth Pro Era s boom bap 90s chill vibe is still prominent in the album however with an extra kick making it sound very refreshing 15 Track listing EditAll credits are adapted from Allmusic 16 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Alowha Jo Vaughn Virginie ScottKirk Knight4 412 Hilary wank ScottLee Bannon3 233 My Yout featuring Collie Buddz Scott Colin Plunket HarperChuck Strangers4 204 Death of YOLO featuring Smoke DZA Scott Sean PompeyBruce Leekix4 245 Right on Time ScottKirk Knight3 246 Sweet Dreams ScottNavie D3 427 47 Goonz featuring Dirty Sanchez and Nyck Caution Scott Dirty Sanchez Jesse CordascoLee Bannon3 068 Word Is Bond ScottStatik Selektah3 209 Sit N Prey featuring T nah Apex and Dessy Hinds Scott T nah Apex Dessy HindsNavie D4 4010 Trap Door ScottThe Alchemist2 5211 Satellite featuring Chuck Strangers Kirk Knight and Dessy Hinds Scott Chuck Strangers Kirk Knight Dessy HindsLee Bannon5 0412 95 Til Infinity ScottLee Bannon4 2713 Amethyst Rockstar featuring Kirk Knight Scott Kirk KnightMF Doom3 5514 Reign ScottChuck Strangers4 4915 Sorry Bonita featuring Pro Era Scott CJ Fly Chuck Strangers Dyemond Lewis Nyck Caution Kirk Knight A La ole Dirty Sanchez Dessy HindsOddisee5 4816 LongLiveSteelo ScottKirk Knight2 5117 Unorthodox ScottDJ Premier3 37Total length 70 00 Summer Knights EP iTunes re release 17 No TitleLength1 Hilary wank 3 222 My Yout Remix featuring Maverick Sabre 3 403 Sit N Prey featuring T nah Apex and Dessy Hinds 4 224 95 Til Infinity 4 275 LongLiveSteelo featuring T nah Apex 2 516 My Jeep featuring Flatbush Zombies The Underachievers and Chuck Strangers 4 357 My Yout featuring Collie Buddz 3 32Total length 26 49Digital download EditMost mixtapes are digital downloads that are free and are usually not released for any profit Summer Knights however is available both for free download as well as purchase on iTunes and Google Play the latter being available for free streaming as well Personnel EditAll credits are adapted from AllMusic 16 The Alchemist producer T nah Apex featured artist Lee Bannon producer Collie Buddz featured artist Nyck Caution featured artist Navie D producer Dirty Sanchez featured artist DJ Premier producer MF DOOM producer Dessy Hinds featured artist Kirk Knight featured artist producer Oddisee producer Pro Era featured artists Rokamouth featured artist Smoke DZA featured artist Statik Selektah producer Chuck Strangers featured artist producerReferences Edit Joey Bada Talks Summer Knights Mixtape And His Next Steps Page 6 of 7 XXL Xxlmag com June 5 2013 Retrieved July 7 2013 Joey Bada Talks Summer Knights Mixtape And His Next Steps Page 4 of 7 XXL Xxlmag com June 5 2013 Retrieved July 7 2013 Here s The Tracklist To Joey Badass Summer Knights XXL Xxlmag com June 28 2013 Retrieved July 7 2013 Twitter joeyBADASS Summer Knights pushed back Twitter com Retrieved July 7 2013 Review Joey Bada Summer Knights Self Released Coplan Chris July 9 2013 Album Review Joey Bada Summer Knights Mixtape Consequence of Sound Retrieved July 9 2013 a b Dart Chris July 2 2013 Joey Bada Summer Knights Hip Hop Reviews Exclaim ca Retrieved July 7 2013 RapReviews com Feature for July 23 2013 Joey Bada Summer Knights Joey Badass Summer Knights Rolling Stone Mlynar Phillip Joey Bada Summer Knights Cinematic Music Group SPIN Albums Critical Mass SPIN Retrieved July 7 2013 a b Joey Bada Summer Knights Mixtape Review XXL Xxlmag com July 3 2013 Retrieved July 7 2013 Reviews for Summer Knights Mixtape by Joey Bada Metacritic Mlynar Phillip July 1 2013 Summer Knights Review from Spin Magazine Spin United States Retrieved July 4 2013 Music amp Film Reviews NME COM The 25 Best Mixtapes Of 2013 XXL a b Summer Knights Joey Bada Songs Reviews Credits Awards AllMusic July 1 2013 Retrieved July 7 2013 Summer Knights EP iTunes Retrieved October 29 2013 External links EditSummer Knights at Discogs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Summer Knights amp oldid 1134266616, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
