Joey badass released his debut mixtape, 1999, on june 12, 2012. Produced by statik selektah, it shares the same samples as scenario by a. It caught the brooklyn teenager hurling rocks against vintage boombap grooves the sort of thing that. Joey had pro era member kirk knight, an in house producer, construct this grimy beat. There are a lot of projects dropping today, but this one is. It features production by chuck strangers, lewis parker, lord finesse, mf doom and j dilla, among others. If youve listened to rap for long enough, you understand it, too. Upon its release, the mixtape garnered critical acclaim. Big dusty is the first single off of joey s debut album b4. He burst onto the scene in 2012 with the release of his 1999 mixtape, which was downloaded over 2 million times. Big dusty is the first single off of joeys debut album b4. The discography of american rapper joey badass consists of two studio albums, one extended.