In April, itāll be a year since Joey BadassĀ released his sophomore studio album All-Amerikkkan Badass, and while weāve only heard a few singles from him in the interimāJuly 2017ās "500 Benz" and "Love Is Only a Feeling," and a 2013 Kirk Knight collab he just released,"Gazzliona"āthat changes today with the release of Badass'Ā loosieĀ "King to a God." He tapped fellow Pro Era member Dessy Hinds for the feature.
Over a pared down, boom bapāesque beat, the Pro Era frontman opens the song, stating heās "back on my bullshit," and indeed that's true, as Badass sticks to his classic, gritty New York sound and a lyrical focus. In 2016, we saw him deviate away from that aesthetic with his platinum certified pop record "Devastated."
Just before the new year, in late 2017, T-Pain revealed on Twitter that he and Badass were featured on the original version of Post Maloneās song "Rockstar."Ā When Badass confirmed that detail via Twitter, he also added that he helped write the songĀ too, a detail Malone never previously disclosed.
Badass also took to Twitter at the top of the year to promise more music from his crew in 2018. "So much music being released from the ERA this year. We been holding out way too long," he wrote.