Joey Bada$$ Stakes 'King Of NY' Claim, Explains 'Lonely At The Top' Title

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Joey Bada$$ feels he's both at the top of the rap game and has more to prove, so anyone considering themselves competition --  Top Dawg Entertainment artists, current or former -- will be regarded as food!!!

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00:00you know you announced a new album lonely at the top tell me you know what does that title mean to

00:08you when you say lonely at the top yeah you know what it's lonely at the as lonely at the top of

00:13your success you know what I'm saying like um you know you come you come such a long way and

00:18what you find is that there's a lot of solitude and isolation you know what I mean it's a lot

00:25of sacrifice and you know you look around and just be like yo it's me here you know I'm saying

00:31like I'm responsible for my actions and you know things of that nature but uh it's a very fun project

00:39I had a lot of fun with it so I'm excited to share with the world you know what I mean so how do you

00:44overcome that you know that loneliness at the top how do I overcome that yeah um or do you just embrace

00:51it well you know as lonely as it may be you always remember God you know I'm saying God is

00:57God is always with you and as long as you continue to show that reverence for God like you you'll be

01:04just fine you know I'm saying and it's like you know you get lonely at the top but that don't mean

01:09that I'm alone so yeah I love that I do want to ask you you know we're always having the Mount Rushmore

01:16conversations you know when it comes to hip-hop I want to ask you where you rank yourself uh in the

01:22hip-hop conversation oh I mean I don't really think is is is my place to like rank myself you know I'm

01:28biased like you know I think that I'm one of the illest you know I'm saying but that's me and I think

01:34I'm supposed to feel like that but um you know I think that there's definitely a lot more work to do

01:40and um I'm inspired and and charged up to do that work so that the world can get in tune with what I

01:47already know so you leave it up to like the fans and the critics to have those conversations uh you

01:53know Billboard and Vibe they released their top 50 rappers list you know when those lists come out

01:58and if you're not included you know how how do you respond to that you know I just respond to it by

02:04keep doing what I'm doing you know I'm saying like I I take it as more of a challenge than like an

02:09and so I'll be like okay shit maybe they ain't hear me maybe I gotta go harder the next time you

02:14know what I'm saying so I know in due time though you know it'll all work out do you feel like those

02:20lists even matter it's subjective man you know I'm saying it's subjective like it's somebody at

02:27Complex or at Billboard is writing it you know I mean and that's they subjective opinion but I don't

02:33think is uh you know it speaks for everybody so I mean I won't say that they don't matter I mean you

02:38know opinions come from somewhere and like there be some type of general thinking that's aligned with

02:44the general consensus but I know a lot of people definitely uh be feeling otherwise stuff like

02:51that and what does the album drop the album drops when does this interview drop tomorrow

02:56oh should I tell them if the date not out yet the album drops August 1st August 1st you heard it

03:05here first August 1st what can we expect from the album yeah you know some good music man you can expect

03:10some you know we're gonna have fun somewhere

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