Joey Bada$$’ classicist style sends producers of all stripes into a frenzy-- and it’s no wonder, since his talent for breath control is something of a secret weapon. Joey sounds especially smooth over a meat-and-potatoes Statik Selektah beat on “Word is Bond,” the first single from his upcoming Summer Knights mixtape. There’s nary a gap of air in his quicksilver verses, blanketing a variety of lyrical motifs-- "Chappelle Show" references, George Pataki shoutouts-- with a connect-the-dots flow where the pen never seems to leave the page.