Live Review: Joey Bada$$

Brooklyn's Joey Bada$$ enters the hall loading up his day one shit, Pro Era verses and his latest album into his set. Amped-up, the bar for tonight's delivery is set early, the capacity crowd at Brisbane's northside live locale Eaton Hills Hotel absorbing his heat and finishing his bars like true Pro Era brethren.

Bada$$ releases the hammer with All-Amerikkkan Bada$$'s Rockabye Baby, spilling his verses like hot coffee into a loaded crowd before cutting ScHoolboy Q's verse short and unpacking his back catalogue in quick punches. The dead-air pauses between tracks see a shirtless Bada$$ collecting himself only to reinstall the sweat and effort he puts into tonight's performance. Big Dusty and No 99 get a raucous reception as the Pro Era collective's founder attempts to get a moshpit up front swirling fervently for the triumphant 95 Till Infinity, which he sends out to all his day one fans.

Survival Tactics finds Bada$$ holding a vigil for the passing of his dear accomplice Capital Steez and lighters are raised in the air. He then treats us to a new joint Pull Up, which is punctuated with smoke explosions from four cannons front of stage. As the smoke clears, he draws down on his bottom-line, the 100 million-plus Spotify played success of Devastated. He has some mic issues during this track and lets the backing track play out while he bounds around the stage. Before signing off, Bada$$' encore has early-nighters falling back into position for one more hook from his most successful hit.

For over an hour, 22-year-old Bada$$ punches the clock and goes to work, serving us his infinity bound career thus far.