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| Prefixmag |
 Six years after his self-titled Def Jam debut and breakthrough smash, "Pump It Up," Jersey MC Joe Budden finally releases his second official album, Padded Room, on independent label, Amalgam Digital. While Budden has mostly disappeared from the mainstream, he has kept busy with his Mood Muzik mixtapes, a beef with former Just Blaze protegè Saigon, and most recently forming the underground hip hop supergroup Slaugtherhouse, with Joell Ortiz, Royce Da 5'9" and Crooked I. All throughout, he has displayed the same rugged, streetwise flow that has made his follow-up so anticipated. The album features production by Blastah Beatz, The Klasix and an appearance from The Game on the lead single, "The Future."~ Ivan Mitchell...full text |
| Rap.about |
| After his much-ballyhooed fallout with Def Jam, Joe Budden quickly became a fan favorite. He epitomized that handful of young MCs who, in their own stubborn way, pledge allegiance to lyricism and vivid storytelling, sometimes at the expense of mainstream recognition. We watched as Jumpoff Joey magnetized listeners with his brilliant Mood Muzik installments, a series of mixtapes that sounded better than most full-length albums. With his setbacks behind him, Budden hooked up with upstart Amalgam Digital for his sophomore album, Padded Room. So what does a Joe Budden album sound like independent of the honchos at Def Jam meddling in the creative process? Well, pull up a seat and make yourself comfortable as we explore Padded Room....full text |
| Thekoalition |
| It is quite understandable why Joe Budden would title his sophomore effort, Padded Room. After seeing his original sophomore album, The Growth, reside on the shelf in development hell after numerous pushbacks, Budden was finally released from Def Jam and went on to go independent with Amalgam Digital. After releasing the well-received Halfway House project, Joe Budden allows listeners into the confines of his mind, his own padded room if you will… The album begins with the blaring horns and tinkling keys of “Now I Lay”. Joe blazes this instrumental, but ends up using the cliched prayer for the chorus. After the disappointing first single with The Game, The Klasix laces Joey with “If I Gotta Go”, which effectively jump-starts the aptly titled Padded Room with haunting production fused with an excellent sample during the bridge. “Blood On The Wall” features eerie, hardcore production from a producer by the name of MoSS. The second verse features many quotables as Budden verbally abuses Prodigy of Mobb Deep fame (”Never mind me, worry about your Medicaid” … “Your sound’s old, not even worth a download”). “In My Sleep” sees Jumpoff in a conceptual sleep, an eternal sleep in which he confronts his inner demons, which is “a side effect when you trade some bad dreams for some great nightmares”....full text |
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