Joe Budden – Padded Room (Album Review) Late As Fuck

I'm not going to pretend I've always been a fan of Joe Budden because I haven’t been. It has only been this past year where I really got turned on to him. I think he was confused as to who he was early in his career, but has grown into his own type of artist. One thing I still don't like us how he just picks fights with rappers for attention but tries to pretend its serious. He has had "beef" with half the rappers in the game right now. Not only that but his beef tracks are usually not his best quality music. They are just cries for attention. Aside from his rap social problems, his last album Padded Room has been way too slept on (including on by me). This Shit is jam packed with intelligent lyrics and deep concepts. His flow is fuckin’ tight all throughout this album.  The two tracks I didn't really like were Blood On The Wall and Adrenaline. Blood On The Wall was a weak/annoying diss track and Adrenaline was an experimental heavy metal track that felt was so out of place it was unlistenable. From there I would say I liked every single other track on here. They all had perfect production for his style and he dropped intelligent and creative lyrics on every one of them. The collabo track with The Game was hard for me to stomach because I hate when rappers kiss and make up after heavy beefs. I eventually got over it and realized it was a hot club song that I can’t help but get down to. There were a bunch of concept tracks that not only provoked thought but worked well musically. You can hate on Joe Budden as a person, but you need to respect this album as definitely one of the best of the year, 4.25/5. Better late than never, I guess.

Also check out out review for the Slaughterhouse Mixtape Severed Heads here.

01. Now I Lay (Produced By Blastah Beats)
02. The Future Ft. The Game (Produced By Fyu-Chur)
03. If I Gotta Go (Produced By The Klasix)
04. Don’t Make Me (Produced By Blastah Beats)
05. Blood On The Wall (Produced By Moss)
06. In My Sleep (Produced By The Klasix)
07. Exxxes (Produced By The Klasix)
08. I Couldn’t Help It (Produced By The Klasix)
09. Adrenaline (Produced By Dub B)
10. Happy Holidays Ft. Emanny (Produced By Qwan)
11. Do Tell (Produced By Blastah Beats)
12. Angel In My Life (Produced By Blastah Beats)
13. Pray For Me (Produced By Versatile And Dilemma)
14. Family Reunion (Bonus Remix) Ft. Fabolous, Ransom And Hitchcock

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