The new Joe Budden album, Escape Route, has just leaked. I was worried that since he has been releasing a lot of material lately that this might be watered down a bit. This was not the case. The album was jam packed with concepts and substance. He is sticking with the insanity theme just like on Padded Room (reviewed by us HERE). Joey gets real personal on this new album and it works well. He is trying to mature as an artist and it shows. He touches on a variety of subjects that are relevant to his life such as how he: can't change the world on the World Keep Spinnin’, has made a lot of mistakes and is only human on Forgive Me, can never satisfy everybody on Good Enough, feels like he can’t be himself on Clothes On A Mannequin. His rhymes are introspective and give listeners deep insight into the thoughts and fears from within the mind of Joe Budden. His delivery is very fresh on here and it switches up a lot. It it clear that his “teeth clenched” flow works well on deeper beats but he can become a bit boring on less exciting or smoother beats such as those on the collabos with Young Chris and Wale. As far as the Slaughterhouse track, it hits you hard and leaves you wondering what fuck they are going to come with next. They all switch it up every new track that they release and the result is usually sick, as it was here. The Standouts were Anti, World Keep Spinnin’, Forgive Me, State of You, Good Enough, We Outta Here, and Clothes On A Mannequin. This album was content rich, but had a few mediocre tracks that prevent it from surpassing Padded Room, 4/5.
01. Intro 
02. Anti
03. Never Again
04. World Keep Spinnin’
05. Forgive Me
06. State of You
07. Good Enough
08. No Comment
09. We Outta Here feat. Slaughterhouse
10. Clothes on a Mannequin
11. Freight Train
12. Connect 4 (Feat. Young Chris)
13. [Bonus] Tito Santana (Feat. Wale)
14. [Bonus] For You (Feat. Royce Da 5'9)
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this one really is the best from joe budden.
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