Comments on: REVIEW: Joe Budden -Padded Room

By: internetsoldier

internetsoldier — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:38:23 +0000

‘and having a threesome with a famous rapperâ€™s wife (Iâ€™m still trying to figure out who).’ busta rhymes, if you cop the same unedited version i got of padded room. he says at the start of the next song (adrenaline) ”busta said it best, give it away now” and if you peep the ‘up close & personal’ interview with joey you’ll understand

By: YoRapper

YoRapper — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:01:17 +0000

Just to play devil’s advocate. You can also say “when did rap lyrics become introspective, emotional, and deep?

Afterall the very first rap song was Rapper’s Delight a song about partying, talking about how great they were and spraying super sperm all over Louis Lane.

By: Wayz

Wayz — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:46:09 +0000

Budds is deep. His gift is that he can deliver a topic/scenario in a way that even the most unimaginative indiviual in the room will know what he’s talking about. And he does so without dumbing down his lyrics. Granted, the production wasn’t the greatest, but I’m not buying a producer’s cd. Go buy a Timbaland or Kanye set for that. I paid for lyrical content from a rapper. Dance tracks can have all the MegaProduction. So, if you want a cd to bump at your next b-day party, this ain’t it. If you want something with a little more lyrical depth that isn’t a gimme for every idiot in the building to nod their head to, pick this up. When did rap become bubble gum, club kid, dance music by definition?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:40:52 +0000

Family Reunion isn’t even on the album Padded Room, it’s on MM3.5. And I agree with the beats not fitting his voice. But, Happy Holidays is probably the worst song on the album, and you picked it as one of the best. I know DMX put out something similar with the talking to God thing, but Buddens lyrics took it to another level. I think maybe my favorite part of Buddens lyricism is how well he can paint a picture in his songs, he does it better than none other.

By: Murphy

Murphy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:45:07 +0000

pooks make s a good point, but in all seriousness if you refer to yourself as “pooks” then I can’t take anything else you say seriously

By: pooks

pooks — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:28:15 +0000

In all seriousness, if you choose Happy Holidays as one of the best songs, but write off Pray to Me as generic, then I can’t take anything else you say seriously.

Happy Holidays is ridiculously out of place on this album…when I heard it I had to double check to make sure my iPod hadn’t shuffled to some Xmas Playlist hidden on my device.

There is nothing generic about covering the concept of a man talking to God. It is a scenario that many, if not every, person continually struggles with. Just because the concept hasn’t been covered previously, does not mean the content can be innovative and fresh. I thought this was the best track on the album, and can’t recall a song in recent memory that was spit with the tenacity and emotion that Joe exhibited.

By: Beans

Beans — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:19:03 +0000

Its a “strange” review..

Sounds like u rather heard “classic” joe budden joints ( do tell) but in this shit, we dont need to hear mood muzik joints, thats not the point of the album.
Or maybe u try to hard to prove people that u ait a budden stan lol

Its a conceptual album, where u enter in budden brain and joe become more crazier tracks after tracks, ending with a suicide note (do tell), locked up in a padded room and finaly convers with god.

What other album can stay on topik in all tracks (exept the future)??

I was not the biggest joe budden fan, i mean mm1, mm3 were cool, but its was more a mc spiting from heart traditional tracks with better lyrics, good story and many punchlines in every tracks
Now i can say that nigga budden is the best when u talk about songwriting skillz, he made an album without punchlines, and funny thing is all metaphores, double meanings, hidden messages and connection between some tracks make that is u, feeling in a padded room

By: YoRapper

YoRapper — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:37:50 +0000

Yeah Budden needs better beats and his own engineer that understands his voice to make things more listenable.

And yeah that Drega is knockin’.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:45:32 +0000

At least you acknowledged that Joe Budden is unlistenable in the sense of having a good time. He just doesn’t make hot music, he makes good music, but he doesnt make music pleasurable to the ear cavities. That kid Drega whos mixtape you put up on mixtape of the month is actually intelligent rap, but his music you would actually listen to in your car or on the way to the club.