Come Into The Padded Room

Joe Budden landed in 2003 simultaneously with its first single from that produced by Just Blaze "Pump it up" a huge hit, however, sold the corresponding Self Titled Debut Album which was releast via Def Jam, very slowly and remained clearly below expectations the label. Just one year later Budden was stoking his successor "The Growth", but this has been postponed several times and as at the end turned out of Def Jam itself canceled. Since then, Joe kept his fans with the Mood Muzik mixtape series and one or the other Street album happy and signte a deal with Amalgam Digital. Now the time has come and Budden presents the expected 6 years successor named "Padded Room". The album will releast in 2 versions - CD and digital. You can listen to 13 new songs + a bonus track for its productions to people like Blastah Beatz, FYU-chur, The Klasix, Moss, Dub B, Quan and Versatile & dilemma responsible showed. Guest appearances there by West Coast Heavyweight The Game and Dominic and Emanny.

Now items, in the album with the first song "Now I Lay" which begins with a funny melody and other instruments can not be long in coming and give the whole track a Old School excessive feeling, which is driven by a brisk beat. Budden packs the same time a couple of nice and sometimes fast Rhymes from his bag of tricks. It continues with the gem of the album called "The Future" along with The Game and singer Dominic. Synthes build at the beginning a seething atmosphere and when Dominic with his buttery voice gives the chorus the best one is first stunned, but that was not all! A thunderstorm of synths accompanied these damn ingenious Beat and Joe Budden and The Game performing in top condition. "If I gotta go" enters with a game clock and gets through the onset of laughter and the choir in the background a beautiful eerie atmosphere that knows Joe Budden perfectly implement. "Do not make me" with some rock elements is then a complete failure, this song inspired me in nothing, as has the playful "Blood on the Wall" again more quality. Dark and mysterious is what "In My Sleep" to the point, in which case the Beat is partially kept in the background and sound spectacle of diverse instrumental comes fully to bear. "Exxxes" with Snaps and murderous bass and the very soulful and without Beat auskommende "I could not help it," which already has almost a kind of ballads character, then knit pretty chill. A fat electric guitars riff is the introduction to "Adrenaline", the second very rock song by "Padded Room", but compared with the total disappointing "Do not make me" has this track right fire under the butt and not least to the super Drums played. After this small outlier Joe Budden dedicated again to which he has stopped for "I could not help" and that his relaxed side. All further following 4 songs, these include especially stand out "Happy Holidays" with a good-humored Emmany in the chorus, but also with the glamoröser piano melody and nicen Beat triumphant "Do Tell" or the mystical "Pray for me". Finally followed by the bonus track "Family Reunion", because you would have but also confidently can save, really flasht this track anyone, a pretty lame finish even though some people here like Fabolous are featured.

After the first short preview has me "Padded Room" is not so really promised, but if you take each song a little more closely to the plate entfalltet by degrees and delivers a good overall impression, which I do not in this form Mr Budden would necessarily as expected. "Padded Room" is with Bobby Valentino's new album "The Rebirth" what we know, only really starts a successful pioneer in the upcoming Black Music 2009 from the end of February / early March and there are indeed some more promising releases to.
3.75 stars

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