Thus rubber cells must listen !!

A few months before the release of Slaughterhouse-LP Joe Budden uses the favor of the hour and the marketing hype surrounding the self-proclaimed "supergroup" to bring more quickly his new solo album "Padded Room" on the market.
Who now however believes that this is a commercial rush job, but soon disabused.
The Mixtape King does on his 2nd official studio album all the work and takes the listener with a long trip through its 14 tracks of depression and drug abuse battered psyche. Here lies the great strength of the disc: brutally frank and honest arises Budden his personal weaknesses and describes his depression cleverly packaged in sophisticated metaphors - a rarity in a music division, which is now largely only it arrives the tough bloke to give.

Joe Budden knows exactly where his strengths lie and builds "Padded Room" on accordingly. He shines on most tracks by Savvy storytelling and complex lyricism, making an incredibly dense atmosphere is created.
"Exxxes", "Angel In My Life" and the brilliant "Pray For Me", in which Joe Budden staged a lengthy conversation with God, thereby highlight the clear highlights of the CD.
More Playing tips are the slightly faster "Now I Lay" and the story tracks "In My Sleep", "I Could not Help It" and "Do Tell".

Unfortunately, the album also reveals some minor shortcomings.
What Joe Budden for example, has ridden the "The Future" take completely falling out of the frame with The Game, probably knows only himself. The same applies to the bonus track "Family Reunion".
Further potential was presented by the partially overloaded, strange acting Instrumentals - at this point it is only once "Adrenaline" called. Here would have been there even more.

Nevertheless, Joe Budden provides with "Padded Room" one of the best albums to date from 2009, the whole class can be seen only after repeated listening through. The disk lives primarily from its lyrical intensity and urgency, rather than to prescribe with shallow, catchy melodies à la "Pump It Up" the mainstream audience.
The trip in the padded cell is worthwhile in any case !!