Joe Budden

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- Joe Budden (Parental Advisory)
- Released 2003

- Mood Muzik 3: The Album
- Released 2008

- Padded Room
- Released 2009

- Padded Room (Parental Advisory)
- Released 2009

biography

The ridiculous success of 50 Cent in early 2003 opened the floodgates for other street-level, mixtape-bred rappers, one of whom was Joe Budden, a Jersey City rapper with a distinct loose-cannon style molded from years of freestyling. Born in Spanish Harlem and raised in Queens, Budden came of age across the Hudson River in Jersey City, which he proudly continued to rep in his rhymes despite its somewhat unsavory reputation relative to more traditional hip-hop breeding grounds like Harlem, Brooklyn, the South Bronx, and Queensbridge. Following some troubled teenage years, Budden cleaned himself up and focused his sights on hip-hop fame. He teamed up with producer Dub-B (aka White Boy) and began making demos, one of which ended up in the hands of DJ Clue.

Soon afterward, Budden was a mixtape fixture, freestyling over popular beats on mixes by New York's leading DJs, most notably Clue, DJ Kayslay, and Cutmaster C. In particular, his "Grindin'" freestyle turned heads, as did one of his White Boy productions, "Focus." It wasn't long before Budden joined On Top management and went to work with Just Blaze, one of New York's hottest producers of the moment, best known for his work with Jay-Z but also respected for his sure-fire freelance work, such as Erick Sermon's "React" and Cam'ron's "Oh Boy." Indeed, a sure-fire hit resulted: "Pump It Up," a club-ready track that connected everywhere, from MTV to the streets. While all of this was going down, industry heavyweight Def Jam signed Budden and prepared his self-titled debut album, which charted well its opening week, earned some critical support, and foreshadowed a bright future for the refreshingly unique rapper.

Unfortunately, a changing of the guard at Def Jam meant the executives who had signed Budden were gone. His next album would remain in limbo until late 2008 when the Halfway House mixtape arrived with an announcement that the rapper had signed with Amalgam Digital. A year later fans were greeted with a flurry of activity, beginning in February when his album Padded Room landed in stores. Featuring Budden with Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, and Royce da 5'9", the self-titled album from the hip-hop supergroup Slaughterhouse followed in August, and then he returned to his solo career in October with Escape Route. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

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- - mousebudden: @MsDanaLee if i didn't know u, i would've thought u were spam, lol
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  - mousebudden: @MsDanaLee if i didn't know u, i would've thought u were spam, lol

- - mousebudden: yo, fuck is up wit all the naked girl spam i'm gettin.... i'm on a blocking spree....
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  - mousebudden: yo, fuck is up wit all the naked girl spam i'm gettin.... i'm on a blocking spree....

- - mousebudden: @angiemartinez lmao.... That's how u feelin ??? I'm down !!!!
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  - mousebudden: @angiemartinez lmao.... That's how u feelin ??? I'm down !!!!

- - mousebudden: @100PERCENTJANK i'll dm u, we should talk about it
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- - mousebudden: @IsThatHer Charlies later
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  - mousebudden: @IsThatHer Charlies later

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- - Mouse!
  - - By gorillaproof
    - 10/22/2009 07:29:16
  - Joey spit that real ish all the time...but i think Royce 5(nickle)9" is the most underrated rapper jumpin' off right now
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- - MORE JOE BUDDEN!!!!
  - - By soUFJERzz
    - 10/4/2009 04:58:32
  - Escape Route, Halfway House, and Mood Muzik 2 needs to added to the Zune Marketplace. Joe Budden is the hottest rapper out right now WE NEED MORE!!!!
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- - Joeys a monster!
  - - By Lcatraz
    - 8/16/2009 20:00:41
  - Joe been a beast! I been tellin people that since i was back in h.s. Probably the most underrated rapper of all time, its time for my dude to get his.
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- - Joe budden!
  - - By Capital Dream
    - 2/26/2009 03:04:54
  - I have to say, its about time joe gets back his shine. It may not be a real big one like them crap ass rappers. But joe is doing it his way and the right way.
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- - It's That On Top Muzik!!!
  - - By JKiller315
    - 8/16/2008 03:35:54
  - Joey most underrated rapper of all time
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