Joe Budden f/ The Game - "The Future" (6 months later)

[S P I C E]

Joey's first album had some great songs in my opinion, no the album isnt on the level of the Mood Musics, Padded Room or Escape Route but I thought Joe's self titled album had some standout tracks,

-Walk With Me

-Calm Down

-10 Mins

I also thought Porno Star was a good song as well

[MoodMuzik]

Joey's first album had some great songs in my opinion, no the album isnt on the level of the Mood Musics, Padded Room or Escape Route but I thought Joe's self titled album had some standout tracks,

-Walk With Me

-Calm Down

-10 Mins

I also thought Porno Star was a good song as well

agree those 3 songs are classic...his debut album was average

dont agree on porno star tho...worst budden song ever imo lol

[Action!]

Budden is just entering his golden ear.  The kid is about to drop at least one more stand out album if not 3.  Sometimes I think it's best cats like him and Crooked never blew up as they went down a path that's more lyrical and such. 

[MoodMuzik]

Budden has a chance to have one of the BEST discography in rap HISTORY if he keeps this going

[S P I C E]

Budden has a chance to have one of the BEST discography in rap HISTORY if he keeps this going

no doubt

[Chamillitary Click]

Budden has a chance to have one of the BEST discography in rap HISTORY if he keeps this going

no doubt

 

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

Pump It Up is fire..  I dunno what y'all talking about..  Joe came with fire verses, punchlines and flow dope.  Beat is off the hook.  There is a reason that song blew up..

That's the kinda song Joe need to make again..  If he wants to crossover, but he always says he can't do it anymore.  He doesn't really care..

And about Focus..

1) He originally wrote the song with J-Lo, called "The One".  It sounded like it coulda blew up, but label politics snuffed it out.  It would have been a J-Lo single feat. Joe.

2) Later remade into Focus, for Kay Slay's mixtape, which was a single.  Not as mainstream, but more Hip-Hop sounding.

3) Appeared on the album, but they didnt wanna use a song twice as a single, later a remix with LL Cool J was done, which was fire.  Nothing transpired from it though.

[Fuck Your Existence]

Pump It Up was a bad song, most of the songs off that album were bad; with the exception of a few.

but sadly, Pump It Up is his most major song & the only song people know by him.

like most guys on here, they ONLY heard Pump It Up; but they act like they can comment on his entire catalog lol.

you trippin son,his debut is crack, including PIU.

[Enigma]

Pump It Up is fire..  I dunno what y'all talking about..  Joe came with fire verses, punchlines and flow dope.  Beat is off the hook.  There is a reason that song blew up..

That's the kinda song Joe need to make again..  If he wants to crossover, but he always says he can't do it anymore.  He doesn't really care..

I'm with you on that. Still to this day when I hear Pump It Up in a club, or even just on a casual level, the shit knocks just as hard as the first time I heard it. As I stated, I believe Pump It Up was a few years ahead of its time. It blew up, but it didn't transcend into making Joe that household name of even a platinum record. If that song would have came out in 2005, man he'd be up there with the tops in the game I think, sales wise. Label politics, his mouth, etc have backed him into a corner.

I know he can still make a record like Pump It Up, he hasn't slouched on his lyrics one bit. Joe can make something like Pump It Up without it being a total sellout type track, he's proved he has it in him, and his diversity can help him with that.

What he needs to do is save up some bread, shut his mouth for the next year and handle the Slaughterhouse to his full abilities, and get some top notch producers for his next album to help him get that over the edge production that "Pump It Up" had. If there's anything that lacks in Joe's recent releases, it's the overall production. Pump It Up is one of the best produced rap songs of the 2000's (in my opinion I thought Just Blaze had a flawless beat with that one), and that's all Joe needs to get back into the limelight.

He's still relatively young, plenty of time for him.

[AnybodyKilla]

Ive always liked this song, played the shit outta it, its bangin!!!

[DTG Entertainment]

Joey's first album had some great songs in my opinion, no the album isnt on the level of the Mood Musics, Padded Room or Escape Route but I thought Joe's self titled album had some standout tracks,

-Walk With Me

-Calm Down

-10 Mins

I also thought Porno Star was a good song as well

Correct. Focus was dope too.

[Chamillitary Click]

Pump It Up was a bad song, most of the songs off that album were bad; with the exception of a few.

but sadly, Pump It Up is his most major song & the only song people know by him.

like most guys on here, they ONLY heard Pump It Up; but they act like they can comment on his entire catalog lol.

you trippin son,his debut is crack, including PIU.

na, i was just feelin' the songs S P I C E named; Walk With Me, Calm Down & 10 Minutes.

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

Pump It Up is fire..  I dunno what y'all talking about..  Joe came with fire verses, punchlines and flow dope.  Beat is off the hook.  There is a reason that song blew up..

That's the kinda song Joe need to make again..  If he wants to crossover, but he always says he can't do it anymore.  He doesn't really care..

I'm with you on that. Still to this day when I hear Pump It Up in a club, or even just on a casual level, the shit knocks just as hard as the first time I heard it. As I stated, I believe Pump It Up was a few years ahead of its time. It blew up, but it didn't transcend into making Joe that household name of even a platinum record. If that song would have came out in 2005, man he'd be up there with the tops in the game I think, sales wise. Label politics, his mouth, etc have backed him into a corner.

I know he can still make a record like Pump It Up, he hasn't slouched on his lyrics one bit. Joe can make something like Pump It Up without it being a total sellout type track, he's proved he has it in him, and his diversity can help him with that.

What he needs to do is save up some bread, shut his mouth for the next year and handle the Slaughterhouse to his full abilities, and get some top notch producers for his next album to help him get that over the edge production that "Pump It Up" had. If there's anything that lacks in Joe's recent releases, it's the overall production. Pump It Up is one of the best produced rap songs of the 2000's (in my opinion I thought Just Blaze had a flawless beat with that one), and that's all Joe needs to get back into the limelight.

He's still relatively young, plenty of time for him.

On point.

Royce said this: You can have a mainstream single without selling out, you just gotta be a good enough artist to be able to crossover your emceeing abilities into a commercial song.

Joe did this with Pump it Up.  

You're so correct when you say the production/mixing hurts him..

If he saves up enough dough to get a real dope beat from a big name producer, and just spends the money to mix/master that one track well, it would do wonders..  But then again, if you pricequote those producers, (and we saw what u get when u pay for a low-priced Khalil track), and Joe's comfort with where he is right now (which I'm fine with).  It might not happen.

Just saying that you damn well know Joe knows about the quality of the sound in his indie releases, and maybe if he wants to reach more people with his music, he should think about trying to go back in for another crossover hit..  In the end, it doesn't hurt anything but his pride..