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Padded Room is still a solid, well-crafted effort.
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The Joe Budden on Padded Room, however, is focused and hungry, spinning dense, psychological yarns that build for dozens and dozens of bars. Budden scratched and clawed for his second chance, and he hasn’t squandered it.
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Q MagazineThis debut shows his skills are undiminished, boasting some A-grade production. [Jun 2009, p.122]
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Therefore, whoever had the final say-so on the beat selection is the main culprit for the failings on the album - if it was Joe Budden himself, then more shame him, because he also turns in a superb lyrical performance that rap fans will appreciate as one of the most interesting efforts in recent hip hop history.
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While Joe Budden is enamored of his rhymes, which are taut, intricate and structurally varied, he raps in a scraped-up monotone, a technician first and stylist second.
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thomaswMay 24, 2009Great album the most original album this year, the best album since Lupe fiasco the cool.