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Mood muzik11/10/2023 ![]() Kissed wifey on the forehead, told her that I love her "I woke up around 9, day felt like no other Joe even proves the critics who say he can't crossver wrong on super smoothed out tracks like "If I Should Die Tomorrow": In fact calling this a mixtape is a misnomer - this IS a full length album with professionally produced and mastered tracks. "Mood Muzik 2" seems dead set on proving Joe's point, which is that music industry and his label in particular are fucking up by not putting out his new album when he's making so many hot tracks in the interim he can fill up a mixtape and put it out on his own. You don't even want to ask his opinion about whether he's getting paid off the "Gangsta Party" single. If there's one thing you don't want to fuck with, it's a bitter angry rapper who's been starving for three years while everybody else on the label he's signed to is eating good. They say don't bite the hand that feeds youĭon't get me wrong, still I love Clue and Hov'īut they both rich, so what that got to do with Joe?'" Tryin to hate on him, throwin in my two cents I can't listen to _Blueprint_, got a resentment towards Hov' ![]() I ain't even know that dude was doin his tape, sheeeitĭon't want the fame no more, it's fuckin with meĭon't hear _Reasonable Doubt_ the same no more Stop sayin what you did for Clue shit, I just laced it "I came out screamin Desert Storm e'rydayīut as soon as I stopped, he don't wanna play ![]() The latest batch of unreleased JB songs has been compiled into a mixtape called "Mood Muzik 2: Can it Get Any Worse?" It certainly could if you make the mistake of crossing his path, as evidenced from his lyrics on "Old School Mouse": Those same mainstream fans have continued to pick up his mixtape releases on a regular basis though, and Def Jam is proving their shortsightedness by not cashing on. He's perceived as a rapper's rapper, too gangster to be pushed as a crossover act and too lyrical to connect with mainstream fans. Budden's reputation has only grown over the years, and the irony is that Def Jam's reluctance to release his album has made him a folk hero. JB's fanbase wants actual songs, and you can hardly blame them. While vague rumors continue to float that an album titled "The Growth" will be released in 2006, the last significant update from Def Jam on November 28th was that Budden ringtones are available. He came up from the street level mixtape scene, and if he has to go back to that level to hustle and make a living he's sure as hell going to do it. What the fuck? Fortunately Joe Budden is not the type of artist to sit around waiting for his record label to do the right thing. Budden's official Def Jam website even claimed a release date, but nothing ever surfaced. Then 20 passed, and the anticipated sophomore album never got released. There was little doubt that Joe was gonna blow, and for a little while he did. His name was buzzing in the underground due to mixtape success, and Def Jam was eager to capitalize on that fame by putting him in the "Def Jam Vendetta" video game and pushing his song "Pump it Up" to radio and video outlets everywhere. In 2003 Joe Budden had all the potential in the world when he released his self-titled debut on Def Jam. Cardim synth beat.Joe Budden :: Mood Muzik 2 - Can it Get Any Worse? :: Amalgam Entertainment The crossover-ready single "Follow My Lead" fuses a melodic sung hook with contemplative rhymes about being over the money/fame/cars/groupies that come with being a celebrity, "Remember the Titans" teams him up with Lloyd Banks, Fabolous, and Royce, while "Sober Up" finds him going off alongside Crooked I over a super slick J. Though he's only put out two actual studio solo albums, he's dropped three digital full-lengths, one group project with Slaughterhouse, and now this, the highly anticipated fourth installment in his ongoing Mood Muzik series. ![]() ![]() Through it all, he has maintained a fiercely loyal, extremely dedicated cult following who hang on his every verse and continue to buy and/or download anything he releases. Repping for Jersey City, Joe Budden has had an unusual career, marked by giant hit singles (specifically his breakout hit "Pump It Up"), major-label deals achieved and lost (he was originally on Def Jam before going indie), well-publicized mental illness/drug addiction issues, and an unlikely super-group with other once-signed, on-the-cusp-of-superstardom rappers Crooked I, Royce Da 5'9”, and Joell Ortiz. ![]()
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