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Advantages: Production, Deep Lyrics, Guest rappers
Disadvantages: Not much difference in the tracks

...I really heard from Mr. Joe Budden was Pump It Up and I'll admit I thought it was garbage. Of course the beat by Just Blaze was off the hook but the lyrics on the song were atrocious. I figured this was just another no talent commercial rapper Def Jam was gonna try to force feed the public. Damn if I wasn't wrong. Since this is his first album it goes without saying that Joe slips in a few places. This isn't Illmatic or Ready to Die but it's a ... Read review

Advantages: Good beats, good songs, good debute
Disadvantages: lacks some pure hip hop more a party album.

Joe Budden first song I heard was Pump it up. This song I loved so much and thought the beat and the lyrics were so catchy. Just Blaze produced pump it up and it shows why he is rated among the best producers with a song like that. It well deserved its place on the 2 fast 2 furious soundtrack and was a good song for the movie. The introduction was nothing special but the second track entitled No#1 is a brilliant song and very catchy. The song ... Read review