Album Before the Album

Joe Budden | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: 101 Distribution
• ASIN: B000PMFW6U
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,538 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Joe Budden is known for his energy, his eclectic lyricism and his emotional wordplay, all of which are showcased on The Album Before The Album. Budden unleashes various thoughts through freestyling, like not fitting in on "Outcast" and helping those less fortunate on "Broken Wing." He also designs his own mash-up as he borrows the hook and rhythm from "Outside" and flows over it, appropriately entitled "Staind" for the metal band he borrowed the idea from. Budden also adds some heat for the clubs with bangers like "Pop Off" and "Stuntin'," featuring Coke. With such high energy and creative ideas, it's clear Joe Budden treated The Album Before The Album like he's about to release an actual major label album.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Once again Joe Budden drops a great album, July 29, 2007

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G$ "Z-Wad" (B-More, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Album Before the Album (Audio CD)

Joe Budden is back once again with another great album (like his debut - I don't have any of the Mood Muzik mixtapes). It's a shame he kind of fell off the radar when his debut didn't sell like it was supposed to, but he continues to show his excellence on the mic with this and almost every song I hear him featured on. With 16 songs, you get 2 classics, 1 almost classic, 11 are good or real good songs, and 2 are ok. Guests are minimal as well and are some nice underground artists appearing on 4 of the 16 songs you get a good deal of Joe on this one. A must have album and so far one of the top 3 albums of 2007 (with Joell Ortiz "Brick: Bodega Chronicles" and Dogg Pound "Dogg Chit"). A must have album for fans of true hip hop.

#1 - 8
#2 - 8.5 (f/ Stack Bundles)
#3 - 8.5 (deeper personal song)
#4 - 8 (f/ Musiq)
#5 - 9 (nice beat)
#6 - 9.5 (tight beat)
#7 - 8.5
#8 - 8
#9 - 7
#10 - 8 (upbeat track)
#11 - 8.5 (f/ Coke -- nice beat)
#12 - 8.5
#13 - 9 (f/ Ransom of the A-Team -- tight beat)
#14 - 10 (CLASSIC -- great storyline and beat on here)
#15 - 7
#16 - 10 (CLASSIC over a great beat and he flows for about 7 min. straight)

Joseph Anthony Budden -- b. 8/31/80 -- Jersey City, NJ
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1 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dont waste your money, August 13, 2009

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ICantStandYous "BGL Minister" (Staten Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Album Before the Album (Audio CD)

Here is yet another poor attempt by this b level artist to make a mixtape. SAve your money. Go cop some Wu-Tang!

All tracks have bad quality and are recycled and heard before.