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Joe Budden’s never been a pacifist, but even for him he’s been on a particular rampage lately. The latest addition to Budden’s enormous “tracks where rappers get served hard” catalog is R.I.P., a net-only banger that was the product of a late-night studio session. Produced by regular production partner J. Cardim, who puts together a beat that at first sounds like a montage from a ‘80s sports movie before turning on the juice, R.I.P. appropriately kills any wack rappers that dare stand in its path. In typical fashion Budden drops a notebook’s worth of material on the track, but my favorite line is “I refuse to ball my fist when the heart of New Jersey’s in my hand.” That, my friends, is the definition of dope lyricism. R.I.P. won’t be included on Budden’s upcoming album The Great Escape, which currently has no release date, but in the meantime I think we can all rest assured this is far from the last we’ve heard from Joey.
This song first appeared on the
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on January 25, 2010
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 433 |
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This is kinda like a mix between "Just to be Different" and "The Future" but I still like it. It says that this isn't an upcoming single so I wonder where this came from. His last album "Escape Route" was one of the best hip-hop albums of last year.
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| Posted on Jan 12, 2010 |
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Over 3 minutes of nothing but venom. I don't know where to start since there's so many good lines in here. There all over the place, I could just start the song at any place and find a dope line.
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| Posted on Jan 12, 2010 |
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sick lyrics as usual, i'll be looking forward for the great escape
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| Posted on Jan 12, 2010 |
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Joe Budden is a mean dude and J. Cardim's plane is boarding now.
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| Posted on Jan 12, 2010 |
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more than impressive, a banger
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| Posted on Jan 12, 2010 |
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Budden is a dope artist. Hands down. His lyrical ability is only rivaled by a few other emcees in the game yet he's never really received any mainstream attention (maybe for the better). Production was pretty tight, this had my head-noddin the entire time.
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| Posted on Jan 12, 2010 |
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How/Why is he still unsigned???
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| Posted on Jan 12, 2010 |
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@J Worthy
"@*#$! a record label, I appear courtesy of my fans". He doesn't care for a record label, because he could do this all day without one. The Great Escape is going to be... out... of... control. |
| Posted on Jan 12, 2010 |
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Joey always brings the heat. So many good lines in this.
Can't wait for Great Escape! |
| Posted on Jan 12, 2010 |
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nice
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| Posted on Jan 12, 2010 |
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@DJ Baer Apparently he was just in the studio, banged this out, decided it wasn't worthy of inclusion on Great Escape but decided to release it anyway.
Point it, HoamBoy did already did the hard work for me: "I could just start the song at any place and find a dope line." That's a great test for a dope song, and one RIP easily passes. Also loved "I'm looking at his kis/Keys like Mashonda." If you get the reference, that's genius. Seriously though, tell me the first ten seconds of this doesn't sound crazy 80s.
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| Posted on Jan 12, 2010 |
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crazy!!!!! if this isn't worthy of the album, then that tells me right there that it will be insane!
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| Posted on Jan 12, 2010 |
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I know Joe is mad and this track is straight heat. The music reminds me of that old cut,"Cold as ice".2010 heat
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| Posted on Jan 12, 2010 |
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I gotta agree with HoamBoy.
And yeah if Jump-Off didn't think THIS was good enough for even an INTRO to his next LP then I wonder what he IS planning to include for The Great Escape. He went hard on J. Cardim's beat. |
| Posted on Jan 12, 2010 |
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The beat is on-point, simple yet dope and complimentary as Joe Budden sets the mic up on fire with an aggressive flow and use of internal rhyme schemes. A lyrical BANGER!!!
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| Posted on Jan 12, 2010 |
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I ain't gotta care in sight
Don't blame me, blame the syrup and the Sprite It's the new sh!t that they'll find me on, Maricón! Best Rapper in the world But need help leaving "No Doubt" now that Gwen Stefani's gone Everybody's a Hannibal Swallowing they eyes watching what they say, what y'all can do is pray Before I got reformed n!gga, glock went on the waist Cross dressing, nothing but mothers stocking on my face Ain't no one you wanna try so fast Talk crazy but Walk the Walk, left a trail down a psycho path Disturbing the peace, swerve in the vee, every word in my speech Too heavy to bare become a burden on the beat Look, I'm dealing with passive aggressive, nasty women That take me from humble beginnings to a happy ending If it ain't about a buck, then it's the wrong thought You balling on a cap space, you in the wrong sport Attack me cause I say sh!t That's that way of curving that they had me as a favorite They learning from Larry David Chrome trigger you blown off the liquor Prolly a tombstone'll come quicker, patron ain't ya n!gga None of you dudes ain't soldiers Add Helm's, when you lose your dog blame "The Hangover" Flame thrower, get me when the label can't control ya Can't send a chain smoker inside a propane holder Currency is the plan to bury me where I stand Fcuk a record label, I appear courtesy of my fans And they can try to hurt me but they can't I refuse to ball my fist while the heart beat of Jersey's in my hand So I tell dude like I tell my nympho chick Keep it up, and you bound to get fcuked! Sounding real tough, every line he move weight like he's a "Monster" I'm looking at his "Keys" like "Mashonda" Round up the troops, to tell him how he sound in the booth You don't sound like the truth! Wanna be on top of the WORLD, till he found on a roof Tell dudes the old dudes, I'll be the poison on they 'Fountain of Youth' n!gga I create it, you mock it We know the sh!ts belated when you jock it! Hold his sh!t hostage Penning that garbage! Before I pull the plug on it, sending it Hospice! Foreign to you, "American Me" Got it locked! It's foreign to you, "Skeleton Key" You taking em' home, I give em' the Sheridan key You saving em' birds, Denzel, "Pelican Brief" And I ain't, tryna buy what I'm selling to meet Done babying grown men, done helping em' eat But they say "You only rap about Joe" give it a rest Grow a set! Dawg I only spit about what I know best I got skin made of Kevlar Tough and still say fcuk the skill And I fall on, blaze the house that Russel built Bring it on, sing along, ring tones, blink wrong I come where the label that say don't try, seein' it home Just smart, I figured I be less dark Tell a model b!tch, "Let's part" over her stretch mark But being truthful too brutal to dudes So I lie like a bad Teacher, keep going till your Pupils confused Tired of hearing how you brush ya Hammer Though this wouldn't be my public cancer Twice as nice as y'all, though your fans love your grammar They act like my b!tches, guess when they come to me they double the standards Fcuk boy, I ain't them other dudes Pick whatever gun, son found a problem that he can't Trouble-Shoot Notice I, so it like Old School-esque Poet like, prototype, since these n!ggas can't flow it right Fans ain't falling for the madness either You milking the game it's from a bad breast feeder Make you a believer, doubt what I said? Moment of silence Bow our head. |
| Posted on Jan 12, 2010 |
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Mr. Top Hat, where do you get the lyrics for these tracks and are they available for most of the songs on the site? btw the track is freakin epic on all levels. Joe is back with avengence.
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| Posted on Jan 13, 2010 |
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Daaaaaaamn!!!
Thanx for the lyrics once again Mr. Top Hat. I wanna know too: do you get the lyrics that good just by listening?! Slaughterhouse = only 6 places left on your top ten! Joe Budden is a great rapper, period. |
| Posted on Jan 13, 2010 |
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Who does it like Budden, I mean come on. This is heat from beginning to end. His word play is not to be phuk'd wit.
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| Posted on Jan 13, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 432 |
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It's like a sped up version of Twista's "get me" with some 80's sounds to compliment, but Joe kills this tracks and leaves it to RIP.
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| Posted on Jan 13, 2010 |
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| Posted on Jan 13, 2010 |
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THANK U JOEY
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| Posted on Jan 14, 2010 |
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Buddens...Damn! Flawless, no classic but lyrically flawless
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| Posted on Jan 14, 2010 |
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Oh Shit...Yeah Joey i see you and hear you my nigga!!!!!
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| Posted on Jan 14, 2010 |
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sounds like a song u would hear from gta. its gud. no lie.
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| Posted on Jan 16, 2010 |
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Correction, "Joe Budden is a VERY mean dude"! Dope!
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| Posted on Jan 17, 2010 |
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joey is still a monster when it comes to lyrics. i hope the great escape has the production that his ability deserves. this is a nice track 3.5 bt ill round it up
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| Posted on Jan 17, 2010 |
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You'd think between being in Slaughterhouse and his other projects this dude would slow down, but not my boy Budden. If I've learned anything from listening to this man is that no matter the bar he sets, he always can add 15 more bars and make something worth hearing. In rotation.
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| Posted on Jan 18, 2010 |
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he didnt release the great escape album?? what? i think i have that on my i pod already. hold up let me go check. OH ok i got escape route. now that thats settled. this track was ILL!! "Before i got perform glock was on my waist. cross dressing, nothing but my mother stocking on my face. Aint one you want to try so fast. talk crazy but walk the walk. left a trail down the psycho path." all i got to say is DAMN!
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| Posted on Jan 18, 2010 |
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Lyric qame is straiqht crazi iput him as 1 of da best lyricis in da game
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| Posted on Mar 05, 2010 |
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I was just listenin to it aqain dis mornin 5starz
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| Posted on Mar 11, 2010 |
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Joe Snaps. He kills it
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