If you haven’t heard this song yet, then I personally feel you’re in for a treat. I first heard this song on Entourage, and later stumbled across it online a few months back. It’s a really good song from a new artist that goes by the name Kid Cudi. He was on a couple songs from Kanye’s 808′s & Heartbreak album (Welcome To Heartbreak and Paranoid), and he’s on Kanye’s label G.O.O.D. Music. There was another version of this video out with the Crookers remix that wasn’t supposed to come out, and he wasn’t happy about it being leaked. So after a couple months, the official music video has dropped, and you can see it above.
I just got my copy of Joe Budden’s 2nd official album, Padded Room, that the fans have been waiting 6 years for, and I am definitely happy with the final product. The album leaked last week, and I felt no guilt about downloading it, since I had pre-ordered it many months ago. After hearing the album a few times now, I can honestly say that it gets better every time I hear it. If you listen to the album briefly, or skim through it real quick, chances are you won’t get to fully appreciate it, and you will be missing out on some great hip hop music. Padded Room is a concept album, and some songs are linked to eachother, and there is a lot of hidden meanings behind the lyrics, so not everything you hear is what you might think it is. Budden is one of the most underrated artists of all time, and people are quick to talk about his lack of record sales, but if you take record sales out of the picture, he is one of the best rappers out. The album is definitely worth spending a few bucks on, and showing support for some real hip hop music.
Padded Room First Week Sales: 13,561 (According to HipHopDX)
I predicted he would sell around 10k first week. This is a good number for an independent release, with no music video out, and very little promotion. Even if he would have sold 10 records total, the album is great, and I’d recommend it to anyone.
I’m gonna try to add the lyrics to all the songs as soon as I can, so be sure to check back for those.
Joe Budden – Padded Room Tracklisting & Production Credits:
1. Now I Lay (Produced By Blastah Beats)
2. The Future Ft. The Game (Produced By Fyu-Chur)
3. If I Gotta Go (Produced By The Klasix)
4. Don’t Make Me (Produced By Blastah Beats)
5. Blood On The Wall (Produced By Moss)
6. In My Sleep (Produced By The Klasix)
7. Exxxes (Produced By The Klasix)
8. I Couldn’t Help It (Produced By The Klasix)
9. Adrenaline (Produced By Dub B)
10. Happy Holidays Ft. Emanny (Produced By Qwan)
11. Do Tell (Produced By Blastah Beats)
12. Angel In My Life (Produced By Blastah Beats)
13. Pray For Me (Produced By Versatile And Dilemma)
Vikto plays the keys in a band for the artist Shy B, and they had a show this past week at Dakota Lounge in Santa Monica. I’ve seen them perform a handful of times, and it’s always a good atmosphere, good music, and they manage to pack the house everytime. This show was no exception. The videos don’t really do their performances much justice, but it can give you a small preview if you’ve never heard of them before. You can see the original site the videos were posted on, plus article @ MyCypher.com/SetToBlow. Vikto also blogged about it, and posted the rest of the videos on ViktoBeats.com
Budden just posted this song on his website’s forums, and the official video should be coming soon. This is a single from Padded Room, which will be here February 24th. After hearing this song, and seeing theories about the lyrics, I have a whole new appreciation for it. Not everything you hear in the song is what you’d think at first, but everything means something, according to Joe Budden himself. This song has people trying to guess what he’s really talking about with certain parts, and it’s interesting to hear what they’re coming up with. Can you figure out who “The Man Walkin On Water“, “Bum With A Mansion“, “Virgin With Aids“, or the “Man With No Ears” are? There’s a lot of crazy hidden messages in the song, that I’m still clueless about, but you can read more theories on the JoeBuddenTv.com Forums, if you wanna get some ideas.
Karmaloop is having a huge end of the season sale, and that means all clothing from the winter season is on sale for the next couple days. And the sales are from 50-85% off, so if there was some stuff you wanted to purchase from the winter season, now is the time to take advantage! Hurry up and find what you’re looking for, before it sells out, cause things are gonna go fast!
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Went to the studio a couple nights ago, and I finally got a chance to take some pics wearing the XXX77 Hoody by Dissizit! I previously made a post about my purchase of the hoody that you can see here if you are intersted in checking it out. Don’t forget to save with the latest Karmaloop Promo Codes!
Honey Bunches of Oats, without the oats. It might sound like a good idea, but after trying it, I would have to strongly disagree. I first tried these a couple months ago, and it took me a while to have another bowl of these after that first time, cause I obviously didn’t enjoy them. I will never even think about buying another box of these. All I can remember from both experiences is that my jaw started to hurt before I could finish eating my bowl. So if you see these on the shelf, and think they would be cool to try cause you’re a fan of the original Honey Bunches of Oats, I’d say stay away. If you want to get an idea of how they taste, just imagine crunching up a granola bar, adding milk, and eating it with a spoon. Waste of money, stick to the regular stuff, you can’t go wrong with a regular box of good old fashioned Honey Bunches Of Oats.
Joe Budden and Joell Ortiz had a foot race after Joell Ortiz kept claiming he could beat Budden in a foot race, and even went as far as saying he could beat any rapper in a race. The whole situation is comedy, and it’s always funny as hell seeing these 2 argue. The race itself took a lot longer then any race should ever take, with a countless amount of false starts, and re-do’s, but it was still entertaining. I was surprised by how fast Joell really was lol check out the video to see who won. I embedded the videos in HD so they might take a while to load, go to JBTV Youtube Channel, to see them in lower quality.
Padded Room is almost here, Feb 24th, show your support! Pre-Order through Amalgam Digital, Amazon, or Best Buy.
It’ll be available in stores, and on Itunes as well.
