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Escape Route
Hip-Hop · 2009 · 14 tracks · 54m

Escape Route

Joe Budden

Dense, diary-like lyricism over dusty East Coast soul samples. A claustrophobic and deeply honest snapshot of an artist wrestling with his own shadow.

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It's like reading someone's private journal over the best soul samples 2009 had to offer.

A heavy, introspective tension that finds beauty in the process of falling apart.

Escape Route · vs · Joe Budden
Late Night+0.5σ

Late Night saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 54m
01
Intro
3:27
02
Anti
3:36
03
Never Again
4:34
04
World Keeps Spinnin'
3:56
05
Forgive Me
4:34
06
State of You
4:57
07
Good Enough
5:20
08
No Comment
4:01
09
We Outta Here
4:41
10
Clothes on a Mannequin
4:21
11
Freight Train
3:06
12
Connect 4
2:32
13
Tito Santana
2:18
14
For You
3:17
Moments Worth Waiting For
The relentless lyrical onslaught of 'We Outta Here' where the four future Slaughterhouse members trade verses with competitive ferocity.
The stripped-back, soul-baring vulnerability of 'Forgive Me' where the drums feel like a secondary thought to the confession.
The way the 9th Wonder production on 'Tito Santana' provides a bright, rhythmic contrast to the dense, multi-syllabic flows.
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