While all of this was going down, industry heavyweight Def Jam signed Budden and prepared his self-titled debut album, which charted well its opening week, earned some critical support. Contents 1 Albums 1.1 Studio albums 1.2 Collaboration albums 1.3 Mixtapes 2 Commercial Mixtapes 3 Singles 3.1 As lead artist 3. Budden grew up in Jersey City and started rapping when he was sent to boarding school in North Carolina. Indeed, a sure-fire hit resulted: 'Pump It Up,' a club-ready track that connected everywhere, from MTV to the streets. This is the discography of the American rapper Joe Budden. Rapper Joe Budden rose through the mixtape circuit with his cocky bars and attitude, flirting with pop stardom before going on an independent run as a member of the supergroup Slaughterhouse. In particular, his 'Grindin'' freestyle turned heads, as did one of his White Boy productions, 'Focus.' It wasn't long before Budden joined On Top management and went to work with, one of New York's hottest producers of the moment. Soon afterward, Budden was a mixtape fixture, freestyling over popular beats on mixes by New York's leading DJs, most notably, , and Cutmaster C.

He teamed up with producer (aka ) and began making demos, one of which ended up in the hands of DJ Clue. Click to release title to look at track list of the album #Д«orn: August 31, 1980, Spanish Harlem, New York.ДЇollowing some troubled teenage years, Budden cleaned himself up and focused his sights on hip-hop fame.

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