In my opinion Joe Budden has top 5 D.O.A. potential

[Ravishing]

Originally Posted by TRUTH

when i say "potentially", I'm not saying hes there yet or could be there yet. i'm saying sometime down the line if he makes the right albums. etc.

I think he's gonna fall along the lines of Jada where he just drops..."good" albums.

[Roy Da Truth]

Buddens has those real talk lines that i love. i that song happy holidays off padded room he says something about his family coming over on thanksgiving and how its all fake and shit...lol. its definitley true

[abc123WBVA]

Originally Posted by TRUTH

I didn't say he was top 5. i said he has the potential to be top 5.

I just meant... do you think that he has the potential to knock out the people that you would cosider top 5 doa... I don't think that Budden can knock out the people that I consider top 5 doa.

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[Master Ma$on]

Buddens is one of my favorite rappers and i would like to say the same but unfortunatley i think his mixtapes are better then his albums. I will say this though, since Mood Muzik 2....aint nobody got shit on him

MM2 = 4.5/5
MM3 = 4.5/5
Halfway House = 4.5/5
Padded Room = 3.5/5
Escape Route = 4.5/5

I rated his mixtapes as if they were albums, if i rated them as mixtapes they would all be classics. If he keeps up at this pace, and puts his albums together a little more wisely...who knows, but hes gonna have to make more of an impact on commercial rap which will be a very difficult task.

At one point i thought of Buddens as one of the best punchline rappers i have ever heard but hes switched up his style more lately, he has been makin some really deep songs. Hes very versatile but i cant really see him making it into my top 10, or even 15. Anything can happen though, all he might need is another pump it up.

[CrackYourJaw]

I think to even say "potentially" is a huge stretch.

I highly doubt he'll surpass

Nas
Rakim
Pac
Scarface
Jay-Z
GZA
Rae
Common
Eminem

I mean the list goes on.

Joe's pretty good, just not potential top 5 DOA good.