Joe Budden announced the release date for his new album by jumping out of a plane with Complex and now his highly-anticipated project, Rage & the Machine, is here in full.
Produced entirely by AraabMUZIK, the 11-track album features guest appearances from Tory Lanez, Fabolous, Joell Ortiz, Stacy Barthe, Jazzy, and Emanny.
The New Jersey native stopped by the Complex office last month where him and the Complex team got into it about his new album, his favorite TV shows, and more. Speaking to Araab's production, Budden told Complex, "It almost sounds like like an entirely different genre of music. Araab was just so talented. I really let his template guide the way... I was blown away by how different it was."
We also touched on the theme of the Budden's new music. The rapper got tangled up in a very public beef with Drake over the summer, but Budden insists he's not an angry person and that this album is about everything that has gone on in his life. "I'm not angry," he said. "Rage more so was like a culmination of everything that I had endured and experienced and felt and learned from point A in my career up until now. It's not always such a gratifying feeling, so that's where rage comes from...It's probably one of my more fun projects."
Stream Budden's new album, Rage & the Machine below or grab it on iTunes.
