Even without knowing that, itâs easy to feel the tension in this song just from the way Joe tells the story, especially if youâve gone through relationship issues yourself. Who can blame him? Heâs addressing a woman he proposed to in the public eye only to have her say no. As you probably guessed, Joe is getting deep in his feelings here. It makes perfect sense that an EP like this would be the vessel for the fourth installment. After all, we have plenty of Joe and the women in his life on other songs.Īny Joe Budden fans that arenât complete neophytes are probably familiar with his âOrdinary Love Shitâ series. The intro, name, and ending all center around that, but the other stuff seems a bit out of place.
Not to belittle Joeâs battles with women, but this song probably could have been completely given to his grandfather. Then we go through more relationship issue documentation to hear about how Joeâs grandfather is close to death. Joey starts off detailing how heâs profiting off of his pain. Well, actually the song is kind of split down the middle. Joey changes up the focus a bit with âPoker in the Skyâ, a song that centers mostly around his grandfatherâs cancer. Yes, itâs a short track list, but this song stands out nonetheless. With a great hook and the same emotion with a pretty assertive delivery, this track is one of the highlights of the EP. You can feel the dramatic tone as soon as the track begins. This one is produced by DJ Pain1 and it has another beat that fits the album art. If all this emotion isnât too much and you made it through to âOnly Humanâ without breaking down, you get to the song âAliveâ. Itâs eight minutes of somber feelings, and Emmany being all soulful amplifies it even more. Even by Joe Budden standards this is a heavy song. The second verse of this song has Joe being more open than most rappers, or people in general, would even think about being.
He touches on conversations with his mother about drug abuse, relationship problems leading to legal issues, and even coming close to suicide. It wouldnât be surprising to hear that he had a significant amount of his fans tearing up while listening to this one. The next track, âOnly Humanâ, is an eight minute journey into some of Joe Buddenâs most dismal thoughts.
The tone of this song is accentuated perfectly by Felicia Temple on the hook. The subject matter quickly switches to a turbulent relationship Joe was dealing with (very likely his relationship with Tahiry) and how it has affected him. The intro seamlessly flows into âThe Way You Love Meâ and Joe gets right to the serious issues, taking less than a minute to express how he understands the pain that Robin Williams was going through.
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