Some of the joints from Mood Muzik 1 and 2 were out before those were released though. Some of my favorite Budden songs are off of those 2 mixtapes, so i'm not really hating on them. Walk With Me (off MM1) was on his album. So that was heard before. And it's one of the best joints on MM1. MM1 as a whole is good, but it doesn't compete with MM3 imo. It has freestyles with A-Team and shit, which I never cared for much. Through The Wire is dope. Same with Find A Way (also known as Whatever It Takes), but that was heard before MM1. Sing For The Moment, Last Real Nigga Alive and Rest In Peace are also dope. But like I said, some of that shit was heard before MM1 even dropped.
Mood Muzik 2 was a step up from MM1. The illest shit on MM2 was Dumb Out, a track that was put out before MM2 even dropped. Three Sides To A Story is one of Joe's best songs in many peoples opinions. I like it, but it's not one of mine. Stained is a dope joint as well. MM2 was alot shorter than MM1, but better over all since it focused more on just Budden.
Mood Muzik 3 to me is the best for many reasons. First of all, it's all new shit. Star Inside was released a short time before MM3 actually came out. I just think Joey grew as an artist on this one. It has doper songs. Not to mention, the tracks that DO have other people on them are very good as well as the ones without other people. They all kill it. Songs like Hiatus, Talk To Em, Warfare, Invisible Man, Dear Diary, Send Him Our Love, Family Reunion, 5th Gear and Roll Call are all insane. Not to leave out the others, that was just off the top of my head kinda. There's just more good/great songs on MM3 than there are on MM1 or MM2 imo. It's just insane over all.