• "Tipsy" (Featuring Emanny & Jay Townsend)Budden stated on his blog that he will be working with Mos Def, Eminem, Kanye West, Twista, Nas, Drake, Tank, Lil Wayne, Q-Tip, John Legend, Wiz Khalifa and Metallica among others, and the production team T-Minus, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Emile, Black Milk, Dark Night & 8 Bars, and Nottz with the bulk of production handled by J.Cardim and production team Sean C & LV.
On August 31, 2009, a potential single for the album named "No Competition" featuring R&B singer Emanny was leaked unto the internet. The song was produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League. On January 29, 2010, Budden released a now-scrapped track for the album named "Downfall" via his Twitter page. Budden stated that he and J.Cardim were not able to clear a sample from the track, leading to the release and being scrapped from the album. The song was later released as a part of Mood Muzik 4.5.
In August 2010, Budden stated that the producer DJ Premier had a beat potentially for The Great Escape. On January 5, 2010, Budden hinted via Twitter that Havoc from Mobb Deep made a beat for The Great Escape. On January 21, 2011, it was announced that the first single to The Great Escape was to drop later that night entitled 'Tipsy'. The track featured Emmany and Jay Towsend.
On February 27, 2012 at a concert, Budden previewed a new track featuring Lil Wayne, Twista and singer Tank called “Put It Down Like You”.
On April 4th, 2012. Joe confirmed via Twitter that he had reached out to John Legend for a track.
• "Ayo" (Featuring Emanny)
• "Put It Down Like You (Featuring Lil Wayne Twista & Tank)
• "TBA" (Featuring Slaughterhouse)
• "TBA" (Featuring John Legend)
Eminem (exec.) J. Cardim, T-Minus, DJ Premier, Havoc, Nottz, Sean C & LV, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Emile, Black Milk, Dark Night & 8 Bars, The Klasix
