Method Man and Joe Budden’s beef went from verbal to physical in 2009 when hands were thrown by a member of Raekwon’s crew in San Bernardino, California. The beef stemmed from Budden questioning Method Man’s ranking in Vibe’s best rappers of all time list, but according to the Wu-Tang Clan MC, the altercation could have easily been avoided.
During a recent interview with Math Hoffa, Method Man explained how he ran into Joe Budden with plans to “snuff” him, but what Budden said during their conversation made him have a change of heart.
“So he’s trying to say something in my ear,” he explained. “I heard a couple of words but then I see this white boy filming on his camera. So now my focus is there, I don’t even hear what Joe’s saying. I go to snatch the shit out his hand. Now I know the wolves are hungry ’cause they start pounding on a n-gga – ‘Stop, stop, what y’all doing? We’re in Long Island.'”
He continued, “Me and Joe, after that whole shit happened, ’cause they disappeared. Smart. Good. You should. I would have done the same shit. I go to walk back toward the van like, ‘Joe, I wanna talk to you. Where you at? Okay, I’ll go over here.’ We walk over there, we go behind the van. Now Joe, you don’t know this, but the whole time you were talking, I was gonna snuff you.
“But the reason why I didn’t, in that moment, was ’cause you said some real shit. Now, I don’t know exactly what it was word for word and shit, but it was definitely something that made me think in that moment, ‘Joe’s a very smart muthafucka. Chess, not chequers.'”
However, Method Man claims Joe Budden didn’t take anything from the conversation and continued to talk down on Wu-Tang Clan.
“It got to a point where I’m talking to him like, ‘You a talented muthafucka. You don’t need to go this route with all that dumb shit. But I’m telling you, after this moment, if there’s any more bullshit, my hands are tied,'” he said. “I don’t know if he acknowledged that shit now that I think about it. I don’t think he did, because later on that day, he did some kind of interview or some shit like that, or some freestyle or something. He named [Inspectah] Deck and he named Rae.”
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Joe Budden was then hit by someone in Raekwon’s camp at Rock the Bells in 2009. Method Man wasn’t there, but he recalled the situation from what he heard.
“That’s when that shit happened where they were in Cali, I believe,” he said. “I wasn’t there, but from word of mouth, they walked in their dressing room which wasn’t locked, and somebody got smacked in the muthafucking face. He didn’t get punched, he got smacked.
“But the n-gga that hit him’s hands were so muthafucking big and shit. He do this. He put hands on n-ggas and shit. It looked worse than what it actually was and shit. He just got smacked but that was pretty much it. If anything, he had already gotten a warning shot when I told him, ‘Look, my n-gga, just chill out, stop it, just stop that. You a talented muthafucka, you don’t need to go that route. Just kill ’em with rhymes.'”
He added, “I think he came from that environment where that’s what n-ggas did, but it was never taken to a point where somebody put hands on somebody. You know how n-ggas talk amongst each other and shit – ‘Fuck you, bitch ass n-gga.’ In a different kind of setting though, fighting words, period. Joe, like I said, he’s just a smart muthafucka and that shit could have been so avoided, ’cause I spoke to him, me and him spoke. He knows this shit.”
Typical insecure black man who cannot take criticism. TBH Method Man is nowhere near the top outta Wu, Joe was right about Inspectah Deck being top
Having seen Meth live a couple of times and how fucking hype, energetic and wild them shows was, and having seen the rest of the Clan without Meth on stage and how tame it was in comparison, I beg to differ. Much love to the whole group though, but Meth definitely up there no question.
Stage presence and lyrics are 2 different things..
IRONICALLY THE DUDE THAT SMACKED JOE NAME IS HANZ ON
BTW METH SHOULD’VE SNUFFED HIM ON GP.
Method man a sweetheart man he ain’t fighting nobody he a gameboy boi. Dorky ass punk. Funny story? Lame
Me and Tical almost had a misunderstanding back in 00 @ucla and I was only a fan trying to show some luv. True story
In the USA, we say “checkers”. This website is British garbage..
looks more like French actually
yeah but you also voted for trump, criminalised abortions and shoot up kids in schools.
At least when we smile our teeth aren’t throwing up the Wu Tang W. You’re welcome for Hip-hop, rock, electricity, the internet… I don’t have time to keep going. Dumbass. Saved you in a few wars too “mate.” LOL
you also care about america like the rest of the world, while we could care less what happens in any other country
Meth, Rae, Ghost, GZA, Deck are probably the top out of the Wu, not certain which order cause they all nice. From my standpoint U-God is the weak link.
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Some weirdo just said he almost got into it with Meth, ninja please lol Tical would have touched you up.
Why’d you wanna fight anyone over a top list, which is always an opinion, never a fact. Let anyone have their opinion
All Joe said is he could outrap Meth. Which at the time was true. And Wu-Tang and Busta Rhymes lost their minds over a music opinion
Nah, it was way more disrespectful. He talked about chopping off his head and making him look stupid.
Joe could have never out rapped Meth. Pump it up? LOL. Your hilarious. Any track off of Tical murders his whole catalogue.
Originally heard about this last year but man what I’d give to finally see the footage of Rae and his goons roughing Budden up. That vid would no doubt break the internet even though it’s 12 years old.
Wasn’t any footage, the dude who was with Budden turned off his camera when Rae and his goons entered when he realized shit was serious.
Then Joe did a video sitting cross-legged on the floor, apologizing with a steak or a ice pack I think it was, on his face. Haha
This just translates to I didn’t have the balls to smack joe budden ?? ?
Better translation for the weak minded…I didn’t smack him because they were filming and I got acting aspirations.
Meth talks a whole lot of ridiculous bullshit. Snuff. Yeah. Murder someone one in front of a bunch of witnesses. When Orlando Anderson (the guy who might have killed PAC) ran up on you and Red and ran your pockets and chains etc., where was that energy? We know. Fairytale ass MF.
Are you foreign or something? Snuff means punch in the face, not KILL. lol You jacka**. This guy heard Meth said he wanted to snuff Joe budden n thought Meth was saying he wanted to kill him. Like a “Snuff Film” hahaha what a clown
Hey “big Dave.” Maybe in Milwaukee or Utah or wherever the duck your bitch was is from snuff means punch. LOL. The term “snuff film” which you idiotically proved my pint with, or that the mafia and organized crime have been using for over 80 years, refers to murder. Goofy ass. Wu Gambinos, ever heard the term? Urban dictionary little bitch: Snuff 1. (verb) To kill, assasinate, destroy, murder.
2. (adj.) A real (not staged) filmed murder; usually of raping and killing a woman. In some cases it is viewed for sexual arousal.DUMBASS.
Actually in NY they use it as punching someone in the face, Big Dave is right.
Either Joe Budden has 20 accounts on this site or there’s a bunch of lames here. They got upset because Joey kept being disrespectful. All that extra stuff got him roughed up. He should’ve just said I think I’m better than everyone on the list and that’s it. He got dealt with exactly like a bish should.
Joe is a lame waste of space piece of shit. Would pay pay per view money to see him get his ass whooped. My left ball raps better than him.