Joe Budden is no stranger to beef. Since the beginning of his career, the New Jersey rapper has had public disagreements with Jay-Z, Game, Ransom, Wu-Tang Clan, and others. Budden sat down with Jenny Boom Boom of Hot 93.7 to explain how beef among East Coast rappers may have had a significantly negative influence on East Coast music.
“I don’t think that [beef] is the only thing that has contributed to the downfall or demise of ‘East Coast Hip Hop,'” he said. “It’s too many different things. It has much to do with the artists, much to do with the labels, much to do with the deejays, much to do with the fans, much to do with retail, much to do with television [and] videos. Are there video channels anymore? What I think is happening, and I could be totally wrong, is I think the business part started to outweigh the music part, and that’s the main concern for all parties involved.”
While he failed to mention the beefs that he’d been involved with in the past, he did say that he thinks fighting among rappers is “corny.”
“How corny can we be? I’m so glad that the whole ‘Hate everyone, beef with everyone” phase is seemingly over. I say seemingly because I’m not sure. But people are just about getting money and taking care of their families and making great music now.”
As a sidenote, Budden was asked who he thinks is running the Hip Hop industry and making great music. He offered six rappers who he feels are on top of the game.
“I mean, can we bunch everybody in Young Money together?” he said laughing. “We’ve got Drake, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne. Em[inem], Kanye, Jay-Z. That’s six. That might be it. We could argue the legends [like] Outkast, [Andre] 3000, but those are the six superstars in Hip Hop right now. And that’s a shame. That’s despicable even. Not to knock them, but there’s been times in Hip Hop where we’ve had some people at the top who, it was embarrassing. Clearly Hip Hop is in good hands with these people.”
Joe Budden’s Mood Muzik 4: A Turn 4 The Worst hit shelves earlier this month.
Good read… but jump of that young money shit…they aren’t running hip-hop
He didn’t say they were his top 6, he said they are the ones running the game.
JOEY!
did he just say having Outkast at the top of the game was embarassing?
Having wayne, drake, and minaj in your top is embarassing!!
damn joey, wtf!
cosign…the whole organization is lame
He never said that read it again idiot
I read it again. he said hip hop is in good hands with young money.
so….
damn joey, wtf!
East coast didnt fall off. The radios did!
Didn’t Raekwon’s homies rape this faggot in the face for thinking he was a better rapper then Method Man? Wack Ass Buddens The Bitch Made Garbage Rapper. Go make some more webcam videos you herbert ass bitch.
this is why joe buddens fuckin whack..nicki manaj is in his top 6 with drake….eat a dick budden and fall off slaughterhouse so a real mc can step in
Your an idiot he never said they were his top six favourite of all time he said that they are his top six that he thinks are running the rap game right now
THANK U! Its as if some ppl cant fucking read….
Dude named the 6 ppl who running the game right now… If u disagree then put up an argument. I am not sure u will win but u could try..
Plus we all know that Joey isnt the biggest fan of YM but if he can acknowledge their presence then u know its coming from somewhere real.
Good to see someone trying to preach unity among the East Coast MCs. I remember when there’d be plenty of disses on mixtapes that didn’t do nothing. So it’s good to see encourage coming together to bring the East back. More unity= more real hip hop.
Why does the title read “Shares His Top 6 Rappers”? Joey never said those were HIS top 6, he simply acknowledged that these rappers are the most popular right now as far as radio spins, publicity, ringtones etc.
i dont get it..hes saying that its embarrassing that those people are on top (or some of those people) but then he says clearly hip hop is in good hands with those people? what the fuck?
Sarcasm? maybe.
What he means is that those in his top 6 now are running things where as a few years back guys like Nelly where and that’s when it was embarrasin. Damn! Think people! Read between the lines!
vanilla ice and mc hammer was 10x worse than even nelly. jeeze those guys were fucken garbage.
shut up budden u wack ass nigga. banks is mirking everything right now and if he aint in ya top 5 right now.. u spastic!
HFM2 nov 22
by the way banks and royce mirkued budden on remember the titans
This is why i don’t like misleading headlines. For all of those who can actually read and understand this simple article it’s cool. But there are obviously those who aren’t capable, I’m talking about these dudes below who think Budden was naming HIS TOP 6 RAPPERS like the headline would suggest.
If you’d read and understand his words, he’s naming the top 6 in the game in terms of fame/publicity/sales. So don’t take offense if he didn’t mention your favorite rapper, the list isn’t about that. If you can’t agree with the names on the list then you haven’t payed attention to album sales, BET/MTV, awards or anything of that mainstream nature.
what JOEY MEANT WAS(“for dummies wit no comprehension”) was that those are the most successful rappers in the game..which is about right..not “your” favorite..or even his..everbody on that list is either on one of the hottest albums out at any given time or has a feature with everybody in the game..he also “MEANT” THAT THIS LINE-UP IS A MUCH BETTER REPRESENTATION THAN SOME OF THE OTHER LINE-UPS IN THE PAST..AT ONE POINT MC HAMMER AND VANILLA ICE WAS RUNNIN THE GAME..
Thankyou for clarifying his statement for the idiots who have no reading comprehension. He by no means is saying that these are the best ”rappers”, he is just saying that these are the most successful artists currently and honestly all he is doing was telling the truth. The six he named are the most money making artists right. Are any of the six the best lyricist? Hell no!!
i thought it was fucken obvious. stupidass readers pissin me off.
Well Beef isnt a vegetable and beef doesnt have to end someone career either it just the competitiveness of the emcee’s and right now hip hop needs a beef it can do alot plus its exciting, to many egos in the game now days, cause win or loose at the end of the day its hip hop
Who the fuck needs Buddens take on things, yes it is a shame dispiable even. jay em weezy drake west nik runing the game no wonder hammer making a come back!
WTF is Buddens talking bout the East Coast beef shit was years ago smh… The past 2 years East Coast Hip Hop been dominating
For the record, Budden is one of this Generations most introspective and underated rappers. Anyone who shuts him down either hasnt listened to his material or are sippin to much of that sizzurp listenin’ to Wacka Flocka!
And he’s right. 50 almost single handedly stopped or affected the cash flows of Ja, Joe & Kiss amongst others. Biggie carried the entire coast on his back. 50 threw it to the ground and walked all over it without wipin his shoes on the rug.
your fucken stupid. kisses 09 album hardly fell off from his others. joe from 2000+ was getting album sales because of hot singles, which stopped happening. ja rule stopped making good music, period. 50 had SHIT to do with that.
Buddens do your research hommie right now East Coast dominating wit Hova,Nicki,Banks,50,Fabolous,Red Cafe,Maino,Vado,Wiz khalifa,Swizz Beats,Cassidy,Camron,Juelz,Joell Ortiz Jae Millz,Buddens etc
As talented as Joe Budden is,the problem with him, as well his stans, is that he’s obnoxious and thinks his opinion he’s stating is fact rather than an opinion..look at the messages on here crucifying people who don’t like Budden saying if they don’t like him they must like waka or some shit..I’ve seen his stans throw young money fans under a bus cause they said wayne was better(he isn’t BTW IMO) and now their idol is saying he’s one of the top MC’s in the game and you don’t hear a whisper out these muhfuckas..Be a fan but when you become stans y’all dudes get all emotional like a bunch of bitches..Budden is dope but he isn’t legendary,he isn’t the greatest ever,most underrated of all time etc…you muhfuckas go overboard like he does…
P.S Budden can’t say shit about beefing cause he went at it with Game,G-unit(Lloyd Banks subliminals)Royce da 5’9(who stepped to him and settled it) Jay-z,Wu Tang,Ransom,Saigon,prodigy etc…Budden was so emo he responded to all those dudes with no hesitation so he can’t act like he wasn’t a part of the problem…and Budden stans unite in 5 ,4,3,2,1….smh
He lost his mind. The last 3, yes. Wayne is consistent and is the only reason he is mentioned. Drake is just starting off and nicki should not even be mentioned. The first 3 can be considered hot right now but not great.
he meant superstars as whos hot.
he talks shit about people’s spot on the list of best rappers, yet when he talks about his top six he lists the worst people who most people on that list would shit on. what an idiot. then again he must really want his shine so i guess it would be considered the usual interview ass-kissing
are some people stupid and unable to read, these 6 werent his top 6, just the ones who are running shit at the moment. i think niki and drake are terrible but i agree with him that they are the top superstars in hip-hop right now
This list is a joke. Top 6? First of all, who does a top 6 of anything. Secondly, Drake sounds like one of Wayne’s styles, Kanye bites whoever style is hot, so he can be looped in with them two. Nikki is like the only female in the game, so her ranking isn’t fair. Em has fallen off, if you ask me, from where he was before his “relapse”. Jay just does enough to stay relevant, but he isn’t really in the game. And Joe Budden is a known dickrider, so who is goin to listen to him. He had multi-million dollar backing from Def-Jam, and couldn’t do anything with it.
he meant the 6 people who are going to get album sales.
what a fuckin hypocrite..now that’s DESPICABLE
who’s this guy Joe? never heard of him – LoL
lol he’s just being a good guy…but inside of him we all know whats his top6 1.Budden 2.Em 3.Royce 4.Crooked 5.Joell 6.Tech N9ne… hahah
I AGREE WITH WAR22
All these rappers are just being generous like banks put drake,jayz,nicki in his top …COME ON!! his label sent him a list to say
Me personally my top five rap groups are 1. NWA 2. Geto Boyz 3. CMW 4 Bone Thuggs & Harmony 5.Wu-Tang Clan hon mention EPMD. I also think MC Hammer should claim his throne!
budden one lost motherfucker. banks is one of the most buzzin artist right now!!! and how can u have drake n nicki.. shut up budden
Some of ya’ll just type out yah assholes and never read your own shit. Anybody feel like Banks is a CREDIBLE rapper since that Rotten Apple Bullshit should have their opinion in Hip Hop Denied Point Blank . Now its obvious some of you just skim through shit and use yah spell check to get hypocrite right cause they asked for the hottest rappers, and he gave his opinion not who he feels is the best. Some of you dumbasses just assume shit cause if you listen to Joe Budden when it comes to beef regardless of who starts it all he wants to do is RAP his and their fuckin job and lets see whos better he also welcomes and confrontation so I salute him so do a few respectable artist. I am Hip Hop Head there is nothing you can tell me about this shit.