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Joe Budden podcast discuss Eminem’s “The Death Of Slim Shady”

In the latest episode of Joe Budden Podcast, Joe Budden and the crew discussed Eminem‘s new chart-topping album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). You can check out the conversation below:

Parks: I love it man. It feels refreshing to hear the s–t he’s talking about on this album. Like, anti-cancel-culture s–t. All that. It felt good to hear him have fun with the music. It seems like everything since Recovery has been very serious or anthematic, which is cool but I liked the silly s–t.”

Officially Ice: This album made me fully understand, like you said anti-cancel-culture s–t, I look at Em, when he does this, as like rap’s Dave Chappelle, where the real message is Free Speech. I listened to the album in order because I did see his post about this is a conceptual album and listened to it in order and I understand what he meant. It’s Slim Shady getting his s–t off and then it’s Eminem or Marshall or whatever, kind of fighting back. That Guilty Conscience 2 record, really breaks it down. It’s a conversation between Slim and Em. One record and I know y’all gonna kill me, is a record that’s called Temporary. He’s literally talking to his daughter how to proceed when he leaves here. I was driving in a car. I listened to the album, I was on a road trip for two hours, I played it, I had lyrics on the screen and I did cry, no bulls–t. He got audio clips of his daughter when she was little playing throughout the song. He literally said, play this after I die. It sneaks in the album. You are not ready for that record. He really really smoked the album. I look at Em’s career as pre-Recovery and post-Recovery. This is number 2 in his post-Recovery albums. Right after Music To Be Murdered By which is still amazing. A lot of people like that f–ked up comedy style. Even if it’s not politically correct to admit today, you like offensive comedy, you like offensive jokes, we all like it. So when he’s doing it, and anybody could get it, he talked about little people, fat people, deaf people. He talked about everybody in this songs, everybody that you are not supposed to mention. He has brought the R word back. Em really smoked the album. I like its concept and it makes me want to see where he goes next after that. Shouts out to everybody on there. That Jelly Roll record is crazy.

Joe Budden: I’m sorry, y’all talked enough. I will eventually listen to this album but I have not yet. I ain’t even thought about it yet. If I went on a road trip I would have heard it also but maybe my life is litter than you guys is. In my younger years I could not imagine a day where I didn’t run to an Eminem project, excluding him dissing me on Kamikaze album. I know where he stands as an MC. I know what he does. But I didn’t feel that urgency. I don’t care about none of the Slim Shady s–t. I don’t care about Jennifer Aniston or whoever he’s dissing, Nick Storm or whoever he’s dissing. For me, Slim Shady helped me to live and stay alive and deal with depression. Back then, that’s what he did for me. I was never into that funny s–t but he caught one with GUESS WHO’S BACK, BACK AGAIN. I like that one. I’m going to check out the Em album but I felt good that I have outgrown the urgency of having to rush to it.

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Joe Budden reacts to Eminem’s new single “Tobey”

Eminem has recently released second single “Tobey,” featuring Big Sean and BabyTron from his upcoming 12th solo studio album “The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace).” The Detroit legend was planning on dropping the Cole Bennett-directed video for it but ran into a delay. On Friday (July 5), he updated those awaiting its arrival with a tweet, writing, “The Tobey video is not completed- new date Monday 7/8. Here’s a peek in the meantime!!! Sorry 4 the delay.”

Eminem released the audio for “Tobey” on July 2, 2024. He revisits the 2023 controversy involving Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five member Melle Mel. “Yet here I sit on your list though at five (Hm), which still was fine/But just know inside, to me, that s–t’s hilarious, so when I (Haha)/Get dissed though and by a pioneer/Who was one of the reasons why I am here/They tell me I should just let that s–t go and slide (Why?)/’Melle Mel shouldn’t get no reply’ (Why?) ‘That man is a legend,’ b–ch, so am I (Haha, yeah).” he raps. 

The feud between Melle Mel and Eminem escalated last year, when Em responded to Melle Mel’s previous comments in which he suggested that Slim Shady’s success was largely due to his race. In a scathing verse on the track “Realest” featuring Ez Mil, Eminem addressed these claims head-on, stating that while his skin color has been a topic of discussion, it hasn’t guaranteed his success. He also took a direct jab at Melle Mel, referring to him as a “juice head” whose “brain is half destroyed” due to steroid use​.

Melle Mel didn’t take the comments lightly and fired back with his own diss track, but it was met with mixed reviews. Critics and fans alike felt that Melle Mel’s response lacked the punch and creativity needed to effectively counter Eminem’s sharp lyrics. The back-and-forth not only reignited discussions about race and recognition Hip-Hop but also highlighted the generational divide within the genre.

The song was recently discussed in the newest episode of Joe Budden podcast. “They smoked that s–t. I know its an Eminem record so most people would look at it as a necessary a sleeper but Em is slept on today. They cooked that! Em’s album comes out next Friday actually.” Joe Budden added: “They smoked it though!” You can watch the reaction video below:

Joe Budden refuses to review Eminem’s new song “Houdini”

In the latest episode of Joe Budden Podcast, the crew discussed Eminem’s latest chart-topping single “Houdini,” from his upcoming 12th solo studio album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). At the start of the clip, Joe Budden refused to comment on the song, saying: “Y’all review Em. I ain’t…I don’t like nothing of it.”

From there, Officially Ice starts: “I don’t like this song. I’m just going to start there. With that to the side, I think I see what he’s trying to do with the album being The Death of Slim Shady and with the way the song is kind of like homage to old records. It almost sounds like spoof of old him. Even the way record starts, everything. Again, I’m not a fan of any of these. The video, he’s got Robin suit on some scenes, he got Dre in there. It’s old Slim Shady. With the album being called the death of Slim Shady I could see this being act one into the album of the killing of Slim Shady. I see he’s gong somewhere with it. So I’m not mad. I ain’t judging this. I just don’t like the song and it’s just going to sit over there.” he said.

Then he continued: “That artwork, that style, he has used for Curtain Call 2, similar, that’s in line with that. The whole Houdini, for my next trick, he’s playing this magician thing, you know, pulling rabbit out of hat. I think all these are tying into a larger picture of the album. So, I’m not really gonna judge anything based off of this. And I think he’s intentionally doing this. He wants people to overreact to this. I think the Meg line in there that everybody going crazy is part of the whole Slim Shady cause that’s what he’s known for. I think, he’s going to give us little bit of the dark Slim Shady, this animated cartoony Slim Shady and then go into kind off of the last album and the one before that. Music To Be Murdered By, Kamikaze, where it was real rap and it was good music on there. People are just tired of Em so they didn’t hear it. I think he’s telling a story with this album and going to end of Slim Shady and then give us Marshall.”

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Joe Budden talks if he would ever reconcile with Eminem

During a recent episode of Joe Budden Podcast the crew talked about the video CNN obtained of P. Diddy assaulting Cassie as well as his subsequent apology. Melyssa then calls Psychology Professor & Family Therapist Mercedes Coffman to discuss domestic violence and the aftermath as it pertains to both the abuser and victims. Also, the room reacts to Cam’ron’s appearance on CNN, Terrance Howard joins the Joe Rogan Podcast, Apple Music has continued on with their Top-100 Albums of All-Time list and much more!

At one point of the podcast, Joe Budden was asked if he would ever reconcile with Eminem and cleared the air about the past beef: “I don’t have the Eminem beef. I don’t think I have an Eminem beef. Now, he may have one. I don’t try to match the anger that people have with me. I don’t have no smoke. But I also am not in a rush to…there is no need, you cool over there, I’m cool over here. If there ever come a day we sit down and chop it up then awesome. I’m not opposed to it. But, am I in search of that? No.”

last month, Eminem’s upcoming album was discussed on Joe Budden Podcast: “I saw a lot of negative reactions too but Eminem announced that he’s dropping The Death Of Slim Shady album. Personally I’m excited. I see some people say he does not rap about anything or he just raps about how good he raps. A lot of people don’t like the fast rapping flow and etc. I say to those people ‘I don’t think you listen to his last project, Music To Be Murdered By. It’s an amazing album. That was my number two album of 2020.” said Officially Ice.

From there, Joe Budden interfered: “Did I get dissed on there?” But he was quickly reminded that he was dissed on 2018’s Kamikaze album. On that he replied: “Alright, I’ll check that out then.”

Then Ice continues: “He went back and did the deluxe thing and added second album to it. I didn’t really rock with second but the original Music To Be Murdered By was a great project, a lot of concepts. It (new trailer) was rolled out as true crime investigation doc type of thing, so if this is what you are doing and you are announcing this as the death of Slim Shady, I’m expecting something conceptual on here and when he get on that bag, he’s really not to be f–ked with.”

Joe Budden podcast crew discuss new Eminem album

The latest episode of the Joe Budden Podcast begins with the news of a cease and desist from Tupac’s estate over the use of his vocals on Drake’s ‘Taylor Made’ Freestyle before turning to Megan Thee Stallion being accused of harassment in lawsuit by her ex-cameraman. Then they go to discuss Eminem‘s new album which is set to be released this summer.

“I saw a lot of negative reactions too but Eminem announced that he’s dropping The Death Of Slim Shady album. Personally I’m excited. I see some people say he does not rap about anything or he just raps about how good he raps. A lot of people don’t like the fast rapping flow and etc. I say to those people ‘I don’t think you listen to his last project, Music To Be Murdered By. It’s an amazing album. That was my number two album of 2020.” said Officially Ice.

From there, Joe Budden interfered: “Did I get dissed on there?” But he was quickly reminded that he was dissed on 2018’s Kamikaze album. On that he replied: “Alright, I’ll check that out then.”

Then Ice continues: “He went back and did the deluxe thing and added second album to it. I didn’t really rock with second but the original Music To Be Murdered By was a great project, a lot of concepts. It (new trailer) was rolled out as true crime investigation doc type of thing, so if this is what you are doing and you are announcing this as the death of Slim Shady, I’m expecting something conceptual on here and when he get on that bag, he’s really not to be f–ked with.” You can watch the podcast below:

Joe Budden shouts out Eminem for dissing Benzino

Surprisingly, Joe Budden has taken Eminem’s side in his renewed beef with the former co-owner of The Source magazine, Benzino.

Discussing the recently resurrected feud between the longtime rivals on his self-titled podcast, Joe Budden — who used to be signed to Eminem’s Shady Records as one quarter of Slaughterhouse before they fell out — made it clear he is no fan of Benzino.

“Eminem rhymed animal control with Sandra Bullock’s nose. Em loves rapping so much yo. Nobody else is gonna rhyme Sandra Bullock’s nose with animal control. I like it.” said Joe Budden.

Then he continued: “Maybe punching down is back. I’m with anybody dissing Benzino. Y’all see that ni–a coming out the pool on some bodybuilder s–t with the water glistening off his body trying to be like a seal or some s–t?

“Old ni–as shouldn’t do that. He do too much s–t that old n-ggas shouldn’t do. And I know he tried to bang that transgender. I don’t care what that n-gga say. I know he did! It’s been there! Now me and Em on the same side — look what you did, Benzino. I ain’t never had a problem with Benzino, but Benzino do make being 50 look corny. For real.” Joe Budden added.

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DJ Akademiks responds Dr. Umar’s comments about Eminem

During his latest livestream on Twitch, DJ Akademiks responded to Dr. Umar who said on Joe Budden Podcast that Eminem can’t be one of the greatest rappers of all time because him being white.

“Okay okay, my boy Umar was going crazy but I completely disagree with him. I would have agreed with him if he said the most impactful and influential, it would not make sense for the culture that’s rooted in the black culture for most impactful and influential person to be someone who is white. But the skill of rapping and being the best rapper, we are not talking about most important hip-hop artist of all time or the best hip-hop artist of all time, if someone was to say, they believe Eminem is the best at the skill of rapping, I do not have a problem with that.” – DJ Akademiks said.

Then he continued: “By the way, it’s just like, even though I’m pretty sure I just kinda get myself a counter argument while I make argument, I know you would probably say this is not particularly rooted in the tradition, but some could make point that say for example golf, that’s something that’s white culture. But ni–as like Dr. Umar, they’ll come out with weird stat like golf was actually created by a ni–a on the plantation when he took a ball of cotton and rolled it up and hit it…But Anyways, if golf is white people s–t, I think white people also say that the best is Tiger Woods. And it’s about just a skill of being a golfer. I think a skill of being just a rapper, it does not matter what race, where you are from, it’s just about the skill.”

DJ Akadmiks did not stop there: “And that’s where I think that if someone had an opinion that Eminem was the best rapper I wouldn’t have a problem with them saying it. Now, if someone said Eminem is the most impactful rapper or he is the most important rapper, no, clearly not. I do believe that, when we start talking about rappers that have had the cultural impact, this is why I give 2Pac a lot of praise, in the sense of what rap stood for rebellion and revolutionaries, I do think he embodied some of that and I do believe the music he made and the movement he had and his career and life has transcended even beyond his death and influenced other people of other times to use music in a way to stand up for the things. And I think that’s where the greatest hip-hop artist of all time that matters. But if we are only talk about the skill of rapping, no.”

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Joe Budden reflects on his past disputes with Eminem & JAY-Z

Joe Budden has recently appeared on “The Pivot” podcast’s latest episode. During the hourlong conversation, the veteran emcee who turned into podcaster, talked on a variety of topics, including his mental health struggles, becoming a successful media personality, and much more.

At the beginning of the interview, Budden was asked about being the aggressor in many of his past conflicts within the entertainment industry and admitted that he approached some of them in a wrong way.

“Build and destroy. In some instances, I maybe went about it the wrong way or expressed myself the wrong way, but the intent is always pure. The intent is always for the better of everyone. It’s never like a selfish act. When I had my back and forth with Shady Records and Eminem, I was fighting for me and my brothers [Slaughterhouse] to get a better situation.” said Joe Budden.

Then he continued: “I can’t regret any of it. There is a lot of things that I should have dealt with different way but I don’t regret any of it cause I pulled a lesson from it. All of the yesterdays lead to today. If I change one thing, then an outcome, then the result is different. When JAY-Z got his role as president of Def Jam, I was a young artist on Def Jam trying to work on my second album. And at that time, a lot of the artists on Def Jam had a issue with JAY-Z being the president. This was the first time that a rapper, our peer, was calling the shots, in charge of DMX’s release date, and LL release date, and none of us took that well. And I really didn’t take it well.”

“I didn’t handle myself well at all. Every interview that they booked for me, I kicked their back in. Every chance I got in front of a microphone, I had disparaging things to say about people who, ultimately, were maybe trying to help me. Even if they weren’t trying to help me, if I would’ve helped myself, I would have been in a different predicament. But I didn’t. Gas on the fire.” Joe Budden added.

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Dr. Umar to Joe Budden: “Eminem can’t be one of the greatest because he’s not black”

The new episode of  Joe Budden’s The Joe Budden Podcast is going to be as controversial as it gets. Dr. Umar “Ifatunde” Johnson, a staunch Pan-Africanist, motivational speaker, psychologist, activist and social media personality, visited Joe and the crew to discuss a wide range of issues affecting the Black culture and community. In the video snippet that has gone viral on social media, Dr. Umar shut the statement that Eminem is one of the greatest rappers in the history of hip-hop.

In the clip, which can be viewed after the jump below, Dr. Umar said that Slim Shady can not be one of the greatest rappers in hip-hop because of his skin color. According to Umar, since hip-hop was created by Black people, no White human being can ever be better than the group of people who created the music and culture.

“Let me say something to you. And this is going to my African fundamentalism. No non-African can ever be the best of anything African. It is an insult to the ancestors. It’s an insult to the race and it is an insult to every Black person.” said Dr. Umar.

Then he continued: “Do you think I can go to Palestine and be the best of anything of Palestinian culture? You never see that. You think I can go to Israel and be the best of anything in Israel whether it be a cook, an instrumentalist, a dancer? Hell no.”

“We have to stop naming non-African people as being the best of any aspect in our cultural product because it’s an insult. I can acknowledge Eminem’s talent but for you to put him at the top, that’s white supremacy bro. I don’t see Eminem building schools and hospitals. I don’t see DJ Khaled building schools and hospitals.” Dr. Umar added.

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Joe Budden reacts to Melle Mel’s Eminem diss

Last week, in response to Eminem’s jab on “Realest” track with Ez Mil, Melle Mel released an Eminem diss-track and unfortunately the song was not very well received.

Critics were so bitter that Melle Mel was forced to remove the track from YouTube and send an apology to Slim Shady.

During the latest episode of Joe Budden podcast, Joe Budden also criticized Melle Mel’s response. “I’m gonna cut it off cause I know some of you all listening in the car. I’m not gonna do it to you all. That was Melle Mel dissing Eminem, I guess, cause Eminem dissed him.” said Joe Budden.

Then he continued: “Dawg, respectfully, it’s hip-hop’s 50th birthday. Melle Mel, thank you first of all, for everything. Secondly, don’t do this again. We want to honor hip-hop and all of its pioneers. We don’t wanna hear from you all ni–as.”

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Joe Budden reacts to Eminem walking out Terence Crawford

For the second time last month, Eminem made a surprise appearance at a packed arena that was not one of his own shows.

Two weeks after popping up onstage at Ed Sheeran’s concert at Detroit’s Ford Field stadium, Eminem was in Las Vegas to walk boxer Terence Crawford to the ring for his title fight Saturday night against Errol Spence Jr.

“Las Vegas, make some noise for the next undisputed welterweight champion of the world, Terence “Bud” f–king Crawford,” Eminem yelled to the star-filled crowd in the microphone as the signature beats of his 8 Mile movie hit single “Lose Yourself” filled the T-Mobile Arena.

Many celebrities where stunned by the event, including Joe Budden who could not hide his excitement during 647th episode of Joe Budden Podcast.

“When this song comes on you can do anything in the world. You can accomplish anything you want to accomplish out there. It’s a cheat code. Yo, I was in my room by the time this beat drop, I said ‘HOLY S–T’! WHAT THE F–K! OHHH MYYYY GOD!’ I switched sides so fast. Before Em could sing his Mom’s Spaghetti on his shirt, DAWG! I know me and Em may have had our differences but this right here, this is what this song was made for! OH MY GOOOD!” says Joe Budden in the video.

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50 Cent responds to Joe Budden’s praise

Few years back, Joe Budden gave his flowers to 50 Cent during one of the episodes of Complex magazine’s “Everyday Struggle.” It appears Fif has just saw the video of Budden praising him and instantly responded him on Twitter.

In the video, Joe Budden says: “50 Cent had the greatest run I have ever seen in my entire life and that will probably remain the same. That answer will never change. I’m very aware of all the people that 50 Cent had beet with. He shouldn’t have beat any of it. They tried to kill 50 Cent for years. He should have died. He did not.”

Then he continues: “He then had to deal with real life street beef with being blackballed. He shouldn’t have beat that. he shouldn’t have beat both of those things. He was on the greatest mixtape run that I have ever witnessed. Then he signs with Eminem, Dr. Dre. They put out “In Da Club.” It never went off. Never saw nothing like that. He delivered album! Classic! Millions of copies. I have never seen a ni–a do what 50 was able to do and accomplish and what he had to endure his way, you are not gonna beat that.”

50 Cent shared the clip on Twitter with the caption: “I just saw this Joe Budden. The ill s–t is it’s true. I had beef with 3 different guys that had influence, real gangstas, they all had crews that caught body’s running around putting in pain. I don’t know, I would just get mad, then say f–k them ni–as. LOL we all gonna die one day.”

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