Yea Budden in my top 10…he probably has to forget his rap career for his own mental health. Bc what people have done is essentially gaslighted him as if he was trash. Bc they don’t like him personally. There’s a bunch of stuff that if I were him it would drive me up a wall:
1- ‘Internet fans’. He was quite literally the first and main rapper mocked for having fans online.
He was mocked for having fans on the internet
2- Mental health- ‘
Before these nggas hit puberty, I was online talking like it’s just you and me’. Facts!

Back when rap was still stuck on bravado and pretending to be perfect, this dude was emotionally raw. That’s now the norm.
3- The culture is now about ‘giving flowers’ and appreciating the past. If you ever had even 1 hot song you’re getting nostalgic love….oh but not Joe budden. His 1 hit is used to mock him…also it’s cool to like lesser know rappers: Early Griselda, Currensy, 38 Spesh…but when it’s budden it’s ‘lol pump it up’
4- Drake. This ngga dismantled Drake and nobody cared

Pusha comes spills some tea and is etched into hip hop history

(also see #2, drake’s super power early on was that budden-esque vulnerability)
Bonus- Ransom….wait. Wait wait wait. So RANSOM is now a respected OG and hip hop vet!?! Joe budden is trash but Ransom is a top tier spitter

Budden used to toy with Ransom that’s his son