should of released "Focus" as a single instead of "pump it up" but it was 2003 and labels wanted another Nelly or Chingy. But yeah...Joe Budden dissed Jay Z on the Pump it Up remix and got blackballed. That was the end of that chapter.
He was a junkie and that contributed to his laziness. Also, Ransom exposed him as a fake street rapper, which made him appear counterfeit to a lot of people. When it became clear that he was scared of Ransom, a lot of people stopped fukking with his music.
I feel like Cassidy and Fabulous took his lane before he even had one in the 2000s. Sorry I come off as biased...but he just really seemed to avoid being Ray Cash/B. Rich status...BARELY.
He thought he was doper than he was and should have been making friends doing remixes and shyt to keep his name hot. Instead he got shelved entirely because of his doing and became a mixtape rapper. Dude is literally the only person that got killed by Lil B "How you mainstream and go back underground? "
He never was really meant to blow. His only fluke single wasn’t even a song he was proud of, even to this day. also being emo wasn’t a thing and he was marketed as a gangster Jay probably black balled him also
Yep, Treach was a gangsta sex symbol dude apart of feel good/party singles, and Redman was a witty clever stoner dude. On the surface, Joe Budden didn’t have a really defined presence, but there were enough women that favored him around that time
He sounds weird rapping honestly Maybe it's because I listened to the pod first but after listening to his music his voice and flow are just weird and the beats he picks are way too busy sonically
Budden had a moderately good come up, that Marques Houston joint was getting major play on radio and MTV etc. plus he was in video game soundtracks. Not many rappers were getting them at the time until it was getting popular. Pump It Up was a hit whether people agree or not.
NOT TRUE...I REMEMBER IN HIGH SCHOOL THE CHEER TEAM DID A ROUTINE TO "PUMP IT UP" HE JUST WASNT FIT TO BE A COMMERCIAL RAPPER...I THINK HE STOPPED WANTING TO MAKE MUSIC LIKE THAT AND THE REST IS HISTORY.
bul buggin in here w/ the new jersey disrespect. between this and the philly disrespect in the memphis/philly thread, im about done with this board again.
