Joe Budden: Live & Direct

PAP · 08-10-2006, 06:44 AM

AllHipHop.com: I’ve never seen a Joe Budden performance before. As a fan, I’m excited to see what it’s all about…

Joe Budden: [Laughs] You know what? Quite a few people have been saying that.

AllHipHop.com: Let’s just start there for a second. When you’re performing for an Up North crowd, how does that differ from the ordinary old show? How is the New York stage more important?

Joe Budden: For me, it doesn’t differ. For me, there’s no difference at all in the actual performance. Of course, the crowd is always different ‘cause New York is one of the tougher markets to perform in. Them n***as will just f**kin’ stand there unless you performin’ [“It’s All About The Benjamins”] or some s**t. From a performance standpoint, I go into every show with the same state of mind: I’m trying to tear it down.

AllHipHop.com: Everybody talks about the two sides of your music – the club and the heartfelt. When you’re performing in New York, in the past, what does the crowd gravitate to more?

Joe Budden: Um…the club s**t. In 2003, when the album came out, I was getting maybe four or five shows a week based off of the club s**t. The die-hard Joe Budden fans, they knew that there was more substance to me. But I think, as of late, with the release of “Mood Muzik Volume 1” and “Mood Muzik Volume 2” and everything that I’ve been doing on the mixtapes, I think people are starting to appreciate the other side more. I’ve been to a lot more shows where people just want to hear that. I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t had a mainstream song out there, but people really wanna hear that other stuff a lil’ more now.

AllHipHop.com: Recently, I interviewed MC Eiht. He blew me away when he said that he can perform any song from the 400 or so he’s released. If I asked you right now to perform a mixtape track like “Dumb Out” verbatim, do you think you could?

Joe Budden: Yeah. Anything that somebody wanted to hear, I could do it on the spot. ‘Cause I mean…I listen to my music. [laughs] From an artist’s standpoint, I’m listening to get different ideas, to see what I could’ve done differently, what I could’ve done better. Unless you go back… there may be two songs that I can’t do. That’s from very early in my career – songs I didn’t even like, songs that I didn’t even listen to.

AllHipHop.com: There’s artists out there that have songs that they will not perform though. I think LL Cool J has one even. Being such an emotional dude in your lyrics, do you have stuff that you just can’t do?

Joe Budden: No. I can’t say that I’ve ever had that problem. There’s not a song that I wouldn’t do.

AllHipHop.com: With the Ne-Yo “Sexy Love” record being so hot right now, how would you evaluate your current buzz?

Joe Budden: I feel great! I feel great not so much because the Ne-Yo record is spinnin’ so much, but I just feel like I have a lot of things in the works, I really feel like this is the beginning of my career all over again. I’m a tad bit more knowledgeable than I was before, and I’m a tad bit more talented than I was. I feel great. My label feels great. Everything is wonderful.

AllHipHop.com: Scratch magazine recently acknowledged “Mood Muzik Volume 2” as one of the greatest mixtapes ever. How did that feel?

Joe Budden: Oh s**t, I couldn’t even put into words how stuff like that makes me feel. For years, I went back and forth in this debate with my record label over the type of music that people want to hear or the type of music that sells or the type of music that’s marketable – and everything on “Mood Muzik Volume 2” was full creative control. I was able to do everything I wanted to do. I was on downtime where n***as wasn’t really checkin’ for Joe Budden. My label wasn’t puttin’ me to work. So I had time to do everything that I wanted to do, and pour my heart out, and put it out. It was received so well. S**t like that, when I see it in Scratch, XXL, and VIBE, The Source, and it gets such great acclaim, I can’t even explain it.

AllHipHop.com: There’s some mixtapes that deserved to be repressed. Mister Cee’s “Best of Biggie” is the kingpin. Tony Touch’s “Tape 50” is another. “Mood Muzik” is approaching that level to many…

Joe Budden: When the New York Times had it in there, that let me know it was being received pretty well.

AllHipHop.com: You had this record “When Thug’s Cry” five or six years ago. That was my introduction to your work, and something I consider to be a mixtape classic. Tell me whatever you can about that record right there…

Joe Budden: At that time, I was newly signed to my production company, On Top. My Def Jam deal wasn’t even finished yet. I was new to the mixtape scene, and I didn’t really know which way to go. I hadn’t done too many freestyles. The ones I had were a bunch of metaphors. The records I was doin’ were a bunch of Pop, mainstream sappy bulls**t that I was workin’ on tryin’ to get this deal. One night when everybody was gone, I had this idea in my head. It was an actually a song I was tryin’ to give to one of my artists at the time. They didn’t want it. It was four in the morning. My producer was knocked out tired. I woke him up and made him do this f**kin’ record – he was amazed by it. That was my first introspective record to hit the streets, ever. I just wanted to show people that there was a lot more to me than the metaphors and the similes and whatever radio bulls**t I was still doing at the time. Ironically, I’m still stuck in that predicament today. [laughs]

AllHipHop.com: On “Dumb Out,” you said “Let me find out Hip-Hop turned Republican.” What’s that mean to you?

Joe Budden: It did, it did, it did, it did – especially from a fan’s standpoint. Nowadays, the people supposed to enjoy the music – the “Hip-Hop activists” – they’re like a rarity now. Everybody’s in the business. Everybody’s so concerned with numbers and budget and f**kin’ Soundscan, and image, and everything that Hip-Hop never stood for. It’s just pretty f**ked up. I feel like on one side, you’ve got the Democrats which would be – I don’t wanna “the backpackers” – but [them], but the people that are in it for the love of the music and the art of it. [Then you’ve got] the Republicans – the people who are in it for the money, the people who stand for other things.

AllHipHop.com: Playing along with the performance theme, was there ever a point in your career, where a show went completely wrong?

Joe Budden: Hmm…hmmm. Um, yeah. [laughs] Actually, there was. There was one in Cleveland. It was on the Def Jam Vendetta Tour. Keith Murray was performing, Method Man – a lot of people who know how to perform were performing. I was the new kid on the block. My n***as didn’t know the words to anything. The system was bad. The music was cuttin’ on and off. I was nervous. I was buggin’ out on the stage. I didn’t get booed. I managed to pull it off, but everything went horrible. I screamed on my entire staff after the show. That’s probably the only show that I’ve ever screamed at the people that I work with. It takes a lot to get me to that point.

AllHipHop.com: As a fan, what’s one performance, aside from your own on Friday, that you wanna see at AllHipHop’s concert?

Joe Budden: Um…you know what? I’m anxious to see Papoose perform. I would like to see his performance. I’m anxious to see Lloyd Banks perform. Those are really the two that I actually anticipate. I wanna see how it turns out.

test1234 · 08-10-2006, 06:58 AM

good read, surprised that he said that lloyd banks shit i guess they squashed shit

Esco Tha God · 08-10-2006, 07:00 AM

propz good read

test1234 · 08-10-2006, 07:06 AM

btw

JERZEYYYY

KING OF NEW JERZEY

THE NEXT KING OF NEW YORK!

Joe Buddens >>> your favorite rappers

GzUp · 08-10-2006, 10:14 AM

what does he got to do with that Sexy Love track by Ne-Yo?

Nikelz · 08-10-2006, 10:18 AM

^fashizzle

criff · 08-10-2006, 10:27 AM

Yeah, dont Unit and Buddens have beef?

Nikelz · 08-10-2006, 10:30 AM

no it was the Game and Buddens

buggZ_M · 08-10-2006, 11:02 AM

I thought GAME & joe buddens had beef, Not G-Unit & joe Buddens. Sumbody Correct me if i'm wrong. I would really like to know.

Kryptonite · 08-10-2006, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by test1234

btw

JERZEYYYY

KING OF NEW JERZEY

THE NEXT KING OF NEW YORK!

Joe Buddens >>> your favorite rappers

Joe Budden is trash first of all and to answer the duke abouve me I believe 50 and budden still have beef

TriggaHappyPappy · 08-10-2006, 11:51 AM

propz when "the Growth" comin out been waiting forever

YoUnG__gUnZ AkA DaT Ni99a · 08-10-2006, 12:46 PM

surprised he wanna see banks perform

test1234 · 08-10-2006, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kryptonite

Joe Budden is trash first of all and to answer the duke abouve me I believe 50 and budden still have beef

lmao are you serious, have you heard mood muzik 2?

thats the single best mixtape ever made

test1234 · 08-10-2006, 01:21 PM

and to answer yall questions

Joe buddens got beef with 50 and Banks

"and these young motha fuckas is about to fuck up
like leaving they whole career inside some bitch car
no names, but its not a sublime nigga u know who you are"

Thats a diss to lloyd banks on Dumb out

alberry80 · 08-10-2006, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GzUp

what does he got to do with that Sexy Love track by Ne-Yo?

He dropped a verse on the beginning of the remix of the song. It's getting a lot of spins out here in NYC.

He's right about performing in NYC. It's a tough gig. Dudes don't rock b/c they all believe they can do a better job. Mostly women rock to the music.

$MONEY TALKS$ · 08-10-2006, 01:36 PM

joe budden nice. I would like 2 see wat he will do on his next album.

Hakaroodi · 08-10-2006, 03:57 PM

guess Joe n Banks squashed their shit..

hasan · 08-10-2006, 05:13 PM

aight propz

Zhiwai · 08-10-2006, 06:49 PM

Props on this

SM596 · 08-10-2006, 07:02 PM

props..........

All Ready The MVP · 08-10-2006, 11:47 PM

ight props

08-10-2006, 06:44 AM	#1
PAP Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: East London Posts: 11,680 Repped: 3 Repped 2,216 Times in 374 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 5 Times in 5 Posts	Joe Budden: Live & Direct Joe Budden: Live & Direct AllHipHop.com: I’ve never seen a Joe Budden performance before. As a fan, I’m excited to see what it’s all about… Joe Budden: [Laughs] You know what? Quite a few people have been saying that. AllHipHop.com: Let’s just start there for a second. When you’re performing for an Up North crowd, how does that differ from the ordinary old show? How is the New York stage more important? Joe Budden: For me, it doesn’t differ. For me, there’s no difference at all in the actual performance. Of course, the crowd is always different ‘cause New York is one of the tougher markets to perform in. Them n*as will just fkin’ stand there unless you performin’ [“It’s All About The Benjamins”] or some st. From a performance standpoint, I go into every show with the same state of mind: I’m trying to tear it down. AllHipHop.com: Everybody talks about the two sides of your music – the club and the heartfelt. When you’re performing in New York, in the past, what does the crowd gravitate to more? Joe Budden: Um…the club st. In 2003, when the album came out, I was getting maybe four or five shows a week based off of the club st. The die-hard Joe Budden fans, they knew that there was more substance to me. But I think, as of late, with the release of “Mood Muzik Volume 1” and “Mood Muzik Volume 2” and everything that I’ve been doing on the mixtapes, I think people are starting to appreciate the other side more. I’ve been to a lot more shows where people just want to hear that. I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t had a mainstream song out there, but people really wanna hear that other stuff a lil’ more now. AllHipHop.com: Recently, I interviewed MC Eiht. He blew me away when he said that he can perform any song from the 400 or so he’s released. If I asked you right now to perform a mixtape track like “Dumb Out” verbatim, do you think you could? Joe Budden: Yeah. Anything that somebody wanted to hear, I could do it on the spot. ‘Cause I mean…I listen to my music. [laughs] From an artist’s standpoint, I’m listening to get different ideas, to see what I could’ve done differently, what I could’ve done better. Unless you go back… there may be two songs that I can’t do. That’s from very early in my career – songs I didn’t even like, songs that I didn’t even listen to. AllHipHop.com: There’s artists out there that have songs that they will not perform though. I think LL Cool J has one even. Being such an emotional dude in your lyrics, do you have stuff that you just can’t do? Joe Budden: No. I can’t say that I’ve ever had that problem. There’s not a song that I wouldn’t do. AllHipHop.com: With the Ne-Yo “Sexy Love” record being so hot right now, how would you evaluate your current buzz? Joe Budden: I feel great! I feel great not so much because the Ne-Yo record is spinnin’ so much, but I just feel like I have a lot of things in the works, I really feel like this is the beginning of my career all over again. I’m a tad bit more knowledgeable than I was before, and I’m a tad bit more talented than I was. I feel great. My label feels great. Everything is wonderful. AllHipHop.com: Scratch magazine recently acknowledged “Mood Muzik Volume 2” as one of the greatest mixtapes ever. How did that feel? Joe Budden: Oh st, I couldn’t even put into words how stuff like that makes me feel. For years, I went back and forth in this debate with my record label over the type of music that people want to hear or the type of music that sells or the type of music that’s marketable – and everything on “Mood Muzik Volume 2” was full creative control. I was able to do everything I wanted to do. I was on downtime where n*as wasn’t really checkin’ for Joe Budden. My label wasn’t puttin’ me to work. So I had time to do everything that I wanted to do, and pour my heart out, and put it out. It was received so well. St like that, when I see it in Scratch, XXL, and VIBE, The Source, and it gets such great acclaim, I can’t even explain it. AllHipHop.com: There’s some mixtapes that deserved to be repressed. Mister Cee’s “Best of Biggie” is the kingpin. Tony Touch’s “Tape 50” is another. “Mood Muzik” is approaching that level to many… Joe Budden: When the New York Times had it in there, that let me know it was being received pretty well. AllHipHop.com: You had this record “When Thug’s Cry” five or six years ago. That was my introduction to your work, and something I consider to be a mixtape classic. Tell me whatever you can about that record right there… Joe Budden: At that time, I was newly signed to my production company, On Top. My Def Jam deal wasn’t even finished yet. I was new to the mixtape scene, and I didn’t really know which way to go. I hadn’t done too many freestyles. The ones I had were a bunch of metaphors. The records I was doin’ were a bunch of Pop, mainstream sappy bullst that I was workin’ on tryin’ to get this deal. One night when everybody was gone, I had this idea in my head. It was an actually a song I was tryin’ to give to one of my artists at the time. They didn’t want it. It was four in the morning. My producer was knocked out tired. I woke him up and made him do this fkin’ record – he was amazed by it. That was my first introspective record to hit the streets, ever. I just wanted to show people that there was a lot more to me than the metaphors and the similes and whatever radio bullst I was still doing at the time. Ironically, I’m still stuck in that predicament today. [laughs] AllHipHop.com: On “Dumb Out,” you said “Let me find out Hip-Hop turned Republican.” What’s that mean to you? Joe Budden: It did, it did, it did, it did – especially from a fan’s standpoint. Nowadays, the people supposed to enjoy the music – the “Hip-Hop activists” – they’re like a rarity now. Everybody’s in the business. Everybody’s so concerned with numbers and budget and fkin’ Soundscan, and image, and everything that Hip-Hop never stood for. It’s just pretty fked up. I feel like on one side, you’ve got the Democrats which would be – I don’t wanna “the backpackers” – but [them], but the people that are in it for the love of the music and the art of it. [Then you’ve got] the Republicans – the people who are in it for the money, the people who stand for other things. AllHipHop.com: Playing along with the performance theme, was there ever a point in your career, where a show went completely wrong? Joe Budden: Hmm…hmmm. Um, yeah. [laughs] Actually, there was. There was one in Cleveland. It was on the Def Jam Vendetta Tour. Keith Murray was performing, Method Man – a lot of people who know how to perform were performing. I was the new kid on the block. My n*as didn’t know the words to anything. The system was bad. The music was cuttin’ on and off. I was nervous. I was buggin’ out on the stage. I didn’t get booed. I managed to pull it off, but everything went horrible. I screamed on my entire staff after the show. That’s probably the only show that I’ve ever screamed at the people that I work with. It takes a lot to get me to that point. AllHipHop.com: As a fan, what’s one performance, aside from your own on Friday, that you wanna see at AllHipHop’s concert? Joe Budden: Um…you know what? I’m anxious to see Papoose perform. I would like to see his performance. I’m anxious to see Lloyd Banks perform. Those are really the two that I actually anticipate. I wanna see how it turns out.

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Nikelz UGH UGH UGH! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Keri's Ass Posts: 13,175 Repped: 4,915 Repped 2,945 Times in 1,024 Posts Neg Reps: 697 Neg Repped at 581 Times in 334 Posts	no it was the Game and Buddens __________________ "the great warriors on the battlegrounds cant achieve the same goals as the king on the throne" - Mazarati1986

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Hakaroodi G-UNIT SOLDIER Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 30,519 Repped: 14,428 Repped 952 Times in 224 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 49 Times in 45 Posts	guess Joe n Banks squashed their shit.. __________________

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test1234 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 98 Repped: 11 Repped 1 Time in 1 Post Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	good read, surprised that he said that lloyd banks shit i guess they squashed shit

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test1234 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 98 Repped: 11 Repped 1 Time in 1 Post Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	btw JERZEYYYY KING OF NEW JERZEY THE NEXT KING OF NEW YORK! Joe Buddens >>> your favorite rappers

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GzUp No One Can Do It Better Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,026 Repped: 21 Repped 247 Times in 39 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	what does he got to do with that Sexy Love track by Ne-Yo?

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buggZ_M ~~Tha Butcher~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Murdahapolis Posts: 799 Repped: 152 Repped 90 Times in 19 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	I thought GAME & joe buddens had beef, Not G-Unit & joe Buddens. Sumbody Correct me if i'm wrong. I would really like to know.

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08-10-2006, 01:21 PM	#14
test1234 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 98 Repped: 11 Repped 1 Time in 1 Post Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	and to answer yall questions Joe buddens got beef with 50 and Banks "and these young motha fuckas is about to fuck up like leaving they whole career inside some bitch car no names, but its not a sublime nigga u know who you are" Thats a diss to lloyd banks on Dumb out

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