Joe Budden Explains How Longtime Beef With Game Ended Onstage

J-Banks · 08-27-2008, 08:18 PM

Joe Budden Explains How Longtime Beef With Game Ended Onstage

Joey Jump-Off also discusses 'Who,' the 16-minute track that investigates hip-hop's death.

By Shaheem Reid

Joe Budden and the Game finally made peace, and all it took was a phone call and a few text messages.

"I was asleep the other day, and I woke up to a text message saying, 'Big Joe, what up? This is Game,' " Budden said Wednesday (August 27). "I was like, 'Oh, somebody is playing on my phone again.' I hit him back with a bunch of question marks, and he hit me back with 'This is Game.' Still, I wasn't convinced yet. Then I started checking my messages, and apparently he was on [a New York radio] morning show and asking if anybody had my phone number and [said] he was trying to reach out to me. So I eventually called him. We had a great conversation, talked about a lot of things. He invited me to come to his show, come kick it. I took him up on it."

Joey Jump-Off jumped onstage with Game on Tuesday night during the Compton slugger's concert at New York's Irving Plaza.

Budden and Game were embroiled in a back-and-forth on the mixtape circuit in the mid-2000s, but that was never quite settled — at least, not in the public's eyes.

"Me and Game never really had an issue," Budden said. "It was more so a Joe Budden vs. G-Unit thing — which, at the time, [Game] happened to be a part of. So, I mean, it wasn't anything personal between myself and him. And it was so many years ago, and I think we both grown and gotten past all of that verbal bashing. I thought [Tuesday night's show] was great for hip-hop."

Budden and Game even appeared in a photo together during the height of the lyrical tension, but continued to dis each other.

"The picture was more so to say, 'We'll dead the beef, but we don't necessarily need to care for one another.' The situation last night was totally different. He showed me a whole lot of love. Him and his people. It was altogether a great experience. I was standing there [during the show] like a fan. Dude brought out Dana Dane, Kool Herc, Maino, who is like family to me. Rae and Ghost. I think all these people, who I am all cool with, were shocked to see me. But the energy in the building was great."

Joe performed "Pump It Up" and part of a record that had the whole Internet talking: "Who." In the song, he gives the fans evidence and suspects in search of the people responsible for the death of hip-hop. The record — close to 16 minutes in total — was broken down in three parts upon its initial release. Some have called it the hip-hop record of the year.

"I think so," Budden said, unabashed. "I think it's great."

Despite the track's length, the Jersey native said the song didn't take particularly long to write.

"Not too long," he divulged. "When you're writing something you're passionate about it, it doesn't take long," he said. "Three hours total. That was just the writing process. No, I'm lying. It might have been just four to five hours. The recording process was a whole separate issue."

"Who" was inspired by people asking Joe his opinion on the state of hip-hop, and he takes us through several eras in rap, name-dropping events like Game and Young Buck getting kicked out of the G-Unit, Lupe Fiasco forgetting lyrics during his A Tribe Called Quest tribute at the 2007 Hip-Hop Honors, Jay-Z becoming Def Jam president and KRS-One and Nelly's old beef.

"The funny thing is, my memory is normally horrible," he laughed. "I have a hard time remembering anything. But I wanted to make a timeline where certain events in hip-hop would act as photographs. Even when I said, 'Master P and them ugly-ass album covers,' it wasn't to say anything negative about that. But I think everybody in hip-hop remembers when, every other week, Master P was putting out an album with those funny-looking covers. I wanted to bring people back to a certain place and jog my memory as much as I could without going overboard. Remaining unbiased."

Budden's next album, Padded Room, comes out on Amalgam Digital on October 28. He'll be releasing at least one mixtape prior and says that collaborating with Game on a song or freestyle is a strong possibility.

"It's likely," he said. "You can never say."

Source: MTV

6figganigga89 · 08-27-2008, 08:25 PM

Lol game is funny man..he called him up cause he was one of the only people he forgot to put on his album hahaha ...I love games music but his character is not normal at all and it always comes back and bites u watch

DemonicSinn · 08-27-2008, 08:34 PM

Props man...

Da Proctologist · 08-27-2008, 09:05 PM

budden is wack

anzee11 · 08-27-2008, 09:24 PM

Props. I hope the beef stay ended.

Haterz · 08-27-2008, 09:37 PM

game gonna diss him next week....did that to tha unit like 8 timez

srmafia · 08-27-2008, 10:07 PM

If Padded Room gets pushed back just ONE MORE TIME, I'm going to fight someone. Game or not, I need some new JOEY

keepitgangsta · 08-27-2008, 10:12 PM

It was more so a Joe Budden vs. G-Unit thing — which, at the time, [Game] happened to be a part of. So, I mean, it wasn't anything personal between myself and him

budden sound stupid right there

MS DIOR · 08-27-2008, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keepitgangsta

It was more so a Joe Budden vs. G-Unit thing — which, at the time, [Game] happened to be a part of. So, I mean, it wasn't anything personal between myself and him

budden sound stupid right there

co-sign....................

YoungArty · 08-27-2008, 10:44 PM

im mos def coppin joe budden album...but sometimes he can be a walkin contradiction lol

Smithilberry · 08-28-2008, 12:18 AM

interestin.........

G Bird · 08-28-2008, 02:10 AM

LMAO two bi-polar ass mothafuckas getting together... this should be interesting. I'm a Game fan (not a stan) and I can admit dude got some screws loose. Buddens is nice sometimes, never listened to too much of his though. But fuck it, this is good for hip hop. I wanna hear that "Who" song by Buddens.

madnumber24 · 08-28-2008, 04:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haterz

game gonna diss him next week....did that to tha unit like 8 timez

the unit always run they mouth or do somethin stupid then he be right back in they ass, if yayo would just stay quiet game woulda been done along time ago

Yung_Rich · 08-28-2008, 06:17 AM

game just no joey stepped his game up up he dont wanna hav 2 deal wit dat heat...game prolly pull a "jay-z sonnin nas" n sign him 2 BWS

Yuri Orlov · 08-28-2008, 07:48 AM

Meh , smh at these rappers who whenever they end their beef say "it wasn't really a beef".lmao.yeh right , when they keep on callin' each other out on records.

Eurogang Fedayeen · 08-28-2008, 10:38 AM

lol budden merkd game in da beef i dont see how dey say its a budden vs g-unit and game only had beef cos he was in da crew i coulda swore game was da only one droppin disses

Whiteside Records · 08-28-2008, 10:46 AM

game is the truth

Yb187 · 08-28-2008, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by madnumber24

the unit always run they mouth or do somethin stupid then he be right back in they ass, if yayo would just stay quiet game woulda been done along time ago

no doubt man

AUTUMN_DEATH · 08-28-2008, 03:29 PM

damn i would ave loved to ave been at that show two of my fav artists comin togetha i wana hera that who song sounds like wat hip hop really needs

L.Smalls · 08-28-2008, 04:11 PM

game'll start beef again with him if he gets big

Blizzy · 08-29-2008, 06:12 PM

I'm hopin no collab....

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J-Banks Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 21,015 Repped: 5,294 Repped 53,425 Times in 7,839 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Neg Reps: 53 Neg Repped at 93 Times in 86 Posts	Joe Budden Explains How Longtime Beef With Game Ended Onstage Joe Budden Explains How Longtime Beef With Game Ended Onstage Joe Budden Explains How Longtime Beef With Game Ended Onstage Joey Jump-Off also discusses 'Who,' the 16-minute track that investigates hip-hop's death. By Shaheem Reid Joe Budden and the Game finally made peace, and all it took was a phone call and a few text messages. "I was asleep the other day, and I woke up to a text message saying, 'Big Joe, what up? This is Game,' " Budden said Wednesday (August 27). "I was like, 'Oh, somebody is playing on my phone again.' I hit him back with a bunch of question marks, and he hit me back with 'This is Game.' Still, I wasn't convinced yet. Then I started checking my messages, and apparently he was on [a New York radio] morning show and asking if anybody had my phone number and [said] he was trying to reach out to me. So I eventually called him. We had a great conversation, talked about a lot of things. He invited me to come to his show, come kick it. I took him up on it." Joey Jump-Off jumped onstage with Game on Tuesday night during the Compton slugger's concert at New York's Irving Plaza. Budden and Game were embroiled in a back-and-forth on the mixtape circuit in the mid-2000s, but that was never quite settled — at least, not in the public's eyes. "Me and Game never really had an issue," Budden said. "It was more so a Joe Budden vs. G-Unit thing — which, at the time, [Game] happened to be a part of. So, I mean, it wasn't anything personal between myself and him. And it was so many years ago, and I think we both grown and gotten past all of that verbal bashing. I thought [Tuesday night's show] was great for hip-hop." Budden and Game even appeared in a photo together during the height of the lyrical tension, but continued to dis each other. "The picture was more so to say, 'We'll dead the beef, but we don't necessarily need to care for one another.' The situation last night was totally different. He showed me a whole lot of love. Him and his people. It was altogether a great experience. I was standing there [during the show] like a fan. Dude brought out Dana Dane, Kool Herc, Maino, who is like family to me. Rae and Ghost. I think all these people, who I am all cool with, were shocked to see me. But the energy in the building was great." Joe performed "Pump It Up" and part of a record that had the whole Internet talking: "Who." In the song, he gives the fans evidence and suspects in search of the people responsible for the death of hip-hop. The record — close to 16 minutes in total — was broken down in three parts upon its initial release. Some have called it the hip-hop record of the year. "I think so," Budden said, unabashed. "I think it's great." Despite the track's length, the Jersey native said the song didn't take particularly long to write. "Not too long," he divulged. "When you're writing something you're passionate about it, it doesn't take long," he said. "Three hours total. That was just the writing process. No, I'm lying. It might have been just four to five hours. The recording process was a whole separate issue." "Who" was inspired by people asking Joe his opinion on the state of hip-hop, and he takes us through several eras in rap, name-dropping events like Game and Young Buck getting kicked out of the G-Unit, Lupe Fiasco forgetting lyrics during his A Tribe Called Quest tribute at the 2007 Hip-Hop Honors, Jay-Z becoming Def Jam president and KRS-One and Nelly's old beef. "The funny thing is, my memory is normally horrible," he laughed. "I have a hard time remembering anything. But I wanted to make a timeline where certain events in hip-hop would act as photographs. Even when I said, 'Master P and them ugly-ass album covers,' it wasn't to say anything negative about that. But I think everybody in hip-hop remembers when, every other week, Master P was putting out an album with those funny-looking covers. I wanted to bring people back to a certain place and jog my memory as much as I could without going overboard. Remaining unbiased." Budden's next album, Padded Room, comes out on Amalgam Digital on October 28. He'll be releasing at least one mixtape prior and says that collaborating with Game on a song or freestyle is a strong possibility. "It's likely," he said. "You can never say." Source: MTV __________________ JBanksblog.com - check it out __________________

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keepitgangsta Veteran Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Wire Posts: 4,447 Repped: 395 Repped 1,610 Times in 179 Posts Neg Reps: 20 Neg Repped at 30 Times in 19 Posts	It was more so a Joe Budden vs. G-Unit thing — which, at the time, [Game] happened to be a part of. So, I mean, it wasn't anything personal between myself and him budden sound stupid right there

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G Bird Travis G Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Midwest 715 Posts: 8,092 Repped: 3,493 Repped 1,860 Times in 224 Posts Neg Reps: 4 Neg Repped at 53 Times in 22 Posts	LMAO two bi-polar ass mothafuckas getting together... this should be interesting. I'm a Game fan (not a stan) and I can admit dude got some screws loose. Buddens is nice sometimes, never listened to too much of his though. But fuck it, this is good for hip hop. I wanna hear that "Who" song by Buddens. __________________ "I went in for an interview, for delivery / "Locked up, felonies?" now the dude quizzin me / I'm workin on my future, why you need to know my history? / All he did was Google me, no big mystery"

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Eurogang Fedayeen Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London, England Posts: 2,860 Repped: 149 Repped 168 Times in 46 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 9 Times in 8 Posts	lol budden merkd game in da beef i dont see how dey say its a budden vs g-unit and game only had beef cos he was in da crew i coulda swore game was da only one droppin disses

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