ATG sizes it all up.
Joe Budden could do with a warm glass of shut-the-hell-up.
Rather than his forceful, personal, honest Mood Muzik mixtapes or his strong-suited pair of LPs or his ambitious lyrical capabilities, one of the decade's most compelling, volatile personas is defined by petty skirmishes with bigger names.
After earning large piles via 2003's royalty-hawking single, "Pump It
Up," Budden regressed into label wars and industry perils. Hence
forward, Budden has pettily directed anger at targets too towering.
It's all been ugly tongue posturing spurned by bitterness. In five
short years, he's stirred static with Drake, Saigon, Busta Rhymes, The Game, Method Man, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, Prodigy, Royce da 5'9'', and Jay-Z.
The Jay beef was especially ugly: petulant mixtape bars calling for Jay's retirement in 2007 and snide interview statements questioning American Gangster's conceptual brilliance. Unwarranted and unqualified, Jay largely ignored Budden and anyone paying attention conclusively traced the shots to Jay's tenure as Def Jam's president, Budden's disgruntled status as a Def Jam underling.
Oh, and he was once dissed by a video vixen.
It's a consistent pattern. Budden's internet hawking stems behavior wherein he'll bluntly comment on matters carrying zero personal consequence. Like most of us, basically.
Of course a critic, blogger or self-involved fan he is only in part. As a rapper on radars, his targets take note of stupid YouTube clips and bite back. All the while, Budden's inability to filter himself, respect elders and practice manners digs him deeper within the genre.
Bothersome. Immature.
Miraculously, 100% of Budden's feuds have met peaceful resolutions. He's shared stages with adversaries like Game and went on to form the street super group, Slaughterhouse, with Royce da 5'9''.
But Budden's saga has all the makings of a tragedy. Law of averages tells us these chest-beating slights will lead to physical harm. It's now happened.
The aforementioend Method Man back and forth was a silly exchange spurned by Method Man's placement on some stupid list about rap hierarchy. Budden said Meth's high ranking wasn't accurate, the two have been jabbing all summer. The beef trickled to Method Man's Wu-Tang brethren. All 5,000 of them.
Over the weekend and backstage at Rock the Bells, Raekwon and five cronies assaulted Budden. The event's details are sketchy but hipster Bronx badass, Mickey Factz, was present and vividly recounts the now infamous sucker punch:
"One of the six dudes did punch Joe, it was 6 vs. 2. Without me it would've been 6 vs. 1. I think it was a sucker move...it looked like Joe barely felt it. [But] sh*t is crazy. Raekwon has the footage...Joe didn't swing back, and no they didn't laugh after the punch. Joe and Rae were going back and forth talking like men. How you going to have your man punch him and now you want to talk? And then you have the camera on? C'mon Rae. Once again I love Wu."
Joe Budden's public grievances against famous rappers aren't as much unwarranted as they are dangerous. He's never professed a life of crime or street savvy, yet Budden refuses to acknowledge rap's very tangible threat to his well being.
On snap judgment, it looks like Raekwon approached Budden to clear the air and one of his goons snapped. Entourage goons are an everpresent, ugly underbelly of the great American rapper. They pack. They shoot. They take the fall.
The sourced site from the Factz quote, AllHipHop.com, editorializes on the positive outcome of a timely death - specificaly Raekwon's or Joe Budden's - stemming from today's digital era of beef. They're spot on: such a loss would buck up all the dumb shit we've seen vented, this searingly imbecilic amalgamation of street problems mixed with forum disses. Of radio interviews and cartel musings and op-eds culminating in street fights.
Slow your role, Mr. Budden.
The Jay beef was especially ugly: petulant mixtape bars calling for Jay's retirement in 2007 and snide interview statements questioning American Gangster's conceptual brilliance. Unwarranted and unqualified, Jay largely ignored Budden and anyone paying attention conclusively traced the shots to Jay's tenure as Def Jam's president, Budden's disgruntled status as a Def Jam underling.
Oh, and he was once dissed by a video vixen.
It's a consistent pattern. Budden's internet hawking stems behavior wherein he'll bluntly comment on matters carrying zero personal consequence. Like most of us, basically.
Of course a critic, blogger or self-involved fan he is only in part. As a rapper on radars, his targets take note of stupid YouTube clips and bite back. All the while, Budden's inability to filter himself, respect elders and practice manners digs him deeper within the genre.
Bothersome. Immature.
Miraculously, 100% of Budden's feuds have met peaceful resolutions. He's shared stages with adversaries like Game and went on to form the street super group, Slaughterhouse, with Royce da 5'9''.
But Budden's saga has all the makings of a tragedy. Law of averages tells us these chest-beating slights will lead to physical harm. It's now happened.
The aforementioend Method Man back and forth was a silly exchange spurned by Method Man's placement on some stupid list about rap hierarchy. Budden said Meth's high ranking wasn't accurate, the two have been jabbing all summer. The beef trickled to Method Man's Wu-Tang brethren. All 5,000 of them.
Over the weekend and backstage at Rock the Bells, Raekwon and five cronies assaulted Budden. The event's details are sketchy but hipster Bronx badass, Mickey Factz, was present and vividly recounts the now infamous sucker punch:
"One of the six dudes did punch Joe, it was 6 vs. 2. Without me it would've been 6 vs. 1. I think it was a sucker move...it looked like Joe barely felt it. [But] sh*t is crazy. Raekwon has the footage...Joe didn't swing back, and no they didn't laugh after the punch. Joe and Rae were going back and forth talking like men. How you going to have your man punch him and now you want to talk? And then you have the camera on? C'mon Rae. Once again I love Wu."
Joe Budden's public grievances against famous rappers aren't as much unwarranted as they are dangerous. He's never professed a life of crime or street savvy, yet Budden refuses to acknowledge rap's very tangible threat to his well being.
On snap judgment, it looks like Raekwon approached Budden to clear the air and one of his goons snapped. Entourage goons are an everpresent, ugly underbelly of the great American rapper. They pack. They shoot. They take the fall.
The sourced site from the Factz quote, AllHipHop.com, editorializes on the positive outcome of a timely death - specificaly Raekwon's or Joe Budden's - stemming from today's digital era of beef. They're spot on: such a loss would buck up all the dumb shit we've seen vented, this searingly imbecilic amalgamation of street problems mixed with forum disses. Of radio interviews and cartel musings and op-eds culminating in street fights.
Slow your role, Mr. Budden.
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He didn't have beef with Drake!!
JB is maybe my fave rapper right now...I wish this wasn't true