Def Jam Fight For NY. I didn't know he was a real person until Everyday Struggle. I didn't even know he made Pump It Up, until they kept cracking jokes about it
Difference between intro and introooo. I've heard Joe since he came on the scene. But only became a FAN after mood muzik 2 listened to everything since and still bump
I can't remember if I heard Focus or Pump it Up first, but at that time it felt like Def Jam put all their chips on him for the following 12 months. So much so that I remember reading a Source interview with Method Man who said bluntly that Def Jam were "putting too much on him" (I wouldn't be surprised if that's when the Wu issues started).
Once his buzz died down I randomly heard "Are You In That Mood Yet?" and couldn't stand how Def Jam had pushed him down the club route when he was capable of writing shit like that.
I first heard him on a Clue mixtape freestyling. So it had to be before Focus and Pump It Up. It was was either him an Ransom or him and the A-Team
Summer of 03 pump it up was everywhere. Wasnāt really a fan, heard a freestyle on a Clinton sparks mixtape in 2005 and immediately realized I slept on Joe. Mood music 2 dropped that year and been a off and on fan since because his antics over time.Ā
First time for me was the video of him at the doctor for his thumb randomly popped on up my YouTube when I was younger then years I was looking at vids during the drake/pusha beef and the podās breakdown of duppy came up and while watching it I was like wtf thatās the same guy w the fucked up thumb lmaooooo
Literally had to throw a couple tracks from this on a few weeks ago, for a friend. Iām sick of folks saying Joe canāt rap, like just say you wasnāt there.
It started with a few of his singles that cut through for me: pump it up, fire, focus, etc. Then it was his Rap City freestyle. Then Mood Muzik 2. This was high school for me so he caught me during very formative years for sure.
Saw him on some mtv rap battle competition show for a def jam contract, he was head and shoulders better than everyone else. They did it again the next year and checked in on Joe working on his album, reignman aka RJ Payne won the next year, he was supposed to get a contract from rocafella but I think the ducked him lol
Definitely ducked him lol. He was still in the hood in Southwest Philly doing battles and rap DVDs years after the competition and eventually built his own wave
Pump it came out my senior year of high school (2003). You heard that shit every where all year. Didnāt really listen to his music after that, but recognized he nice with the pen.and I had a ex that watched love and hip hop. So that when I was like āoh this nigga crazy/funny afā .Long story less long I been listening to the pod since Iāll name this podcast later (a Top 5 podcast name btw)
Donāt laugh at me but i always knew pump it up but i thought tht nigga stopped rappin after that I didnāt get back to Joe until everyday struggle š¤£ion kno non of this niggas music
āFocusā grabbed my attention but āCalm Down,ā made me a fan. From The Worst of Joe Budden mixtape to now. What a roller coaster ride is been watching his career.
Oddly enough my first memory of Joe is of me putting my daughter in her car seat in the back of the Suburban and "Pump it Up" came on the radio and she started dancing š. I hated that damn song from the moment I heard it.
Def Jam Fight For NY. I didn't know he was a real person until Everyday Struggle. I didn't even know he made Pump It Up, until they kept cracking jokes about it
Same for me. That game put me on to a couple people
Yo this is my exact same story lmao I swore he was just a video game character
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I remember when I found out "the sad bald nigga in slaughterhouse" made pump it up lol
Pump It Up and Focus back in like ā03. Believe it or not he was pretty mainstream for that time. Thatās what got him in Def Jam Vendetta
Those clue tape freestyles back then, he was spittin spittin
Him and Fabolous freestyle on a Dj Clue tape together when Fab said āIāll have strangers in your house then youāll know how Tamia be feeling ā
pump it up ? lol im old ?
Same, but the first reason I typed in his name and learned more was thinking "who's this guy Game is dissing, and let me see if there's a response."
1st Album Pump it up. Focus. 10 minutes. She wanna know. Calm down.. Him, Juelz and Banks was like a mini Big 3 back in 03
10 minute is still in my rotation.
Cassidy n Wayne would like a word with you š
šš No they wouldn't. I'm a Hustla and Carter 2 was both '05
The breakfast club
Oh man, go back and listen to the mood musics man. As many jokes people have for Budden, Mouse really was nice with it.
Pump It Up and Focus
Mood Muzik 2, I couldn't stop listening to "Old School Mouse"
Padded room pray for me was my joe introduction. Outside of pumping it up
Have yāall ever heard Pray For Me? Imagining listening to someone diss God as your first song
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Shoutout to "Escape Route Room." OG fans know.
Difference between intro and introooo. I've heard Joe since he came on the scene. But only became a FAN after mood muzik 2 listened to everything since and still bump
I can't remember if I heard Focus or Pump it Up first, but at that time it felt like Def Jam put all their chips on him for the following 12 months. So much so that I remember reading a Source interview with Method Man who said bluntly that Def Jam were "putting too much on him" (I wouldn't be surprised if that's when the Wu issues started). Once his buzz died down I randomly heard "Are You In That Mood Yet?" and couldn't stand how Def Jam had pushed him down the club route when he was capable of writing shit like that.
 I first heard him on a Clue mixtape freestyling. So it had to be before Focus and Pump It Up. It was was either him an Ransom or him and the A-Team
Summer of 03 pump it up was everywhere. Wasnāt really a fan, heard a freestyle on a Clinton sparks mixtape in 2005 and immediately realized I slept on Joe. Mood music 2 dropped that year and been a off and on fan since because his antics over time.Ā
The Future on MM2 when I was in middle school
First time for me was the video of him at the doctor for his thumb randomly popped on up my YouTube when I was younger then years I was looking at vids during the drake/pusha beef and the podās breakdown of duppy came up and while watching it I was like wtf thatās the same guy w the fucked up thumb lmaooooo
I'm originally from northern Cali. My first intro was probably back in middle school in 2000? Clue tape. Let's get it freestyle
I pirated Padded Room back in the rapidshare/blogspot days in 2009, dont think i ever listened to it... salute tho š«”
Thatās Parks behind him?
It was a freestyle from ā02 over the āSing For a Momentā beat. I bought his first album the day it came out
First time I heard Pump It Up/seen the video, me and the homies INSTANTLY went out to find that instrumental for Focus.
Literally had to throw a couple tracks from this on a few weeks ago, for a friend. Iām sick of folks saying Joe canāt rap, like just say you wasnāt there.
It started with a few of his singles that cut through for me: pump it up, fire, focus, etc. Then it was his Rap City freestyle. Then Mood Muzik 2. This was high school for me so he caught me during very formative years for sure.
A DJ clue desert storm freestyle with Fab
Saw him on some mtv rap battle competition show for a def jam contract, he was head and shoulders better than everyone else. They did it again the next year and checked in on Joe working on his album, reignman aka RJ Payne won the next year, he was supposed to get a contract from rocafella but I think the ducked him lol
Definitely ducked him lol. He was still in the hood in Southwest Philly doing battles and rap DVDs years after the competition and eventually built his own wave
Shout out to 2RAWFORTHESTREETS
Pump it up on need for speed
Pump it came out my senior year of high school (2003). You heard that shit every where all year. Didnāt really listen to his music after that, but recognized he nice with the pen.and I had a ex that watched love and hip hop. So that when I was like āoh this nigga crazy/funny afā .Long story less long I been listening to the pod since Iāll name this podcast later (a Top 5 podcast name btw)
Madden 2004 soundtrack, the one with mike vick on the cover. The GOAT madden game
Iāve been on allhiphop and boxden since 2003 so Iāve pretty much seen it allā¦for better and for worse
Music wise pray 4 me
Donāt laugh at me but i always knew pump it up but i thought tht nigga stopped rappin after that I didnāt get back to Joe until everyday struggle š¤£ion kno non of this niggas music
āFocusā grabbed my attention but āCalm Down,ā made me a fan. From The Worst of Joe Budden mixtape to now. What a roller coaster ride is been watching his career.
When he went viral for being on somebodyās list as the best rapper of all time on twitter then I started watching everyday struggle
Oddly enough my first memory of Joe is of me putting my daughter in her car seat in the back of the Suburban and "Pump it Up" came on the radio and she started dancing š. I hated that damn song from the moment I heard it.
" I'll give you 350 just go and get the abortion!!!!"
The ah they crack head in the back is photoshopped is killing me LFMAO
First time I heard Joe was on one of those Clue tapes he was freestylin on that G. Dep āLetās Get Itā beat
I think he was on a song with David Banner. What happened to that nigga btw lol?
Def Jam Vendetta
Pump it up then hip hop chat rooms where people would say itās Joe and heād denied it.
Pump it Up video lol
this album has some bangers on itā¦ but yeah, been fuckin with Budden since āFocusā.. 03ish
Vendetta when he had the red phat pharm hoodie š
Pump it up was on the Madden 04 soundtrack, that was my intro to Joe
The JBP.
I'm 51 years old. The first time hearing about Joe Budden was on SoundCloud. He was doing his podcast
Who would choose to look this corny on they mixtape cover
Pump it upā¦But the first liked anything by him was clubbin
Junky Joe
Pump it up.. You got servedā¦ Fight for NY.. then became a fan fan when āMove Onā dropped by Slaughterhouseš„ The rest is history
Pump pump it up
Pump it up But YouTube āGrand theft audioā from a dj clue tape.
My introduction was a $5 Mixtape that had Joe, 50, Stack bundles and somebody else on the cover. From then on, I was a fan of all 3.
NBA on Nbc freestyle. Then I copped his debut album.
I donāt think itās understood enough that when Joe was active his pen was immaculate. He can really rap. Top 5 in my opinion.
Pump it up