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Technology being the way it is, and record sales being the way it is, there are not too many things that you need to depend on a label for that you can't go out and do yourself.

Joe Budden

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Joe Budden
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: August 31
Hip-Hop Artist
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New York City
New York
Joseph Anthony Budden II
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I'm a firm believer in my higher power havin' a plan, and he's never wrong, and he's not open to suggestions.
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