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I tried to make the best music that I could possibly make, and then nothing was ever good enough.

Joe Budden

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Joe Budden
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: August 31
Hip-Hop Artist
Musician
Podcaster
Rapper
Singer
New York City
New York
Joseph Anthony Budden II
Joseph Budden
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Even at my lowest I was sittin on my high stool.
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I never cared, I was careless, Fear bein afraid or maybe I'm afraid to be fearless. Or fear bein' fearless but fearful, So even in my carelessness...gotta be careful.
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It is a different world, the underground. When you hit mainstream, you hit a saturation level and that turns some people off. When you are on more low-key stuff, it works to your advantage and it creates a buzz on the streets. At that point, the sky is the limit.
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Like I said, as long as I'm consistent and I try to put my best foot forward, and work as hard as I possibly can, everything else will fall into place - God'll take care of everything.
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In this day and age, you gotta be a profiler to really know who people are, which most of us are not. So, we need time and life to start happening for people to really show their trust colors.
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A few more albums, a few more years, I'll be like Peter Petrelli in Heroes. I'll be some type of rap super-monster or something.
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Don't ask for a cig' - I'm so self-centered, I won't even share this cancer.
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Certain majors [lables] just know what they're doin', and got a good grip on the dynamic of what's happening, and some don't.
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You want attention, you want support, you want to be treated properly, and I don't wanna have to go anywhere and teach people how to treat me.
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Where I'm at physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually usually dictates where my music goes.
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I would have had a clause in my contract I would've definitely put some fine print in my contract that said, If the president leaves, I'm leaving. That'd be the bottom line.
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They say I'm difficult, so to put it simply....tell the world I never cared it was against me
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I came up in battling and just wanting to compete. Even if you had no real problem with someone, you just wanted to compete.
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