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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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I'm a firm believer in everything going digital, in a matter of years. I wanted to kind of be one of the pioneers, one of the people that jump on that bandwagon early.
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Mixtapes are extremely important, especially for New York or North East artists. They allow you to be creative, to get feedback and criticism, but most of all, it gets your name out there. I would say about 90-100% of my success was down to the mixtapes.
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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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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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If I'm trading bars with somebody, it certainly is not because I have a release coming. Joe Budden prides himself on the music and not the sales aspect.
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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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Project X now, but it started as a Hunger Game.
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Most important to me is being able to release music and have an astounding relationship with whoever would be distributing the music.
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You don't need to be at a major, not at all. 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.
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God I hear you giving me an earfull but I'm gonna cruise in 5th gear until I'm near you.
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I don't wanna join the Hair Club For Men or anything.
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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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In my world, even sure bets are not certain 'Cause you'll get the picture, then find out it's the cropped version.
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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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It sometimes becomes difficult to tell when you're even creating a buzz. You know, everything in this game, it so relies on timing that that part is really important, and it's something that everyone tries to pay a lot of attention to.
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Even at my lowest I was sittin on my high stool.
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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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I'm lookin' forward to doin' a lot of big things. I've been doin' a lot of big things: a lot of traveling, a lot of recording - I'm excited.
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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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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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