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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.

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
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Joseph Anthony Budden II
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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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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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