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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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Joe Budden
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: August 31
Hip-Hop Artist
Musician
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New York City
New York
Joseph Anthony Budden II
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