This is the first time in my life that I feel like the ball is being dropped on Eminem,” he claimed. ‘The tracklist, without the benefit of the doubt, appears to be utter garbage. The nucleus of the beef between the two can be found in the episode that aired on 13 December 2017.īudden was disgusted by Em’s effort in his album – particularly the song Untouchable. Y’all were correct,‘” Budden explained.Īlthough he remained diplomatic about it, Budden, in his capacity as a curator of Hip-Hop, was not feeling the song. “You don’t want to hear Em acknowledge in a way – well, I don’t – acknowledge those rumblings in a way to where it’s ‘ damn, y’all were right. Then, on 13 November 2017, the crew huddled up to dissect the release of Eminem’s lead single, Walk on Water featuring Beyoncè.īudden admitted that he had lost the argument about Em’s relevance in 2017. I’m talking about him,” Budden exclaimed.īudden once again, defended Eminem, indicating that he still had some respect for the Detroit rapper. I’m not talking about their albums, not talking about his albums. “My thing was, certain people we can’t just question. Sorry, that’s like a rule of thumb for me.In October 2017, Budden and his co-hosts, DJ Akademiks and Nadeska, were weighing in on the amount of respect mumble rap artists get as opposed to lyrically-weighted MCs like Jay Z and Eminem get in today’s Hip-Hop community.īudden and Ak are often at odds about these topics but, as expected, Budden did his best to defend his friend, Eminem.īudden, at the time, could not hide his excitement for Eminem’s upcoming album, Revival which was unveiled in a ‘mystery reveal’ campaign.Ī day later, Em dropped probably one of the illest freestyles in 2017 when he appeared at the BET Hip-Hop Awards. Yo, when your man stop inviting you to the studio, you’re not getting me to listen to what you’re doing. man won’t call him to come to the fucking studio. “Is on Tyler’s album before that album? How about the one before that one? All right, yo. What was it, was it Nas’ album that he did that shit? He just goes off on every feature.”Īlso in the episode, Budden touched on his thoughts on Earl Sweatshirt’s new record, which he admits he never even listened to. The host brought up the argument that Earl doesn’t appear on Tyler, the Creator’s last few albums. Don’t do it with n-s that are putting out 12- or 16-bar songs. ‘Hey, rap all you want cause Imma do it too.

“He can rap for 5 minutes on Lil Wayne song but Wayne is never putting it out without Wayne rapping for 6 minutes,” Budden said. “That will never happen.

Budden used Lil Wayne as an example, sharing that Wanye is “gonna do it back.” Budden continued, arguing that if Eminem keeps requiring artists to be “extending the beat” for him whenever he hops on a feature, they should match the time that he takes on the mic.

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