Joe's Rap/Beef career...

If you weren't alive to listen to DJ Clue, Dirty Harry, or Cut Master C mixtapes from 1994-2002, you should not be commenting on this because you would never know.

Hip hop was extremely regional back in the late 90's but anybody from the northeast who was into lyrical New York hip hop knew who Joe was and how nice his pen was. He became popular dropping freestyles on mixtapes over the beats of the most popular rapper's singles at the time similar to the way Fabolous became popular. For those not familiar, his sound was reminiscent to early XXXtentacion without the singing. A high level lyrical ability, raw yet honest commentary, and poorly mixed audio.

Despite what some might say about his music, his raw lyrisium, wordplay, and honesty talking about his real life in his verses made him a stand out among most rappers at that time who only talked about money, how dope they rhymed or how many bitches they got. He was even the first rapper to acknowledge being in a relationship/having a girlfriend in his music. This is the reason his Mood Musik mixtape series is considered a classic by those of us who were around to hear it.

He was also one of the most vocal and competitive rapper's who ever touched a mainstream microphone, willing to go back and forward with any individual rapper or crew. The man has lyrically sparred with Jay-Z, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan, G-Unit, Royce da 5'9, Saigon and many more I'm forgetting just to be able to say that he rapped better than those niggas. Drake knew not to respond to Joe's many disses not only because he was a bigger artist but he also knew the monster Joe was when it came to diss records.This is why he is still extremely passionate about any beef in hip hop especially when it comes to rappers at the top of the game, male or female.

There is an old JoeBuddenTV video still on YouTube right now of Drake praising Joe's music to his face from back when the So Far Gone mixtape was released for all the reasons I'm speaking about.

Jump off Joe Budden or Mouse will never truly receive the credit he deserves for his rap career. Most of the music that proved his greatness can't be found on streaming platforms. It comes from a time in rap music where mixtapes could only be purchased at mom & pop record stores or bootleggers because technically they were for promotional use only and could not be sold legally in retail stores. This is how Joe maintained a small but cult-like following his entire career with his music being the base of all of it.

Tell me where I lied at...I dare you.