Joe Budden
It's hard - it's difficult to tell when your buzz is at its peak.Collection: Buzz
I came up in battling and just wanting to compete. Even if you had no real problem with someone, you just wanted to compete.Collection: Real
It's one of my short-term goals, to be able to actually record music and release it simultaneously and not just hold on to it.Collection: Goal
Project X now, but it started as a Hunger Game.Collection: Games
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.Collection: Years
I know that I'm kind of a big deal online, but I think that some of that is starting to seep into the streets, and you want to kind of continue to make sure it does that.Collection: Thinking
Up late talking to the fans on a website, That's the only thing that send ya man off to bed rightCollection: Men
I have some things that I've been workin' on, such as delivery, wordplay, breath control, just a lot of other things that artists work on, that the listener may not be listening for.Collection: Artist
I think Def Jam happened to be one of the labels that really didn't have a good grip on things that were going on. I'll say that - that's my political answer.Collection: Thinking
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.Collection: Technology
I read every fan forum and every blog, and every message board, and every chat room. I read it all. There's nothing online that I'm not aware of.Collection: Messages
Joe Budden TV is life through the eyes of Joe Budden. You've gotta go check it out - it's pretty fun.Collection: Fun
I think the time in between albums, as much as it was not anticipated, it was much-needed, and very helpful, very useful. I've done nothing but hone my craft, and get better, and learn, and gather information in the process. So I'm grateful for it in retrospect.Collection: Grateful
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.Collection: New York