Joe Budden already had Drake running scared like 5 years ago. The double drop of Making A Murderer & Wake polished the poor lad off. Afraid a year or so later reminded him he was still on notice.
Budden remains the best battle MC of the modern era. Mainly because he’s paranoid as feck and read every subliminal jab as some assault he must respond to. I think he respectfully clapped back at Kendrick at one point over the Control beat.
Joe would pick up a pen and a mic and go after anyone. Absolute waste of a rap career though. Loved by heads but ‘not famous enough’ to garner this level of investment from Twitter when his Drake beef popped off back then. Had Kendrick just re-recorded them this past week, the internet would have melted.
Would love him to chime in again right now.