Episode 651 | "Pay to Play"

The JBP kicks off this week's episode with a recap of Hip-Hop 50 Live at Yankee Stadium from over the weekend (13:18) which leads to a message Joe has for music labels (28:08). A discussion on samples in Hip-Hop includes Flip sharing an issue he has with Steely Dan over 'Deja Vu' (44:55), Melle Mel regrets the recent diss track he made to Eminem (58:40), and the room debates whether we should be making anything of Drake & Bobbi Althoff no longer following each other and removing their interview from YouTube (1:10:55). Also, Usher is set to drop his next single with Keke Palmer (1:14:36), Former NFL offensive lineman Michael Oher is suing the Tuohy's to end conservatorship (1:56:59), sports moments that crush your soul to this day (2:14:05), + MORE!  Become a Patron of The Joe Budden Podcast for additional bonus episodes and visual content for all things JBP.: Tap in here www.patreon.com/JoeBudden Sleeper Picks:  Joe | Noah Guy (feat. Amaria) - "STAY HERE" Ice | Young Stat (feat. Rxchiie Zoo) - "Blah Blah Blah" Parks | Brady Watt, Conway the Machine, & Talib Kweli) - "Without You" Melyssa | LANKS - "Stronger Than" QueenzFlip | Major Galore - "Say That You Miss Me"