This should be filed under new music, Joseph. Why am I posted video and artwork! WHERE IS THIS RESPONSE THAT YOU SPOKE OF! [Insert all sorts of angry and distressed Emojis here.]

It looks like Joe Budden has had a change of heart about recording a reply to Kendrick Lamar’s verse on Big Sean’s “Control” record, despite getting his engineer prepared and even getting the single artwork made (which I can’t find right now after searching high and low but just know, it was made.) Instead, all we got was Joe listening to the verse on Ustream while smoking some hookah with a big booty girl and his boy Brandon. He did actually go to the studio though (above), but Emanny’s caption, “@joebudden rather sit & talk in the booth than actually rap in it. Smfh damn shame,” obviously speaks to what happened there.

“I was pushing for my n*ggas to put out respond records but others helped open my eyes to why that was all wrong,” Emanny later tweeted. “Excuse my blind moments.” Sigh, there’s that. Nicki, I’m still waiting on you!

Marisa Mendez