In a recent interview, Joe Budden talked about the culture of Battle Rap as a whole and the possibility of mainstream artists stepping into the ring. While he said that he may participate in a battle in the future, Joe explained why he believes mainstream artists are at a slight disadvantage in a Battle Rap setting. Check out the clip!
“It’s not fear. Fear is the wrong word, but I mean people have a lot to lose. In Hip Hop your credibility is everything. And it puts the artist with more exposure at a slight disadvantage because of said exposure. You know? You getting here and you facing somebody who knows everything about you. They’ve seen everything about you. They have so much to say. They could speak on your failures, your—they can speak on anything. And you just battling an up-and-coming guy. But I think we will see it eventually. Meek has come from that. Cassidy he comes from that. So, you have guys that are well-versed in battling. So, I can’t wait to see it.”
“Some of my favorite battles are Lux and Calicoe, JC versus Chilla, Verb versus Hitman, Big T versus Surf. If I stand here for long enough I can give you a million battles that I really, really, really enjoyed, but that one [Lux vs Hollow]—I don’t know if it was because I was in the building or what, but they both just delivered the way that we expected them both to deliver. So, I mean it was Top 5 for me.”
