On July 12th, Joe Budden will be making a big return to the rap battle ring against Hollow Da Don for the debut of Eminem’s Total Slaughter league. Below, Joe speaks on the upcoming bout with Angry Fans Radio (where you can read more):
I got blue blood. There’s ice in my veins. There’s absolutely nothing anybody can say that will rattle me. In my humble opinion—and this is only my opinion—the second he does that he loses. I think I would have to take some points away from Hollow if he did that because it’s a very novice route to take. My 14-year old son would think to do that. You know, ‘Let me talk about him getting punched in the face. Let me talk about him proposing.’ I can tell you everything that he would talk about in that instance. ‘Let me talk about “Pump It Up.” Let me talk about everything that’s been broadcast.’ Because I’ve lived my life in the public for over a decade that would backfire… that means I’ve been successful for that long and you have not. So now I can grown-man you for three rounds.
I can’t give away too much of what I’m thinking, but I could care less about Hollow’s character’s defects. You on lean and I popped pills and did angel dust for a long time, so it’s kind of even playing field. I could see you in that area if we talk about drugs. But I don’t care about that.
I’ve already mapped out every possible variable in this battle. So I’m worried about it all, personally. When you talk about an emcee as seasoned as Hollow, he’s great in every area. He’s great at freestyling. He’s great at rebuttals. He’s great at performance. He’s great at jokes. He’s great at personals. He has bars. He has schemes. He has punches. There’s not anything that he cannot do. So you have to factor these things in. It has to be a concern.
I’m the underdog which I expected. I love it. My dick gets hard every time I fucking think about being an underdog. Cause I’m not often the underdog, so this is wonderful. But, there are some people that really don’t know about my penmanship. They are going to find out.
