{"id":26307,"date":"2025-06-03T15:45:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/joe-budden-considers-coming-out-of-rap-retirement\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T15:45:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:45:36","slug":"joe-budden-considers-coming-out-of-rap-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/joe-budden-considers-coming-out-of-rap-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Budden Considers Coming Out of Rap Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/joe-budden\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Budden<\/a>\u00a0is considering taking his talents back to the rap game and possibly putting out a passion project.<\/p>\n<h3>Joe Budden Talks Returning to Rap<\/h3>\n<p>On Sunday (June 1), the latest episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@joebuddentv\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Joe Budden Podcast<\/em><\/a> was uploaded to YouTube. During the weekly chat, Joe revealed that he is feeling like getting back into rapper mode.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to rap,&#8221; Joe Budden says around the 1:09:57 timestamp of the podcast below. &#8220;I do, I ain&#8217;t gon&#8217; lie. The only thing stopping me is I don&#8217;t have the beat packs and I don&#8217;t request them. But if I ever ask Alchemist or Chad West or one of these ni**as I love&#8230;Jake One&#8230;I just start hitting up ni**as that I love, that I know got something, it&#8217;s gonna make me do something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Joe revealed a verse from Ransom recently put him in that mode and a DM from Ran telling Joe to get back in the game only put the battery in Joe&#8217;s back even more. &#8220;I&#8217;ll call Ransom, Royce, 38 Spesh, all them ni**gas. We back!&#8221; Joe says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like now, I&#8217;m almost to the point where I can do a passion project,&#8221; Joe adds. &#8220;I&#8217;ve never in my life been in a place where I could do a passion project. 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