Episode 947 | "Dragons and Dinosaurs" artwork

Episode 947 | "Dragons and Dinosaurs"

The Joe Budden Podcast

July 18, 2026

The JBP kicks off its latest episode with a discussion on conspiracies (4:35) before turning to early reviews of Christopher Nolan's new movie 'The Odyssey' (27:38).
Speakers: Joe Budden, Mona Scott-Young, Parks Vallery, Marc Lamont Hill, Ish, Corey, Ice, Savon
**Joe Budden** (0:00)
The thoughts, views and opinions expressed by this podcast as well as its hosts are for entertainment purposes only. I repeat, it is not serious. It is not real. No one is exposing, revealing, indicting or telling you anything about themselves.
Also, we do not encourage you to try this at home. We are trained professionals. Do not have your best interests at heart or our own.
Enjoy the show. All right, bro.

**Mona Scott-Young** (0:28)
Never mind.

**Joe Budden** (0:31)
You ain't going to answer his question?

**Mona Scott-Young** (0:33)
No, I'm not. I'm not dropping no love.

**Joe Budden** (0:35)
But I do give that a little bit.

**Mona Scott-Young** (0:37)
Shut up.

**Joe Budden** (0:38)
Like, we drove by there.

**Mona Scott-Young** (0:41)
You've never been, nigga.

**Joe Budden** (0:42)
I've definitely been.

**Mona Scott-Young** (0:43)
I'm not having certain conversations with Joe Budden because he's been famous all his life.

**Joe Budden** (0:47)
Wait, is that fair?

**Mona Scott-Young** (0:49)
Yes, it is fair. You don't know nothing about real life.

**Joe Budden** (0:52)
Damn. That can't be true.

**Mona Scott-Young** (0:54)
Not that. I mean, you know a little something. You're smart, but...

**Joe Budden** (0:57)
I have been famous longer than I've been unfamous.

**Mona Scott-Young** (1:00)
Come on.

**Joe Budden** (1:01)
I guess I am that old.

**Parks Vallery** (1:02)
Yeah.

**Joe Budden** (1:03)
Which I also realized as we were counting the gray hairs on my balls this morning. We?

**Parks Vallery** (1:07)
We?

**Joe Budden** (1:08)
Me and my girl.

**Parks Vallery** (1:10)
That's what y'all do in the morning?

**Joe Budden** (1:11)
Yeah. Yeah.

**Mona Scott-Young** (1:15)
How many is it?

**Parks Vallery** (1:16)
If you waxed it, you wouldn't have to deal with this.

**Mona Scott-Young** (1:17)
It was a bunch.

**Joe Budden** (1:19)
It was quite a bit.

**Mona Scott-Young** (1:21)
Yeah, if you took care of that like your sexy coat.

**Joe Budden** (1:25)
It wasn't looking raked either. Like the raked lawn. It was looking like weeds.
I see why the newer couch went and did their thing. I see why y'all did your numbers.

**Marc Lamont Hill** (1:41)
And it's 100 degrees outside.

**Joe Budden** (1:43)
I wouldn't know what it is outside. I ain't been outside.

**Ish** (1:48)
I ain't mad at you.

**Marc Lamont Hill** (1:49)
You shouldn't be.

**Ish** (1:50)
I ain't mad.

**Joe Budden** (1:51)
Fuck that.

**Ish** (1:52)
It's real. All stinky and shit.

**Mona Scott-Young** (1:54)
It ain't safe.

**Ish** (1:55)
Disgusting.

**Joe Budden** (1:56)
And foggy and smoggy.

**Mona Scott-Young** (1:58)
Yes.

**Joe Budden** (1:58)
Yeah.

**Marc Lamont Hill** (1:59)
Smokey.

**Joe Budden** (2:00)
Yeah.

**Mona Scott-Young** (2:01)
That's crazy.

**Marc Lamont Hill** (2:02)
I've been outside a lot, but I hate it.

**Parks Vallery** (2:04)
Why are you outside? Why are you outside?

**Marc Lamont Hill** (2:07)
Because I don't want to be inside with my kid.

**Mona Scott-Young** (2:09)
Honestly.

**Parks Vallery** (2:10)
So you leave him and go outside?

**Marc Lamont Hill** (2:11)
I mean, you don't risk it all.

**Joe Budden** (2:13)
I don't blame him.

**Corey** (2:14)
I'm going to just risk death.

**Marc Lamont Hill** (2:15)
I was like, well, I got two options.

**Ish** (2:17)
I don't risk lung disease. This guy is crazy.

**Joe Budden** (2:20)
Shit, bring him with you.

**Ish** (2:22)
Oh, God.

**Marc Lamont Hill** (2:24)
You think I did?

**Joe Budden** (2:25)
That'll really solve it.

**Marc Lamont Hill** (2:27)
I took him right to that park. You think I'm joking?

**Mona Scott-Young** (2:29)
Can y'all please shut up?

**Joe Budden** (2:33)
Yo, me and Marc, we were a tumor so dark here.

**Corey** (2:37)
Oh, my God.

**Ish** (2:39)
You crazy, dog.

**Joe Budden** (2:40)
How y'all doing? Feeling great. Good, man. Good. Good to see y'all.
Good to see y'all.

**Parks Vallery** (2:47)
Everybody good? Small get everybody down. What's up?

**Marc Lamont Hill** (2:50)
I'm good, man.

**Ice** (2:52)
Yo, get your lapses.

**Joe Budden** (2:54)
You stupid, y'all.

**Marc Lamont Hill** (2:55)
I had a whole weekend plan. I had to cancel it. So I was like, nah, man.

**Parks Vallery** (2:57)
Just do a cardio outside?

**Marc Lamont Hill** (2:59)
Yeah. Then I put in like five karate classes.
I couldn't be stuck in that house for days. The school canceled all the activities. It's fucked up. Damn.

**Parks Vallery** (3:08)
Sorry you're going through that, Marc.

**Marc Lamont Hill** (3:10)
It's painful. Was this some shit we was growing up and we were just too poor to know?
Like air quality problems?

**Mona Scott-Young** (3:17)
Probably.

**Marc Lamont Hill** (3:17)
That's a good question.

**Parks Vallery** (3:18)
Probably.

**Mona Scott-Young** (3:18)
Most likely, yeah.

**Marc Lamont Hill** (3:20)

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