Episode 953 | "Premium Content" artwork

Episode 953 | "Premium Content"

The Joe Budden Podcast

August 8, 2026

Parks returns to his seat in the latest episode of the JBP as he explains his absence earlier this week (9:22) before turning to fans calling out the crew for not attending a J. Cole show in New York (34:00).
Speakers: Joe Budden, Parks Vallely, Imani, Officially Ice, Ish, Mark Lamar Hill

Topics: Music

**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.

**Parks Vallely** (0:27)
Enjoy the show. I can see like a defensive back, like a corner back, a safety.

**Imani** (0:32)
I can see a line.

**SPEAKER_5** (0:33)
Never that. I need that money.

**SPEAKER_6** (0:35)
You can see the rock.

**SPEAKER_7** (0:36)
Yeah, I need the rock.

**SPEAKER_5** (0:38)
No, I need the rock.

**Joe Budden** (0:39)
I need the ball. I need the score. Let me get that.

**Officially Ice** (0:44)
I can see you're running back.

**SPEAKER_9** (0:46)
This lying.

**Officially Ice** (0:48)
Y'all still don't believe my triple double, so I can't talk to you.

**SPEAKER_9** (0:51)
We also know you're the clumsiest nigger in the world. We're not giving you the rock.

**Officially Ice** (0:54)
Yo.

**Joe Budden** (0:55)
Freeze.

**SPEAKER_5** (0:55)
If me and you go to any park in America, I'm going to get the rock.

**SPEAKER_9** (1:01)
Yo, will you keep the rock is the question. No.

**Joe Budden** (1:04)
Depends who's at the park that day.

**SPEAKER_9** (1:06)
Me, No, you won't keep the rock.

**Joe Budden** (1:07)
Oh, freeze.

**Parks Vallely** (1:08)
Oh, shit. I am not even reading the phrase.

**SPEAKER_6** (1:11)
Mark, stop playing with me.

**Ish** (1:12)
Mark, Mark, Mark.

**SPEAKER_6** (1:14)
Yo, he confused me too.

**Mark Lamar Hill** (1:17)
We cool, Mark.

**Ish** (1:19)
What are you talking about?

**Mark Lamar Hill** (1:20)
You do sports.

**SPEAKER_11** (1:21)
I do sports.

**SPEAKER_7** (1:22)
Who is he talking to, bro?

**SPEAKER_11** (1:23)
I'm not doing anything, bro.

**Ish** (1:24)
Stop.

**Mark Lamar Hill** (1:25)
You always talk about the tech stuff, and you didn't come to the best.

**SPEAKER_6** (1:27)
You were at the best when you were at the time.

**Mark Lamar Hill** (1:28)
2K, Oh, gotcha, gotcha.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:33)
I know Ice is like, oh, seven, and I never do no sports. What sports?

**SPEAKER_9** (1:40)
What sports you was doing in 07? Since you know me.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:43)
We did kickball.

**SPEAKER_9** (1:45)
Oh, shit.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:46)
And I was the man in kickball. Undefeated in kickball.

**Parks Vallely** (1:52)
What I'm saying is this. Was Ice killing him? Wait, hold on.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:55)
Let me get my 1v1 with this. I'm sick of him now.
But what I'm saying is, there's people that come around during the year that say, nah, he used to do that. I've never heard that from nobody about you.

**SPEAKER_9** (2:10)
Well, you haven't been around people that's been around me though.

**SPEAKER_5** (2:12)
Who can verify it?

**SPEAKER_9** (2:13)
You haven't been around people that's been around me.

**SPEAKER_5** (2:14)
But who can?

**SPEAKER_9** (2:15)
I have people.

**SPEAKER_5** (2:16)
All right, but let's hear from you.

**SPEAKER_12** (2:18)
What sport have you played?

**SPEAKER_9** (2:20)
I played basketball, Joe.
I played baseball, Joe. I was a shortstop.

**Parks Vallely** (2:25)
You are a shortstop.

**Mark Lamar Hill** (2:27)
I'll take it.

**Parks Vallely** (2:29)
What's up, shortstop?

**Mark Lamar Hill** (2:30)
That's so easy.

**SPEAKER_5** (2:32)
Yo, we having this sports duel and you was a fucking shortstop?

**Parks Vallely** (2:36)
That's a hard position to play. That's a hard position.

**SPEAKER_5** (2:38)
Awesome, but I mean, I just wasn't going to the Diamond when I was young.

**Officially Ice** (2:42)
I thought he was a catcher.

**Parks Vallely** (2:42)
You couldn't.

**SPEAKER_5** (2:43)
I wasn't going to the Diamond when I was young.

**Parks Vallely** (2:45)
You couldn't catch him.

**Officially Ice** (2:46)
Oh, my God.

**Parks Vallely** (2:46)
You couldn't catch him.

**Joe Budden** (2:47)
In that respect.

**SPEAKER_12** (2:50)
Oh, shit. I didn't mean it that way, but now that we're here.

**Parks Vallely** (2:53)
We're here, man. We're here.

**Imani** (2:55)
What position you play in basketball?

**Parks Vallely** (2:59)
Point guard.

**SPEAKER_9** (2:59)
Basketball. I'm talking about, I didn't play on no team, bro. I played in the park. Yo, you know we filmed us playing basketball.

**Ish** (3:06)
But not Freeze.

**SPEAKER_9** (3:07)
I wasn't there. And yeah, they did film y'all playing basketball. You're absolutely right.

**Parks Vallely** (3:11)
Oh, shit.

**SPEAKER_9** (3:12)
That don't help you. Yes, it does. I don't know what he talking about. Yeah, it does.

**Parks Vallely** (3:15)
Yeah, if you don't show up, you can't talk shit.

**SPEAKER_9** (3:17)
I'm not talking shit about that. No, but Joe looked like the...

**SPEAKER_12** (3:21)

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