Episode 954 | "Judge Of The Peace" artwork

Episode 954 | "Judge Of The Peace"

The Joe Budden Podcast

August 12, 2026

The latest episode from the JBP kicks off with QueenzFlip sharing his thoughts about InvestFest 2026 (26:30) before Ice recaps the Chris Brown & Usher show at Met Life Stadium (35:14).
Speakers: Ish, Joe Budden, Mark Lamont Hill, Imani, Parks Vallely, Ice, QueenzFlip, Akon

Topics: Music

**Ish** (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.

**Joe Budden** (0:27)
Enjoy the show.

**Mark Lamont Hill** (0:28)
We do need to clarify some shit.

**Joe Budden** (0:30)
Start the show. Come on.

**Imani** (0:33)
Let's start it.

**Mark Lamont Hill** (0:34)
Let's do it.

**Ish** (0:35)
Neph was looking all awkward.

**Joe Budden** (0:36)
We thought we got the automatic start again.
We had heat going. We thought Neph was just hitting the button. We looked at Neph.

**Ish** (0:45)
Neph was like, you want me to start?

**SPEAKER_6** (0:47)
You don't hear all this fucking heat. We've been dropping for 20 minutes.

**Joe Budden** (0:50)
Press the button.

**SPEAKER_6** (0:52)
God damn it.

**Imani** (0:54)
No, it's not bad.

**Joe Budden** (0:56)
BTS went out today.

**Imani** (0:57)
Oh, they have?

**Joe Budden** (0:58)
Of you telling them to Google it.
Hey, Google how it works. I'm busy.

**Mark Lamont Hill** (1:04)
Was it good content?

**Parks Vallely** (1:05)
Clippable?

**Joe Budden** (1:05)
Oh, yes.

**Parks Vallely** (1:09)
Very clippable.

**Mark Lamont Hill** (1:10)
But he has a very clearly defined role. When Neph comes in, he knows what to do because you have a clearly defined role.

**Parks Vallely** (1:16)
You're right about that.

**Mark Lamont Hill** (1:17)
Ice has a clearly defined role.

**Joe Budden** (1:19)
It seems to be some confusion on Ice's role, to be honest.

**Ice** (1:22)
What is my role?

**Mark Lamont Hill** (1:24)
Booker.
I mean, host, obviously. We're all hosts, but I'm saying in addition to that job, you're also the guest booker. So when people see these guests coming through, they should know you should get all the credit for it.

**Ice** (1:34)
I should not get all the credit for it. I see what you're doing too.

**Mark Lamont Hill** (1:38)
Every time you see a guest, you can think of Ice.

**Ice** (1:40)
Sensei Ja.

**Imani** (1:43)
That was the exception, that's why I made the first one. No, no, no, I'm just saying.

**Ish** (1:46)
That's why I had to claim that.

**Joe Budden** (1:47)
Your words were every time you see a guest come through.

**Parks Vallely** (1:50)
That's why I'm recording before the podcast.

**Mark Lamont Hill** (1:54)
Every time there's a guest that we don't claim for ourselves is yours. What's homegirl came?
The guy, I don't want to make the sound, but the one to do the thing with the thing.

**Imani** (2:01)
How the who?

**Mark Lamont Hill** (2:02)
The one that Emanuel was trying to pimp.

**Joe Budden** (2:05)
Oh, Mona Sprint.

**Mark Lamont Hill** (2:06)
Right, exactly, so we know that's Mona's guest. Ja was my guest.

**Imani** (2:09)
The rest? No, it's not the rest.

**Ice** (2:11)
It's not the rest. It's not the rest. TI wasn't my guest. The Dream wasn't my guest.

**Imani** (2:15)
TI and Rick Ross, I brought. Rick Ross was not my guest.

**Joe Budden** (2:18)
They both asked me, they all asked me if you were going to be here.

**Imani** (2:21)
Yeah, that's true. You are changing the conversation. Those were not my guests.

**Mark Lamont Hill** (2:25)
Actually, they said the part was, can you check where Ice is, see if we can come through?

**Ice** (2:27)
That's cool, but those were not my guests, though.

**Parks Vallely** (2:29)
I declare we're not moving.

**Ice** (2:31)
Those were not my guests.

**Joe Budden** (2:33)
So that means that you have guests.

**Ice** (2:35)
I do have, we all have guests.

**Mark Lamont Hill** (2:36)
You got a lot of guests.

**Ice** (2:38)
We all have guests.

**Ish** (2:39)
Ice never brought a guest up here.

**Mark Lamont Hill** (2:41)
That's not true, it can't be true, it's been five years.

**Imani** (2:43)
I don't know if you ever did it.

**Ish** (2:44)
Mark said, did you?

**Imani** (2:45)
No, I got to think.

**Mark Lamont Hill** (2:48)
I wasn't being shady.

**Ish** (2:49)
Ice never brought a guest up here.

**Imani** (2:52)
No, maybe he did.

**Joe Budden** (2:53)
So we all have not.

**Mark Lamont Hill** (2:55)
Does Imani bring guests?

**Ish** (2:56)
Yes, not anymore.

**Imani** (2:58)
Oh yeah.

**Joe Budden** (3:00)
Imani, he lost his guest privileges. Once I seen were trying to guess when they waited to put, nah.

**Imani** (3:07)
Of course, of course. Nah.

**Ice** (3:09)
That's crazy.

**Ish** (3:10)
I'm fucking, yeah, nah, nope, not damn.

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