Episode 956 | "WAR OF THE JOURNALISTS" artwork

Episode 956 | "WAR OF THE JOURNALISTS"

The Joe Budden Podcast

August 19, 2026

The JBP kicks off its latest episode with a conversation on colognes and wearing it to the gym (29:30) before Marc Lamont Hill responds to DJ Akademiks after he called out journalists by name for not covering Drake vs. Roc Nation properly (42:23). Stephen A.
Speakers: Joe Budden, Ish, Marc Lamont Hill, Parks Vallely, Freeze, Flip

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.
Enjoy the show. Yo, he's about to hit go.

**Ish** (0:29)
I hit go.

**Joe Budden** (0:30)
He hit go. Yeah, but that just applied to the people who would apply it to. I'm always on go.

**Ish** (0:36)
Don't bullshit. I'm always on go.

**Joe Budden** (0:39)
Ain't nothing I need a camera off to say, ain't nothing I need a camera on to say. I just say it and whatever's happening is going to happen. like you can't even do a smirk while I'm doing my monologue. like you can't even, a kiki chuckle to the side.
A kiki chuckle all up. Thanos is talking. What's up? You and Marc can't squash nothing.

**Marc Lamont Hill** (1:02)
I'm going to try.

**Ish** (1:03)
Now, let's get to that.

**Marc Lamont Hill** (1:04)
Beef salad squash.

**Ish** (1:04)
Yeah, let's get to that.

**Marc Lamont Hill** (1:05)
People are going to kick off you.

**Joe Budden** (1:06)
Talking in subs. You ain't keep nobody off me.
You ain't keep neither soul off me.

**Ish** (1:13)
They probably told you all something. You probably believe that.

**Joe Budden** (1:16)
You ain't keep a soul off me.
I roam all over comfortably. Except certain Essex County cities.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:23)
Extremely comfortable.

**Joe Budden** (1:26)
Extremely comfortable. I know.

**Parks Vallely** (1:28)
Yeah.

**Joe Budden** (1:28)
You know what?

**Parks Vallely** (1:29)
Security.

**Joe Budden** (1:29)
That's you scared of them Irvington niggas.

**Parks Vallely** (1:31)
Freeze, why you keep laughing?

**Joe Budden** (1:33)
I'm getting offended by you laughing.

**Marc Lamont Hill** (1:35)
Freeze, it's Irvington's weekend.

**Parks Vallely** (1:36)
What you doing about it?

**Ish** (1:37)
Don't project on me. In the hood. In the hood.

**Joe Budden** (1:39)
How you niggas move around and I move around. It ain't the same. Now listen, I started this part prepared to send shots at other niggas, but if we want to make this internal, I'm down.

**Ish** (1:49)
Dude, World War I spread it internally?

**Parks Vallely** (1:50)
Well, they get me hype out there.

**Joe Budden** (1:52)
They are getting me hype out there.

**SPEAKER_7** (1:53)
Yeah, it's actually out there.

**Joe Budden** (1:55)
They getting me hype. I've been home all day trying to figure out somebody to fire at.
Everybody's on go. Wayno's on go. Wayno, we absolutely love you.

**Ish** (2:04)
I'm sorry about your loss. Rest in peace to your mother. Rest in peace.

**Joe Budden** (2:07)
It's so unfortunate when you're going through real life shit and then bullshit come right across the plate, right to your table. I like how you address the A by addressing shit. I want to address some shit.
I want to address it.

**Ish** (2:20)
I ain't got nothing.

**Joe Budden** (2:21)
I don't have nothing.

**Freeze** (2:22)
It's a regular pod day.

**Parks Vallely** (2:23)
I don't.

**Joe Budden** (2:24)
Yeah, but my problem, I'm too long tenured. That's what I realized watching all these, and we're going to start the show. I'm too long tenured.
So like when Rob Markman jumped into the fray, I look at Rob, I'll be like, oh shit, look at Rob, man.

**Parks Vallely** (2:37)
Yeah, that's Rob from G's.

**Joe Budden** (2:39)
He used to run around. Wayne Ogan, and I'm like, oh shit, man, this is my man from D-D-D-D. Act like I have a history with everybody that's-

**Parks Vallely** (2:48)
Mark.

**Joe Budden** (2:49)
Yeah, every- Mark.

**Parks Vallely** (2:52)
Yeah, you in it too, Yeah, I was my little baby. Everybody's in it.

**Joe Budden** (2:56)
Stephen A. I ain't really vibing with him, but still I see him. I mean, like, oh man, come on, look, he in the fray, got the journalists.

**SPEAKER_8** (3:03)
Yeah.

**Joe Budden** (3:04)
Pissed off. Pablo came up here.

**SPEAKER_8** (3:06)
Come on, man.

**Joe Budden** (3:08)
It's all out. War Of The Journalists. It is.

**Flip** (3:13)
War. I love it.

**Joe Budden** (3:14)
Let's go. What's up?

**Parks Vallely** (3:16)
I wish I could jump in.

**Flip** (3:19)
I want to jump in. This is Joe Bagg. Yo, if everybody on go, I want to get on go too.

**Joe Budden** (3:24)
I don't have nobody to get on.

**SPEAKER_5** (3:26)
Fucking go it.

**Marc Lamont Hill** (3:28)
Say less. I got you.

**Joe Budden** (3:29)
Before this episode is over, maybe I'll figure it out. Maybe. I'm in a good space. That's the problem too. In a good space, you get battled with fucking miscellaneous ops and life.

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