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Episode 961 | "Bashful" artwork

Episode 961 | "Bashful"

The Joe Budden Podcast

September 5, 2026

The latest episode from the JBP begins with Mona sharing her thoughts on Joe's birthday party from last weekend (1:41) before turning to the NBA's decision on Steve Ballmer's LA Clippers & Kawhi Leonard (42:45).

Speakers Joe Budden, Ish, Parks, Mona, Ice, Mark Lamont Hill

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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.

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Enjoy the show.

Ish (0:28)

Phelps be acting like he is asleep in the morning.

Parks (0:31)

Phelps will get you a $50.

Mona (0:34)

First of all, let's stop playing the games. Phelps don't run to no store.

Joe Budden (0:38)

We know that. That's why it's a joke.

Mona (0:39)

Phelps let that shit go with y'all.

Ish (0:40)

That shit got ugly.

Mona (0:41)

I had to talk Phelps out.

Ish (0:43)

That's why it's a joke though.

Joe Budden (0:45)

But it's a joke.

Mona (0:46)

I know, but that shit could have gone crazy. Phelps is known to put shit together.

Joe Budden (0:50)

He could have shot you.

Mona (0:51)

No, no shooting. He would have just put it together through his hands.

Joe Budden (0:54)

My been shot before. A ain't scaring nothing.

Mona (0:56)

That was way back in the day.

Joe Budden (0:57)

And live to tell it. And live to tell it. Ask if the other breathes.

Joe Budden (1:00)

What?

Joe Budden (1:01)

What? Ask if he breathes. Where is he? All right, shut it up.

Joe Budden (1:04)

It's told me that shit is serious with some of the people he knows. So I'm shutting up.

Ice (1:06)

Phelps was having a time.

Ish (1:09)

Phelps was having a time. Phelps was having a time. Phelps came around and looked like something.

Mona (1:12)

Phelps had a ball.

Ish (1:14)

Phelps looked nice.

Joe Budden (1:14)

Wait, hold up now, y'all speeding without me giving the disclaimer if y'all gonna do it.

Joe Budden (1:18)

Yo, if y'all don't want to hear about the Joe Budden birthday extravaganza.

Ish (1:24)

Yet again?

SPEAKER_7 (1:25)

Yet again, because Mona wasn't here.

Ish (1:26)

We get to talk about it.

Joe Budden (1:27)

So you know Mona's here now. How you gonna get her back? This is not me.

SPEAKER_8 (1:31)

Don't yell at me.

Parks (1:34)

I think they also want to hear about it, so fuck it.

Joe Budden (1:36)

Exactly. They enjoyed the last part. They did.

Parks (1:40)

So let's get your thoughts, Mona.

Mark Lamont Hill (1:41)

I saw you coming with your crew.

Mona (1:43)

It was really, really nice, like nice, like a movie. Nice. You know what it reminds me of? One of my movies when you come through the kitchen and you be in the spot with it, especially when we went on in the basement, I felt cool. Goodfellas? Yes.

Joe Budden (1:57)

That's how issues are going to the spot with it. It had that little vibe.

Ice (2:01)

It had that vibe.

Mona (2:02)

Like, damn.

Joe Budden (2:03)

I hear what he said.

Parks (2:04)

That's how issues are going to the spot.

SPEAKER_11 (2:06)

He said walking through the kitchen and shit.

Ice (2:07)

Yeah.

Mona (2:08)

All the issues.

Joe Budden (2:08)

Me and Ish have peace.

Parks (2:11)

I was telling Mona.

Joe Budden (2:12)

Okay.

Joe Budden (2:14)

And you did it last part with Ish, too.

Joe Budden (2:15)

I don't know what's going on with you.

Ish (2:16)

He's a troublemaker. No, Ice did it last part with Ish, too. Ice did it last part with him.

Joe Budden (2:20)

That wasn't me.

Ice (2:21)

That was Ice.

Mark Lamont Hill (2:22)

Nobody no trouble.

Joe Budden (2:23)

I didn't want you to peep your Newark brother.

Ice (2:25)

I am not a troublemaker.

Mark Lamont Hill (2:26)

He throwing people. He wrote that Clippers shit on the board last time, too.

Joe Budden (2:29)

And I didn't know that. I thought it was you.

Ice (2:30)

Oh, no.

Parks (2:31)

I wrote that.

Ish (2:32)

Ice is on some shit now. Ice is on some shit, man. No, it's on the topic.

Parks (2:35)

I ain't going to let y'all duck that topic. Y'all are the prime suspects in that topic.

Ish (2:38)

I'm just saying.

Joe Budden (2:38)

But who's the y'all in that?

Parks (2:40)

You and Mark. The conversation is around y'all.

Joe Budden (2:43)

Got it.

Parks (2:43)

That's true.

Ish (2:44)

So we can't be the ones to duck that.

Mark Lamont Hill (2:46)

But you're causing a lot of dissent among the ranks, man. You're supposed to be riding tight with the Newark bull.

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