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Episode 972 | "Catching Up With the Bros"

The Joe Budden Podcast

October 14, 2026

The JBP kicks off this episode discussing Ish's absence from Friday's podcast and his appearance at Homecoming in Baltimore over the weekend (18:50).

Speakers Joe Budden, Mark Lamont Hill, Ish

TopicsMusic

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. Turn this on because this dude is about to drive my OCD through a roof somewhere.

SPEAKER_2 (0:35)

Do you think he's going to stack garbage over there?

Mark Lamont Hill (0:37)

All I do is set this cup right here, and he's watching the way my wife and my dad used to watch me when I'm drinking on the couch. I'm about to make a mistake and they can't wait to tell me.

Joe Budden (0:45)

No, he look at y'all and say, all right, where do y'all want to start? Well, I'm starting in my head with the top to your tee, off of the tea, but the time got a hole in it.

It's meant to sip through.

Mark Lamont Hill (1:02)

This is coffee, not tea. That's why you don't sip an Americano through a hole.

SPEAKER_2 (1:06)

I mean, you can.

Ish (1:07)

Yes, you can.

Mark Lamont Hill (1:09)

I need a full swallow.

SPEAKER_2 (1:13)

Okay.

Ish (1:13)

All right. Your world.

SPEAKER_5 (1:15)

We'll just leave that alone.

Mark Lamont Hill (1:17)

If you throw up a pause that's so big, like you people won't even...

SPEAKER_2 (1:19)

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Joe Budden (1:21)

The junky shit you do over there in the corner and try to hide behind the couch, please try to refrain from such behavior.

Ish (1:28)

I can't make any promises.

Joe Budden (1:29)

While you're seated next to me, man.

Mark Lamont Hill (1:31)

I only brought one cup over. You know, you usually have three cups over there by now.

Joe Budden (1:33)

I'm trying to refine, Mark.

SPEAKER_2 (1:35)

Yeah. No.

Joe Budden (1:36)

Trying to teach him the difference between the salad fork and the dinner fork.

Mark Lamont Hill (1:42)

I'm just using my hands, boss.

Joe Budden (1:43)

Oh, my Lord. How y'all doing, man?

Ish (1:45)

Good, man. Good, good. I feel great, actually. Good, good.

Joe Budden (1:48)

Good to see you, brothers.

Mark Lamont Hill (1:49)

Good to see y'all.

Joe Budden (1:50)

You're looking good, smelling good. Everybody well rested?

Ish (1:52)

Yes, sir.

Mark Lamont Hill (1:53)

No, but, well, usual. I got an hour yesterday, so.

Ish (1:58)

Of sleep?

Mark Lamont Hill (1:59)

Yeah, I was stressed.

Joe Budden (2:00)

I kind of knew you didn't sleep. Once I saw the hecklers letting Seinfeld have it.

SPEAKER_2 (2:04)

Oh, shit. I said, oh, come on. Seinfeld has turned out to be a real piece of shit.

Mark Lamont Hill (2:09)

No, no, that show has turned out to be a whole piece. Remember, Michael Richards got hit like 10 years ago. I'm like, I'm waiting for Costanza next.

SPEAKER_2 (2:16)

As long as Larry David stays cool and clean, please.

Mark Lamont Hill (2:20)

That's all I need. Just one.

SPEAKER_2 (2:21)

Please.

Joe Budden (2:23)

Yo, bro, don't start your shit up. Listen, Seinfeld may in fact be a piece of shit.

SPEAKER_2 (2:30)

Yeah, but the show is still the show.

Joe Budden (2:33)

But if I'm at a comedy show and somebody just get up next to me and start saying the Mark stuff.

SPEAKER_2 (2:44)

The Mark stuff.

Joe Budden (2:46)

Did you all hear it?

SPEAKER_2 (2:47)

I did.

Ish (2:47)

No, I didn't hear it.

Mark Lamont Hill (2:48)

I don't even want to, not that I don't love talking Palestine, but I think what's more interesting to me is whether you go to somebody's show to heckle. I'm not paying Seinfeld money to go heckle.

SPEAKER_2 (3:00)

The tickets were probably not cheap.

Mark Lamont Hill (3:01)

That's what I'm saying. Before I knew he was a piece of human garbage, I purchased Seinfeld tickets.

SPEAKER_2 (3:06)

Okay.

Mark Lamont Hill (3:07)

Oh, my God. It was $200. For upstairs, it was $100 per funny joke. The ratio was terrible. I don't know, man. I couldn't do that. I salute to them for doing that. I respect and admire that, but I'd be outside waiting.

Do you all care about anything enough to heckle in the show?

SPEAKER_2 (3:30)

No, not really. If they say something in the show, I'm not going to pay someone that I don't like to go to the show.

Ish (3:37)

I'm not a fan. I'm going to show up at your show just to talk shit. No, I'm not doing it.

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