April 19, 2023
Episode 1: The Ballad of Joe Budden
PLAYLIST
- “What Up Gangsta” – 50 Cent (2003)
- “Pump it Up” – Joe Budden (2003)
- “Focus” – Joe Budden (2003)
- “The One – Remix” – Jennifer Lopez feat. Joe Budden (2003)
- “Hot & Wet” – 112 feat. Ludacris (2003)
- “Beanie (Mack Bitch)” – Beanie Sigel (2003)
SHOW NOTES
When he’s signed to Def Jam, Joe Budden is positioned to be the next big rapper to win, following in the footsteps of Jay-Z, DMX and Ja Rule. Except right as he’s finding success, the big label machine falls apart. At the same time, Eskay, a lowly IT specialist from Yonkers, New York, starts a small website that will eventually change the world – when he buys a domain name for $10.
SOURCES
- Deconstructing Biggie: UPS is Hiring
- How Music Streaming Service SoundCloud Ended up on the Brink of Extinction
- A (Not At All Definitive) History of Hip Hop Mixtapes – Red Bull Music Academy Daily
- 50 Cent Worth A Million To Dr. Dre And Eminem
- Joe Budden’s Billboard chart history
- 10 Years Ago Today, YouTube Launched as a Dating Website
- The Secret History Of ‘Def Jam Vendetta,’ The First Hip-Hop Video Game