From Joey’s digital only album Halfway House, out sometime in October.

Game hanging out with his new BFF, Joe Budden. I’m still trying to think of at least one thing these two have in common. Oh, I know. They’re both attention whores.

Game and Joe Budden squash their beef and perform Budden’s “Pump It Up” together. This lovefest went down last night at Game’s New York concert.

Next up, LL Cool J and Kool Moe Dee squash their beef.

It’s a clever idea to restrain Joey with a straitjacket; the man is a beast on the mic, after all. Does this up the ante on Padded Room for you now more than ever?

I wonder how many songs from The Growth will make it onto the new set. Ahh, speaking of The Growth, anyone remember when magazines were reviewing that album and had people salivating? That bad boy was so TBA’d that Amazon famously listed its release date as December 2020. Oh, what amazing foresight they must have over there. The age-old label politics excuse, which is industry synonym for “your album is lame and it’s not worth wasting our budget on” eventually got in the way.

OK, I’ll stop before Joenibbal Lecter comes knocking on my door.

Street Date: October 28, 2008

Rare freestyles and tracks from Joey’s days as a fledgling rapper.

• DJ Nice + Joe Budden – Lost Sessions – Tracklist | Download

[Props to DJ Nice for the hookup]

Joe Budden and Gloria Velez once boasted about each other’s bed prowess in public.
Now, Velez is saying he’s a little boy and a woman beater. Then she goes on to say
that “he’s not really hanging anyway.” Is it just me or do women always use that
line after a bitter breakup?

[Major props to Joebravo for the email]

Kinda disappointing, considering how dope the song is. There are some many things Joey could’ve done with this video if he was serious about dissing his favorite rapper. One great move would’ve been a cameo by a real life camel. Or a senior citizen rocking a pair of Phonaks. I’m just saying…

[Props to WMS the Sultan]

These days, you’ll hardly hear Joe Budden spit one verse without dissing the Jiggaman. Well, except if Beanie Sigel and Freeway are part of Joey’s live audience.