Episode 869 | "Tricky Words"

The Joe Budden Podcast

Joe Budden

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4.6 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 203 minutes

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Summary

The JBP opens the latest episode with their reactions to the passing of R&B icon D'Angelo after a private battle with cancer (32:02). Akon's wife files for divorce and is allegedly suing the artist for $100 million (52:41), A'ja Wilson & Las Vegas win WNBA title (1:18:10), and Serena Williams husband confronts Stephen A. Smith (1:30:20). Also, the room dives into a topic on making money and how much would be 'enough' (1:48:00), Joe discusses Marc Lamont Hill & QueenzFlip's viral Patreon clip (2:13:00), Drug dealer music vs. drug user music (2:23:44), Nicole Kidman's ranking as an actress in comparison to other greats (2:33:32), and much more!

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Sleeper Picks:

Joe | D'Angelo - "Feel Like Makin' Love"

Ice | D'Angelo - "Brown Sugar"

Parks | GZA (feat. D'Angelo & Inspectah Deck) - "Cold World [Power Mix]"

Ish | D'Angelo - "Devil's Pie"

Marc | D'Angelo and The Vanguard - "Really Love"

Transcript

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0:00.0	The thoughts, views, and opinions expressed by this podcast,
0:03.2	as well as its hosts, are for entertainment purposes only.
0:07.3	I repeat, it is not serious.
0:09.8	It is not real.
0:11.2	No one is exposing, revealing, indicting, or telling you anything about themselves.
0:18.6	Also, we do not encourage you to try this at home.
0:22.6	We are trained professionals who do not have your best interests at heart or our own. Enjoy the show.
0:27.7	No, I got to go for a. No, no, no, no, no, no. Turn it on.
0:31.4	Fuck, no. Hold on. I'm going to get the lyrics right now. You're like, here, read.
0:39.2	Welcome, welcome, welcome.
0:41.0	Hold up.
0:41.5	We started.
0:42.0	We wasn't starting.
0:45.3	Yo, that is, yo, shut up.
0:47.0	It's a fact.
0:47.8	It's not a fact.
0:48.5	I don't know if that's a fact.
0:49.3	It's not a fact.
0:50.2	No.
0:50.9	Okay.
0:51.4	We were having a spirited conversation about Mary J. Blige's, what's the name of the record? Family Affair. Because Parks isn't a super big fan. I am not a fan of that record. Park says it's all the time. Love Mary. Hate that record. He hates that record. Two worst songs all time. Not Mary's songs. No, no, no. I didn't say one of the worst. This is one of my least favorite. Oh. There's a difference. All time. All time. Yeah. I like that song, but I do know the community that hates the song. Yeah. So it's like a return of the Mac thing. Then I was like, Mary probably hates that song. She probably does. Most people hate their, like, biggest hit record kind of thing. So then these guys started talking about the lyrics.
1:30.9	It's dancery.
	...

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