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After a short vacation, the JBP podcast starts with a recap of Joe, Emanny, & Melyssa’s trip to DC for the R&B Money Tour featuring Tank, Keri Hilson, & Carl Thomas (21:27), followed by a discussion about leaked reference tracks surrounding a few Drake records (41:54). The hosts then react to the Sexyy Red album ‘In Sexyy We Trust’ and Drake’s feature on ‘U My Everything’ (55:28). Additionally, artists are still reacting to Apple’s 100 greatest albums list (1:19:32), and Live Nation has been hit with a DOJ antitrust lawsuit (1:26:10). It's also mentioned that Travis Scott was involved in an altercation over the weekend at Cannes (1:42:25), and the hosts debate if Joe’s G card has expired (1:56:00). They also discuss Season 2 of ‘The Jinx’ (2:11:34), Vivica A. Fox is taking boyfriend applications (2:33:15), Part of the Show (2:57:11), and much more!
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Sleeper Picks:
 
Joe | Shenseea & Wizkid - “Work Me Out” 
 
Ice | YG - “Weird”
 
Parks | Juicy J (feat. Xavier Wulf) - “All It Takes”
 
Ish | LARA’ (feat. Ambré) - “Like Dat”
 
Melyssa | Full Crate & Shaé Universe - “Stay”
 

The JBP returns with their thoughts on the video CNN obtained of Diddy assaulting Cassie (30:43) as well as his subsequent apology. Melyssa then calls Psychology Professor & Family Therapist Mercedes Coffman (1:46:52) to discuss domestic violence and the aftermath as it pertains to both the abuser and victims. Also, the room reacts to Cam’ron’s appearance on CNN (2:10:30), Terrance Howard joins the Joe Rogan Podcast (2:22:45), Apple Music has continued on with their Top-100 Albums of All-Time list (2:46:33), and much more! 
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Sleeper Picks: 
Joe | Moneybagg Yo & Rob49 - “Bussin”
Ice | Vince Staples - “Shame On The Devil”
Parks | Slum Village (feat. Elijah Fox & Eric Roberson) - “Factor”
Ish | Niia (feat. Jazmine Sullivan) - “Sideline”
Melyssa | Th&o. - “Light”
Emanny | ZURI - “Inside”

The Bionic Six starts this episode with their thoughts on Cardi B’s comments about relaxing and not releasing an album in 2024 (28:44) and how Atlantic Records will respond. Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker gives a commencement speech at Benedictine College (1:16:30), and the room reacts to Kel Mitchell’s interview on Club Shay Shay (1:35:58). Also, the Ashley Madison Documentary is out on Netflix (1:59:03), Ice shares some information about Chat GPT (2:30:07), Part of the Show returns (2:34:30), and much more! 
 
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Sleeper Picks:
Joe | Nascent, BJ The Chicago Kid, Maxo Kream, & Paul Wall - “Spinnin These Blocks” 
Ice | A Boogie wit da Hoodie (feat. Fridayy) - “Need You Around”
Parks | Rockness Monsta & Ron Browz (feat. Frankie Storm) - “Flamboyant”
Ish | T-Pain - “On This Hill”
Melyssa | Hailey Knox - “Stranger”

In the latest episode, the JBP starts with discussing their 2024 Mother’s Day weekend (31:20) before *SPOILER ALERT* Joe gives his thoughts on the new ‘Planet of the Apes’ movie (31:42). Soulja Boy is upset over a 12-year old tweet from Metro Boomin (46:42), King Combs releases a diss track referencing the federal raids and 50 Cent (50:39), and Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ hits No. 1 on Billboard (1:04:57). Also, Anita Baker’s scheduled show in Atlanta on Mother’s Day was canceled (1:49:34), Joe and Parks share their thoughts on the Kevin Spacey Documentary ‘Spacey Unmasked’ (2:04:52), the room then talks about handling situations in which your kid is getting bullied (2:14:06), and much more! Become a Patron of The Joe Budden Podcast for additional bonus episodes and visual content for all things JBP! Join our Patreon here: www.patreon.com/joebudden 
 
Sleeper Picks:
Joe | Gunna (feat. Leon Bridges) - “clear my rain” 
 
Ice | Marcus Ariah - “Thankless Job” 
 
Parks | Pixies - “Where Is My Mind?”
 
Ish | Devon Culture - “Ebony”
 
Melyssa | Izabel - “trust”

The JBP kicks the latest episode off with a discussion on the aftermath of the Drake & Kendrick Lamar records (21:18) and what they expect from each side moving forward. More Rap beef is underway as The Game fires at Rick Ross on a record titled ‘Freeway’s Revenge’ (46:07), Joe then calls The Game while on air (1:10:22), and Shaq releases a diss record in a follow-up response to Shannon Sharpe (1:18:09). In new music, Gunna (1:37:32) and Ghostface Killah (1:44:20) drop albums and Meg Thee Stallion releases another single with a music video titled ‘BOA’ (1:56:22). Also, Shaunie Henderson discusses marriage with Shaq in new book (2:04:25), Ish responds to his reaction from last pod going viral (2:17:20), the room reacts to The Roast of Tom Brady (2:37:20), and much more!
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Sleeper Picks: 
Joe | Coco Jones - “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
Ice | The Game - “Street Hit”
Parks | Ghostface Killah (feat. Method Man) - “Pair Of Hammers”
Ish | The Amours - “On The Run”
Melyssa | Webmoms & James Berkeley - “Blame On Me”

Following one of the craziest weekends in Rap in recent memory, the JBP dissects each record that has been released since last Friday night starting with Drake’s ‘Family Matters’ (21:50) before Kendrick Lamar stepped on it less than an hour later with ‘Meet The Grahams’ (1:44:48). Kendrick then drops ‘Not Like Us’ produced by DJ Mustard a day later (2:59:08), Drake responds with ‘THE HEART PT. 6’ on Sunday night (3:41:14), the room debates whether he is waving the white flag, and more! 
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