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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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Just in time for the latest episode of the JBP, Kendrick Lamar drops his response to Drake with ‘euphoria’ (23:35) as the Bionic Six goes through the record and shares their thoughts (58:54). The room then re-listens to the record and debates whether Drake is on the clock and how long before he will respond (1:10:10), a short conversation on new docs and tv shows (1:20:50) before the lyric breakdowns of ‘euphoria’ continue on (1:27:29), and Amanda Seales continues to kick Shannon Sharpe’s back in saying she felt interrogated (2:04:45). Also, A.I. reportedly has a scary accurate death calculator (2:31:25), Dave & Buster's has a new betting option (2:39:04), additional news & thoughts on Kendrick’s record (2:48:10), and much more! 
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Sleeper Picks: 
Joe | Ye Ali - “Good Girls”
Ice | YG - “KNOCKA”
Parks | Nascent - “Long Live Doc”
Ish | The Amours - “Changes”
Melyssa | UNA MIA - “Too Much”

The latest episode of the JBP begins with the news of a cease and desist from Tupac’s estate over the use of his vocals on Drake’s ‘Taylor Made’ Freestyle (39:07) before turning to Meg thee Stallion being accused of harassment in lawsuit by her ex-cameraman (49:04). In new music, PARTYNEXTDOOR drops ‘P4’ (1:08:15), Eminem is slated to drop later this summer (1:16:40), and Sinead Harnett, A Boogie, and Ye Ali also released new projects (1:18:40). The Bionic Six reacts to the Amanda Seales Club Shay Shay interview (1:26:21), Reggie Bush gets his Heisman back (2:13:08), another round of applause segment from Joe and the room (2:26:30), and much more! 
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Sleeper Picks: 
Joe | A Boogie wit da Hoodie - “Tiffanys”
Ice | Ryan Blades - “Culture Vulture”
Parks | Freeway & Jake One - “Freezer”
Ish | MaKenzie - “Cashmere”
Melyssa | Black Pumas - “More Than a Love Song”
QueenzFlip (Joe) | Skylar Blatt (feat. Chris Brown) - “Wake Up”