You woulda thought it was my album and I was on that s**t, Think back, the way that I was on that s**t, “When Bad met Evil, ni**a who was happier than me? So when we talk, I’m forced to wonder: “I wonder if this guy knows that are paths are very similar.” “ I don’t know that to be a fact, but it may be. But outside of our interactions musically, that may be the extent of his knowledge of me. Those conversations are good and him and I have had some more personal conversation that will remain confidential. Talking to him about hip-hop, you just learn so much about the culture. He’s one of the more meticulous men that I ever met. “The interactions between me and Eminem have been great, just far and few. Em is like a hip-hop encyclopedia and he’s extremely passionate. I wonder if you catch me stare at you in awe much,Īnd we be busy working so I never share my thoughts much.” ‘Cept for in the stu’ when we be passing through the halls and such, “Listen, I’m writing to you now cause we don’t get to talk much, Just thinking back to being in Jersey City with a child coming, unemployed not knowing where my check was coming from, not knowing how I was going to be able to provide for this kid and this kid’s mom and myself even. Now go to today and working with somebody who was very instrumental in getting me through that time.” It’s crazy how small the world is and how stars align and 360 degrees of separation. This is how I feel, I just can’t rap this good. I couldn’t even understand who was this man putting these words together this way, going through this, feeling like this. ” “Rock Bottom” helped me immensely. I can’t explain what that record did to me. Ironic s**t, I was listening to “Rock Bottom.”” “Look, it was around ’99, baby coming while I was at rock bottom, The lyrics shows how much admiration Joe Budden has to his mentor, Eminem. Joe Budden hits Genius to discuss the lyrics about his open letter to Eminem, “SlaughterMouse,” off of his new album, All Love Lost.
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