Joe Budden has admitted that he’s been feeling the urge to get back in the booth.
During a recent episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, the “Pump It Up” rapper said the he’s been inspired lately by her peers and is thinking about making music again.
“I want to rap,” Budden shared after hearing a recent verse and social media message from Ransom, a former collaborator. “I do, I ain’t gon’ lie.”
He went on to say that all he needs is some new tracks before running off the names of several acclaimed producers.
“The only thing stopping me is that I don’t have the beat packs and I don’t request them. But if I ever ask Alchemist or Chad West or one of these ni**as I love… Jake One,” Budden said.
“I just start hitting up ni**as that I love, that I know got something, it’s gonna make me do something,” he continued. “I’ll call Ransom, Royce, 38 Spesh, all them ni**gas. “We back!”
If he were to do a new album, Budden said he would create a “passion project.”
“I feel like now, I’m almost to the point where I can do a passion project,” he said. “I’ve never in my life been in a place where I could do a passion project. What does that even look like or sound like?”
In 2016, Budden released his last album, Rage & The Machine, before becoming a successful podcaster.