Beaten and battered from their recent basketball outing, the JBP kicks off the latest episode discussing how their bodies are feeling days later (3:07) before sending their condolences to Angie Stone’s loved ones following her tragic passing (33:30). The crew then turns to the Oscars 2025 (45:25) which includes Adrian Brody & Halle Berry’s kiss (52:20) as well as some criticism surrounding Zoe Saldana (1:00:23). Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and Lamont Roach Jr.’s fight over the weekend (1:27:30), Sixers Paul George says he’s taking a break from podcasting to focus on the rest of the season (1:44:32), and **SPOILER ALERT** reactions to the ‘Paradise’ season finale on Hulu (1:53:30). Also, Notorious B.I.G.'s catalog is reportedly on sale which leads to a conversation on IP, being blackballed, and life’s roadblocks (2:08:51), the latest on Anthony Edwards status as a parent brings the room into a discussion on patriarchal designs & culture (2:50:43), 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 | dvsn - “One in a Million” Ice | Jim Jones - “Back in My Bag” Parks | 6ix, KYLE, & Blu (feat. Buddy & Like) - “Firmament” Ish | Bryson Tiller - “Play It Off” Melyssa | Col3trane & Chase Shakur - “Crocodile Tears” Marc | Vertical Hold - “Seems You're Much Too Busy”
Chapter 1: Why are the hosts discussing their basketball injuries?
Hi, my injured brethren. How y'all feeling? Kevin Gates.
Good day, my brothers. What you asking me?
Two phones. One for the plug and one for... Yeah, come on, Kevin Gates. Here you go.
I'm not supposed to be here today, bro. Why not? Why, where you supposed to be? On vacation. What happened?
Oh, what happened?
What happened? Oh, I have an event coming up this weekend. Sure they had to change the plans? No, no, I just have an event coming up this weekend. So, you know, I had to stay back and focus on that. Priorities.
Promote it.
Are you being a positivity highlighter? Yes. I got the room this weekend. I may not be here Friday, but you know I'm here today. I just want to show moral support.
Damn, man. Fuck. Had big plans for you on Friday. You hear that, fans? Flip won't be here at the next part, and I'm sad about that. No, you're not. No, that's disappointing.
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Chapter 2: What happened to Angie Stone?
Our bodies were ready for bed at 6 o'clock. We need to get that early.
I was falling asleep on the way to the gym. I was like, damn, this is normally my nap time. So I think my body was a little confused.
Why are we doing things?
And then the closer we got to the gym, the closer you get to the bathroom when you got to use it, you start pissing on yourself a little bit. Like piss on your thigh a little bit. A little yellow stain on your drawers. Just a little sprinkle. Like it's that. The closer we got to the gym, my body was telling myself, your dog, what are you doing? What are you doing right now? And then we got there.
I said, you know what? Let me stretch. And during the stretch, I said, you stretched? Yeah. Yeah. I was there early. And during the stretch, I'm like, I'm tired now. I was tired from a little shoot around. And then I grabbed the ball and did a little shoot around. And I said, yeah.
I'm tired. I think I jam my thumb and shoot around. That's really what the most pain is for me.
Oh, my God. I have so much respect for anybody that's ever played basketball at any level, yo. Rudy Fernandez, Hernandez, Jose Alvarez. Anybody I ever thought was J. Cole. Obama.
Yeah.
Anybody that's ever played ball, yo.
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Chapter 3: What were the controversies surrounding the Oscars 2025?
Low top. And jeans.
I was just jeans. Jeans shorts.
Jeans shorts is crazy. The answer is more. I think so. More. The answer is more.
It's more. But you won't. You'll feel better. This is the first time I've played competitive basketball twice in the last 20 years. Saturday being the second.
That's not enough. It ain't 20 for me, but it's a good eight. That was the first time I probably hooped in like eight years.
I thought I had an advantage because it was my second time playing.
In five.
In five, right. I played a few weeks ago, you know. Yeah, no. I got to a point, I thought I was going to have the jump too because I shot on Friday.
We all thought you were going to have the jump, but it didn't really turn out that way.
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Chapter 4: How does Gervonta Davis' fight affect his reputation?
Epsom don't play with them. Mm-hmm.
That's what happened with me. My girl tricked me into go doing some shit I never heard of. She see me in the bed dying and crying like a bitch. She says, yo, I'm going to book you some cryotherapy. She got athlete kids.
Cryotherapy.
She got athlete kids, so she thinks she got to step up in some information. Thank you, baby, for helping me out.
It's spot around here, right?
Book it. I don't know what the fuck that is.
That's the ice bath shit? I don't know what that is.
I don't know what it is, though. I'm just telling a story. I don't know what that is. But your girl said it could help you. She loved you. She got your best interest. Go ahead and book the shit.
Book it.
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Chapter 5: Why is Paul George taking a break from podcasting?
But there was a four-minute option. My stepkids do four minutes. Wow. Twice a week.
The homies do four minutes.
So I go in there. Well, I say Chris Brown. That's my new thing now. The MRI people, what do you want to hear? Chris Brown. What do you want to hear? You got a song you want to hear? Throw on some Chris Brown. So I get in there. That shit fog right up. Now you can't see shit. I'm in there freezing talking about something. Fuggy Robitussin'. I don't know how this shit got me biggy right now. Baby.
That was the slowest 245 in the world.
The clock right in front of you. Clock right in front of you. That's what makes it worse. Close your eyes.
That's what makes it worse.
I did. We take time for granted. Yeah, we do. Three minutes is some shit now if you're doing some shit. Yeah. But I did it. I got out of there. I want to thank you guys for coming out. I'm glad everybody came outside. It was fun.
It was fun. Even with the injury, it was fun. Yeah, that shit was fire. Like, I'm mad I got fucked up because I'm like, yo, we can do this every two weeks, every three weeks. Shout out to the Hebrew Globetrotters, my man that was in the building.
You know what I'm saying? Shout out to Buck, D.D., Dirk. Thanks for taking it easy on us, Buck.
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Chapter 6: What are the reactions to the 'Paradise' season finale?
My guy, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Thank you, Buck.
It was definitely taking it easy on us. Buck has been Jersey City All-American athlete for 25 years now. Forever. 25 years now.
And you know what I realized? That Mark is... Like, even though I feel like he panders, he's a man's man, right? Because when his wife came in the building, that nigga turned to Super Saiyan. He made sure. I said, oh, look at Bob. I watch him carefully. Super what? Super Saiyan. What does that mean? A power-up. Super Saiyan is Dragon Ball Z. Uh-oh. Like Goku power-up. And you just powered up.
And I'm watching you.
Nah, he was there from the first play.
Nah, nah. I see it. I'm telling you. All right, let me get my shit off. Let me get my shit off, man. I know you want to save him, white man. Listen. Listen. Sorry, I'm sorry. I just saw Mark, when I watched, because Mark was, you know, shooting, but he just, to me, he went harder, nigga. He said, I'm not going to look like a chump in front of my lady. And she was supporting him.
And that's how I play anyway.
I was talking shit to Corey from the first.
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Chapter 7: Why is Notorious B.I.G.'s catalog reportedly on sale?
Axe throwing, yeah.
I've never done that before. I can shoot pool. I don't know if there's no axe.
I've never done that.
I've done the axe. I can't shoot pool. And I'm trash in pool. I'm trash.
We really sound old. We have officially, like, that's a whole 10-year anniversary. We sound old as hell. Even though all the games y'all playing... Last time, many, many 15 years ago, how long that was, when I decided to leave my poker nose room and go to the lodge, the central meeting area, the game center. I killed all them little white boys that was in there, nigga. You crazy? Darts. Oh, darts.
Darts, air hockey. What else they had in there? Ping pong. All these little 12-year-old rich white boys.
You nice in ping pong? No, but I was better than them. Yo, bring the kickball back.
Yo, after Saturday, I'm not saying I'm nice and nothing no more. Nothing. I don't think I'm nice and nothing no more.
You got to reevaluate. You can't have your 1996, 2006 mind, because your body still thinks it's that. Like, my body still thinks it's 96. For, like, bursts of speed, and then it's over. Then you be like, nigga, you can't play no more. I could have killed Mark, ass.
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Chapter 8: What are the recent discussions on Anthony Edwards' parenting?
I'm going to learn how to swim. Fuck this. Yo, if you want to take a group class, because I've tried to learn how to swim like four times. You can't swim, bro? You can't be that surprised. A little surprised. That's racist. I don't know. How many of y'all can swim? Show of hands. Who can swim? I'm just going to draw a melanin. So immigrants can swim. Oh, shit.
I meet a lot of Jamaicans, a lot of West Indies.
All the islands. All the islands I know people who swim. Black Americans. I was going in, nigga.
Well, you're not ADOS.
I'm not ADOS, but I was going in.
We don't swim.
Yeah, no, they threw me back in. Like six months, I joined a baby school for swimming.
Yep.
Your mom did that? Yeah. Well, yeah.
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