After Jim Jones claimed that Pusha T should not be on Billboard’s top 50 rappers of all time list, Joe Budden has responded.
He does not agree with Jim Jones.
Capo says Big Sean, Cam’ron and NBA YoungBoy should be on the list before Push.
“I do feel like Pusha belongs in the Top 50. Of course I respect what Jim has to say about the issue, but I think he’s putting a Harlem criteria on all of Hip Hop with this, Who wanted to dress like him? Do the n-ggas wanna be like him? Do the girls wanna f-ck him? That sounds very Harlem of him,” Budden said on his podcast. “And the answer to that is no, because Pusha T is not selling 100,000 copies week one today. But that don’t take away from his artistry, what he’s done, who he’s done it with, where he’s done it, his songs, his singles — he’s got it.”
Pusha T became known internationally as half of the hip-hop duo Clipse, alongside his brother, fellow rapper No Malice. He then signed to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label in 2010.
“I think Jim Jones is incorrect saying that Big Sean should be ranked higher than Pusha T on their list. I am emphatically saying you could not be more wrong,” said Joe. “Sean just got here in 2012…somewhere around there. And he did everything he needed to do, sold a bunch of records, but now, it’s a little on the quieter side. I’m saying this respectfully. We in 2023…that’s 10 years.”
