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Joe Budden says he is in no hurry to listen to Eminem’s new album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) because he has outgrown the sense of urgency to immediately run out and check out the latest Em LP.

The Joe Budden Podcast Reviews Eminem’s New Album

On Tuesday (July 22), The Joe Budden Podcast shared a YouTube segment of them reviewing Eminem’s new album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce). While some of Joe’s cohosts had positive reviews, Joe admitted he had not even given the record a spin at the time of recording.

“I will eventually listen to this, but I haven’t yet,” Joe said at the 6:57 mark of the pod below. “In my younger years, I couldn’t imagine a day where I didn’t run to an Eminem project—excluding him dissing me…what was that? Kamikaze?” he explained. “An Eminem project, you rush to it. I know where he stands as an MC. I know what he does. I didn’t feel that urgency with this. It has nothing to do with him or with music.”

Joe said him not listening to the album has nothing to do with Em shading him two albums ago.

“I don’t care about none of the Slim Shady sh*t. I don’t care about f**king Jennifer Aniston or whoever he’s dissing, f**king Nick Storm, Nick Fury, or whoever he’s dissing,” Budden continued. “For me, Slim Shady helped me to live and stay alive and deal with depression. Back then, that’s what he did for me… I’ma check out the Em album, but I felt good that I have outgrown the urgency of having to rush to it.”

Eminem and Joe Budden’s History

Eminem and Joe Budden have a deeper past than just being rap peers. Joe was signed to Em’s Shady Records as a member of the supergroup Slaughterhouse along with Joell Ortiz, Royce 5’9″ and King Crooked in the early 2010s.

In 2017, Joe dismissed Em’s Rivial album on his podcast. The following year, Joe said he was a better rapper than Em, after being dissed by Shady on the remix of his song “Chloraseptic.” Em would diss Joe again on the 2018 Kamikaze track “Fall” rapping, “Somebody tell Budden before I snap, he better fasten it/Or have his body baggage zipped/The closest thing he’s had to hits is smacking b**ches.”

Em also dissed Joe two years later on the Music to Be Murdered By song “Lock It Up.”

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Eminem “Rap God” music video

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“Rap God” Sets Record for Most Words in Hit Single

Back in 2013, the Guinness Book of World Records decreed that Eminem’s “Rap God” had the most words ever crammed into a hit single. The spit-fire track, which appeared on Em’s album The Marshall Mathers LP 2, paced 1,560 words into a mere six minutes and four seconds, averaging around 4.28 words a second. In one notable 15-second segment, Em fired off 97 words, an insane 6.46 words a second.

Inductee Eminem performs onstage during the 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on November 05, 2022 in Los Angeles, California

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Artist With Highest-Selling Albums in First Half of 21st Century

In the first 10 years of the 21st century, Eminem emerged on top as the highest-selling albums act of the 21st century’s first half. Em sold an insane 32.2 million combined units, surpassing The Beatles at 30.1 million. Behind Eminem were other equally as notable musicians, including Linkin Park, pop star Britney Spears and legendary country acts like Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw and the late Toby Keith. To make matters more impressive, The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show were the two highest-selling rap albums of the 2000s, raking in 10.2 million and 9.7 million units sold, respectively.

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Fastest-Selling Rapper of All Time With The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem also emerged as the fastest-selling rapper of all time in the 2000s thanks to the blockbuster success of The Marshall Mathers LP. Slim Shady’s second album sold a record 1.7 million copies in its first week, to this day making him the fastest-selling rapper. It also makes him one of the only recording artists to surpass a million copies sold in a single week.

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Most Successive U.S. Albums to Debut at No. 1 by a Solo Artist

In a crazy show of strength as a recording artist, Marshall Mathers also has the most successive albums to debut at No. 1 back to back. Following the release of his Music To Be Murdered By album in 2020, Em successfully had 10 successive solo releases bowing at No. 1. Previously, Kamikaze, Revival, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Recovery, Relapse, Curtain Call: The Hits, Encore, The Eminem Show and The Marshall Mathers LP all debuted at No. 1 as well. Of Eminem’s studio albums, only three have not debuted at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. These include his 2002 greatest-hits project Curtain Call 2, which reached No. 6, his 1999 major-label debut The Slim Shady LP, which hit at No. 2, and Infinite, his 1996 debut independent album, which did not chart.

Eminem Billboard Hot 100 Chart

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Most Entries Jumped on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart for a Rapper

When Eminem teamed up with Akon for the latter’s smash hit “Smack That,” the single went three-times platinum and was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 2007 Grammy Awards. It also broke the record for most entries ever jumped on the Billboard Hot 100 for a rapper. “Smack That” debuted at No. 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 on Oct. 14, 2006. One week later, it lept 88 places to No. 7 on the chart.

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Most Certified Artist for Singles in RIAA Gold & Platinum History

On March 8, 2022, Slim Shady emerged as the most certified artist for singles in RIAA history. Eminem’s combined six RIAA diamond certifications—which include The Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show and Curtain Call as well as the songs “Lose Yourself,” “Love the Way You Lie” and “Not Afraid”—cemented him as one of the most accomplished musicians in history. His RIAA award career total is now 227.5 million, comprised of 166 million single certifications and 61.5 million album certifications.

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Largest Vocabulary for a Recording Artist

Based on a 2015 study by Musixmatch, The Guinness Book of World Records deemed Eminem as having the largest vocabulary of any recording artist. Throughout his career, Eminem has utilized 8,818 unique words. Jay-Z trailed behind with 6,899, followed by 2Pac with 6,569 words. Ye sat comfortably in fifth place with 5,069.

Inductee Eminem attends the 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on November 05, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

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Fastest Rapper of All Time

While this may come as a surprise to no one, Eminem was also deemed the fastest rapper of all time after the release of “Godzilla” in 2020 and “Rap God” back in 2013. Slim Shady can spew out 7.5 words a second, with The Guinness Book of World Records noting his 2020 single “Godzilla” squeezes 225 words into a 30-second segment.