Joe Budden Puts Kendrick Lamar In His Top 5 Of All Time, But There's A Catch

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 25: Joe Budden speaks onstage at the REVOLT X AT&T 3-Day Summit In Los Angeles - Day 1 at Magic Box on October 25, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for REVOLT)
Joe Budden already has Kendrick Lamar as an all-time great.

Joe Budden says he'd put Kendrick Lamar in his list of the five best rappers of all time, but admits there's several other names that could slot into the final spot. Speaking about the topic on his podcast, he explained that the top four spots are all locked in with 2Pac, JAY-Z, The Notorious B.I.G., and Nas, but the fifth place is where things get malleable.

"If he ain't 5, he's 5B, 5C, 5D," Budden began. "For me, it's 'Pac, Hov-- in no order. I'm just naming them. 'Pac, Hov, Biggie, Nas, and after that everything can get tricky. I'm gonna choose to put a Kendrick there. If I didn't put Kendrick there, I'm putting 3k there. If I don't put 3k there, I'm putting Wayne there. There's 10 names that, they beat the rest of y'all and Kendrick is there. There's 10 names that, I don't give a f*ck what rapper y'all name, these 10 win. The MCs know it, the entertainers know it. Them 10 did what the f*ck they had to do."

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Budden has been speaking on Lamar quite a bit in recent months as the Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers rapper has been feuding with Drake. He already declared Lamar the winner in that beef following the iconic weekend he dropped "Meet The Grahams" and "Not Like Us."

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Check out Budden's comments on his top five rappers of all time in the clip above. Be on the lookout for further updates on Joe Budden as well as Kendrick Lamar on HotNewHipHop.

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Cole Blake is currently an Editor at HotNewHipHop based out of Brooklyn, New York. He began working at the site as an intern back in 2018 while studying journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s graduated with a bachelor's degree and written extensively about a wide range of topics including pop culture, film & television, politics, video games, sports, and much more. He’s also covered music festivals such as Gov. Ball and Rolling Loud. You can find him publishing work for HNHH from Monday to Wednesday or on weekends. On the sports front, Cole’s a passionate NBA and NFL fan with his favorite teams being the Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Lakers. He also roots for the Yankees whenever he finds himself at Yankee Stadium or the Red Storm when in the company of other SJU alumni. His favorite hip-hop artists are billy woods, Earl Sweatshirt, Cam’ron, MIKE, and Mach-Hommy.
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