The host believes that it is a systemic issue in hip hop media to judge the quality of a podcast primarily based on viral clips and YouTube views.

“one thing about what I hate about hip-hop and hip-hop media is the fact that again, everybody is just so invested in judging content based on the views and, you know, viral clips.”

Joe Budden believes that as a media personality, his role is to remain consistent in his authentic self despite criticisms and industry pressures.

“people take you as controversial you've had certain beefs because of the things you said but I never have an issue with you cuz you're consistently you”

The host believes that the emphasis on roll outs and manufacturing popularity in hip hop media indicates that the genre has become a significantly smaller force than it was twenty years ago.

“It really just emphasizes the fact that hip-hop is a tiny force as opposed to where it was at 20 years ago”

Hip hop media personalities often act as though they are not content creators despite the fact that content creation is their actual job.

“There's a lot of people in this space afraid to say that they're podcasters or content creators. And I'm like, I think we need to not be afraid to say that. Like it's okay if you're a podcast >> creator. If you're a content creator, mayo, it's okay. It's like this is cool actually.”