I'm not in a competition with any other artist, anything that's goin' on - I'm strictly competing with myself.

Life is like a beach chair when you can afford one

I'm lookin' forward to doin' a lot of big things. I've been doin' a lot of big things: a lot of traveling, a lot of recording - I'm excited.

I chose the name "Padded Room," because, when I'm in the booth, it would be the padded room. When I'm in the booth, I can say a lot of things and speak about a lot of things that normally I wouldn't be able to speak about to a friend or to family or to a crowd. A lot of times, the things that I say, if you had to categorize it, they would probably call me nuts or crazy. So, you add that aspect of "The Padded Room," which would be almost like an insane asylum.

I'm not in a competition with any other artist, anything that's goin' on - I'm strictly competing with myself.

Joe Budden TV is life through the eyes of Joe Budden. You've gotta go check it out - it's pretty fun.

I was fortunate enough to have gone through the major label process and kind of have the inside scoop on some things, some information I wouldn't have normally had. To go from a major to an independent, I don't think it's an easy transition.