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.

I read every fan forum and every blog, and every message board, and every chat room. I read it all. There's nothing online that I'm not aware of.

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

Destiny made a mistake and gave my fate to someone else.

I loved love til' it resented me, and if it's still a stranger then I love who it pretends to be.

You don't need to be at a major, not at all. Technology being the way it is, and record sales being the way it is, there are not too many things that you need to depend on a label for that you can't go out and do yourself.

Sometimes you gotta stand by your failures to recognize your success