The Joe Budden Podcast Episode 911 | "A Tribe Called Colonizers"
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Mar 14, 2026 They break down Bam Adebayo’s 83-point night and debate how single-game feats shape legacy. The crew reacts to TV and music pivots, including Jack Harlow’s new sound and Nas repackages. Heated culture talk covers dating etiquette, phone-free concerts, celebrity family drama over a biopic, diss tracks and AI vocals, and debates about Oscars, boycotts, and a troubling missing person case.
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Praise The Player, Criticize The System
- The hosts separate admiration for Bam's performance from disgust at the circumstances that enabled it.
- They repeatedly emphasize Bam's character, family presence, and that their criticism targets the NBA system, not the player.
Genre Pivot Sparks Conversation About Cultural Authenticity
- The group frames Harlow's sound as 'white artist adopting Black genres' and debates cultural authenticity.
- They point to production, marketing shifts away from Generation Now, and a New York Times quote about sounding 'blacker' as flashpoints.
AI 50 Cent Diss Demonstrates Voice Forgery Risk
- Joe plays an AI-generated 50 Cent diss and the panel reacts that the AI performance sounded convincing.
- They note the ethical and practical risk of AI replicating artists' voices, and 50's actual response was memes rather than music.