{"id":5154,"date":"2025-07-19T06:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T06:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/5154\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T06:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T06:20:08","slug":"joe-budden-says-new-artists-fall-off-faster-than-ever-xxl-freshman-release-new-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/5154\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Budden Says New Artists Fall Off Faster Than Ever, XXL Freshman Release New Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          2025 XXL Freshman<br \/>\n                          New Music Friday Explosion<br \/>\n                          Budden Says Artist Stock Is Tanking!!! \ud83d\udcc9<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published July 18, 2025 10:31 AM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                Updated July 18, 2025 3:10 PM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250718_685f839daf354c34b8a90e06e705cb81\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:24b4005a-074c-468f-aff3-fac8b785e361\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/685f839daf354c34b8a90e06e705cb81_md.jpg\" alt=\"xxl freshman class joe budden getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several 2025 XXL Freshman selects dropped new music on Friday amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/joe-budden\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Budden<\/a>&#8216;s looming warning this week &#8212; new artists&#8217; shelf lives are in the pits!!!<\/p>\n<p>Budden made a grand observation that rappers aren&#8217;t lasting like they used to &#8230; despite them being able to make more money within the small window of buzz than in years past.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250718_d3d229c82994435e9afb52ccba2ac8e2\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:24b4005a-074c-468f-aff3-fac8b785e361\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/d3d229c82994435e9afb52ccba2ac8e2_md.jpg\" alt=\"joe budden x 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The unapologetic hip hop podcaster has been playing prophet for some time now, predicting the downfall of the culture due to trash tracks &#8230; opening the door for the new kids on the block to prove him wrong.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>EBK Jaaybo told TMZ Hip Hop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/06\/27\/ebk-jaaybo-xxl-freshman-upset-miss-shoot-jail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">missing the XXL Freshman<\/a> amid his incarceration for gun possession was a hard pill to swallow &#8212; but he released his new single &#8220;Someone You Love&#8221; from behind bars today.<\/p>\n<p>The Stockton rapper is still slated to be a supporting act on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nba-youngboy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA YoungBoy<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;MASA&#8221; tour in September and expects to be sprung from the bing in time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/liangelo-ball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LiAngelo Ball<\/a> AKA Gelo also dropped his studio album debut after his hit song &#8220;Tweaker&#8221; got him a Def Jam deal &#8230; and addressed <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/07\/18\/liangelo-ball-diss-ex-deadbeat-dad\/\">his &#8220;Love &amp; Hip Hop&#8221; star ex<\/a>, writing her off as a bitter baby mama, and pinpointed his next Billboard hopeful.<\/p>\n<p>Florida rapper Loe Shimmy rounded out the class with the release of his anticipated new album &#8220;Rockstar Junkie&#8221; with a lob from his fellow Freshman, Arkansas rapper YTB Fatt.<\/p>\n<p>Budden doesn&#8217;t predict many will hang around long &#8230; do you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2025 XXL Freshman New Music Friday Explosion Budden Says Artist Stock Is Tanking!!! 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