Singles: Saigon feat. Prodigy - Underachiever (Joe Budden Diss) & Joe Budden - Pain In His Life (Saigon Diss)

For the most part I've kept my nose out of the recent goings on with Budden and his sorted beefs. We've all seen the pure tom foolery all over the web with him and Ransom going back and forth....Budden accordingly fell back from the situation when Ran and some of his goons stepped over to the crib of a friend and proceeded to slap him [the friend] while he stood in his front doorway. Over what exactly still kind of escapes me. Crazy as that whole deal is, it wasn't the only beef on Joe's proverbial plate it seems. A lil' bit after the whole Ransom thing sort of subsided (we hope) and Joe pulled the plug on responding to him, a much more intriguing and skilled challenge presented itself. That challenge is Saigon. Much revered for their technical skills, Saigon and Budden are two peas in a pod to me. Both Lyrical, both have tons of loyal fans and both are considered very much so those "next" dudes to own the game. The perfect recipe for a classic battle.

I guess the issues the two of them have with one another stem from a misunderstanding about a line in one of Budden's songs from way back. Saigon felt disrespected and from then on whenever interviewed about Joe he made threats and promises, but eventually cooled off on the subject. I would assume he did so because the line Joey spit about him was very indirect. That old animosity bubbled back to the surface recently as Sai Giddy made some choice comments about Jumpoff's problems with Ran in one of a few new video's he has circulating on the net. a few more vid's dropped and then Saigiddy officially released "Under Achiever"; a punchline and joke laced diss for Joey, that even took some low blows at the embattled rapper's young son and current girlfriend. Over a slick, eerie beat Sai relentlessly attacks Joey's persona and success levels as well, employing some morose sound bites that add to the overall message; Giddy thinks that Joe is a bum loser and he doesn't respect him in the least bit. All of that must of finally been the breaking point for the king of Jersey City, who promptly returned with "Pain In His Life", less than 24 hours later. A scathing new freestyle diss aimed squarely at Saigon's image and career mis-management, the battle lines have clearly been drawn. Spitting witty, blistering line after witty, blistering line over Jay-Z's "You, Me, Him And Her" beat, Joey does what he does best. From his much delayed solo debut, Just Blaze's noted absence from that project in recent months, his appearances on that HBO deuschbag fest "Entourage" and his recent "tool-like" behavior posing in front of camera's with his shirt off, Budden soundly returns the venom Sai spew first.......Let the games begin....

-BIG D O






"Under Achiever"
http://www.zshare.net/audio/54291807c55e4e85/


"Pain In His Life"
http://www.zshare.net/audio/54351814e0d6cc10/