Budden VS. Meth and… The Roots?

The above performance has been a topic of chatter amongst hip-hop nerds, especially those of us on Twitter. Basically, last week, Meth and Budden got into some name-calling WWF drama because overconfident Budden spoke from his heart and Meth felt that he was disrespected. Neither have spit bars to see who’s the better rapper. So who gets the shaft? The Roots. Because Budden mentioned Black Thought’s name in the conversation, Def Jam (aka Meth) told Fallon and Questlove that they did not want the Roots backing them when the performed “A-Yo”. Their PC/”official” reason for the last minute change was lame. In reality, Meth and Red were actually the ones that were hurt from this because now they missed the opportunity to make it a memorable performance for themselves and hip-hop. Peep the videos for the backstory, props to Peter.