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Joe Budden's recent rant against Vibe Magazine's "Best Rapper Alive" list, in which he attacked hip-hop pioneer Melle Mel, has prompted the Furious Five rapper to respond in kind.

Along with discussing his accomplishments, Mel dismissed Joey's alleged reasons for questioning his rapping skills in today's times.

"I was the first rapper to win a Grammy," Mel said in a video clip. "I wasn't surprised to see myself so high on the list in Vibe because anybody that knows about hip-hop they've known for years before it became the record business and even while it became the record business, I was a staple...My only surprise is that I'm not No. 1. I don't really consider Joe Budden young and I don't think he know but I just think he think that Melle Mel would be a softer target. I don't think he wants to question the fact that Eminem is No. 1...I got a [body] chart, let's just say if it's from 1 to 30, let's say Melle Mel would be the throat part or the mouth part of hip-hop. Joe Budden is down here at No. 32, that's somewhere around the a** crack or ball sack of hip-hop...You take Melle Mel out the equation, nobody would be the same. All these cats that say they selling dope would really have to sell dope." (T7 Live)

Joey specifically addressed Mel's ranking on a rap list in his recent Joe Budden TV clip.

"Melle Me, pioneer, can he rap," Budden questioned. "In 2008, when y'all are doing this list, can Grand Master Melle Mel rap? Have you heard him recently?" (Joe Budden TV)

Method Man has responded to Budden's rant against him, as a result of his placement on the list.

"I heard about the joint on the Internet man and my folks advised me to take the high road 'cause like yo, I'm a smart n*gga," Method said in an interview. "So, I knew off top this dude tryin' to bait me. All these years I've been putting out joints man, all of a sudden he pick this time to come out with his little comment or whatever, nah mean? Tryin' to bait a brother 'cause he know my album 'bout to drop...Every week he picks somebody else to mess with and I ain't heard nobody ever respond to this dude unless they on that same level as him. So as far as battle rapping, Joe Budden gets it in. I'm not a battle rapper. But I'll tell you this, I'll meet any challenge from any challenger. On a lighter note, son can't mess with me. As far as him saying he got love for me, he's lying. You don't say you got love for somebody then try to shoot 'em down in the next line...Stop being a cry baby man, make some records...I say put us both on the same record and let the people decide...He been trying to do my style since he came in the door at Def Jam...I'm pretty sure he's in his lab right now writing 32 bars...There's never been a time somebody has ghost written a rhyme for me., if anything, I wrote rhymes for other people." (Ed Lover In The Morning Show)

Vibe's bracket features a wide variety of new and old-school emcees.

Challengers include Fabolous, Bun B, Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, Foxy Brown, Jay-Z, Cassidy, Diddy, Cam'ron, Lil Boosie, Chamillionaire, Scarface, Eminem, Ludacris, Big Boi, Flo Rida, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Killer Mike, Young Jeezy and more. (Vibe)

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KILLA KING™

exactly my words.....An ASScrack u are Joe Gayudden...

doctical88

dude method man would fuck joe budden up lyrically and physically. Joe's biggest hit was pump it up which was fuckin lame and meth has countless hits inlcuding Bring Tha pain. How the fuck is Budden going to challenge Method Man. Budden is stupid.