Budden isn't exactly a simp compared to Drake...
And you're trying to make it seem that Drake in 09 gained something by giving props to Budden who was signed to Amalgam fukkin Digital, still had problems with Hov, didn't have the Eminem connection yet, and who's album sold (can't believe this has to be said again) sold 13k records in the first week? The same Drake who's So Far Gone mixtape had already dropped back then? The same mixtape which had FOUR features by Lil Wayne who had JUST sold millions of records? But Drake just had to tell Budden he's one of the greats to get ahead in life.
I'm not saying that Drake is saying it to get ahead, I'm saying that what you say might not be what you mean.
Listen to the damn thing, Drake is just being kind to a dude that was somewhat a legendary figure around that time. He's never even mentioned Joe when Joe isn't filming him and riding his dikk. Drake calls anyone he's cool with a great rapper. And Joe was really a great rapper, in 2007-2010 if you were a hiphop fan back then you would know that real hiphop heads were fukking with Joe.
I was a big Drake fan, I know that he's a big dikkrider, for women, rappers, sports and on. He's changed a bit now, either you dudes are super naive cats getting tricked everyday, imbeciles or just trolling if you can't read that situation.
This is my last word on this subject, I can't stay discussing this with a bunch of dudes that dikk ride not only a dude they don't fukk with this hard. But another dude that is dissing the dude they don't fukk with just for that fact.
And furthermore, the discussion is completely irrelevant until Drake decides how he's gonna proceed.