While Eminem and Tay Keith are an unusual pairing, the track is one of the highlights, and both Eminem and RoyceвЂ™s verses were some of the best on the whole project. On вЂњNot Alike,вЂќ he reunites with Bad Meets Evil collaborator Royce Da 5вЂ™9вЂќ and the two flow over a Tay Keith-produced track. At the end of the track, he claims that D12 is officially over. He opens by reminiscing about his and the groupвЂ™s popularity in the early 2000s that later came crashing down after the death of friend and D12 member, Proof, as well as the failure of D12 solo albums. After a skit during which Eminem answers PaulвЂ™s message, Eminem delivers вЂњStepping Stone,вЂќ a track seemingly dedicated to the rap group Eminem started his career with, D12. This is then followed up by вЂњNormal,вЂќ one of three songs on this album about EminemвЂ™s love life. We then get a skit featuring Paul Rosenberg, EminemвЂ™s manager, much like the older Eminem projects with Paul leaving Eminem a voicemail to question his actions. The back-and-forth and contradictions of both rappersвЂ™ levels of success leads to вЂњLucky YouвЂќ being one of the better tracks. Nobody could ever take away the legacy.вЂќ He also takes some subliminal shots at rappers who use ghostwriters. Eminem then comes back into the track mentioning his many accolades, saying, вЂњI sound like a broken record every time I break a record.

вЂњLucky YouвЂќ features the first guest appearance on the album, with Joyner Lucas opening the track. Despite this, Eminem shows off his ability to flow, use metaphors and imagery making вЂњGreatestвЂќ one of the better songs on the project. Despite the big name producer on the track, the beat isnвЂ™t very elaborate. In the next track, вЂњGreatest,вЂќ he talks about his status and influence over a Mike WiLL Made-It beat. It is a decent opener and gives us the context to what most of the album will sound like and be about. Cole, all of whom have mentioned Eminem as one of their musical influences. In the intro, Eminem also gives props to Big Sean, Kendrick Lamar and J. He also mentions Lil Yachty, saying he sees why people listen to the вЂњOne NightвЂќ rapper, вЂњвЂ¦but not me though.вЂќ He opens the album with вЂњThe Ringer,вЂќ a song in which he goes at critics for their reviews of вЂњRevivalвЂќ and disses rappers like Lil Xan and Lil Pump. Instead, heвЂ™s focused on getting back to the old Slim Shady and going at almost everyone who has criticized him over the past few years. However, Eminem isnвЂ™t rapping about politics as much on his 10th studio album release. This comes eight months after the rapper released his last album, вЂњRevival,вЂќ which was met with polarizing responses as critics and fans alike felt divided over the albumвЂ™s political message. Credit: Courtesy of TNSД®minem released a surprise album, вЂњKamikaze,вЂќ on all streaming services on Friday. On these 50 essential songs, Eminem fearlessly displays that devotion to task and proves why heвЂ™s been one of pop musicвЂ™s most fascinating, complex characters.Eminem attends the premiere of вЂњSouthpawвЂќ at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square in New York on July 20, 2015.

But for a poor, white, emotionally unstable MC to excel in hip-hop and not be viewed as a villainous buffoon, he must possess prodigious artistic gifts and a real commitment to personal transparency. HeвЂ™s also, on occasion, regurgitating grotesque sexist, homophobic stereotypes. When Eminem raps about violent, tragicomic death, he is furthering a grand murder-ballad tradition in folk and blues music. But spend serious time with EminemвЂ™s entire catalogue and you quickly realize that those two sides of his music are inextricable, one always informing the other.

They eschew the more viciously somber, rock-leaning character studies helmed by Em and his longtime Detroit collaborators Jeff and Mark Bass. Some fans celebrate only the funny вЂњSlim Shady,вЂќ when the musical comedy is quality controlled by executive producer Dr. ItвЂ™s just now heвЂ™s finding it harder to joke about the darkness that has always fueled his best work.

Just listen to the vulnerability and self-doubt on his recent single вЂњ Walk on Water.вЂќ At age 45, the Detroit rapper continues to make art about how people are driven crazy by weakness and lack. Though heвЂ™s been a multiplatinum, Grammy-winning star for almost 20 years, Eminem is not an unequivocally triumphant figure, either within pop music or within his own mind.

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