Like he rapped earlier on the song, “Shit is a circus, you clowns that are comin’ up/ Don’t give an ounce of a motherfuck/ About the ones that were here before you to make raps.” In the verse above, Em makes it clear the new generation of rappers won’t disregard his work or legacy like they do with other rappers that came before them. Accompanied by Joyner Lucas, Em discusses how hip-hop has strayed far away from its roots with the “hatata batata” of mumble rap becoming the ongoing trend. “Levels to this shit, I got an elevator/ You could never say to me I’m not a fuckin’ record breaker /I sound like a broken record every time I break a record/ Nobody could ever take away the legacy, I made a navigator/ Motherfucker know I gotta right to be this way/I got spite inside my DNA/ But I work ’til the wheels fall off, I’m workin’ tirelessly, ayy” – “Lucky You” featuring Joyner LucasĪgain, Slim Shady declares his rap dominance over the mumble rap generation with a mind-boggling flow that goes from the triplet flow mentioned earlier to Em’s trademark automatic rapid-fire flow. When Eminem says he calls his bars “M-16’s” he is also calling it his own bars playing on the homophones “Em” and “M.” The lyrical assault continues as he uses boxing great Muhammad Ali’s famous quote, a boxing ring, and a wedding ring to explain how he’s untouchable.
Slim Shady compares his lyrics to the bullets of an M-16 assault rifle, nodding to the fact that a hip-hop verse normally contains 16 bars.
#Eminem without me lyrics video full#
a hefty loss that’s still felt to this day.Įminem’s stellar wordplay is on full display here. Slim Shady has no issue taking a trip back to the days where he, along with 50 Cent and the rest of Shady/Aftermath, served Ja Rule and Murder, Inc. He’s too big of a person to respond to the shots, but if he were to forget how dangerous it was to revert back to his Slim Shady days, rappers would not be prepared on how Em really handles his business. In the verse above, Em makes it clear he hears all the rumblings coming from the rappers aiming to surpass the Rap God. On the second track off Kamikaze, Eminem uses a speedy Mike WiLL Made-It produced beat to explain to listeners why he’s been going strong for over 20 years. “No more shiners, already too much time tokin’ rappers/ I hear you talkin’ shit, I’m just too big to respond to it/ God forbid I forget, go and jump out the window/ Somebody better child-proof it/’ Cause if I lose it we can rewind to some old Ja Rule shit/ And I can remind motherfuckers how I do shit” – “Greatest” Eminem is at his best when he’s locked in and the lines that depict his work ethic of not sleeping (or blinking while sneezing) shows how far apart these new rappers are from reaching Eminem. He questions why people doubt him before going into a fiery explanation on why you can never count out Slim Shady. On this verse Em is asserting his rap dominance by letting his detractors know, despite the lukewarm reception to his most recent works, he’s still the ruthless lyrical wordsmith we’ve come to love. “I don’t see why y’all even started with me/I get impeached, my enemies die/I don’t ceasefire ‘til at least all are deceased/I’m eastside, never be caught slippin’/Now you see why I don’t sleep/Not even a wink, I don’t blink/I don’t doze off, I don’t even nod to the beats/I don’t even close my fuckin’ eyes when I sneeze” – “The Ringer” Em name drops Lil Yachty while possibly throwing a shot at him explaining Lil Boat’s music is not for him and he rather listen to another lyrical rapper like himself. Mimicking Lil Pump’s “Gucci Gang” flow over a haunting Ronny J and IllaDaProducer beat, Eminem states his dislike for the overused delivery while refusing to play any mumble rap in his car. A minute into the song, Em tells his listeners exactly how he feels about the mumble rappers dominating the scene today. On the opening track off Kamikaze, Eminem wastes no time throwing shots at the new generation of hip-hop. “Do you have any idea how much I hate this choppy flow/Everyone copies though? Probably no/Get this fuckin’ audio out my Audi, yo, adios/I can see why people like Lil Yachty, but not me though/Not even dissin’, it just ain’t for me/All I am simply is just an MC” – “The Ringer” Eminem's Projected 'Kamikaze' Debut Shows What a Surprise Release Can Still Do For a Veteran Artist
0 kommentar(er)
