(Is Em getting at Drake with the line, “You got some views, but you’re still below me/Mine are higher, so when you compare our views, you get overlooked/And I don’t say the hook unless I wrote the hook…”)? Yet the rest are quite clear and savage.

Eminem? He’s taking a page out of the book of Tupac with much “Hit ‘Em Up” rage. There are already some folks comparing this headline-grabbing rhyme bomb to Kendrick Lamar’s infamous, calling-names verse on Big Sean’s “Control.” But the Compton kid was simply flexing for sport a respectful call-out to his peers to let them know he takes the art of emceeing pretty damn seriously. And podcast star, emcee, and former Slaughterhouse member Joe Budden wants all the smoke as well.īut let’s not get ahead of ourselves just yet. Mathers' brief lyrical bullying of mid-tier rapper and actor Machine Gun Kelly inspired the Cleveland rhymer to answer back with a serious clapback that has everyone on social media screaming white-on-white crime. And there may be even more to come, given that Mr. The lyricist is more focused and as wildly brazen as ever. The production here is much livelier (Ronny J, Mike WiLL Made-It, Boi-1da, Tay Keith, etc). It’s clear that’s the reason why Eminem sounds like a man out for revenge on everyone that doubted him the last go around. There’s still the seething protest of all things Trump (“But I know at least he’s heard it/’Cause Agent Orange just sent the Secret Service/To meet in person/To see if I really think of hurting him/Or ask if I’m linked to terrorists”), which fueled his last album, Revival, a project that was arguably t he most negatively received work of his 20-plus year career. Fact: Kamikaze is Eminem’s most consistent and energetic effort since 2009’s Relapse.

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