Eminem’s 12th solo studio album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) is finally here and it’s as controversial as ever. “Bad One,” featuring White Gold is one of the tracks where Em talks A LOT.
In the third verse of the song, Eminem calls out corny white rappers who imitate him and checked Candace Owens too: “Yeah, this whole sub-genre with all these corny white rappers, I’m not a fan of it / It ain’t my fault, but like sock puppets, I had a hand in it / This thousand bucks in my hand is just like what Candace did / When she turned her back on her own race ’cause I have abandoned it.” Candace Owens is a political commentator known for her controversial views on race and politics, often accused of betraying her own community.
Eminem also namedropped Ye (Kanye West) with the following lines: “Brain is dead, space cadet / Like when Ye forgets to take his meds / So when they get mad or angry at / A statement that I may have said / I just say, “Man, I didn’t say that s–t, Shady did / ‘Cause all I do is write the rhymes and then wait for that beat to play, spit ’em…”
Em also threw shots at Machine Gun Kelly at the end of the third verse: “Mission accomplished, people off this stunt / And pissed a billion people off at once (Yeah) / But I gotta keep going Tyson on Kelly (What?) / I bodied him twice already / That little motherf–ker’s back throwing subs (Like what?) like a food fight at the deli / And that is why E got (EGOT) the attitude he got like Liza Minnelli / My male ego / Is the size of the belly on Jelly Roll…”
In the last couple of years, MGK would subliminally re-ignite the beef by sending subliminal shots at Em. He also recently said that Eminem didn’t win the battle. Shady seemingly responds him by saying he’s “going Tyson” on Kelly, which is a common phrase for winning. “Tyson” is a call to Mike Tyson, who is one of the most well-renowned fighters in history. As far as the following lines, an EGOT is the term for someone who has won all of the major American performing arts awards (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). Liza Minnelli became an EGOT winner in 1990.
Right before those lines, Em also made a reference to incident between Diddy and Kid Cudi that happened in 2012: “The people still seem to think they want the old me ’til they get him / Got ’em up in arms like monkey bars / The f–king bomb with the Puffy on / I’m blowing up for Kid Cudi’s car / In front of his house where all his buddies are / Just another day at the office, but it seems like Marsh’s f–king job is done.” Puff blew up Kid Cudi’s car in New York because Diddy thought Ciara was cheating on him with Cudi.
A lot to comprehend? Just enjoy the music below then:
