Eminem’s fourth solo studio album, The Eminem Show, released in 2002, has re-entered on US Billboard 200 charts at No. 73 this week, making it the highest position the album has reached in the last five years (since 2017).
The Eminem Show is Eminem’s one of two diamond selling albums and is now three weeks away to complete 400 weeks on the charts.
You can check out the list of longest charting hip-hop albums in history below:
Cordae has recently sat down with Ebro Darden to unpack his album ‘From a Birds Eye View,’ where he talked about Eminem and Lil Wayne collaborations on the album.
“When I made ‘Parables,’ song I knew Eminem’s vocal tone would sound good on that because the beat is like that airy vibe on some Slim Shady, Marshall Mathers LP sort of vibe. So I knew his vocal tone would thrive on that.” – said Cordae
“With ‘Sinister,’ with Lil Wayne, that really wasn’t even going to be an album cut, but Wayne accented that, he brought that record up, honestly. So I just want to make the best music possible, versus like, ‘Okay, I got Em on this, let me redo my verse, let me redo this verse because I got Wayne on it.’” – Cordae added.
He continues: “Funny enough, I was going to put Eminem on ‘Sinister’ as well. It was going to be Wayne and Eminem all on ‘Sinister.’ Just for all the Hollywood glitz and glam, it would have been cool because it is Wayne and Em on the same track. I know how Drake did it on ‘Forever,’ and I was just like, ‘Yo, that is just a flex move of putting Wayne and Em on the same record.’ Nobody has done this since Drake did it on ‘Forever.’ I am kind of just showing my muscle. But it would not have been the proper record, if that makes sense.”
Unlike 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes jumped on a track with Eminem few times. “Calm Down,” “I’ll Hurt You,” and “Touch It (Remix, Live at BET Awards)” also featuring Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliot, Lloyd Banks, Papoose, DMX and “Hail Mary,” also featuring 50 Cent, which is a diss-track aimed at Ja Rule.
“Hail Mary” is a remake of Tupac’s song with the same name, performed by Eminem, Busta Rhymes and 50 Cent. The track is produced by Hurt-M-Badd.
It’s rare to see Eminem and Busta Rhymes on the same stage and it’s even rarer to see them performing “Hail Mary” but fortunately the footage is stored by SMACK (Streets Music Art Culture & Knowledge) DVD magazine which was created in 2003 and served as a source for rap battles, beefs, live performances and artist interviews before the popularity of social media.
With the recent debate about Eminem and Busta Rhymes Verzuz battle, I hope you enjoy this throwback rare live performance from 2003 below:
Former NBA player and sport analyst Jalen Rose and ESPN broadcaster David Jacoby has recently discussed potential Eminem and Busta Rhyme’s Verzuz battle on ESPN’s News That Matter.
Jalen Rose said he wants the two emcees to actually spit bars on the stage, while David Jacoby expressed a desire to see ‘bigger opponent’ for Eminem.
Legendary rapper E-40 has recently visit Jalen and Jacoby on their show where he talked about Busta potentially facing Slim Shady in Verzuz:
“I’m gonan keep it one thousand. I love Eminem. I love Busta too, to the fullest and his talent speak for himself but Busta Rhymes will eat Eminem in a Verzuz battle. I really believe that. Busta Rhymes go crazy! Because now its turned to performance type of situation. Busta Rhymes is animated. He got gas. He rap fast. He has all that. He do all the stuff Eminem do and Busta Rhymes got up-temp slash to get the party going.” – said E-40.
Jake Paul’s diss track directed at UFC president Dana White is here!
After teasing the release of the song, Paul dropped the song today via his YouTube channel. The music video features a cameo from Bellator champion and former UFC champion Cris Cyborg.
In the song, Jake Paul takes aim at not only at Dana White, but several prominent fighters that Paul has previously taken shots at before including the notorious Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz.
Paul opens the song with the verse that interpolates Eminem’s 8 Mile freestyle against Papa Doc: “Now everybody from the UFC, put your motha f*ckin hands up and follow me, everybody from the UFC, put your motha f*ckin hands up and follow me.”
Bizarre has recently done “Off The Porch” interview with Mikala Horne on Dirty Glove Bastard.
During the conversation Biz broke down the different miles of Detroit, his childhood growing up in 7 Mile, childhood story of getting hit in the face, jumping off the porch at the 18, how he has navigated throughout his life and learning how to move cautiously, thoughts on the new generation, started rapping in the fifth grade and it leading into his rap name, being influenced by Scarface and Redman, his mom making him rap at churches and auditioning, his experience with battle rapping, Eminem being judged off his race during battle rapping, Big Proof creating the group, the creative concept behind the shower caps, rules back in the day when it came to the industry, not having a lot of support when they first came out, Jay Electronica doing videography for D12, smoke sessions with Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg and more!
“Back in the days, it was like ‘white man can’t jump.’ That’s the best way I can describe. It was always like ‘man who is this white boy? but once Eminem opened his mouth and started rapping they were like ‘ohh, s**t, this white boy nice.’ So people who knew he was nice there was no doubt about it but we were always constantly going to new environments, so when we were going to new environment, I already kinda knew ‘alright there’s going to be some bulls**t’ and then when Em opened his mouth and before he even finished his verse, there was already believers, so yeah, there were lots of doubters cause Detroit is 90% black city. Lots of ni**as bet money cause they thought they gonna be able to beat Eminem in battle.” said the D12 emcee.
When interviewer asked about him battling Eminem, Bizarre responded: “I did battle Eminem before. Did I win? NAAAH, NAAH [Laughs] but I did not lose to a lot of people, I lost to him and I lost to Swifty McVay before.”
“There was a process of elimination when battling. It might have been 50 people in this battle so If I win, I just win the first round. I still got like five other rounds to go and then if I win the whole battle, then I can battle Eminem because he was the champion, he was just on the sidelines, waiting to see who gonna win out of this 50 people.” – Bizarre added.
After Dr. Dre asked the world who can go against Eminem on potential Verzuz battle, the topic was largely discussed on social media and the co-founder of the show, Swizz Beatz offered the best match-up: Busta Rhymes.
Laster, Obie Trice shared the news on his Instagram with the caption: “Thoughts?? Em or Busta? Swizz Beatz answered Dr.Dre by saying Busta Rhymes, thoughts??”
It seems Trick Trick didn’t like the narrative under Obie Trice post’s comments. The iconic figure on Detroit’s hip-hop scene replied to the haters: “All you morons saying ‘I never heard anyone saying turn on Eminem’ need to sell a record or two. Because Em has sold over 150 million albums worldwide. So shut the bulls**t up.”
You can check the screenshot of Trick’s comment below:
Former NBA player and sport analyst Jalen Rose and ESPN broadcaster David Jacoby has recently discussed potential Eminem and Busta Rhyme’s Verzuz battle on ESPN’s News That Matter.
“Can it be all these simple with these two gentlemen spitting BAAAARS? This totally makes sense. They have personal connection that’s not gonna make it contentious but yet they have the styles that could go on and on and on and on and on. So both of these guys doing the Verzuz makes total sense. I’m with Swizz Beatz, let’s make it happen and shout out to Dr. Dre, I’m looking forward to Super Bowl performance.” – said Jalen Rose.
“Oh yeah, I saw Super Bowl line-up and I was like ‘that’s so much better than The Weeknd or Bruno Mars or whatever.’ I can’t wit for that. But what I will say about Busta and Eminem is, recently they have been kind of matching up sort of like like-minded acts. I can’t think of two different styles that will be so different. And when I think of Eminem I think of sort of venomous but also extremely well-crafted bars that he poured over again and again and Busta has all charisma and energy, I would like to see how that would play out on stage but if I’m Eminem, I might be holding out for bigger opponent. Bigger than Busta. One time Eminem was filling up 100,000 seat arenas.” – said David Jacoby
Back in 2016, when Eminem dropped “Campaign Speech,” Jalen Rose gave Eminem a shout out: “I’ve heard it multiple times. It’s fire. Bars. He mentions Molly Qerim, and I have people hitting me up thinking that it’s some sort of diss towards me. Eminem is one of the greatest rappers of all time. He’s a fellow Detroiter. We are 100. That’s how we do it.”
Couple of days ago, Dr. Dre sparked a debate on social media after he posted a video of Eminem rapping the fast part of his verse of “Godzilla,” song from Music To Be Murdered By album and asked the hip-hop world: “Marshall Mathers vs Who???!!”
While Dre didn’t specify whether or not he was talking about Eminem facing off in a future installment of Verzuz, Swizz Beatz, who is a co-creator of the live battle series, jumped into Dre’s comments to offer up a rap legend: BUSTA RHYMES.
Dre’s post went viral as many artists and media outlets re-shared his update, including RapTV, who posted the iconic producer’s challenge on Instagram, where T.I. was quick to comment the ‘raising hand’ emoji, meaning, he wants to stand against Eminem on Verzuz stage!
After Dr. Dre ignited the talks of Eminem’s potential Verzuz Battle with his mysterious “Marshall Mathers vs Who?” Instagram post, Verzuz founder and co-host Swizz Beatz expressed his desire to see Busta Rhymes going against Slim Shady.
While many people are eager to see this battle happening, it looks like Kxng Crooked is not a fan of this match-up.
“I am not sold on Busta Vs Em.. I feel like it makes sense to people because they both know how to rap fast but after that happens the catalogs go in two completely different directions, in my opinion.” said Crooked and got into discussion with fans.
Check out the interactions below:
I’m not sold on Busta Vs Em.. I feel like it makes sense to people because they both know how to rap fast but after that happens the catalogs go in two completely different directions imo
What does Busta play when Em drops Stan or Lose Yourself? What does Em play when Busta drops Hands Where My Eyes Can See or Pass The Courvoisier in your opinion? (That will have equal or better impact)
Few days ago, Dr. Dre posted a clip of Eminem ripping his 100 m.p.h. finishing verse from 2020’s “Godzilla” with the caption: “Marshall Mathers vs Who???!!”
Since then, many famous faces have responded to Dre’s post, including R.A. The Rugged Man, who thinks he broke Eminem’s “Godzilla” record with “Gotta Be Dope,” featuring A-F-R-O and DJ Jazzy Jeff, a track he released shortly after Eminem’s single dropped.
In “Godzilla” Eminem raps 10.65 syllables per second, or 339 words in 30 seconds. On “Gotta Be Dope,” RA raps at a speed of 11.14 syllables per second.
Suffolk County, New York-born rapper shared the video on his Instagram, with the screenshot of “Godzilla” breaking record article over it and in caption, he wrote: “Easy.”
Matter of fact, Eminem’s “Godzilla” holds a Guinness World Record for “the fastest verse in a hit song,” meaning, the song to be considered for this specific record, must have a charting success on Billboard (must reach at least Top 20 on Hot 100 charts, “Godzilla” debuted at No. 3). Otherwise, a Seattle rapper named NoClue is officially holding the title of the world’s “Fastest Rap MC” by Guinness World Records, for rapping 723 syllables in 51.27 seconds (14.1 syllables per second) on his track “New West.”
