Travis Scott has finally released his fourth solo studio album titled Utopia.
The 32-year-old rapper dropped the long-awaited and much-anticipated album on Friday (28 July) at midnight, five years after his 2018 album Astroworld was released.
Comprising 19 tracks, the album includes vocals from a range of artists including Beyoncé, Drake, The Weeknd, SZA, Kid Cudi, Future, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Swae Lee, Young Thug, and Sampha.
The album also features credited contributions from James Blake, Metro Boomin, the Alchemist, Boi-1da, Kanye West, Vegyn, and more.
In a song called “SKITZO” which features Young Thug and production credits from Boi-1da, Coleman, Jahaan Sweet, Nik Dean, Slim Pharaoh, Nami and Sevn Thomas, Thugger raps: “I got white folk money, Eminem with no gold. I got rose gold teeth and rose gold rims on my Rolls.”
The line “White folk money, Eminem with no gold” is likely referencing someone who has attained financial success but doesn’t display it ostentatiously, drawing a parallel to the Eminem, known for his talent and achievements but not known for flaunting extravagant wealth or gold jewelry.
Eminem may accompany Terence Crawford when he enters the ring for the Errol Spence battle on Saturday night.
The American welterweight world champions are set to finally meet to crown an undisputed king of the division, with the bout already a huge event.
On Thursday, Crawford posted a video to Instagram in which he sat with fellow boxing world champion Shakur Stevenson and the pair discussed which artist could potentially perform on his ring walk for the fight.
Stevenson asked Crawford: “Who’ve you got walking you out though?”
Crawford replied: “S***, I don’t know man.
“You know what I was thinking would be crazy s***? I think it would be dope to have Eminem walk me out or something like that.
“He’s never walked nobody out, huh?”
Stevenson said: “I ain’t gonna lie, Eminem’s a GOAT. I ain’t never seen him walking nobody out in a boxing ring.”
Crawford admitted: “Yeah, I ain’t neither, that’d be dope.”
“Stevenson added: “That’d be fire, that’d be different levels, next level. Two GOATs.”
Remarkably, the pipe dream has taken a step closer to reality.
On Thursday night, Eminem left a comment on the video which said: “This is too crazy!!! You are one of my favourite boxers right now!”
Crawford replied: “Pull up Em! Lets do some legendary s***.”
Eminem’s Shady Records roster has just got bigger with the addition of new Olongapo, Philippines-born rapper who goes by the name of Ez Mil.
On the Shady Records website, we read: Welcome EZ Mil to the Shady Records family! Shady, Aftermath and Interscope partner once again signing EZ Mil to all 3 labels. His next project DU4LI7Y: REDUX drops August 11th!. Read all the details below.
July 26th, 2023 – Santa Monica, CA –Today, Las Vegas’ Ez Mil announces his signing to Shady Records/Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records. He joins the likes of 50 Cent as only a few of the artists signed to directly to all three labels. The singer-songwriter-producer-rapper also reveals the release date DU4LI7Y: REDUX (Virgin Music), the forthcoming deluxe edition of his 2022 LP. The project, which is set to drop on August 11, includes “Realest”, an intense new single featuring Eminem, who first heard Ez Mil’s music online and brought him to Dr. Dre, resulting in the co-sign.
Powered by lithe, expressive vocals, dexterous raps and songwriting know-how, Ez Mil’s latest level up is the product of talent, hard work and a keen knowledge of his own audience — in this case, that crowd happened to include Slim Shady himself. In February, Ez Mil released the video for his DU4LI7Y single “Up Down” on Virgin Music. Noting the similarities in their percussive flows, Em fans quickly picked up on the new release. About a month later, Eminem heard the song, and Ez Mil drove from Vegas to Los Angeles where he met Dre and Em for the first time. From there, Ez and Eminem stayed in contact and recorded “Realest,” a certified showcase of rap acrobatics.
For the track, the two bludgeon a pulsing beat with a barrage of multisyllabic rhyme schemes and the sorts of quippy wordplay that made Shady a legend. Now, having signed Ez Mil to his label, along with Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope, Em’s in position to help push Ez to the same heights. Some of that work involved curating DU4LI7Y: REDUX, which will be Ez Mil’s final release on Virgin Music.
As a Shady/Aftermath/Interscope artist, Ez Mil is one with one of the music world’s great triumvirates. For his part, Eminem used endlessly personal songwriting and caustic wit to become one of the most defining artists in American pop culture. Before him, Dr. Dre pioneered the sound of West Coast hip-hop twice, first as a member of the seminal group N.W.A., and a few years later by infusing street music with soulful melodies to soundtrack a new generation of low-riding cool. Together, Eminem and Dr. Dre have made timeless music. They co-signed 50 Cent in 2002, whose music broke Billboard records while crystallizing him as a rap immortal. Building off the work of Virgin, Ez is poised to let his singing-rapping talent help him follow in those footsteps. Today is the first step.
“We’ve never been out there signing a lot of artists, and one of the great things about how we built Shady is how selective we’ve been,” commented Eminem. “And it’s even rarer that Dre and I sign something together – but I heard Ez’s music and was like, ‘this is really special” so I took it to Dre. We both agreed it would be a great fit and we wanted to work with him right on the spot.”
Dr. Dre added, “I’m really only interested in working on shit that sounds different from anything else going on out there, and only then if I feel I can really bring something to it. Em played me Ez and I had that feeling…that thing that happens when we both know we’ve found something special. And that was it….let’s get to work.”
Hip-Hop veteran Cameron F. Gipp, better known by his stage name Big Gipp, who is a funding member of Goodie Mob rap group based in Atlanta, Georgia, consisting of himself, CeeLo Green, Khujo and T-Mo, has recently done an interview with The Art Of Dialogue where shared his thoughts on Jay-Z and Eminem song “Renegade.”
“Eminem had the better verse on ‘Renegade.’ I f–k with Jay-Z. He’s one of the best. Top five solo rappers. But Eminem at that time was a f–king monster. He was eating everybody that stood next to him. Now, what you’re gonna say is what most people are gonna say that ‘I identify more with what Jay-Z said cause that’s my life and that’s where I come from. That’s my background.’ Okay. That’s right. But at the same time you gotta look at Eminem and say ‘look at the kids that are looking up to him, look like him and got his background.’ That takes him off into the middle America and a lot of places that we probably wouldn’t reach.” said Big Gipp
Then h continued: “So, if you look at the demographics I’m sure that Eminem took Jay-Z into a lot of places and lot of households that he had never been in just because he was on a song with Eminem. So, you gotta look at both sides of it. Cause Em had already proved his thing by doing his thing as a battle rapper and then going to New York and getting with 50 Cent and being on all these remixes that was going on during them times . He had already earned respect from everybody. But I’m talking about the people who was not into hip-hop and wasn’t into streets like that or might not know about Jay-Z but they knew Eminem because at that time Eminem was like a planet on his own. Nobody had seen this before.”
“Yeah, we have seen the Beastie Boys, they are the gods. One of the best rap groups of all time but nobody has ever been looked at as a lyrical giant coming from Em’s community into Em. Em was the first to say ‘I’ma get into that battle rap, I’ma get into real strategic rap and earn my respect.’ And the biggest thing about battle rappers during that time was like ‘yeah you can battle rap but you can’t come up with a song.’ And Em proved them all wrong. He changed a battle rapper into a rapper that now understands song format and then he became the monster. And that was just under the getting with the right producer. King Dr. Dre. Once Eminem got an actual producer with him that could think about what the track was, how and where we’re going with the hook, he became a force do deal with.”
“If you were to put the same light on Em, he really represented his community the same as Jay represented his community at the time of them doing that record. But as far as influence, s–t, to me Em came out as being as great or even as better rapper than Jay, technically, on that record. As far as it being his record, he took Jay-Z into households that Jay-Z wasn’t in at that time. He made Jay-Z cooler. There is no way Jay-Z made him cool.” Big Gipp added.
In another part of the interview, Big Gipp also said that Eminem is the closest rapper to 2Pac. You can watch the interview below:
Texas-born rapper and social media personality who rose to fame after the release of his single “Voodoo,” has recently freestyled over Eminem’s “Soldier” track and got internet buzzing.
Phix is recognized for sharing his craft through his phix806 TikTok. He boasts almost 2 million followers on the platform.
He began releasing music professionally in 2016. His debut single is titled, “Cups Up.” He rapped over the theme song from the anime Dragon Ball Z. He has been featured on the front page of World Star Hip Hop. He also performed live with Polo G at Clayton’s Beach Bar in South Padre Island, Texas.
“Solider” is the seventh song off Eminem’s 2002 blockbuster album The Eminem Show, produced by Eminem himself. In the song Em details his dealings with the law because of his weapons charges, and boasts his fearless nature with them–which is contradicted a song later. This song is middle of the story started with “The Kiss” and concluding with “Say Goodbye Hollywood.”
At the end of the freestyle, Phix interpolates the original lyrics from song: “These shoulders hold up so much / They won’t budge / I’ll never fall or fold up / I’m a soldier / Even if my collar bones crush or crumble / I will never slip or stumble.”
In a new interview with bomb1st, the former head of security for Death Row Records, Reggie Wright Jr, talked about Tony Yayo saying Eminem confronted Suge Knight during 50 Cent’s “In Da Club” video shoot.
Interviewer:Tony Yayo did Drink Champs interview, and he talked about, the first time he got respect for Eminem, or, you know, something that he really admired about Eminem was that, when Suge pulled up at 50 Cent’s “In Da Club” music video shoot in 2003, everybody was running and scared and getting out of the backdoor and according to his story Eminem confronted Suge and he would not back down to him. Did you see where he said that?
Reggie Wright Jr.: I didn’t see that particular so I won’t be able to quote or respond to him directly on this particular one but I’ve heard the story before. That’s when Suge had Mexican dudes. I think I’ve heard this story from Kim’s bodyguard. We talking different time period. We talking 2003, 2004 or maybe a little bit later, I can’t say it didn’t happen or anything like that, I just know, when Suge comes like that it’s a plan to do something to you. Suge has never had a problem with Em. He actually never had. He really didn’t have hatred for Em like that. When Suge comes with numbers like that, no fearing, trust me.
This is not the first time Reggie Wright Jr. talked about Suge Knight’s attitude towards Eminem. Earlier this year, during an interview with PANDA CHOP! News, Reggie said that Suge Knight not only had a hatred to Em, he even liked Slim Shady: “Suge ain’t never really had no problems with Em to be honest. Suge always liked him, he always said he was a funny guy. He always kinda liked Em.”
Hip-Hop veteran Cameron F. Gipp, better known by his stage name Big Gipp, who is a funding member of Goodie Mob rap group based in Atlanta, Georgia, consisting of himself, CeeLo Green, Khujo and T-Mo, has recently done an interview with The Art Of Dialogue where shared his thoughts on who has the biggest influence in the rap game.
“Yes, best technical rappers coming from New York but hey man, just because you can technically rap better than me does not mean you are better than me. You might get me for a song or two, okay, but if I can get more people to see my records than you, s–t.” said Big Gipp
Then he continued: “It’s about whose music reached the most people. That’s what this game is all about. Whose music reached the most people. Break color lines, religious, influence, everything. Aye man, I ain’t seen nothing bigger than 2Pac. And the closest to 2Pac is Eminem. That’s the truth. That’s the truth. It’s by numbers. Numbers don’t lie. Yeah they do sometimes but when you talk about numbers for real for real.”
50 Cent has recently sat down with XXL magazine where he explains what his classic album, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, means to him and offers details on his new collaboration with Nas on the song “Office Hours” from Magic 2 album. Other moments throughout the exclusive interview include some advice 50 had for Chief Keef at the onset of his career, hilarious jokes aimed at Busta Rhymes, who is Fif’s supporting act on The Final Lap Tour, current relationship with Eminem and more.
“I love him [Eminem] to death. That’s my boy. I don’t care what happens. Em, Dre, Jimmy and Paul Rosenberg were able to come to London. I did Wireless Fest. So I was out there and the came for my birthday to hang out and we got a chance to kick it. I talk to him. I just called him randomly. I texted him to say what’s up.” says 50 Cent.
Then he continues: “Em is like…I don’t know I put him next to my grandmother. Let me tell you why. It was never a point that I had confusion going on that, for artists the most vulnerable point for us is confusion, cause you have money, you have things around to comfort you but when you are in space where there is that confusion and can’t figure out what direction to write in. You can’t figure out what to do and then you don’t feel good. It’s just low point for creative people. Whatever that was going on, he was not participating ever. There was always a place where I could go to communicate or just talk to him and know that he has my best interests at heart like friends.
“When we say, ‘nah, that’s my man!’ I think we give the title ‘friend’ away too easy… And about Super Bowl, they don’t understand the relationship. They were tying to get Em do the Super Bowl without me. It would not happen!” Fif added.
Radio host, author and motivational speaker No Limit Larry has recently done an interview on Chezzy Boy TV where he talked about meeting Jay-Z when he had recently done “Renegade” song with Eminem.
“Next time I met Jay-Z, it’s when he did a song with Eminem. Before it had dropped, Nate had it bootlegged, the CD, before it dropped. So I had listened to it. So, I’m in office, going for Nate, ‘Ayo man, Jay got killed! Em killed that ni–a on the song. He killed him on Renegade!’ I don’t know that Jay-Z is coming to the station three days later. Nate knew he was coming.” said No Limit Larry
Then he continued: “So three days later, Jay comes to the station, so I don’t forgot all the s–t that I talked about Jay-Z and Eminem. So we get an interview and I still got that interview on the tape. So, Nate gets an interview, we talking, so he looked at me and then looked at Jay-Z, I’m like, ‘what this ni–a about to do?!’ He was like ‘hey Larry, tell Jay-Z what you said about him!’ I’m like ‘Huh? I ain’t said nothing about Jay-Z! What you talking about?’ He was like ‘Nah, tell him what you said about the song!’ I’m like ‘Oh, okay! okay!’ So, Jay-Z looking at me like ‘what you say about the song?’ I said ‘bro, all I said was Em outflowed you on a song.’ He laughed and was like ‘that’s how you feel? I think you need to listen to it again!’ I’m like ‘alright! but he outflowed you!'”
“Fast forward, two weeks later, me and Nate go to an award show. We go to the Billboard Music Awards, its in Vegas. I’m walking in that long a– hallway, I see twenty people walking, black guys, I pay no attention. So, as I’m walking slow I see the crowed they walking towards me. True story. The crowd spreads and Jay-Z walks out the crowd. He said, you still think Em outflowed me on a song? I look at them ni–as and I’m like ‘nah bro you got it!’ I got on the elevator and got out of there.” No Limit Larry added.
During a recent interview with New York Magazine, celebrating 50 years of hip-hop, Lil Wayne admitted that he was little scared when he called Eminem for a collaboration, probably referring to his 2009 single “Drop The World” from his seventh solo studio album, Rebirth.
In a new interview, Lil Wayne said:
“I was scared, actually, when I called EMINEM for a song. That is a monster. He must have the same thing I have with words. Like, we can’t get them out of our heads. Every meaning, every aspect of them. Things that rhyme, we hear it. I already know the gift and the curse that he has. And I love to hear the way he puts it together.”
Lil Wayne and Eminem have a mutual respect. Appearing on Young Money Podcast back in 2020, Eminem gave high praise to Lil Wayne: “I love when rappers are able to tell a story and don’t compromise any of the punchlines. It’s great to see you and me still doing it. It’s definitely an art to this sh*t and, man, you got it mastered.”
Eminem also admitted that he was jealous of Weezy when was on a hiatus. “Hatred was flowin’ through my veins, on the verge of goin’ insane, I almost made a song dissin’ Lil Wayne, It’s like I was jealous of him ’cause of the attention he was gettin’, I felt horrible about myself, he was spittin’, And I wasn’t, anyone who was buzzin’ back then coulda got it, Almost went at Kanye too, God, it, Feels like I’m goin’ psychotic, thank God that I didn’t do it
I’da had my a– handed to me, and I knew it.” raps Slim Shady on “Talkin’ 2 Myself”
For the full interview, visit New York Times here.
Ja Rule has recently sat down with Math Hoffa, MECC, CHAMP, BIGGA and GAT on the latest episode of My Expert Opinion where he talked about many topics, including beef with 50 Cent.
At one point of the interview, Math Hoffa asked the Queens, New York-born rapper if he considers 50 Cent a battle rapper, on which Ja replied:
“No, I don’t consider 50 a battle rapper. I consider him a clout chaser. The rumor is the I’m supposed to be scared of him or G-Unit. He spread this rumor. How am I supposed to be scared If I go looking for the ni–a that I have a problem with and handle my problem? When I handled it, he sued us. Yayo also sued us.” said Ja Rule.
Then he continued: “[He ended up with someone like Em who was a battle rapper] But it was different. Em did it comical, fun. It was different. Em did it like it was not the same. And he did it with the pop stars. Britney Spears, NSYNC, Christina Aguilera. Who else? Canibus? That was after. That was still comical s–t. He was wearing Batman and Robin outfit while dissing the ni–as. It was fun. It was just comical.”
“When he took aim at me it was different thing. That’s what I’m saying. What was the angle for that? I never thought about X and J like I wanna go and s–t on X and J to get ni–as to f–king recognize me. That’s goofy s–t my ni–a. It’s goofy s–t and you know it.” Ja Rule added.
“I wondered if I can play you a cover of an Eminem song tonight,” Sheeran first asked cheering fans at Ford Field, as seen in various videos from the moment shared on social media. “I think you know it. We rehearsed it today — see how it goes.”
After Sheeran cut into an acoustic version of the iconic 8 Mile movie soundtrack song, Eminem appeared on stage and began rapping and crowed went absolutely crazy.
Later, Ed Sheeran shared the footage of the performance on Instagram with the caption: “I remember spraying my hair yellow and rapping Eminem in the school talent show when I was 11, insane to be able to bring him out at my show in Detroit. Really a moment I will never forget, a real career and life highlight. Loved being in Detroit again, the subtract show was magical, and the Ford Field show was honestly the loudest I have ever heard a crowd in my life. Motor city baby, you are the greatest ! See ya in Nashville, my unofficial second hometown.”
“We are about to go on stage in Detroit. I performed with Eminem few times but never brought him out on one of mine. This is the real childest dream stuff come true.” Says Ed Sheeran in the video.
You can watch the video below and check Ed’s post here.
