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Bubba Sparxxx talks about Eminem dissing him on “GOAT”

Bubba Sparxxx has recently sat down with VLAD TV where the 45-year-old rapper reflected on his career and at one point talked about Eminem and what he though about Eminem dissing him on the leaked “GOAT” track.

Bubba said: “I hit Paul [Wall], obviously I did not directly contact Eminem at that time. That record was leaked. He had another record too. Me and Paul, we were shinning. It was Paul Wall time. Paul had told me about his addiction and what he was going through. And I get it. So when I heard that song, first of all, I never did Coke, I don’t know where this information came.”

Then he continues: “I never had a problem with cocaine. Timbaland has also addiction problems. So, with Eminem, I always felt like ‘After so many years, you gonna sneak attack me when I’m at lowest point in my life? I’m not even popping!’ and he explained to me how the song was older but I felt like even he dissing me he was actually paying quit a bit of respect. So, I didn’t really trip off of it.”

“Later on Eminem also mentioned me on his “Campaign Speech” song when Trump was running for office. He mentioned me in a freestyle then. I just know on a personal level that he is always a quiet guy. He would not say much about setting he would be in and at the end of the day he is like ‘how’s Bobby doing?’ I know the type of respect he has for me. I have every bit of respect him as well. It’s just, we all get pissy sometimes.” Bubba added.

Bubba Sparxxx also admitted that he failed to live up to being as good as Eminem. Bubba reflected on his rivalry with Eminem, explaining that he and Timbaland felt like they were competing with Eminem and Dr. Dre.

He said: “There were some areas where maybe I was stronger than him. But there were some areas where he was more experienced. First of all, he was older than me when he first came out … We was just two different human beings on a different journey.

Then he continues: “This is something that Tim and I have discussed too. Yeah, I failed to live up to being the second coming of Eminem. He failed to become the second coming of Dr. Dre in that situation. Even as far as getting caught up in that line of thinking of that’s what we’re competing with. Or we’re trying to match up with this standard of feeling like that was the pressure that was on us, though, in that building.

“But even just feeding into that line of thinking was a mistake, a grievous error on our part. And we definitely fell short of that [on the first album],” Bubba Sparxxx added.

Eminem dissed Bubba on a song “GOAT” which was leaked in 2010 and it was recorded during Em’s ‘drugged up’ phase and was probably to be released through his scrapped King Mathers album but it was never released officially. The song is about Eminem demanding respect as one of the greatest of all.

In the song, Em raps: See, you hardly ever do hear anyone even bringin’ up Paul Wall’s white / ‘Cause lyrically he / doesn’t pose a threat to anyone, see, he’s just aight / And Bubba Sparxxx, he just won’t write / Because he’s so caught up in that snow white / That Timbaland can’t even get him in the studio / He’s so gone off that coke, right? And it’s so sad ‘cause he’s dope, right? / America’s next great white hope, right? / So now they feel like they gotta come up with some corny-a– White Rapper Show, right?” (Lyrics from Genius)

Timbaland collaborated with Sparxxx on “Ugly” in 2001 and “Deliverance” in 2003, where Sparxxx even rapped about his struggles with addiction. Snoop Dogg had already declared Eminem the “Great White American Hope,” which makes it possible for Sparxxx to be the “next” one.

Eminem also mentioned Sparxxx in his “Campaign Speech” freestyle, in 2016 when Donald Trump was running for president. From Dylann Roof to Trayvon Martin, Donald Trump to Edward Norton, Eminem leaves no one out.

In the song, Eminem raps: “Love to start s–t / Shovin’ Clark Kent’s undergarments in the glove compartment / Of the bucket, bumpin’ Bubba Sparxxx / I’m double parkin’ up at Targets, trouble causer, a double crosser / Shadiest mothaf—a you’ll ever come across.”

Not long before “Campaign Speech” dropped, Bubba collaborated with Eminem’s signee Yelawolf on “Be Yourself.” Bubba Sparxxx was also signed to Yelawolf’s label, Slumerican, in March 2016.

Parking in two spots at Target isn’t the friendliest move, as one spot is more than adequate. In this scenario, being the “shadiest” refers to how inconsiderate Em’s parking choices are, but it’s also a play on his alter ego Slim Shady—he’s literally the shadiest alive.

The Eminem Show hits 5 billion streams on Spotify

Eminem’s fourth solo studio album, The Eminem Show, has just surpassed 5 billion streams on Spotify becoming the only album from 2000s to hit this milestone.

According to Eminem Data on twitter, The Eminem Show is the most streamed album in Eminem‘s catalog. It is also the 54th most streamed album on the streaming platform and averages almost 5 million streams daily. Most streamed songs from the album are “Till I Collapse,” featuring Nate Dogg and “Without Me,” each with more than 1.5 billion streams.

Other most streams songs include “Superman” with 491 million streams, “Sing For The Moment” with 360 million and “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” with 310 million.

Eminem released The Eminem Show back in 2002 and debuted at No. 1 on US Billboard 200 charts. It sold over 1.3 million copies in its second week in the United States and more than 25 million copies worldwide to date. It earned Eminem numerous awards including multiple Grammy awards and received the acclaim from critics. It is one of the two Eminem albums that is certified diamond by RIAA, after The Marshall Mathers LP.

Eminem said during an interview with MTV that he felt that Eminem Show was his “best record so far.”

You can revisit the classic hip-hop album below:

Eminem’s brother Nathan visits Hailie on Just A Little Shady podcast

Nathan Kane Mothers, who has recently starred in Sam Logan Khaleghi’s Devil’s Night: Dawn of the Nain Rouge movie, sat down with Hailie on her Just A Little Shady podcast where the two looked back on what life was like growing up together. They also explained why Nate is more like a bruncle (brother-uncle) than a regular uncle. Nate also gave his take on current pop culture events, discusses what his life is like nowadays, revealed how/why his music career evolved into what it is today and shared his own shady story to end the episode!

During the interview Nathan recalled the times when he was trying to look like his brother Eminem and how he got tricked by his cousin to dye his eyebrows: “[Eminem] would get so many free clothes and buy clothes that I would just take some. I would take his hand-me-downs, his huge ‘fat Farm’ outfits and stuff that I thought would fit me. I was like 110 pounds that time and trying to wear 3XL, fit perfect!”

“When I was 12, and went to your dad’s first show, my brother’s first show, my cousin John convinced me, going to his show, not only should I dye my hair that my brother also dyes his eyebrows. Being young I’m like ‘Oh really? I wanna dye my eyebrows too. Sounds like a perfect idea. I wanna look like twins.’ But it was not case. [Eminem] didn’t dye his eyebrows.”

You can watch the full thing below:

Don Canon compares Jay-Z and Eminem’s impact on Hip-Hop

During the conversation with Shaquille O’Neal on his new podcast called The Big Podcast, Jamal Crawford drew the parallel to hip-hop to rank his top five NBA players of all time and used Eminem and JAY-Z’s impact as an example and said: “In my top five, the dominance outweighs the number. You can not change the game and say this person has more points than me, he is better. It is beyond that. Jay-Z’s affect on hip-hop is bigger than any album sales Eminem will have. That is just how it goes.” It seems Don Canon does not agree.

Jamal Crawford’s statement sparked lots of discussions in social media and 50 Cent also weighed in. The Hip-Hop Wolf Instagram page posted Crawford’s interview and asked fans if they agree to the statement or not. Under the comment section, Fifty replied: “Ha, bulls–t.” with Sneezing Face emoji.

No Jumper podcast host Almighty Suspect also denied Crawford’s statement: “Bro, I can name like six Eminem clones right now. Hopsin, DAX, Logic, MGK, that white McDonald dude that white dude who’s is making If-I-Was-Black songs. Joyner Lucas is one of them too. That’s the six. I’m not naming rappers that look like Eminem. I’m naming rappers who are actual clones of Eminem. I just named six. Tell me, name me, six Jay-Z clones.”

The topic has recently been discussed on New Rory & Mall podcast with Don Canon who is a DJ, record producer, songwriter, record executive, co-founder of the Atlantic Records imprint, Generation Now. Cannon has produced tracks and albums for artists like Jeezy, Logic, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, 50 Cent, and numerous others.

“I hate to answer this questions because for a simple fact that there are so many A, B, C, D, F, Gs. My first time travelling to Japan, Africa and all those places, I will say that Eminem is in more places across the world than I’ve seen Jay-Z. I went to record stores across the countries and I see Eminem and Ludacris everywhere. Eminem’s impact across the world, they have this analogy about what’s the most common thing all around the world and they say stop signs, and most recognizable faces are Michael Jackson, Snoop, Em, maybe Elvis and few others. And those are things that make me feel like, worldwide Em may have the most influence.” – said Canon.

Then he continues: “I would love the hear what Jay has to say. He probably will never talk about that. It’s hard to say. Cause Em done so much. 50 Cent is here. Part of Dre’s second win was them collaborating. D12, the movie 8 Mile, so much came out and one of the Staples in hip-hop is Shade 45. He has had everybody: Us, Sway, Rude Jude, Whoo Kid, Kay Slay. He breeded that. It’s not easy to answer this question. It’s so debatable.”

You can watch the episode below:

Dr. Dre accepts Grammy’s Global Impact Award at BMCHonors

Last night Dr. Dre was honored with Global Impact Award at BMCHonors by the recording academy, Grammys.

The night’s liveliest performance was by Snoop Dogg, Kurupt and Ty Dolla $ign, who all honored Dr. Dre. The trio performed “Ain’t No Fun (If the Homies Can’t Have None),” song which is produced by Dre.

During his acceptance speech, Dre said: “My musical journey started with me wanting to find something that I could be good at simply so I could earn enough money to buy a decent pair of shoes just to be able to wear to school. I was in junior high school the first time I had ever heard hip-hop for the first time. I heard mixing and scratching, and I couldn’t get enough of that sound. And once I got my hands on the turntables, I knew I had found my wings and I was determined to learn how to fly.”

Then he continued: “I fell in love with the idea of manipulating sound and taking those different sounds and putting them together like a puzzle to make a song. I studied engineering for years and years and years, and from there I realized that I could take or hear a snippet of a sound and use that to create something entirely new. And then boom — I became a producer.”

Grammy shared the news on Twitter with the caption: “Dr. Dre accepts the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award at #BMCHonors. The 7-time GRAMMY Award-winning artist, producer, founder, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics has made a universal impact on the music world.”

Check out the post below:

.@drdre accepts the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award at #BMCHonors.

The 7️⃣-time GRAMMY Award-winning artist, producer, founder, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics (@beatsbydre) has made a universal impact on the music world. pic.twitter.com/mDjnNtE4iR

— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) February 3, 2023

Mark Batson reminisces studio times with Eminem & Dr. Dre with iconic picture

Legendary Mark Batson, who has previously worked with Eminem, 50 Cent and Dr. Dre on many occasions, contributing to some of the most iconic records which have sold more than millions of copies worldwide, has recently hit twitter to remember the golden times in the studio with Eminem and Dr. Dre.

“Once upon a time, many years ago, there were three musicians who loved this powerful art form called: Hip Hop.” – The super-producer tweeted couple of hours ago, along the picture of himself, Eminem and Dr. Dre being in the studio, probably recording something for Relapse album.

Once upon a time, many years ago, there were three musicians who loved this powerful art form called, Hip Hop. #Eminem #Eminem #DrDre #Batson pic.twitter.com/m12OnIEZ5f

— Mark Batson (@MarkBatsonMusic) February 1, 2023

Mark was heavily involved in my favorite Eminem album of all time, Relapse and Relapse: Refill. Some of his biggest Slim Shady hits include: “A– Like That,” “Crack A Bottle,” “Just Lose It,” “Kill For You,” with Skylar Grey, “Mosh,” “Nowhere Fast,” with Kehlani, “We Made You,” and the most recent work on Music To Be Murdered By album “Premonition.”

“When we made Relapse with Eminem, it was not well received at the moment but now it is considered to be a classic. That’s how it goes… The most important thing is to keep being creative and offer the people things you think they will need. From the calls, I have been getting today, and the album already being #1 on the iTunes’ New Age charts, I think that people are letting their voices be known that something like this album is essential.” said Mark Batson in an interview with HipHop24x7 back in 2021.

Will Rihanna bring out Eminem at 2023 Super Bowl? Skylar Grey teases, Yahoo predicts

Super Bowl LVII is right around the corner with Kansas City Chiefs preparing to take on Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, February 12, 2023 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona and fans are eagerly waiting to see the special guests that Rihanna is supposedly to invite at this year’s event.

Back in September 2022, the National Football League, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced that Rihanna will be headlining the halftime show for Super Bowl LVII.

“Rihanna is a generational talent, a woman of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at every turn. A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists ever. Self-made in business and entertainment,” said Jay-Z in a statement who managed to make Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar and Anderson .Paak to perform at the last year’s event.

As Yahoo predicts, Eminem might appear for the second time on the biggest stage: “Rihanna will most likely keep the details of her performance under wraps, but she does have hit songs with artists such as Eminem, Drake and Calvin Harris.” – we read in a statement.

Skylar Grey, who originally wrote “Love The Way You Lie” chorus for Eminem, has recently put up Rihanna’s Super Bowl teaser video on her Instagram story with the caption: “Wonder if she’ll do Love The Way You Lie.” She also recently posted a picture of her wearing a t-shirt with “I Love The Way You Lie” written on it and tagged Eminem and Rihanna on the post. Is Skyar hinting on something or is it just her wish the music superstars to perform her most iconic single to date?

Other song options for Rihanna and Eminem are: “Love The Way You Lie (Part II),” which they performed at the 2011 Grammy Awards, “Numb” which was the opening song for their The Monster Tour in 2014 and “The Monster” which they performed at The Concert for Valor in the same year.

Has Skylar Grey just hinted new song with Eminem?

Latest post by Skylar Grey has fans buzzing in the social media as long-time Eminem friend and collaborator posts new picture on Instagram, wearing a t-shirt with “I Love The Way You Lie” written on it.

In the caption, she writes: “Things are happening…” but that’s not the reason why fans got too excited. Skylar tagged Eminem and Rihanna on the picture that sparked rumors of them collaborating once again.

Fans think of three theories:

Some think there is a new song coming out as there is a supposedly new album cover in the screen in front of Skylar.
Others think it’s just Skylar showing love to Eminem and Rihanna by rocking the t-shirt of their biggest hit song from Recovery.
And few of them think Skylar Grey is releasing an album that includes her greatest hits, including “Love The Way You Lie,” “Coming Home,” “Walk On Water and “I Need A Doctor.”

The third theory is less possible to happen, as Skylar Grey has recently sold all her royalties to pay for divorce expenses and I’m not sure if she is allowed to record and album of her past-written songs.

First theory is possible. Whenever there is Skylar Grey or Eminem album coming out, we always see each other featured on their own albums and as Skylar recently revealed, Eminem was so supportive after her financial difficulties. She also hinted on something with Em last year.

Out of these three, the second theory looks to be the most realistic. Skylar Grey just showed love to Eminem and Rihanna with the t-shirt and and probably took the opportunity to poke the fans.

If there is a new song coming out, it would mark 11th song they have made together. You can check out the list of all Eminem and Skylar Grey songs below:

1. Skylar Grey – “Last One Standing,” ft. Polo G, Mozzy & Eminem (2021)

2. Eminem – “Black Magic,” ft. Skylar Grey (2020)

3. Eminem – “Leaving Heaven,” ft. Skylar Grey (2019)

4. Eminem – “Tragic Endings,” ft. Skylar Grey (2017)

5. Skylar Grey – “Kill For You,” ft. Eminem (2016)

6. Skylar Grey, Eminem & Yelawolf – “Twisted” (2014)

7. Eminem – “A–hole,” ft. Skylar Grey (2013)

8. Skylar Grey – “C’mon Let Me Ride,” ft. Eminem (2012)

9. Slaughterhouse – “Our House,” ft. Eminem & Skylar Grey (2012)

10. Dr. Dre – “I Need A Doctor,” ft. Eminem & Skylar Grey (2011)

Check out her post below:

Wack 100 lashes out on Hebrew Israelites for accusing Eminem of “stealing black culture”

The Game’s manager and the CEO of 100 Entertainment Wack 100 has recently got into a heated argument on Clubhouse with Black Hebrew Israelites after they declared that they don’t respect Eminem because of being a ‘culture thief.’

During the conversation on Clubhouse, one up-and-coming artist said: “I don’t respect Eminem, because he’s a culture thief.” And then the other one said: “I never rock with Eminem and I never rock with Akon.

On that Wack 100 replied: “Eminem is legend ma ni–a. I f–k with Eminem. You know why I f–l with Eminem? You see what going on Megan Thee Stallion movement, you know what’s going on right? Nobody knew who she was and my brother put her on. She was out of her pocket. Soon as she got her part, she went on Roc Nation and she said ‘f–k the brother.’ Now I’m telling you why I f–k with Eminem. As big as he has gotten, as big as he is, he refuses to walk away from Dr. Dre’s contract, the man who believed in him. They been offering him hundreds of millions and he’s always like ‘I’m signed to Aftermath, talk to Dre.’ That’s why I respect that man. Every other ni–a in this business, when a ni–a believed in him, put them on, payed the rent, next day they were like ‘I wanna get away, f–k you.’ What Eminem does is called LOYALTY.”

“You are all racist organization praying on the bible. All you say, all this s–t is hypocritical.” – he added.

Then one of the artist said: “If we are talking about the greatest of all time Eminem should not be in that discussion. Even Snoop said that. Snoop said he’s a guest in this culture. He can not be the best. Eminem did not earn his numbers. That Slim Shady song would not be popping if he was black. No black person could rap about his mama like he raps about his mama and gets away with it. I ain’t saying Eminem is not good but didn’t The Game just did 10-minute diss song towards Eminem?”

Wack 100 replied: “That was for entertainment bro. We don’t wanna fight Eminem. We don’t wanna kill Eminem. And Game was actually paying a respect to Eminem on The Black Slim Shady track.”

You can watch the whole thing below:

James Larese talks about working with Eminem on Empire State Building performance

No Jumper host Sharps has recently sat down with the video director James Larese to talk about the business, how he navigates his way to success, artists he has worked with, how he keeps his motivation going and much more.

At one point of the interview, Sharps asked James Larese to talk about working with Eminem on Empire State Building performance of his “Venom” single from 2018, off Kamikaze album.

“I’ve worked very very consistently with Eminem for many many years, since about 2008. So, he was gonna perform. He had this song “Venom” out and he was going to do that performance. They did an actual music video for it as well but this was gonna be the separate live performance that we were gonna shoot live.” said Larese.

Then he continues: “Eminem is amazing. He’s genius. He’s a genius, that’s all I can say. And here is a thing. We shot it a week before the Kimmel show. Before it was gonna air. And it was planned out where on that day that it was gonna air Kim will throw it to them and it would seem as if it was right then. So, because we did that a week ahead of time it had to be a secret. So how you do that? It could not let be known because then everyone would know it was not live when it actually aired. People do that all the time when they shoot things.”

“So, basically we had 70th floor up of the Empire State Building for about two days. To rehearse and sequence, the lights of the Empire State building to the song, so when we would play the song the lights of the Empire State Building would pulse to the beat, they change it. And then we had two helicopters, one that was filming his performance and one that was shooting that helicopter shooting him. I wanted to take advantage of that fact that we were actually using helicopter so I wanted to be able to shoot the helicopter in the shot.” he added.

Earlier this month James Larese, who has previously worked with Eminem on “From Detroit To The LBC,” with Snoop Dogg, “Is This Love (09′),” with 50 Cent “Darkness,” “Rainy Days” with Westside Boogie, “Lucky You,” with Joyner Lucas, “Fall” and “Fast Lane” with Royce 5’9″ music videos and SNL sketches, also hinted that Eminem has something planned in 2023.

You can watch the new interview below: