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Eminem covers XXL Magazine: Battle with Addiction, Meeting Dr. Dre, Looking to Kendrick Lamar & J. Cole & more (+10 photos)

Eminem celebrates XXL’s 25th anniversary with a look back at his illustrious career, which the magazine has carefully documented the entirety of. In his own words, Em shares incite on what he’s learned, how he stays motivated and why being a true lyricist has always been essential to who he is as a person.

On Meeting Dr. Dre and Making The Slim Shady LP:

“I remember saying, ‘If I could just get with Dre, man, my God that’d be so crazy. He’s so f**kin’ ill.’ Three weeks later, I was at Dre’s house. We made The Slim Shady LP. That was a fun album to make, but it’s also where everything suddenly changed. One of those changes was that drugs became a part of the way I was living my life once I got signed.”

On His Role in Today’s Hip-Hop:

“My role in today’s hip-hop is to always try to be the best rapper. That’s it. That’s how I want to feel inside. That’s what I want to feel. And I can’t do that until I listen to what the f**k J. Cole just put out. What the f**k did Kendrick just put out? And I’m thinking, Oh, these dudes ain’t playing. I don’t want to get swept away in that shuffle. I still want to let everybody know who the f**k I am. Like I said, ‘They rap to be the best rappers.’ I’ll hear some s**t by them, and I’ll be like, Yo, I ain’t the best rapper right now. I need to f**kin’ get up, get back on my s**t.”

On Looking to the Younger Generation of Artists:

“I want to do things that nobody from this point on can ever top. Rap to a level that no one else could get to. And again, it’s subjective, and every rapper, especially rappers in competitive rap, wants to be the best rapper. So, I look for the younger generation to push me. I don’t have to make albums. I don’t have to do anything at this point. It’s about wanting to, and that’s never changed for me no matter what level the fame’s gotten to. I still love to rap. It’s always been the most important thing to me. I still have fun writing.”

On When Eminem’s Addiction Got Bad:

“I was able to downplay my addiction and hide it for a while until it got really bad. And also, at that time, so much s**t was happening with the whole 50 beef with Ja Rule. We started feuding, going back-and-forth, and I’m making all of these diss records and s**t. So, I’m coming off The Marshall Mathers LP and going into Encore when my addiction started to get bad. I was taking Vicodin, Valium and alcohol. I kinda fell off the map a little bit and didn’t explain why I went away. I remember things started getting really, really bad when me, 50 and G-Unit did BET’s 106 & Park. We performed ‘You Don’t Know’ on the show and then we did an interview afterward. That’s when the wheels started coming off. One of the hosts was talking to me and I could not understand a word she was saying. 50 had to cover for me and answer every question.”

On the Encore Album Being a Misstep:

“[Encore] became a misstep and I struggled to get over the fact that I didn’t do my best. My best would’ve been good enough if the leaks hadn’t happened. But I released what I had at that point in time, and I feel that put a kind of a mark on my catalog. Encore did some decent numbers, but I was never that concerned with numbers. I was more so worried about what people think about the album. Critics and fans were important to me, and they were always at me about that project.”

Read Eminem’s complete cover story in his own words on the XXL website here. Also check out the new photoshoot below:

Photos by Travis Shinn for XXL

 

Eminem says he still has enough songs for “Relapse 2,” reveals why he’s not releasing it

Paul Rosenberg takes an in depth look at the hits, art and albums that make up the legendary musical library of Eminem as told through first-hand experiences by the participants and collaborators on these celebrated projects. It’s a 7-part series exclusively released in celebration for Curtain Call 2. For the sixth part, Paul brings out none other than Eminem for the interview which you can check out below.

The process of making Relapse

I remember when I first got sober all the s**t was out of my system. I remember just being really happy. Everything was f**king new to me again. It was the first album and the first time I had had fun recording in a long time. I started having fun with music again and I was re-learning how to rap. Took a long time for my brain to start working again…”Detroit Basketball” was the first thing I recorded and it was f**king weird because my brain was turning back on. I started going over the lines, thinking ‘wait, that’s not good.’ I don’t know which version was leaked but there were like twenty version of that s**t. For the Relapse album, I think “Must Be The Ganja” was the first song I recorded and made into the album. Dre was feeding me with beats and I think “My Mom” was second.

About “Beautiful”

Couple things come into play. One, I had just started watching bunch of serial killer documentaries and s**t and it started giving me ideas like I could if I tried to sound like a demented serial killer. ‘Beautiful’ came out earlier sessions when I was still f**ked up. It was probably only decent song I had made during that time. I didn’t want to put it on the album because it it didn’t fit the concept of everything else, accents and all that s**t.

His thoughts on Relapse album

I remember when we were in Hawaii, I was listening to some s**t from The Eminem Show. I remember some of my older s**t and going like ‘why don’t my s**t feel anything right now’ so when we did first recording session for Recovery I was in Hawaii with Dre. I don’t have problem with some of the rhymes and some of the verses as far as lyrically, it’s just accents. I felt like I sounded so demented in that s**t that I got cemented in that s**t. and I bent it back, b**ch and then I went to scratch itch. So listening to my older s**t I was like ‘I need to feel like this again’ and the first song that I did was ‘On Fire’

About scrapped Relapse 2 album 

There are probably enough songs to make another Relapse album, not that hasn’t either leaked out or were used Relapse: Refill. There are lot of songs from Relapse that didn’t leak out but they are terrible songs. They didn’t even make into the album Relapse and if you know how I feel about Relapse album then that should say something. So there is no Relapse 2.

About Recovery album

At that time, I was looking at how Drake and Wayne changed the landscape. It pushed me and motivated me. Recovery was the first album with me back on a wordplay because I started getting away from Relapse. I was watching Wayne like ‘holly s**t wordplay is back’ and I was like ‘I can do that!’ I recorded songs for Recovery and I was done but then you [Paul Rosenberg] told me ‘I got one beat and chorus you need to hear.’ When I heard it, I got into a car and I wrote two verses on my way to home. And then I told you ‘Okay tough guy. I’m done with the record but now you need to put Rihanna on it.’ I remember we wanted to get her on any song. So there was actually an attempt to get her on something. It actually leaked, it was “Fly Away” song.

About “Rap God” song 

I don’t remember exactly how it came about but I do remember that when I first recorded it, I was still playing CDs back then, I’m listening to it in the car and when it cuts off it says ‘six minutes’ and I was like ‘what the f**k that s**t’s exactly six minutes?! That’s crazy, so I want back and that’s were the intro comes from… For some reason, summa-lumma, dooma-lumma was stuck into my head and I just kept repeating the phrase. That rhymes with lots of s**t so I started rhyming. That part is kind of stunt in there. I remember when I wrote it I was thinking ‘when I go into the studio am I going to be able to say this s**t?’ Sometimes the s**t I write my mouth can’t say it.

Visiting Rick Rubin at his house

The first time I met Rick Rubin was with you. We went to his house and his house was still under construction. I went to use his bathroom and after I used bathroom, I gotta dry my hands and there was a paper towel in there, dried my hands but there was no garbage so I put the paper towel in toilet, hit flush and it started overflowing. [Laughs].

Then Eminem continues talking about Tinnitus, Hell: The Sequel and Revival. You can check the interview below:

Westside Boogie talks ‘More Black Superheroes’ album, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar & more

Westside Boogie has recently sat down with Charlamagne Tha God and Angela Yee on Power 105.1 FM’s Breakfast Club where he talked about his latest album More Black Superheroes, his past relationships, therapy sessions, linking up with Eminem, relationship with Kendrick Lamar and much more.

About ‘More Black Superheroes’ album

The process of making this album was tough because the accountability factor that came with therapy. By that time I had a healthy relationship and when I lost her I was still happy because I was like ‘I’m gonna make a fire album, I can make a heart-break album.’ Then I’m at therapy and my therapist make me address the stuff and make me hold myself accountable so I felt like I could not approach music the same. It was hard to make certain songs and it took awhile to figure out what I wanted to talk about.

About linking up with Eminem

I was sitting in church in Compton. I was doing gospel raps at first and there were a little kids who were going to church and were already a gang members and I thought they were the coolest ni**as in the world so I became a follower. I started going in church with them and gospel rap was not a thing anymore. Just started rapping around the city. Got my baby mama pregnant at 19. I was recording in my mama’s room for about 4 years. This white man hit me on Twitter. In a hood we think that any white man hit us means we made it. That’s what I thought at that time. He became my manager. He came from Indian background. He was working with the likes of Skrillex.

Interscope ended up calling me. But they put me on the shelf. Then LVRN came around and two weeks before that my new manager had called me and said ‘hey man I don’t know hw Paul Rosenberg found your music but he f**king with you and he wanna fly you to Detroit.’ I had new management and Eminem took over my contract out of nowhere. I don’t know how he found me. They said Rihanna’s post about me was a thing. Eminem told me the songs that he liked was like my album cuts and he was explaining me those lyrics and that’s what made me trust a judgement because he was not talking to me about the viral songs. We had that conversation, I went home and he just gave me the freedom to create, that’s why I appreciate him. Because he gave me advice when I needed it but he does not overstepping my creative process.

About relationship with Kendrick Lamar 

That’s my favorite rapper. He’s from my neighborhood and I just appreciate the doors he opened with just about being himself. I never expect Kendrick to do nothing for me. He did gave me opportunities because just let me come around and to see certain stuff being in the studio with him. So yeah, shout out to him. I do have a relationship. It’s not like he’s my best friend but somebody from my neighborhood who was accessible to everyone from my neighborhood.

You can watch the full interview below:

Azealia Banks lashes out on Eminem, says he should be blamed for influencing ‘white school shooters’

Azealia Banks has just reignited her one sided beef with Eminem.

She is never one to hold her tongue, especially when it comes to her takes on hip-hop. Yesterday, the rapper shared her thoughts on some of the rap game’s biggest names, such as Jay-Z, Eminem and Lil Wayne.

Banks began to explain why she thinks Lil Wayne is a better rapper than Jay-Z, beginning with their respective catalogs. After offering her praise and criticism to Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and Styles P, she attacked Eminem. “Eminem is, was and has always been annoying garbage. I can’t, won’t and refuse to consume white male rap anger in rap form.”

“I’m picking Paul Wall and Bubba Sparxxx over Eminem ANYDAY,” she added before going full rent on Slim Shady.

“Also — can we also make Eminem’s glorified white male rage a factor in what influences white school shooters lmao… We love to blame black parents and black stars for *what’s wrong with our youth* but really let Em write whole songs about wanting to murder his own mother. We really should blame Eminem for everything.”

Additionally, she pointed out how Eminem landed an Elton John feature in spite of using homophobic slurs in his music: “Also, I’m pissed because Em said fa**ot and got an entire Elton John collab out of it. I was supposed to win a prize too gatdamnit.”

Check out the screenshots of her stories below:

Rock Hall shares short documentary to honor Eminem

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2022. Eminem is being inducted in his first year of eligibility, and he’s joined in the 2022 class by Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon, Eurythmics, and Pat Benatar.

This year’s Ahmet Ertegun Award winners include Sugarhill Records founder Sylvia Robinson, Interscope and Beats founder Jimmy Iovine, and lawyer to the stars Allen Grubman.

It was the first year that Eminem, Parton, Richie, and Simon were nominated. This year won’t be Eminem’s first year at a Rock Hall ceremony. Last year, he performed “Rock the Bells” with LL Cool J at the 2021 induction ceremony. In 2009, he also gave the speech inducting Run-D.M.C. into the Rock Hall.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2022 induction ceremony will take place on November 5 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. It will simulcast on SiriusXM’s Volume channel and air at a later date on HBO and HBO Max.

Rock Hall confirmed that Eminem will also perform at the ceremony.

To honor Slim Shady’s induction to Hall Of Fame, the Rock Hall released a short documentary, describing the Detroit legend’s career highlights. You can watch the video below:

Eminem earns his first ever No.1 song on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart

Last month DJ Khaled released star-studded new album “God Did” which includes a song “Use This Gospel (Remix)” with Kanye West and Eminem, produced by one and only Dr. Dre. As Ye previously said, the song is his daughter’s all time favorite song.

In an interview with Lowe, Khaled revealed how the remix ended up on the album. He stated that Ye had played him Jesus Is King Part II in full a year and half prior, calling it “incredible”. Even though West and Khaled had recorded a couple of tracks for God Did, they were never finished due to the rapper’s schedule. As part of a “last minute magic gift”, Khaled asked West if he could include the remix on God Did since it perfectly fit the album’s theme. According to Khaled, West loved the idea, which he joked “You know Ye don’t love no idea”. Before confirming the inclusion, West insisted on contacting both Dr. Dre and Eminem for their approval.

Musically, the remix is a gospel track, with rock undertones. The song is reminiscent of Slim Shady’s early 2000s work, though it features heavier drums. Em performs a fast pace Christian rap verse on the remix, replacing Clipse’s appearance on the original track. His verse is succeeded by a dubstep outro, contributed by Dr. Dre.

In the song, The Detroit legend expresses uncertainty about holding on, detailing combatting addiction and temptation while he has raised his daughters. Em also compares his controversies to West’s, places his faith in “the Father”, and thanks Jesus, concluding with: “Praises to Jesus, I will always.”

The song debuted at No. 1 on US Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart, giving Eminem his first ever chart-topper in this category.

Eminem appears on Hard Knocks season finale (Full)

This week’s episode of Hard Knocks featured a very special guest. Eminem, Mr. Porter and Paul Rosenberg visited Detroit Lions’ training ground to see what’s going on.

National Football League shared a clip of Eminem at Detroit’s facility this Tuesday. In the video, Lions head coach Dan Campbell praised the legendary rapper.

“A lot of respect for you. Nobody represents this city more than you do, so it’s a pleasure to have you out here.” – Campbell told Eminem.

“He might be on my list of like, holy s**t,” Jared Goff said.

Eminem, who toured the Lions facility (“Ain’t this the room where I saw Aidan doing the Billie Jean s**t?”), told the Detroit roster that they had a good team, and he also mentioned that he’d been hoping the Lions would be featured on Hard Knocks.

“You know what’s crazy. You know when you’re just playing catch with someone in the street or whatever, then you get on a real field, and you f**king throw that b**ch as far as you can, and it’s like 10 yards.” said Eminem.

The Detroit legend also surprised the players with Mom’s Spaghetti meals.

You can watch the full Eminem episode premiered by NFL below:

Eminem might have just hinted on new song for “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II”

Eminem has just released animated video for “Is This Love (’09),” featuring 50 Cent, produced by Dr. Dre, from recently released greatest hits album, Curtain Call 2 and fans believe there is a major easter egg in the video.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is an upcoming first-person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is a direct sequel to the 2019 reboot, and will serve as the nineteenth installment in the overall Call of Duty series.

The game is scheduled to be released on October 28, 2022 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

The new animated video by Eminem shows tiny animated men with the classic slim shady blonde hair, causing mayhem in the city. Some of them are running after people with chainsaws, while others have rocket launchers.

At one point in the video, fans spotted Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II logo which sparked the new theories about Eminem somehow being involved in the video game.

Eminem and Call Of Duty franchise have previously collaborated is several occasions. “Till I Collapse,” “Won’t Back Down,” “Don’t Front” and “Survival” were previously served as a promotional singles for the game.

Check out fans’ reactions below:

Eminem drops animated video of “Is This Love” with 50 Cent

Eminem and 50 Cent are back with the animated video of recently released single, titled “Is This Love,” from Eminem’s greatest hits album, Curtain Call 2.

“Is This Love” is an unreleased song from 2009, most likely recorded for Relapse 2 but kept in the vault. This track is one of two recorded by the duo Eminem and 50 Cent in 2009, with the other, “Psycho”, being put on 50’s album called “Before I Self Destruct.” The song contains re-recorded vocals by both artists.

Eminem has just dropped the visualizer for the song which shows tiny animated men with the classic slim shady blonde hair, causing mayhem in the city. Some of them are running after people with chainsaws, while others have rocket launchers.

You can watch the video clip and read some theories from the fans after the jump below:

 

50 Cent, Skylar Grey, Paul Rosenberg react to Eminem’s Emmy win

It was “Dre Day” once again as the Dr. Dre-focused 2022 Pepsi Super Bowl halftime show prevailed at Saturday’s first night of the Creative Arts Emmys.

This year’s Emmy for best live variety special went to NBC’s broadcast of the halftime show that aired during the NFL championship game on February 13, 2022. The special was officially titled The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent, with Anderson . Paak as a special guest.

The winners for the show were executive producers JAY-Z, Desiree Perez and Jesse Collins; co-executive producers Dionne Harmon and Dave Meyers; supervising producer Aaron B. Cooke; and performers Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent.

This also marks the first time that hip-hop has been awarded in the category, with the show’s medley including such radio hits as “California Love,” “No More Drama,” “Lose Yourself” and “Still D.R.E.”

50 Cent, Skylar Grey, Paul Rosenberg, Fredwreck and more shared their congratulating messages to the legendary crew on social media. You can check it below:

Pat Stay defends Eminem by dropping The Game diss-track “Warm Up”

About a month ago, The Game dropped an Eminem diss track on his Drillmati: Heart Vs. Mind album, called “The Black Slim Shady.” The controversial 10-minutes song earned the Compton rapper lots of backlash, including a diss track of his own from renowned battle rapper Pat Stay.

“I gotta say, as a fan of you The Game it’s been hard to watch you desperately begging for Eminem attention trying to battle him. Trust me, I respect the hunger, but once you start that whole ‘he only blew up because he’s white’ type s**t it comes off more hater-ish than competitive.” Stay wrote on his Instagram post and challenged him to a battle. “Lots of famous rappers have jumped in the ring to solidify their positions as lyricists and real MCs. And that seems to be what you’ve been trying to prove. So bring it. I’m that white boy you need to see first.”

The Game did not responded directly but he block Pat Stay on social media, which led the underground star to drop off his “Warm Up” diss track featuring Kaleb Simmonds. The song Eminem’s “Stan.”

Some of the quotable lyrics include Pat rapping from Game’s perspective: “Dear Slim, I wrote you and you still haven’t responded / Pat Stay called me out, I got scared and blocked him / I never meant to hurt you, but tonight I’m cleaning out my closet.”

Two days after releasing the diss-track, acclaimed Nova Scotia battle rapper Pat Stay was the victim of a fatal stabbing in downtown Halifax.

Eminem & Royce 5’9″ pay tribute to battle rapper Pat Stay who was stabbed to death

Eminem & Royce 5’9″ pay tribute to battle rapper Pat Stay who was stabbed to death

Few hours ago, Eminem and Royce 5’9″ honored battle rapper Pat Stay with posts on Twitter.

The legendary battle-rapper was stabbed to death in Fairfax, Nova Scotia, yesterday. Eminem paid tribute to the late Pat Stay on social media, calling him one of the greatest of all time. While Royce highlighted his personality.

“Hip Hop lost one of the best battlers of all time. RIP Pat Stay … KINGS NEVER DIE!!” wrote Eminem on Twitter. ‘R.I.P.
Pat Stay. He was a GREAT man…” said Royce.

The stabbing occurred at 12:36 AM on the 1600 block of Lower Water Street, according to reports. Stay was then taken to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries at just 36 years old. While Halifax Regional Police hadn’t publicly identified Stay as the victim of the stabbing, his brother, Peter, came forward to confirm his passing to CBS News.

Check the tweets below:

Stay, who hailed from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, was best known for his talent as a master in rap battles. His 2015 win (his fourth!) in a pay-per-view battle at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto in which he defended his title in King of the Dot’s Blackout 5 against rapper Charron, sealed his place in battle rap history.

Later that year, Pat Stay joined Eminem’s reality TV show, “Road to Total Slaughter,” in which 8 battle rappers competed to co-headline a main event match-up in Slim Shady’s Total Slaughter Battle Rap League.

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