Big Sean has returned with a new album, titled Better Me Than You. The Detroit rapper’s sixth solo studio album features NASAAN, DJ Premier, The Alchemist, Gunna, Bryson Tiller, Kodak Black, Charlie Wilson, Eryn Allen Kane, Larry June, Cash Cobain, Ellie Goulding, Syd, Teyana Taylor and Thundercat. It marks his first solo studio project in 4 years, since 2020’s Detroit 2 album, which has since been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
To celebrate the release, Big Sean has also unleashed a music video for the song titled “Who You Are (Superstar).” The video clip stars Amine, Dylan Patel, Jazz Cartier, Mark Phillips, and Taye Diggs. On Friday, August 30th, a conversation with Big Sean at the Grammy Museum brings the rapper to the Clive Davis Theater to discuss the new release, his creative process, and much more.
Eminem, who has recently collaborated with Big Sean on “Tobey” alongside Detroit youngster BabyTron from The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace) album, showed support to Sean Don’s latest project by posting the link of “Better Me Than You” on his Instagram story with the caption: “Big Sean album out now! Check it out!”
Check the screenshot of the Eminem’s Instagram story and Big Sean’s new album below:
After receiving 6 traditional nomination at the 2024 MTV VMAs, Eminem get two more social nominations: VMAs Most Iconic Performance and Song Of Summer.
Eminem’s legendary performance of “The Real Slim Shady” and “The Way I Am” from the 2000 show is nominated for VMAs Most Iconic Performance. Em began the performance outside Radio City Music Hall and continued as he strode into the theater followed by a hundred Eminem lookalikes. Em is the only male artist that is nominated in this category. Another nomination comes for “Houdini” for Song of Summer.
MTV also announced a “bonus week” of voting across general categories, now closing Sept. 6 at 6 p.m. ET. Fans vote for their favorites across 15 gender-neutral categories, including video of the year, by visiting MTV’s website. 24 hours of fan voting for VMSs Most Iconic Performance that celebrates some of the most memorable VMAs performances from the history of the show begins Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. ET on @MTV Instagram Story (one round, tap to vote); concludes Sept. 11 @ 11 a.m. ET. Fan voting for all-round favorite summer 2024 hit will launch Friday, Sept. 6 at 11 a.m. ET on @MTV Instagram Story (three rounds bracket-style face-off, final round tap to vote); closes Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. ET.
With nominations in these four social categories added in, Taylor Swift maintains her lead as the year’s top nominee (12), followed closely by Post Malone (11), Eminem (8), Ariana Grande, Megan Thee Stallion, Sabrina Carpenter and SZA (7 each).
The 2024 MTV VMAs are set to air live on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m. ET/PT from New York’s UBS Arena. Megan Thee Stallion is set to host the show. Katy Perry will receive the Video Vanguard Award and also perform. The 2024 show will be held just three days shy of the 40th anniversary of the inaugural VMAs at Radio City Music Hall. Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Camila Cabello, GloRilla and Rauw Alejandro were the first artists slated to perform at the awards; they were announced on Aug. 12. Benson Boone, Halsey, Lenny Kravitz and LISA were added to the lineup on Aug. 21. Shawn Mendes, Anitta, Karol G and LL Cool J were added on Aug. 27.
If Eminem wins one award, he will break out of tie with Peter Gabriel as the man with the most VMAs in history. The Rap God also extends his record for most ‘Video of the Year’ nominations in #VMAs history (8). He has yet to receive the Michael Jackson Vanguard Award. Check out all the 8 nominations that Eminem is nominated for at 2024 MTV VMAs below:
Taylor Swift once again dominates MTV Video Music Awards nominations list by getting 10 nods, including eight for her Post Malone collaboration “Fortnight” and its video. Post Malone got one extra nomination (Best Collaboration, for “I Had Some Help,” with Morgan Wallen), putting him in second overall, followed by Eminem, Ariana Grande and first-time nominee Sabrina Carpenter, who got 6 nods each. Close behind them are Megan Thee Stallion and SZA, with five each, and Blackpink’s Lisa, Olivia Rodrigo, and Teddy Swims with four nominations for 2024 MTV VMAs.
Eminem is one of the most nominated artist in the history of the MTV VMAs. The Detroit legend has been nominated for 66 times and won 13 awards, including 6 is now pending. The first win came in 1999 in “Best New Artist in a Video” category for “My Name Is” music video. The last nominations was in 2022 when his joint with Snoop Dogg, “From The D 2 The LBC” was nominated in Best Hip-Hop category but lost to Nicki Minaj’s “Do We Have a Problem?” featuring Lil Baby.
The 2024 VMAs return to New York live on the East Coast from UBS Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The show will be held just four days shy of the 40th anniversary of the inaugural VMAs at Radio City Music Hall, where Madonna stole the show.
If Eminem wins one award, he will break out of tie with Peter Gabriel as the man with the most VMAs in history. The Rap God also extends his record for most ‘Video of the Year’ nominations in #VMAs history (8). He has yet to receive the Michael Jackson Vanguard Award… Check out the list of nominations for 2024 MTV VMAs below.
VMAs Most Iconic Performance
Beyoncé – “Love on Top” (2011)
Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Missy Elliott – “Like a Virgin” & “Hollywood” (2003)
Eminem – “The Real Slim Shady” & “The Way I Am” (2000)
Katy Perry – “Roar” (2013)
Lady Gaga – “Paparazzi” (2009)
Madonna – “Like a Virgin” (1984)
Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me” (2009)
Song Of Summer
Ariana Grande – “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” – Republic Records
Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things” – Night Street Records, Inc. / Warner Records
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather” – Darkroom / Interscope Records
Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!” – Amusement Records / Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
LL Cool J and Eminem‘s collaboration called “Murdergram Deux” has finally been officially released after an unfinished version previously surfaced on the internet.
The song if from from LL’s upcoming The FORCE (an acronym for Frequencies of Real Creative Energy) fourteenth studio album. The track sees the two Gods of Rap trade fast-paced bars over a manic Q-Tip beat with Slim Shady also providing additional production.
The two GOATS use the song to showcase their lyrical abilities with LL spitting: “Do you remember first time you heard the legend in leather? / The career ender with the road-killer stuck to his fender / I’m on another bender, drunk off the power that make a coward surrender as I devour contenders.”
Eminem also offers up some of his trademark wordplay: “I can’t understand a single word you’re saying / I think you have syrup brain, ’bout to finish you like polyurethane / All that molly probably sure to drain your spinal fluid from your vertebrae.”
Last month, Eminem released his chart-topping, 12th solo studio album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), which includes a song “Temporary,” featuring Skylar Grey, produced by Skylar Grey and Eminem themselves.
“Temporary” is a song made for Hailie (Eminem’s only biological daughter) for her to listen to after Eminem dies. In this heartfelt track, Eminem reflects on his fears of not being able to communicate his feelings to Hailie once he’s gone. He recalls their close relationship, his struggles, and the guidance he wants to leave behind. Eminem emphasizes the importance of staying strong through tough times and assures Hailie that heartbreak is temporary. The song includes personal and candid moments, such as a childhood recording of Hailie, adding a layer of authenticity and intimacy. Throughout the song, Eminem balances expressing his deep love and concern for his daughter with his signature raw and unfiltered lyrical style.
Last week, Hailie shared her reaction to the song during the latest episode of her Just A Little Shady podcast, saying: “I audibly sobbed, I think for both songs [Somebody Save Me and Temporary], but especially ‘Temporary. I feel like my parents did such a good job, growing up, where I didn’t realize how bad things were. But now, as an adult, in hindsight, it’s so scary to think about and I think that’s why I get emotional so much.”
Yesterday, one of the fans shared his hand tattoo of “TEMPORARY” with backwards E merged to M, like an Eminem logo. Skylar Grey reshared the photo on her Instagram Story with the caption: “First tattoo I’ve seen of this title…What an honor! It looks so good!” Check out the screenshot of t he story below:
Multi-platinum rapper, singer, songwriter, and voice actor Krizz Kaliko, who is a long-time collaborator with fellow hometown native Tech N9ne and was signed to Strange Music, has recently reacted to Eminem‘s “Fuel” song, featuring JID, produced by Denaun, from his 12th solo studio album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace).
“As soon as I hear Em come on it’s like, I ain’t saying… JID is hard! I want to do a song with him, but for some reason when Em come on, his voice sound like the song just goes up a notch. That’s what happened in ‘Speedom.’ I know I did my thing in ‘Speedom’ but when he comes on the song man…I don’t know…” said Krizz Kaliko as soon as Eminem started his verse.
“Everything he says, dude, it ain’t just wordplay. I hope y’all know that. Something about him, he’s not just doing wordplay, it’s all like riddles and rhymes and rhyme schemes and he’s actually telling you a story in the middle of that just two bar segment. Eminem is absolutely forever. His mind is still supper sharp. I don’t care what y’all say. Eminem is forever, man. Putting rhymes in my head like alphabet soup!” said Kaliko as he continued listening to the verse.
“You didn’t let no words with K’s or C’s go. What the rest of us gonna rhyme with, dawg?! I still do rap music, what the rest of us going to rhyme with when you done took all the K’s and C’s music, dude? C’mon dawg! And I’m a chopper. I need those two, three, four syllable words, man, to do doubles and triples. Eminem ain’t leaving nothing else to eat. He eating it all. Just as far as creativity goes, some of his stuff is godly. This whole thing is classic. I can’t wait to do anything song with you but if you rapping like that now I got to come even harder. I gotta go even harder if we do anything together again. DAMN!” Krizz Kaliko added. You can watch the entire reaction video below:
Last month, DJ Quik and Jason Martin, also known as Problem, joined N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN on Drink Champs for an legendary conversation about West Coast Hip-Hop. The legendary duo share stories about working with Jay-Z and Tupac, and give insight into Compton’s music scene. They also dive into topics like the recent Kendrick Lamar versus Drake beef, the importance of owning masters, and the historic Super Bowl Halftime Show featuring Dr. Dre. Quik and Problem reflect on gang culture’s influence on hip-hop while emphasizing the current unity in LA’s music scene.
At one point of the interview, DJ Quik recalled a funny incident that happened during the “Encore” studio session with Eminem and Dr. Dre. “I helped with a lot of records to Dr. Dre. I’m on ‘My Dad’s Gone Crazy.’ I was in the studio when he was doing Smoke Choke Me, Spank Me. That’s my drums on Eminem’s ‘My Dad’s Gone Crazy.'” – said DJ Quik
Then he continued: “When I gave Dre them sounds and left, Dre just put them all at work so he would be like ‘Quik, you busy?’ I’m like ‘Nah, what’s up?!’ I’ll go to the studio and he’d be like, even the booth and s–t, that nig-a be like, ‘bum-nunu-bum-nunu, now I’mma do this thing.’ I’m getting chills just outside the studio, I was like ‘what the f–k is that?!’ And he was like ‘them your drums, you get?’ I’m like, ‘bro, I’m still getting chill.’ The way them sounded they were unreal. I should have stopped drinking just to be more present.”
“F–king watching Eminem mixing Encore and s–t. And this stripper b–ch knocked me over his equipment and s–t. We both go falling and Eminem was like ‘DRE! get your man Dre!’ I’m like ‘EM! It’s not me! It’s that her, fat a-s Puerto Rican.” DJ Quik added.
Then he talked about the drums he made for 50 Cent’s Get Rich Or Die Tryin’: “In Da Club and If I Can’t. Then I gave Dre the drum sound of ‘If I Can’t’ he was [impressed]. I do sound design, that’s really my s–t. Dre is like Quincy Jones. These motherf–kers only want to hear something they have never heard before. You got to impress them. You gotta go do some s–t they never heard before and then they let you in and party and bi–ches jump on you, weed comes out, the liquor, the money, the check…” You can watch the interview below:
Big Sean continues to show support to Eminem as he always does. Slim Shady has recently released the music video of “Somebody Save Me,” featuring Jelly Roll, the third single from his 12th solo studio album, The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace).
Eminem posted a short clip of the video on Instagram with the caption: “This is my song from me to you…” #SomebodySaveMe video OUT NOW! Link in bio.” Under the comment section, his brother Nathan Kane Mathers commented: “Nailed it Beautifully done Big Bro! We love you.”
Big Sean also commented: “Let’s go” with fire emojis. In the previous post, Jelly Roll commented: “Absolutely unbelievable.” Em’s daughter also recently talked about “Somebody Save Me,” “Temporary” and “Mockingbird” in the latest episode of her Just A Little Shady podcast, which you can check out here.
After several months of gossip about a potential separation between singer and actress Jennifer Lopez and actor Ben Affleck, the two formally put an end to the chatter by filing for divorce on August 20, 2024. Following the brief disappointment over the couple’s love ending once more, the focus now shifts: Who could be their next lovers?
Online gambling company website “BetOnline” has already assembled a list of possibilities, according to “TMZ“. This list, now revealed, incorporates some realistic contenders and some rather strange, improbable choices.
Detroit icon Eminem heads the odds. At the time of writing this article, on August 24, 2024, Slim Shady led the pack on the “Money Line” odds at +800, slightly trailing behind his colleague The Weeknd (34) with +1000. A $100 wager on Eminem would result in $800 wins, while the same bet on The Weeknd would bring in $1000.
Ben Affleck’s best friend, Matt Damon (53), was positioned midway in the odds at +5000, while contenders such as Travis Kelce (34) (the boyfriend of Taylor Swift’s 34) and lesbian talk show host Ellen DeGeneres (66) trailed behind, with odds ranging from +10,000 to +15,000. The least favorable odds were given to Donald Trump (78) and rapper Diddy (54), both at +25,000.
Eminem and Jeniffer Lopez hugging at 2009 MTV VMAs.
Some of the biggest and iconic songs in history were the part of the soundtrack to the official nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday evening at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, as delegations from all 50 states and several territories pledged their support to Ms. Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota.
The music was mixed and organized by DJ Cassidy, a mainstay of Democratic conventions dating to 2012, who tried to pair the music with the state whose delegates were speaking. The process of compiling the playlist took about a month, and he worked with each state’s delegation to find a song that captured a spirit of “unity and celebration” and had meaning to the state.
DJ Cassidy used Eminem‘s “Lose Yourself” when it was Michigan’s turn to pledge their support for Kamala Harris. Dr. Dre’s “Next Episode” was also chosen for California, alongside to 2Pac’s “California Love” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” and “Not Like Us.” The following is a list of the songs that accompanied each state and territory for Kamala Harris convention:
Alabama — “Sweet Home Alabama,” by Lynyrd Skynyrd (which formed in Florida). Alaska — “Feel It Still,” by Portugal. The Man, originally from Alaska. Arizona — “Edge of Seventeen,” by Stevie Nicks, a native of Phoenix. Arkansas — “Don’t Stop,” by Fleetwood Mac, the 1992 campaign song for Bill Clinton, the former governor of Arkansas.
California — “Next Episode” by Dr. Dre, then “California Love,” by Tupac, followed by “Alright” and “Not Like Us,” both by Kendrick Lamar, a selection of hip-hop songs about the state and by some of its most famous artists. Colorado — “September,” by Earth, Wind & Fire. Philip Bailey, one of the band’s two lead singers, hails from Denver. Connecticut — “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours,” by Stevie Wonder. Connecticut is known as the Constitution State.
Democrats Abroad — “Love Train,” by the O’Jays. (“People around the world, join hands,” the lyrics say.) District of Columbia — “Let Me Clear Me Throat,” by DJ Kool, one of the earliest rap artists from Washington, D.C. Delaware — “Higher Love,” by Kygo and Whitney Houston. President Biden, Delaware’s favorite son, has played this song regularly at his events, including after his acceptance speech in 2020.
Florida — “I Won’t Back Down,” by Florida’s own Tom Petty, and used by Florida politicians for decades, including, most recently, Gov. Ron DeSantis. Georgia — “Welcome to Atlanta,” by Jermaine Dupri, followed by “Turn Down for What,” by Lil Jon and DJ Snake and “Get Low.” Lil Jon performed part of it live at the United Center in Chicago, singing with the Georgia delegation. Guam — “Espresso,” by Sabrina Carpenter. Hawaii — “24k Magic,” by Hawaii’s most successful pop artist, Bruno Mars.
Idaho — “Private Idaho,” by the B-52’s, who are not from Idaho. Illinois — “Sirius,” by the Alan Parsons Project, which played while the Chicago Bulls were introduced during the Michael Jordan era of the 1990s. Indiana — “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough,” by Indiana’s own Michael Jackson. Iowa — “Celebration,” by Kool & the Gang.
Kansas — “Carry On Wayward Son,” by, um, Kansas. Kentucky — “First Class,” by Jack Harlow, a hip-hop artist from Louisville, Ky. Louisiana — “All I Do Is Win,” by DJ Khaled of New Orleans.
Maine — “Shut Up and Dance,” by Walk the Moon. Maryland — “Respect,” by Aretha Franklin. Massachusetts — “I’m Shipping Up to Boston,” by Dropkick Murphys, a loud-and-proud Massachusetts punk band that regularly wears Boston sports jerseys while playing. Michigan — “Lose Yourself,” by Eminem, one of the most iconic rappers in the universe. The Oscar-winning song that is chosen to be an anthem of motivational music for athletes. Minnesota — “1999,” by Prince, Minnesota’s own, well, prince. Mississippi — “Twistin’ the Night Away,” by Sam Cooke, the “King of Soul,” who helped expand the genre in Mississippi. Missouri — “Good Luck, Babe,” by Missouri’s Chappell Roan. Montana — “American Woman,” by Lenny Kravitz (originally by Guess Who, a Canadian band).
Nebraska — “Firework,” by Katy Perry. Nevada — “Mr. Brightside,” by the Killers, a rock band from Las Vegas. New Hampshire — “Don’t Stop Believin’,” by Journey. New Jersey — “Born in the U.S.A.,” by the New Jersey native son Bruce Springsteen. The song has often been misread by politicians; it is not an enthusiastic celebration of American birthright but instead a conflicted protest song, with criticisms about the Vietnam War. New Mexico — “Confident,” by Demi Lovato, the New Mexico singer who has performed at the Democratic National Convention in the past. New York — “Empire State of Mind,” a duet by two New York artists — Alicia Keys and Jay-Z — that became the anthem for the New York Yankees’ 2009 World Series run. North Carolina — “Raise Up,” by Petey Pablo, a hip-hop artist from North Carolina. North Dakota — “Girl on Fire,” by Alicia Keys. Northern Mariana Islands — “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” a Motown staple by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.
Ohio — “Green Light,” by John Legend, the Ohio native scheduled to play a concert in Chicago after the convention’s proceedings on Tuesday night. Oklahoma — “Ain’t Going Down (Till the Sun Comes Up),” by Garth Brooks, the Tulsa, Okla., country legend. Oregon — “Float On,” by Modest Mouse, a band born in Washington but now based in Portland, Ore.
Pennsylvania — “Motownphilly” by the Philadelphia group Boyz II Men and “Black and Yellow,” by the Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa, a staple at Pittsburgh Steelers games. Puerto Rico — “Despacito,” by Luis Fonsi, one of the biggest singles ever by a Puerto Rican artist.
Rhode Island — “Shake It Off,” by Taylor Swift, who owns a home in Watch Hill, R.I. South Carolina — “Get Up,” by James Brown, who grew up in rural southwestern South Carolina. South Dakota — “What I Like About You,” by the Romantics.
Tennessee — “9 to 5,” by the Tennessee singer, artist and activist Dolly Parton. Texas — “Texas Hold ’Em,” by Beyoncé, a Texas native.
Utah — “Animal,” by Neon Trees, from just outside Salt Lake City. Vermont — “Stick Season,” by Noah Kahan, who hails from Vermont and mentions “I Love Vermont” in the song. U.S. Virgin Islands — “VI to the Bone,” by Mic Love, about the Virgin Islands. Virginia — “The Way I Are,” by Timbaland, born and raised in Norfolk, Va.
Washington — “Can’t Hold Us,” by the Seattle based hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. West Virginia — “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” by John Denver, a song so core to West Virginia that it is considered an official state anthem. Wisconsin — “Jump Around.” Though written by California’s House of Pain, this song is played at University of Wisconsin football games. Wyoming — “I Gotta Feeling,” by the Black Eyed Peas.
Eminem is one of the most nominated artist in the history of the MTV VMAs. The Detroit legend has been nominated for 66 times and won 13 awards, including 6 is now pending. The first win came in 1999 in “Best New Artist in a Video” category for “My Name Is” music video. The last nominations was in 2022 when his joint with Snoop Dogg, “From The D 2 The LBC” was nominated in Best Hip-Hop category but lost to Nicki Minaj’s “Do We Have a Problem?” featuring Lil Baby.
Right now Eminem is tied with singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel for the most wins by a male artist with 13 each. It’s likely that Eminem breaks that tie this year to become the male artist with the most VMA wins in history. being nominated six times thanks for his hit single “Houdini.” While Em will likely not win Video of the Year (Taylor Swift is probably taking it), he could take Best Hip-Hop with ease, especially as the most awarded artist in the category (Nicki Minaj) is not in contention this year. He could also win in technical categories, especially for Best Editing, Best Direction and Best Visual Effects as “Houdini” video involves a lot of high technology and artificial intelligence in visuals. Slim Shady is also nominated in “Artist Of The Year” category for the first time in his career.
Eminem is currently holding the crown as the rapper with the most VMA wins in history. The Rap God also extended his record for most ‘Video of the Year’ nominations in #VMAs history (8).
The 2024 VMAs return to New York live on the East Coast from UBS Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The show will be held just four days shy of the 40th anniversary of the inaugural VMAs at Radio City Music Hall, where Madonna stole the show. Check out the list of nominations for 2024 MTV VMAs below (only categories where Eminem is nominated.)
Video of the Year
Ariana Grande – We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)
Billie Eilish – Lunch
Doja Cat – Pain the Town Red
Eminem – Houdini
SZA – Snooze
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Artist of the Year
Ariana Grande
Bad Bunny
Eminem
Sabrina Carpenter
SZA
Taylor Swift
Best Hip-Hop
Drake Featuring Sexyy Red & SZA – Rich Baby Daddy
Eminem – Houdini
Glorilla – Yeah Glo!
Gunna – Fukumean
Megan Thee Stallion – Boa
Travis Scott Featuring Playboi Carti – Fe!n
Best Direction
Ariana Grande – We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)
Bleachers – Tiny Moves
Eminem – Houdini
Megan Thee Stallion – Boa
Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Best Editing
Anitta – Mil Veces
Ariana Grande – We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)
Eminem – Houdini
Lisa – Rockstar
Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Best Visual Effects
Ariana Grande – The Boy Is Mine
Eminem – Houdini
Justin Timberlake – Selfish
Megan Thee Stallion – Boa
Olivia Rodrigo – Get Him Back!
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight
Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects are non-voting categories but you can vote for Eminem in Video Of The Year, Artist Of The Year and Best Hip-Hop categories. You have to sign up on MTV’s website and you can cast 20 VOTES in each category EVERY DAY until the voting is closed.
In her latest episode of Just A Little Shady podcast, Hailie shared her reaction of his father Eminem releasing the music video of “Somebody Save Me,” featuring Jelly Roll, the third single from The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace) album. She also shared her thoughts on “Temporary” song, featuring Skylar Grey, which is also dedicated to her.
In the music video of “Somebody Save Me,” Eminem is on the outside looking in watching his three children replay precious moments from their lives that he missed out on due to his demanding career and struggle with addiction. Home video footage of Hailie Jade playing the guitar at a recital, walking across the stage for graduation and blowing out birthday candles; Alaina’s graduation; Stevie opening presents; and brother Nate during the holidays play throughout the hard-hitting clip, bringing Em to his knees seeking forgiveness from above.
During the podcast, Hailie said: “Speaking of things I watched this past week, which I refused to watch again, is “Somebody Save Me” music video. I watch it in entirety and I don’t think I can do it again. I definitely cried.”
Shen then continued: “Between that and ‘Temporary’…I mean, I can’t…I audibly sobbed, I think for both songs, but especially ‘Temporary,’ but I will say, watching the video back and listening to the songs, I feel like my parents did such a good job, growing up, where I didn’t realize how bad things were. But now, as an adult, in hindsight, it’s so scary to think about and I think that’s why I get emotional so much. Just thinking that this could have happened. And obviously that’s the point of the song but I will say that if you’ve ever lost an addict or a loved one, I feel for you… It’s a great video. It’s fun to see clips of us when we were younger like that, even ‘Mockingbird.’ But I can’t even listen to that anymore without crying. The older I get the less I can listen to any of these songs. But it is fun to see those clips not in that context.”
Legendary Steve Miller has recently done an interview on The San Diego Union Tribune where he talked about how his collaboration with Eminem come about.
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer didn’t have to think twice about collaborating with Detroit icon and fellow Rock Hall inductee Eminem, whose recent chart-topping song, “Houdini,” heavily interpolates Miller’s 1982 hit, “Abracadabra,” and was streamed more than 355 million times on Spotify to date. Check out the conversation below.
Interviewer: When you play “Abracadabra,” do you tell the audience about Eminem sampling it for his song, “Houdini?” Steve Miller: Yeah. I tell a little story about putting the song together, we vamp a bit and then go into it. I feel really great that Eminem used “Abracadabra.” It’s a good use of it!
Interviewer: How did that come about? Steve Miller: He called that he’d like to use “Abracadabra.” He said: “I’ve written a bunch of verses and we’ve done a track. I’ll send it to you.” I listened to it, called him back, and said: Yeah, that’s fine, man. It’s great! And if you want, I’ll send you the stems (individual audio files).” So, I sent him my actual recorded stems for “Abracadabra” so he could work with them.
Then, I got a lesson about what social media has done to the record business. When I put out “Abracadabra” in 1982, it became the No. 1 record in the world and that took about 12 months. With Eminem, two days after we signed our agreement, he released “Houdini” at 12:01 a.m. on a Friday. Within 30 minutes, 60,000 people had watched the video on YouTube. By 10 a.m. it was 3 million. Nearly 50 million people streamed it, worldwide, in just the first week.
I’d never seen anything like that. It was crazy, just instantly. So, that was a real lesson. And Eminem was very cool. I put out a little release (saying) I appreciated that it was legit. It feels good that a whole other group of people are listening to my music (through Eminem) and digging it.
