Busta Rhymes wants to battle Eminem on Verzuz Challenge

Legendary hip-hop artist Busta Rhymes, who has new album out right now, has publicly named the rappers that he wants to challenge on Verzuz battle and they are some heavy hitters. Possible opponents include Eminem, Jay Z and Lil Wayne.

It was rumored that T.I. and Busta Rhymes were going to clash each other on Verzuz but it didn’t happen. Busta told Complex magazine: “These are all glorious moments. We’re celebrating each other and having fun and we getting the opportunity to show some competitive sh*t.”

“The nature of what this culture has been built on from the very beginning is to be competitive, whether respectfully competitive or disrespectfully competitive continued. But just for the record, I never asked to do a Verzuz with T.I. — this was presented to me by Joe Crack.” added Busta Rhymes.

In the same interview, Busta revealed who he really wants to battle: “I do not want to do no corny Verzuz. I would not do one with anyone whose catalog is not crazy. I would love to do a Verzuz with somebody I am a fan of…I would love to do a Verzuz battle with Eminem, I would love to do a Verzuz with Lil Wayne. I would love to do a Verzuz with Hov (Jay Z).”

“I would love to do Verzuz battle with somebody I am a fan of. I would love to battle Eminem.” – Busta Rhymes (Nov. 5, 2020)

Eminem and Busta Rhymes have previously collaborated on tracks several tracks that include: “Calm Down” (2014), “Touch It” (Remix) (Live) which also featured Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliot, Lloyd Banks, Papoose and DMX (2006), “I’ll Hurt You” (2005) and “Hail Mary” which also featured 50 Cent and is a diss track towards Ja Rule.

Cardi B beats Eminem to win Best Hip-Hop at MTV EMAs 2020

Like other award shows this year, due to the new coronavirus pandemic the MTV Europe Music Awards 2020 event aired virtually last night on November 8. Big winners at the show include: BTS (not sure who they are though), Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Hayley Williams, Karol G and YUNGBLUD.

The event was hosted by a girl band Little Mix and was filmed in various locations in Europe, that included Budapest and London. Little Mix also performed their latest single, “Sweet Melody.” Other performers included stars like Doja Cat, Alicia Keys, Zara Larsson and Sam Smith.

In the Best Hip-Hop/Rap category, Eminem was up against Cardi B, DaBaby, Drake, Megan Thee Stallion, Roddy Ricch and Travis Scott and lost the nomination to Cardi B.

Eminem was previously nominated 34 times at MTV Europe Music Awards and he won the award 16 times. Most notable wins were in 2002 where Slim Shady took 4 award in one night.

 

New Album: Kuniva – “Alpha Underdog”

Kuniva of D12 finally drops “Alpha Underdog” album, the follow-up to his 2019 album, “The Bando Theory.”

“I did this entire album remotely. Meaning my engineer and I FaceTimed from separate studios due to this COVID thing and made it happen by him remotely controlling everything in my studio. Crazy right?” – says Kuniva on Social media.

“All tracks produced by my good homie @terracottabluemusic who’s up and coming  with the exception of one track which was produced by my guy @layzee. I did this album alone and with no features purposely.” – D12 legend added.

Later, Kuniva thanked fans on Twitter for supporting the new project:

https://twitter.com/KunivaD12/status/1325660892512595969

Support Kuniva, stream and download “Alpha Underdog” on Apple Music and iTunes below:

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People credit Eminem for Joe Biden’s historic win in Michigan

“Eminem’s influence is deeper than rap,” writes HotNewHipHop after Joe Biden won over Donald Trump in Michigan. Slim Shady, arguably one of Detroit’s largest exports, extended his endorsement to the Biden/Harris campaign by officially licensing his 2002 song “Lose Yourself” for one of their political advertisements right a day before the elections.

“We have one shot. One opportunity. One moment. Do not miss the chance, VOTE.” Joe Biden tweeted along with the video that had Eminem’s Academy Award winning song on it.

Plenty of people on the social media have stated that Michigan voting blue is largely due to Eminem’s endorsement.  Michigan was one of the key states for the elections and Joe Biden won it with a 50.5%  of the votes. Meanwhile Donald Trump received 47.9% of the total votes in the state.

It should also be noted that in 2016, Donald Trump won against Hilary Clinton in Michigan, receiving 47.3% of the votes, while Hilary got 47%. So you can’t blame people crediting Eminem for Trump’s loss in Michigan this year.

Check out some of the best reactions to Joe Biden’s win over Donald Trump in Michigan below:

New Song: J.I.D – “Ballads” ft. Conway The Machine

Dreamville’s JID is back at it again! “Ballads,” which features Griselda’s Conway The Machine and is produced by Christo and Big Jerm,  is the third loosie that J.I.D has dropped since collaborating with Earthgang, to create “Spilligion” album. The song was teased by Conway The Machine back in April on his Instagram live session and today it has officially been released.

Prior to “Spilligion”, the Atlanta MC was one of the leading parts of Dreamville’s 2019 album “Revenge of the Dreamers III,” a compilation project that sold 115,000 album equivalent units in its first week of release and landed at the top of US Billboard 200 charts. The album was also nominated for Best Rap Album at the Grammys.

As far as Conway The Machine, Griselda’s heavyweight is preparing to drop his Shady Records debut album “God Don’t Make Mistakes” at the end of this year, following the release of “From King To A God,” “LULU EP” with The Alchemist and “No One Mourns The Wicked” with DJ Ghost, all project released this year.

As the Buffalo rapper promises, this project is the best body of work he has created so far and shared the preview of the song that is going to appear on the album. You can hear it below:

Archive Song: Jeezy & Freddie Gibbs – “Talk To Me” ft. Eminem

When Southpawer listed his favorite Eminem hooks, it turned out many fans did not know Jeezy and Eminem once collaborated on a track, which also featured Freddie Gibbs.

Back In 2011, the song titled “Talk To Me” by Young Jeezy, featuring Freddie Gibbs and Eminem and produced by Drumma Boy, was leaked and since then the song has never been released officially. Even though Eminem does not have a verse, the Rap Gad made sure to unleash one of the hardest hooks he has ever made.

The song has a little background story. During an interview with Hot 97, in 2014, Jeezy said that Freddie Gibbs ruined the relationship with Eminem and eventually the song got leaked:

“I messed up a lot of relationships because of Gibbs, even with Eminem, just by me putting Gibbs on the record that was for me and, trying to convince Eminem to do the record, and the record leaking in the process. That burned a great bridge for me. Eminem is my dude.“

The next day, during an interview with Hot 97, Freddie Gibbs addressed Jeezy’s comments. Gibbs revealed that he is unsure of how he could have ruined the relationship between Eminem and Jeezy:

“Jeezy talked about Eminem song and I want to clear that up. How did I mar your relationship with Eminem? I did not do anything of the sort. I was not involved in that whole process. He brought a song to me and asked me to get on it and I got on it. I was just doing what my superior at that time was telling me to do. I actually, honestly was against it. I did not want to get on the Eminem song because that was not the approach that I wanted to take. For one, I did not like the song. I’mma keep it real with you. Let’s just be real. I did not like song. So, I did not want to get on it. I told him I did not want to be on it. It was not my thing. I am not really comfortable with being on records with cats really if we do not  talk. So, I kinda wanted to establish that first before cause to me it kinda looked like I was thirsty.”

You can listen to the song below:

https://soundcloud.com/sodzmathers/eminem-x-young-jeezy-x-freddie-gibbstalk-to-me

Producer Boi-1da praises Eminem’s production skills

Producer Boi-1da, who is an in-house producer for Drake’s OVO Sound record label and has previously produced for countless artists, including Rihanna, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Jay-Z, Lana Del Rey, Nas and Kendrick Lamar, has addressed Eminem’s production skills on Twitter, saying Eminem does not get enough credit as a producer:

Matthew Samuels, also knows as Boi-1da, has also produced some of the biggest hits of Eminem that include diamond certified single “Not Afraid”, from “Recovery” and the most recently “Lucky You,” featuring Joyner Lucas, from “Kamikaze” album. His name also appears on Drake’s “Forever” which features Eminem, Lil Wayne and Kanye West.

Out of his 14 Grammy nominations, three comes from the work he has done with Slim Shady, that includes: “Not Afraid” and “Lucky You” for the Best Rap Song and “Recovery” for the Best Rap Album.

Eminem has really produced some of the dopest gems in his career, including 50 Cent’s “Patiently Waiting,” Jay Z’s “Renegade” and “Moment Of Clarity,” Notorious BIG’s “Runnin’ (Dying To Live), NAS’ “The Cross,” Xzibit’s “Don’t Approach Me,” Jadakiss’ “Welcome To D Block,” Lloyd Bank’s “Til The End” and countless hits for himself, including “Lose Yourself” and “Stan.”

Celebs react on Eminem authorizing “Lose Yourself” for political ad

For the first time ever, Eminem has authorized one of his songs for the political advertisement. His Academy Award winning song “Lose Yourself” was used by Joe Biden for his presidential campaign, just a day before the elections.

From Journalists to sportsmen to political figures to artists, have expressed their reaction on social media. You can check few of them below.  The first tweet comes from Laurence Henry Tribe who is an American legal scholar who is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at the Harvard Law School of Harvard University.

https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1323605632814063616

https://twitter.com/TaraSetmayer/status/1323623148080812032

https://twitter.com/50cent/status/1323400745660649482

https://twitter.com/_JessicaDavies/status/1323580979659837441

https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1323320216038776832

A list of political songs by Eminem

Eminem has never been shy on politics throughout his three-decade-career, but yesterday, it was the first time the Detroit legend allowed a political party to use “Lose Yourself” for their presidential campaign ad.

As the people of the United States of America are electing new president today, we are going to list Eminem’s songs that are entirely dedicated to the politics.

“WHITE AMERICA”

Year: 2002

Album: The Eminem Show

Victims: Lynne Cheney, Tipper Gore, The Government of US.

Best Line: “F**k you, Ms. Cheney! F**k you, Tipper Gore! F**k you with the freest of speech this Divided States of Embarrassment will allow me to have! F**k you!”

“MOSH”

Year: 2004

Album: Encore

Victims: George W. Bush

Best Line: “They tell us no, we say yeah, They tell us stop, we say go, Rebel with a rebel yell, raise hell, we gon’ let ’em know. Stomp, push, shove, mush, f**k Bush, Until they bring our troops home.”

“WE AS AMERICANS”

Year: 2004

Album: Encore

Victims: George W. Bush

Best Lines: “F**k money! I don’t rap for dead presidents. I’d rather see the President dead. It’s never been said, but I set precedents.”

“CAMPAIGN SPEECH”

Year: 2016

Album: Single

Victims: Donald Trump, Daniel Pantaleo, George Zimmerman, Molly Qerim, Trump supporters.

Best Lines: “Run the faucet, I’ma dunk a bunch of Trump supporters underwater, Snuck up on ’em in Ray-Bans in a gray van with a spray tan, It’s a wrap, like an ACE bandage.”

“THE STORM”

Year: 2017

Album: BET Freestyle

Victims: Donald Trump,

Best Lines: “Any fan of mine who’s a supporter of his, I’m drawing in the sand a line, you’re either for or against, And if you can’t decide who you like more and you’re split on who you should stand beside, I’ll do it for you with this: F**k you!”

https://youtu.be/LunHybOKIjU

 

“UNTOUCHABLE”

Year: 2017

Album: Revival

Victims: Republicans, USA Government, USA Police.

Best Lines: “I’d rather hear ’em say “Die N-word” than Die Antwoord, Ninja, now it’s better disguised banter, But that’s life, strapped ’cause we’re strapped financially.”

“LIKE HOME” (ft. Alicia Keys)

Year: 2017

Album: Revival

Victims: Donald Trump

Best Line: “Take it back to the Shady national convention, Wish I woulda spit on it before I went to shake his hand at the event or maybe had the wherewithal to know that he was gonna try to tear apart our sacred land we cherish and stand for.”

 

“NOWHERE FAST” [Extended] (ft. Kehlani)

Year: 2017

Album: Revival

Victims: USA Government

Best Lines: First verse.

Reason on Westside Gunn: “Is that an ad-lib guy from Griselda?”

Top Dawg Entertainments’ Reason has recently set down with Joe Budden, Rory and Mal for new episode of Joe Budden Podcast. During the 3 hour podcast the most interesting moments arrives when Joe Budden and the crew breaks down Westside Gunn’s recent message for Eminem and Shady Records, when the Griselda rapper expressed his disappointment in Shady for not promoting his new album at all.

“He is the one with the ad-libs right? He has been throwing little darts at TDE for a minute. I do get what he’s saying as far as how many projects they putting out. But it’s also not about the quantity though, it’s about the classics, in my opinion. We were all supposed to rap at Apple. Griselda was going up there and I was supposed to rap with them. I hit Benny, they said it was cool. And then they said the studio did not have the capacity for another rapper.” says Reason

“For me, I don’t think n***as really like to cross moments anymore,. It is not about the moment in hip-hop, it is about where you trying to go. That is something I try to push against. I try to go with the moments.” adds Reason.

Watch the segment below:

WATCH: Eminem endorses Biden as his campaign uses ‘Lose Yourself’ for election ad

Eminem’s legendary hip-hop song “Lose Yourself” is now the soundtrack to a new spot from the Joe Biden presidential campaign. The black and white video arrived just ahead of Election Day. Eminem shared the 45-seconds clip on his twitter with the caption that reads: “One Opportunity. VOTE.”

Eminem has never been shy about politics throughout his extraordinary career, whether bashing then-President George W. Bush via the 2004 song “Mosh” from Encore or famously bashing President Donald Trump on his BET freestyles and several Revival album tracks.

But this is the first time the Detroit legend has licensed one of his songs to a political candidate — and indeed, one of the rare cases Eminem has granted a clearance for any type of outside use of his music.

The last time Eminem officially licensed the use of “Lose Yourself” for commercial benefits came in 2011, when the Academy Award winning hit song was deployed in Chrysler’s “Imported from Detroit” campaign, which premiered during the Super Bowl.

Back in 2017, 8 Mile Style, the Ferndale company that controls Eminem’s song publishing, successfully sued a New Zealand political party for recreating and using “Lose Yourself” for their political campaign. Eminem’s team won the case.

Recently, Lil Wayne has showed support to Donald Trump. So this will be clash of Eminem and Lil Wayne in some sort of way, other than hip-hop.

Eminem’s “Curtain Call: The Hits” sets historic Billboard record !

Eminem’s greatest hits album “Curtain Call: The Hits” has now spent total of 500 weeks (9.8 years) on the US Billboard 200 Albums chart, which makes it the first and the only hip-hop album in history to reach the 500-week milestone. This week, the album that was released 15 years ago is charting at number 60 on Billboard 200.

The closest hip-hop album to 500-week milestone is Kendrick Lamar’s first major debut album “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City” which was released in 2011 and has spent 418 weeks on Billboard 200.

Eminem’s second longest charting album is “The Eminem Show” (2002) with 396 weeks on chart, followed by “Recovery” (2010) with 320 weeks. You can check the list for all Eminem albums below:

  1. Curtain Call: The Hits – 500 weeks.
  2. The Eminem Show – 396 weeks.
  3.  Recovery – 320 weeks.
  4. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – 189 weeks.
  5. The Marshall Mathers LP – 171 weeks.
  6. The Slim Shady LP – 105 weeks.
  7. Relapse – 90 weeks.
  8. Kamikaze – 73 weeks.
  9. Encore – 54 weeks.
  10. Music To Be Murdered By – 41 weeks
  11. Revival – 31 weeks.

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