Big Daddy Kane talks about Eminem on Drink Champs, comments about Melle Mel & Eminem situation

Big Daddy Kane sits down with N.O.R.E and DJ EFN for an in-depth conversation on one of the latest episodes of Drink Champs. They discuss his origins getting put on by Biz Markie, his role in helping launch Biggie’s career, reminiscing on the Juice Crew days, and Kane’s new documentary ‘Paragraphs I Manifest’ focused on lyricism.

He also gives his thoughts on the current rap game, shares backstories behind many classic songs, talks beef with MC Shan, and reveals performing recently in Queensbridge with Kool G Rap. It’s an insightful interview highlighting Kane’s iconic career and impact on hip hop. At one point of the three hour long interview, Big Daddy Kane talked about Eminem too.

“When we heard ‘Straight Outta Compton’ and what N.W.A. was talking about, we got an experience of what the streets was like in LA. When Geto Boys came out, we had a chance to experience what the streets was like in Houston. Even with Eminem, because not only is that Detroit hood but it’s not our hood. He talking trailer park s–t. So, you get to hear about the white hood. Eminem gave us what it was like in his hood growing up. So, the way the ghetto expression can be it’s beautiful. It’s out there in all types of different regions. It just don’t have to end at the Yankee Stadium. Those up in Atlanta. Those up in Detroit. Those up in LA.” said Big Daddy Kane.

Then he continued talking about Eminem’s part in his documentary called “Paragraphs I Manifest“: “Em showed love when we reached out. He said yeah. He showed love and the crazy story is, he told me stuff about myself that I never even thought about. I mean, you as an MC, you writing but you are not sitting there thinking ‘I gotta add something that does this,’ you just writing what comes in mind. That’s what I’m doing. And he pointed out stuff that I did and I’m sitting there listening him talk and the whole time I’m looking at him but in my mind I’m like ‘for real? I did that? Oh s–t.!’ Now I’m sitting there and when I’m finished I had to go back and listen to the records from mid eighties, early eighties like ‘there had to be someone that did it before me.’ Like damn! I never thought about that. He said some deep stuff man.”

Then the crew continued talking about Melle Mel and Eminem situation: “That’s just Mel. The bottom line is that, rather he’s right or wrong, I feel like myself, you, Eminem and so many others would not be here or would not be gifted at this if it was not for Mel.”

You can watch the interview below:

Nas shouts out Eminem on a new song from “Magic 3” album

To celebrate his 50th birthday, iconic hip-hop artist Nas releases his 17th studio album, Magic 3.

Arriving just under eight weeks after Nas’ previous album, Magic 2, Magic 3 is the final volume in an album-trilogy collaboration between the New York legend and producer Hit-Boy. The duo first teamed up for 2020’s King’s Disease, and have since collaborated on four additional albums, including the first two entries in the Magic series. The first Magic record dropped in 2021.

Spanning 15 tracks, the new Magic 3 is lush with elements indicative of the duo’s partnership, as well as highlights, like the track “Never Die,” which features Lil Wayne.

In the outro of the 15th track of the album, titled “1-800-Nas&Hit”, Nas thanked few people who contributed to his six album run, including Eminem:

“Shout out Big Des and Knight
It’s all about the next generation
That’s what we here for, the next generation
Of course to Jung, the crew, the family
Big Lef, Modo, Jav Kevinsky
My geysers, Che, what up?
All my peeps, yeah
Haz, I said, Haz, yeah, let’s hear it back
Hazimoto
Too many to name
Em, The Company
Exit, what up?
Mass Appeal
Annie, everybody, thank you
Peace.”

You can listen to the song below:

Signed & sealed copy of Eminem’s “Infinite” album sells for $62,400 at auction

A signed, factory sealed first-pressing copy of Eminem’s 1996 debut album “Infinite” sold at auction for $62,400 on Wednesday.

The auction closed more than a month’s worth of bidding through Goldin Auctions, the high-profile collectibles marketplace.

The auction opened in early August and started at $25,000. Bidding held steady at $43,000 through Wednesday, when a series of bids pushed it to its closing price in the auction’s final minutes.

“Infinite” had a small initial vinyl run of 500 copies, according to language tied to the auction. Of those 500, 250 were issued to press and radio, and 250 were made available to the general public.

The copy sold through Goldin was sourced from Eminem’s manager and long-time friend Paul Rosenberg. The record was classified in “excellent” condition by Audio Media Grading, a Florida-based music authentication and grading firm, which graded the record an 8 out of 10.

Today, “Infinite” is out of print, and only its title track is available on streaming services. The album was released through Web Entertainment and was executive produced by Mark and Jeff Bass, the Bass Brothers.

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Westside Boogie celebrates his first ever Gold certification

Shady Records’ Westside Boogie received his first ever Gold certification from The Recording Industry Association of America.

“Rainy Days,” featuring Eminem, from “Everythings For Sale” album has just went Gold in the United States, meaning, the song has now sold more than 500,000 units in the country.

To celebrate the achievement, Westside Boogie posted couple of pictures on Instagram, posing with the plaque. In the caption, he wrote: “Dog, I just went Gold for the first time… S–t got me emotional as hell… Thank y’all for making this happen, y’all support is the best s–t ever. It’s wild to me when I think about where ni–as came from. Thank you Justice Wears Cool Pants for making me keep this song. Thanks Paul Rosenberg and Eminem. Love y’all forever.”

You can check Boogie’s post below:

Ez Mil freestyles on Bootleg Kev & names Hopsin as one of his influences

In July, once news broke that Filipino-American rapper and singer EZ Mil was hanging out and signing with Hip Hop royalty, namely Dr. Dre and Eminem, the Asian Hip-Hop world shook with anticipation. Now, he’s out hitting popular Hip-Hop podcasts to tell his story and show off his crazy freestyle skills.

During The Bootleg Kev Podcast, EZ Mil describes how his family moved to America, first to Los Angeles and then to Las Vegas. Then he talks about his love of making Death Metal songs and his favorite bands like Dying Fetus and Aborted. Bootleg Kev then pries back a few layers and questions him about his life-changing meet-ups with hip-hop icons,  Eminem and Dr. Dre.

As usual on these podcasts, EZ Mil was asked to show off his skills on the mic so the audience could feel what Em and Dre saw in him, and EZ Mil impressed everyone by dropping rhymes in English, Tagalog, and back in English again. It’s a dope two minutes that proves that EZ Mil has the potential to be the first global Asian Hip-Hop superstar coming from the ground up.

Before freestyling, Ez Mil listed his hop-hop influences while growing up: “Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky, Tech N9ne, Hopsin, Snoop Dogg.” Check out the interview and the freestyle below:

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New Music Video: Ez Mil – “Podium”

Philippines-born, Las Vegas-based multi-faceted musician, Ez Mil, who both raps and sings, shares the official music video for track “Podium” out now. The tenacious, versatile deluxe version of his second album, DU4LI7Y: REDUX, out everywhere now following his recent signing to Eminem and Dr. Dre‘s Shady Records/Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records. Mil joins the likes of 50 Cent as only a few of the artists signed directly to all three labels.

Ez Mil’s latest music video for “Podium,” directed by Alexey Figurov, is an ominous, dark visual shot in black and white that accompanies his relentless, haunting flow. On the track, Ez Mil begins to process his new role as a rising rapper-someone others might look up to-and the mix of fear and excitement that comes with it. Though Ez is used to directing and editing his videos, he enjoyed letting Figurov help create his vision. Ez Mil says the video, to him, is raw, adding, “It is an unfiltered reflection and a glimpse into my artistry.” Figurov says the video aims to, “recreate the complexity and versatility of the human personality. To explore our negative sides and a person’s craving for self-destruction.” The video’s black-and-white color scheme complete with red accents was a creative suggestion from Eminem himself.

Ez Mil shares the song is, “dedicated to the powers that be. It sheds light on how rappers or writers sometimes feel like politicians with the truth behind what they say and the fear they feel of what might happen as someone in a position of influence.” Aware of his role as someone with a platform and a microphone, Ez Mil hopes to make friends and family proud as he propels into the next phase of his flourishing career.

The deluxe LP out now, DU4LI7Y: REDUX, which features artwork done by Ez Mil himself, expands on the original work to begin a new chapter-only this time-supported and approved by two of the rising rapper’s longtime idols. Ez Mil emphasizes the importance of his own vulnerability and its role in creating the best, most authentic music he can make. Mil says ultimately, his creative process includes, “just putting my thoughts out there and wearing my heart on my sleeve. It’s my journal. My music is my story.”

You can watch the new music video below:

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Cardi B to Eminem: “I love you! You are amazing! You are so sickening”

During his 10th episode of season 1 of Whoo’s House Podcast with DJ Whoo Kid, Cardi B expressed her admiration to Eminem.

DJ Whoo Kid: We love you. Your new song will be aired today at least 80 times on Eminem’s channel. And hopefully, my goal is, one day to see you and Eminem. That’d be kind of cool.

Cardi B: I love him. So, you could like just…Not even like, it goes with the music s–t, I just really like to tell him ‘I love you.’ I love you! You are like, amazing! You are so sickening! Thank you guys for supporting my record. It means a lot to me. I’m around. I’m across the f–king bridge. I live in Jersey. Motherf–kers thing that I live in Atlanta. No. I live in Jersey. Wait…I thought we could cuss. How we are on Eminem’s station and we can’t cuss?!

Cardi B has released a new song with Megan Thee Stallion called “Bongos.” Their collaborative single, and first track together since 2020’s “WAP,” arrives with a colorful, Casamigos-drenched visual directed by Tanu Muino.

You can watch the episode below:

Kxng Crooked gives his honest opinion on Eminem VS Melle Mel

KXNG Crooked stops by On The Line Podcast and shares his thoughts on the Eminem and Melle Mel back and forth.

“At first I was like…Melle like to get on all these different podcasts and talk s–t. It was funny to me cause he’d be like ‘man, this motherf–ker would be easy to destroy. That motherf–ker ain’t s–t.’ I was like ‘okay, that’s just Melle Mel.’ Melle Mel wrote ‘The Message.’ His name, his contributions are in concrete when it comes to hip-hop. He’s forever in the books . You can’t move that.” said Kxng Crooked.

Then he continued: “I was talking to Eminem’s fans, they hit me up on Twitter sometimes and they talk to me and one of them was talking about Melle Mel, he just made a big mistake, he’s about to disgrace hip-hop. I’m like ‘ are you crazy?’ That will never happen. I don’t care what kind of song my homeboy Marshall Mathers made. Melle is in concrete, His legacy is straight. With that being said, I knew that there was not really a way that he could outclass Eminem lyrically. Not at this point of time. Em is one of the greatest wordsmiths to ever put words together into every rap. I already knew that was not gonna happen.”

“When we talking about technical tools, the writing tools, metaphors, punchlines, cadences, syllable rhyming, all these different tools that’s in the writer’s box, Eminem has commanded great craftsmanship over the tools in the MC’s box. He has downloaded the art of rhyming. And he represents that. Melle is a pioneer who did the same thing in his day and I would even say it was harder for Melle to get where he was at because his was an original thought. He didn’t have nobody to build off. Em came just straight from him. We all got him to look at and say ‘alright, that’s how you did your sixth floor now I know I could do mine better cause I see how you did yours.’ We could build off of that.”

“Melle Mel issued an apology. I thought that was a classy move. He made a diss song and that diss song didn’t have the impact that he wanted to. So he came back and apologized and he said ‘iT’s 50 years of hip-hop, I was wrong to come at him like that. he has real fans. I’ve always said that he’s dope’ and bla bla bla. And I just felt like, that part, that competitive MC in me, I don’t want to see Melle Mel apologize. You said what you said!” Kxng Crooked added.

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DJ Whoo Kid says Michael Jackson still respected Eminem even after “Just Lose It” video

Michael Jackson’s son Prince Jackson has recently sat down with DJ Whoo Kid and Mike Tyson on Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson and when the conversation got to Eminem, Whoo Kid recalled the phone call with Michael Jackson where they talked about Slim Shady.

“I actually put 50 Cent together with Michael Jackson when I was in Bahrain. He was shooting a movie in Morocco with some Army movie so I knew he was on that side of the world. I really got him upset. He was pissed off. I have Mike the phone and I said ‘yo, 50, I found your lost brother.’ He was like ‘the f–k you talking about ni–ga. I f–k you up man.'” said Whoo Kid.

Then he continued: “The fact that he messes with Eminem, cause, you know, Eminem did the videos mocking him and stuff like that, so I didn’t really wanted to let him know I work with Eminem cause I thought he was gonna kill me and stuff. But he really respected the fact that…That’s when Eminem retired, so the first thing he said ‘yo, what’s up with this retirement with Eminem? He really retired?’ I was like, ‘yah, he retired. He’s out.’ But he’s like, really respected him.”

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Akon says he plans to go back to Detroit to finish two unreleased songs with Eminem

Akon has recently sat down on Impaulsive podcast with Logan Paul where he talked about how he met Eminem and how they ended up making the “Smack That” hit song.

“Eminem would definitely do an interview with you. Have you guys reached out to him? Em would definitely do that show. I’mma reach out to him. This is the type of s–t, Em would love this s–t. I honestly believe Em will do this show. Without a doubt.” said Akon.

Then he continued: “Working with Eminem was amazing. I got to Em through Obie Trice actually. Real name, no gimmicks. I reached out Paul Rosenberg first, his manager. And Rosenberg was like ‘no problem, we make it happen.’ Everybody knows Rosenberg, he’s like bulletproof vest, you gotta go through him to get to Eminem. I said ‘yo, I need this s–t fast.’ So I called Obie and said Obie where you at? He said I’m in Detroit. I said where is Em. He said, he’s probably in the studio. I said I need to make an introduction for me. He said ‘yeah, when you coming down?’ I said I’m gonna book my flight right now.”

“So I get there. Obie picks me up at the airport and takes me to this strip club. We had an amazing time. The morning before he takes to to studio. I said what time we have to get there. He said be ready at 08:30. I’m like that’s early as f–k. He said bro trust me, if you ain’t there at 08:30…Just be there. So we get into the studio around 09:00. Em is in the studio. I’m ready to walk in and Obie is like ‘wait, he’s working on something.’ So I wait. Then Em comes out. Yo yo what’s up what’s up. Obie says ‘peace, I’m out’ and he goes.”

“I played Em some records. Then I said to play me some stuff. He said, I produce. He said I got beats. So he played me beats and I’m sitting here listening to his beats and I’m like all this s–t sound like Eminem beats. If he rapped any one of these beats, the s–t would be a hit without a doubt. Then he played Smack That beat. And I’m like ‘THIS IS IT!’ In my mind I’m like, this would be even doper if he produced the record, so I’m like this gotta be Eminem record, I just want to be a feature on this motherf–cka.”

“He goes to lunch. By the time he comes back, the song was done. He heard it and he’s like ‘oh f–k, this is a hit.’ I said, it would be bigger if you jumped on it. He said you are right. Alright cool, I see you tomorrow.”

“He leaves. He comes back next day. He has a verse on it. That motherf–cka. And I’m thinking, whose record this gonna be, is it gonna be mine or his? So he plays me the verse and I’m like this is the best s–t you ever do. I said we should put it on your album. He said, nah, I thought it was for your album. This is your s–t. I said, cool, and in my mind I’m celebrating.”

“We did three records that day. That was the record that he ended up jumping on. The other two, to this day, I still got them. I still got those two records I have not released them yet. Eminem is not on them yet. It’s Eminem-produced beats. And in my mind I’m like ‘okay, I wait to further down the line maybe album number four or five and then I come back to him and replay this records for him so he not gonna forget about it. I gotta go back to Detroit and remind him those records. Those three records was out of here!” Akon added.

Watch the interview with Akon below:

Warren G chooses Eminem over The Game & explains why Eminem is one of the best rappers ever

Warren G has recently sat down with NORE and DJ EFN on Drink Champs where he spoke on his come up alongside Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.

Warren shares crazy unheard stories about the creation of his smash hit “Regulate” and The Chronic album. He also opens up about beefing with Suge Knight, Witnessing the East Coast vs West Coast rivalry, and narrowly avoiding getting shot on multiple occasions. Throughout the interview, Warren keeps it real about his decades-long career and reflects on the loss of his dear friend Nate Dogg.

At one point of the interview, DJ EFN asked Warren G to choose between Eminem and The Game. Here is what Long Beach, California-born rapper replied:

“Eminem. Eminem is dope. I ain’t saying Game ain’t dope but Eminem is…You gotta look at what motherf–ker wrote. Things just ain’t the same for gangstas. He wrote that for Dre! That’s one of my favorite f–king songs. How the f–k can you write this for this ni–a and the s–t sound like it’s him. And that motherf–ker went diamond plus, diamond plus, diamond plus and all that s–t. He’s talented. I ain’t taking s–t from Game, Game is dope too. But they different. The Game is also student of the game, it’s just Eminem…I promise you that motherf–ker wrote that s–t like he was inside Dre’s body in his head. That s–t was so mothef–king hard.”

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Jacksonville mass shooter wanted to kill Eminem & Machine Gun Kelly

A number of other prospective targets, including Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly, were mentioned in the writings of the man who shot and killed three Black individuals at a Dollar General in Jacksonville on Saturday.

In his chilling writings, Ryan Christopher Palmeter listed a slew of his potential targets, including Slim Shady and MGK, according to Rolling Stone, reports aceshowbiz.com.

In two chilling passages from writings that Rolling Stone has reviewed, Ryan Christopher Palmeter writes: “Eminem (aka Marshall Mathers, aka Slim Shady aka Ken Keniff, aka the white guy from D12): Stared the abyss (being ni–dly) and the abyss stared back (becoming a ni—er). Walks the edge of n****r lover and honorary n****r. Fell off not because his new stuff sucked but because the lyrics were gay annoying liberal s**t. ROE for Total N****r Death is to include Eminem (aka Marshall Mathers, aka Slim Shady aka Ken Keniff, aka the white guy from D12) as a valid target and he is to be killed on sight.”

Similar to Eminem, Ryan wanted MGK “to be killed on sight” and he may have been close enough to assassinate the “Bloody Valentine” hitmaker. “Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly): Honorable n****r. To be killed on sight like Eminem because I didn’t get a shot at him up in Ohio,” so he claimed.

Neither reps for both artists nor FBI have commented on the chilling writings.

Ryan opened fire at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday, August 26. He shot and killed himself after he barricaded himself in an office.

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