GRIP makes his directional debut as he drops the music video of the song “Numbers” from his latest project STILL (5 & A F*** You) Deluxe.
“My directorial debit! “Numbers” vid OUT NOW! S/O @95ekbgod for helping execute the vision and many thanks to everyone that played a part. Go run this s–t up!” the Shady Records artist tweeted.
“STILL (5 & A F*** You)” is the follow-up of GRIP’s 2022 project “5 & A F*** You.” Unlike the first installment, the new project comes with no features.
“STILL (5 & A F*** You),” which is a deluxe version, includes 11 tracks. Production is done by Scalez, TU!, DG, Super Myles, Swoope, Came One, Leon Michels, Marco Benevento, Reggie Gordon, Tae Beast and Chris Keys.
You can stream the new album here and watch the new music video below:
J. Cole has talked openly about the Hip Hop icons who motivated him to strive for excellence and establish himself as a prominent figure in rap.
Cole has recently sat down with Kevin Hart for the latest episode of Hart to Heart podcast on Peacock, where he paid homage to some of the game’s legends that paved the way like Eminem and 2Pac.
“I got a whole list of people who are the reason why I’m here — They don’t even know it but they are north stars that I was following. Obviously, Pac. Jay, Nas, Eminem, André 3000, Lil Wayne. And these are obviously the big bullets.” Cole said.
Then he continued: “I had Royce Da 5’9″ moments. I had Canibus moments. I had Boom Boom moments. But like in terms of the people that fueled my ambition. That showed me what was really possible. Like the first names I named, those are the highest ones. So those were the people where I was like, ‘Yo, I’m tryna get up there.’ In terms of skill, in terms of success, all of that they fueled it.”
Stand-up comedian, impressionist and actor Aries Spears has recently sat down with DJ VLAD where he briefly talked about current state of hip-hop.
“Who else sounded like Q-Tip? Everybody sounds like Future. Everybody from this era! Future sounds little like…there’s some similarities with Migos. Eminem didn’t create the style that all of a sudden everybody went like ‘we doing that,’ Jay-Z didn’t create the style that everybody went ‘we doing that.’ Snoop didn’t do that. Biggie didn’t do that. Mobb Deep didn’t do that. Everybody had their own s–t.” Aries Spears said.
“Now, yes, certain things might have sounded the same in terms of regional. East Coast ni–as have a certain sound but there still was individuality in the delivery and cadence.” he added.
Back in 2018, Eminem — who Hopsin credits with making him want to rap — rattled off his name on the song called “Fall” from Kamikaze album. It was a career-defining moment for Hopsin, who didn’t hide his excitement at the time.
In the song, Eminem raps: “I belong here, clown! Don’t tell me ’bout the culture I inspire the Hopsins, the Logics, the Coles, the Seans, the K-Dots, the 5’9″s, and oh Brought the world 50 Cent…”
Hopsin posed a video on Instagram, saying: “Yo, craziest s–t just f–ing happened. Eminem just said my name on his goddamn song on his new album. This s–t is crazy. Listen. What the f–k! I didn’t even know he knew who the f–k I was! Goddamn. He said don’t tell him about the culture, implying I’m part of the culture. Oh s–t, man. I gotta call my mom.”
In the caption, he wrote: “YO!!! Eminem thank you for acknowledging me on Kamikaze!! HOLY F–K!! This is seriously the BEST F–KING DAY OF MY F–KING LIFE!! Not even exaggerating! For years I always wondered if you even knew who I was! God damn! Literally. The. Best. F–kin. Day. Of. My. F–king. Life!!!! Period! YOU JUST INSPIRED ME TO MAKE A NEW F–KING PROJECT! I’m about to hit the studio RIGHT F–KIN NOW! This was the motivation I needed to stay on track! Thank you EM!”
To promote his latest release, Hopsin had a phone-call interview with Allhiphop, where Panorama City, Los Angeles, California-born rapper recalled the moment Eminem namedropped him on “Fall” single: “That was a highlight of my life. The line where he named a few people, everybody’s huge. I definitely have a buzz, but everybody’s bigger than me. And not only that, I have no ties to the industry, so it made me feel even more grateful for it because I’m just the random guy on that list. I have no ties to that man other than just me being a fan and him inspiring me. There’s so many rappers in the world and he put me in there. That means he listened to my music.” he said.
Then he continued: “But that leads to more questions, where was Eminem when he heard my music? What song was it? What was I doing when he was listening to it? Was he eating a sandwich? Where was he?”
Hopsin then continued talked about his new single: ““Sometimes it’s weird writing songs. I can always go deeper, but I guess sometimes when writing songs about people, it’s a bittersweet feeling. You get to write your life experience with that person, but then you’re also kind of putting that person on blast. There was so much more that happened, but I’m like, ‘Do I go all the way?’ I don’t want to go into Eminem mode and get crazy because it could have gone there. But I was like, there’s no need to reveal all the other stuff.”
Terence Crawford has just entered the ring for the Errol Spence battle.
On Thursday, Crawford posted a video to Instagram in which he sat with fellow boxing world champion Shakur Stevenson and the pair discussed which artist could potentially perform on his ring walk for the fight.
Stevenson asked Crawford: “Who’ve you got walking you out though?”
Crawford replied: “S***, I don’t know man.
“You know what I was thinking would be crazy s***? I think it would be dope to have Eminem walk me out or something like that.
“He’s never walked nobody out, huh?”
Stevenson said: “I ain’t gonna lie, Eminem’s a GOAT. I ain’t never seen him walking nobody out in a boxing ring.”
Crawford admitted: “Yeah, I ain’t neither, that’d be dope.”
“Stevenson added: “That’d be fire, that’d be different levels, next level. Two GOATs.”
On Thursday night, Eminem left a comment on the video which said: “This is too crazy!!! You are one of my favorite boxers right now!”
Crawford replied: “Pull up Em! Lets do some legendary s***.” Then Eminem replied with emojis.
And today turns out to be a legendary night as Eminem accompanied Terence Crawford when he walked in to the ring. “Lose Yourself” was playing in the background. You can watch the video below:
Travis Scott has finally released his fourth solo studio album titled Utopia.
The 32-year-old rapper dropped the long-awaited and much-anticipated album on Friday (28 July) at midnight, five years after his 2018 album Astroworld was released.
Comprising 19 tracks, the album includes vocals from a range of artists including Beyoncé, Drake, The Weeknd, SZA, Kid Cudi, Future, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Swae Lee, Young Thug, and Sampha.
The album also features credited contributions from James Blake, Metro Boomin, the Alchemist, Boi-1da, Kanye West, Vegyn, and more.
In a song called “SKITZO” which features Young Thug and production credits from Boi-1da, Coleman, Jahaan Sweet, Nik Dean, Slim Pharaoh, Nami and Sevn Thomas, Thugger raps: “I got white folk money, Eminem with no gold. I got rose gold teeth and rose gold rims on my Rolls.”
The line “White folk money, Eminem with no gold” is likely referencing someone who has attained financial success but doesn’t display it ostentatiously, drawing a parallel to the Eminem, known for his talent and achievements but not known for flaunting extravagant wealth or gold jewelry.
Eminem may accompany Terence Crawford when he enters the ring for the Errol Spence battle on Saturday night.
The American welterweight world champions are set to finally meet to crown an undisputed king of the division, with the bout already a huge event.
On Thursday, Crawford posted a video to Instagram in which he sat with fellow boxing world champion Shakur Stevenson and the pair discussed which artist could potentially perform on his ring walk for the fight.
Stevenson asked Crawford: “Who’ve you got walking you out though?”
Crawford replied: “S***, I don’t know man.
“You know what I was thinking would be crazy s***? I think it would be dope to have Eminem walk me out or something like that.
“He’s never walked nobody out, huh?”
Stevenson said: “I ain’t gonna lie, Eminem’s a GOAT. I ain’t never seen him walking nobody out in a boxing ring.”
Crawford admitted: “Yeah, I ain’t neither, that’d be dope.”
“Stevenson added: “That’d be fire, that’d be different levels, next level. Two GOATs.”
Remarkably, the pipe dream has taken a step closer to reality.
On Thursday night, Eminem left a comment on the video which said: “This is too crazy!!! You are one of my favourite boxers right now!”
Crawford replied: “Pull up Em! Lets do some legendary s***.”
Eminem’s Shady Records roster has just got bigger with the addition of new Olongapo, Philippines-born rapper who goes by the name of Ez Mil.
On the Shady Records website, we read: Welcome EZ Mil to the Shady Records family! Shady, Aftermath and Interscope partner once again signing EZ Mil to all 3 labels. His next project DU4LI7Y: REDUX drops August 11th!. Read all the details below.
July 26th, 2023 – Santa Monica, CA –Today, Las Vegas’ Ez Mil announces his signing to Shady Records/Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records. He joins the likes of 50 Cent as only a few of the artists signed to directly to all three labels. The singer-songwriter-producer-rapper also reveals the release date DU4LI7Y: REDUX (Virgin Music), the forthcoming deluxe edition of his 2022 LP. The project, which is set to drop on August 11, includes “Realest”, an intense new single featuring Eminem, who first heard Ez Mil’s music online and brought him to Dr. Dre, resulting in the co-sign.
Powered by lithe, expressive vocals, dexterous raps and songwriting know-how, Ez Mil’s latest level up is the product of talent, hard work and a keen knowledge of his own audience — in this case, that crowd happened to include Slim Shady himself. In February, Ez Mil released the video for his DU4LI7Y single “Up Down” on Virgin Music. Noting the similarities in their percussive flows, Em fans quickly picked up on the new release. About a month later, Eminem heard the song, and Ez Mil drove from Vegas to Los Angeles where he met Dre and Em for the first time. From there, Ez and Eminem stayed in contact and recorded “Realest,” a certified showcase of rap acrobatics.
For the track, the two bludgeon a pulsing beat with a barrage of multisyllabic rhyme schemes and the sorts of quippy wordplay that made Shady a legend. Now, having signed Ez Mil to his label, along with Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope, Em’s in position to help push Ez to the same heights. Some of that work involved curating DU4LI7Y: REDUX, which will be Ez Mil’s final release on Virgin Music.
As a Shady/Aftermath/Interscope artist, Ez Mil is one with one of the music world’s great triumvirates. For his part, Eminem used endlessly personal songwriting and caustic wit to become one of the most defining artists in American pop culture. Before him, Dr. Dre pioneered the sound of West Coast hip-hop twice, first as a member of the seminal group N.W.A., and a few years later by infusing street music with soulful melodies to soundtrack a new generation of low-riding cool. Together, Eminem and Dr. Dre have made timeless music. They co-signed 50 Cent in 2002, whose music broke Billboard records while crystallizing him as a rap immortal. Building off the work of Virgin, Ez is poised to let his singing-rapping talent help him follow in those footsteps. Today is the first step.
“We’ve never been out there signing a lot of artists, and one of the great things about how we built Shady is how selective we’ve been,” commented Eminem. “And it’s even rarer that Dre and I sign something together – but I heard Ez’s music and was like, ‘this is really special” so I took it to Dre. We both agreed it would be a great fit and we wanted to work with him right on the spot.”
Dr. Dre added, “I’m really only interested in working on shit that sounds different from anything else going on out there, and only then if I feel I can really bring something to it. Em played me Ez and I had that feeling…that thing that happens when we both know we’ve found something special. And that was it….let’s get to work.”
Hip-Hop veteran Cameron F. Gipp, better known by his stage name Big Gipp, who is a funding member of Goodie Mob rap group based in Atlanta, Georgia, consisting of himself, CeeLo Green, Khujo and T-Mo, has recently done an interview with The Art Of Dialogue where shared his thoughts on Jay-Z and Eminem song “Renegade.”
“Eminem had the better verse on ‘Renegade.’ I f–k with Jay-Z. He’s one of the best. Top five solo rappers. But Eminem at that time was a f–king monster. He was eating everybody that stood next to him. Now, what you’re gonna say is what most people are gonna say that ‘I identify more with what Jay-Z said cause that’s my life and that’s where I come from. That’s my background.’ Okay. That’s right. But at the same time you gotta look at Eminem and say ‘look at the kids that are looking up to him, look like him and got his background.’ That takes him off into the middle America and a lot of places that we probably wouldn’t reach.” said Big Gipp
Then h continued: “So, if you look at the demographics I’m sure that Eminem took Jay-Z into a lot of places and lot of households that he had never been in just because he was on a song with Eminem. So, you gotta look at both sides of it. Cause Em had already proved his thing by doing his thing as a battle rapper and then going to New York and getting with 50 Cent and being on all these remixes that was going on during them times . He had already earned respect from everybody. But I’m talking about the people who was not into hip-hop and wasn’t into streets like that or might not know about Jay-Z but they knew Eminem because at that time Eminem was like a planet on his own. Nobody had seen this before.”
“Yeah, we have seen the Beastie Boys, they are the gods. One of the best rap groups of all time but nobody has ever been looked at as a lyrical giant coming from Em’s community into Em. Em was the first to say ‘I’ma get into that battle rap, I’ma get into real strategic rap and earn my respect.’ And the biggest thing about battle rappers during that time was like ‘yeah you can battle rap but you can’t come up with a song.’ And Em proved them all wrong. He changed a battle rapper into a rapper that now understands song format and then he became the monster. And that was just under the getting with the right producer. King Dr. Dre. Once Eminem got an actual producer with him that could think about what the track was, how and where we’re going with the hook, he became a force do deal with.”
“If you were to put the same light on Em, he really represented his community the same as Jay represented his community at the time of them doing that record. But as far as influence, s–t, to me Em came out as being as great or even as better rapper than Jay, technically, on that record. As far as it being his record, he took Jay-Z into households that Jay-Z wasn’t in at that time. He made Jay-Z cooler. There is no way Jay-Z made him cool.” Big Gipp added.
In another part of the interview, Big Gipp also said that Eminem is the closest rapper to 2Pac. You can watch the interview below:
Texas-born rapper and social media personality who rose to fame after the release of his single “Voodoo,” has recently freestyled over Eminem’s “Soldier” track and got internet buzzing.
Phix is recognized for sharing his craft through his phix806 TikTok. He boasts almost 2 million followers on the platform.
He began releasing music professionally in 2016. His debut single is titled, “Cups Up.” He rapped over the theme song from the anime Dragon Ball Z. He has been featured on the front page of World Star Hip Hop. He also performed live with Polo G at Clayton’s Beach Bar in South Padre Island, Texas.
“Solider” is the seventh song off Eminem’s 2002 blockbuster album The Eminem Show, produced by Eminem himself. In the song Em details his dealings with the law because of his weapons charges, and boasts his fearless nature with them–which is contradicted a song later. This song is middle of the story started with “The Kiss” and concluding with “Say Goodbye Hollywood.”
At the end of the freestyle, Phix interpolates the original lyrics from song: “These shoulders hold up so much / They won’t budge / I’ll never fall or fold up / I’m a soldier / Even if my collar bones crush or crumble / I will never slip or stumble.”
In a new interview with bomb1st, the former head of security for Death Row Records, Reggie Wright Jr, talked about Tony Yayo saying Eminem confronted Suge Knight during 50 Cent’s “In Da Club” video shoot.
Interviewer:Tony Yayo did Drink Champs interview, and he talked about, the first time he got respect for Eminem, or, you know, something that he really admired about Eminem was that, when Suge pulled up at 50 Cent’s “In Da Club” music video shoot in 2003, everybody was running and scared and getting out of the backdoor and according to his story Eminem confronted Suge and he would not back down to him. Did you see where he said that?
Reggie Wright Jr.: I didn’t see that particular so I won’t be able to quote or respond to him directly on this particular one but I’ve heard the story before. That’s when Suge had Mexican dudes. I think I’ve heard this story from Kim’s bodyguard. We talking different time period. We talking 2003, 2004 or maybe a little bit later, I can’t say it didn’t happen or anything like that, I just know, when Suge comes like that it’s a plan to do something to you. Suge has never had a problem with Em. He actually never had. He really didn’t have hatred for Em like that. When Suge comes with numbers like that, no fearing, trust me.
This is not the first time Reggie Wright Jr. talked about Suge Knight’s attitude towards Eminem. Earlier this year, during an interview with PANDA CHOP! News, Reggie said that Suge Knight not only had a hatred to Em, he even liked Slim Shady: “Suge ain’t never really had no problems with Em to be honest. Suge always liked him, he always said he was a funny guy. He always kinda liked Em.”
Hip-Hop veteran Cameron F. Gipp, better known by his stage name Big Gipp, who is a funding member of Goodie Mob rap group based in Atlanta, Georgia, consisting of himself, CeeLo Green, Khujo and T-Mo, has recently done an interview with The Art Of Dialogue where shared his thoughts on who has the biggest influence in the rap game.
“Yes, best technical rappers coming from New York but hey man, just because you can technically rap better than me does not mean you are better than me. You might get me for a song or two, okay, but if I can get more people to see my records than you, s–t.” said Big Gipp
Then he continued: “It’s about whose music reached the most people. That’s what this game is all about. Whose music reached the most people. Break color lines, religious, influence, everything. Aye man, I ain’t seen nothing bigger than 2Pac. And the closest to 2Pac is Eminem. That’s the truth. That’s the truth. It’s by numbers. Numbers don’t lie. Yeah they do sometimes but when you talk about numbers for real for real.”