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Jack Harlow talks how he was inspired & influenced by Eminem

On Tuesday, the Recording Academy announced its nominees for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards. Jack Harlow, an Atherton High School graduate, received a nod from in the Best Rap Performance category for his single “What’s Poppin” off his Sweet Action EP.

Jack Harlow is up against Big Sean featuring Nipsey Hussle’s “Deep Reverence,” DaBaby’s “Bop,” Lil Baby’s “The Bigger Picture,” Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé’s “Savage” and late Pop Smoke’s “Dior.” Winners will be announced on January 31, 2021 at the Grammys official ceremony.

The song was a massive hit in the United States that reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The remix version of the song features rap superstars like DaBaby, Lil Wayne and Tory Lanez.

On the latest episode of GQ Magazine’s “Actually Me,” Harlow goes undercover on the Internet and responds to real comments from Twitter, Instagram, Quora and Wikipedia. One of the questions was about Eminem.

Question: What’s the story behind Jack Harlow? He Eminem-true to the culture or is he a vulture?

Jack Harlow: Hell of the question. True to the culture. I grew up listening to Eminem. I idolized Eminem, big influence of mine while growing up. I mean he’s so dope. But also obviously… I remember when I was ten or eleven, I would wear like a toboggan, and hoodie and headphones around my neck. Cause I wanted to feel like him.

Jack Harlow: I definitely had an Eminem phase feeling like wow, just that Caucasian connection, you know. It’s strong.

You can watch the video via YouTube below:

Spotify’s 10 biggest first week album debuts in 2020 globally

The list for Biggest first week album debuts on Spotify globally has been unveiled and Eminem‘s “Music To Be Murdered By” makes it into the Top 5. You can check the full list below:

Biggest first week album debuts on Spotify in 2020 globally

1. Taylor Swift – folklore – 337.4 million

2. Bad Bunny – Yo hago lo que me da la gana – 337 million

3. Juice WRLD – Legends Never Die – 315 million

4. The Weeknd – After Hours – 265 million

5. Eminem – Music to Be Murdered – 228 million

6. Ariana Grande – positions 226 million

7. Lil Uzi Vert – Eternal Atake – 210 million

8. Justin Bieber – Changes – 187 million

9. BTS – BE – 183 million

10. Lady Gaga – Chromatica – 174 million

Eminem also makes it into the Top 10 in the list of biggest first day album debuts on Spotify in 2020 globally. Check out the full list below:

Biggest first day album debuts on Spotify in 2020 globally

1. Taylor Swift – folklore – 81 million

2. Bad Bunny – El último tour del mundo – 77 million

3. Juice WRLD – Legends Never Die – 75 million

4. Bad Bunny – Yo hago lo que me da la gana – 61 million

5. The Weeknd – After Hours – 60 million

6. Ariana Grande – positions – 59 million

7. Eminem – Music To Be Murdered By – 52 million

8. Lady Gaga – Chromatica – 49 million

9. Lil Uzi Vert – Eternal Atake – 48 million

10. Drake – Dark Lane Demo Tapes – 46 million

*The list will be updated if any big albums will drop in December.

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Xzibit talks about Eminem, Dr. Dre and the possibility of “Bi*ch Please III”

Xzibit has recently set down with HotNewHipHop to talk about many things including his upcoming album, Dr. Dre and Eminem. You can check out the conversation below:

Interviewer: It’s cool to see you guys are both putting out music still. I noticed too, you’ve been hanging out with Dr. Dre quite a bit, working in his studio. As someone who works with him a lot, what would you say Dr. Dre is bringing to the table when he comes in to oversee a session.

Xzibit: Well, Dr. Dre is the chairman of the board. Lets get that straight, off-top. And Dr. Dre brings the table to the table. [laughs] That is what he brings to the table. He lives in the studio, first of all. So, you know, with his level of expectation of himself and his music, I do not think people really understand and grasp how strong that process is. I can not speak on his timetable. I think that every time he is come out with something, it has made an impact and changed the direction of music, so I have no questions about his timing. Yeah, when you see me in the studio with Dre, we working on stuff for myself, we working on stuff for him, we working on stuff for everything. But as far as when he releases, that is up to him. But he never disappoints, so I just let people talk until they actually get it, and then when they get it, it is a piping hot cup of ‘Shut the f**k up.’ [laughs]

Interviewer: I am looking forward to your new album. So I have to ask this, what are the chances, and this is just coming from a fan here, but what are the chances that we can ever see a “B**ch Please III”?

Xzibit: Wooh! That is a Dr. Dre question. [laughs]

Interviewer: Well, if I ever get him on the phone again, I will definitely tell him: ”B**ch Please III.”

Xzibit: Absolutely!

Interviewer: But you are a key part of all of them, though, just as much as him! So maybe if you slide up that request, hit up Dre, maybe put the request in…I think a lot of people right now, if people saw a collaboration between you, Dre, Eminem, and Snoop right now, I really do think it would break the internet, to be honest. I really do think that.

Xzibit: Wow, that is dope, man, thank you. I will see if I can talk to Dre about it, but we will see. [Laughs]

Interviewer: On that note, I know you and Dr. Dre are super tight, but do you still at all keep in touch with Eminem? I know you guys have worked together so many times, and lets be honest, you have a great track record of collaborations, like “Don’t Approach Me…” and “My Name.”

Xzibit: I have not talked to Marshall in a minute, man, but you know, it is always the same, I got a lot of respect for him and his team. When we see each other, it is all love.

For the full interview, visit HotNewHipHop here.

The Game raps about 50 Cent on his new single with Lil Wayne

The Game drops brand new single called “A.I. With The Braids” featuring Lil Wayne. This track was supposed to be for The Game’s 2019 album titled “Born 2 Rap” which celebrates 1 year anniversary tomorrow.

The song was produced by Mike Zombie and it samples The Notorious B.I.G.’s two songs: “Dead Wrong” and “Get Money“. Because the track was surfaced online last year, it didn’t make in to the album but now it is officially released.

In a song, The Game raps: “Stop it, the Tommy got more power than Kanan. They wanna know what I whispered in 50’s ear “G-Unit, motherf**ker, the real Ghost is here.”

Now lets decode the lyrics. With this lines, Game addresses his bond with 50 Cent while name-dropping 3 of Power TV shows’ main characters: James “Ghost” St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick), Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora) and Kanan Stark (50 Cent). TV series which is executive produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and airs on Starz network.

In the TV series, the story is developed behind the life of a character Ghost who runs the drugs traffic in New York city with the help of his right hand character Tommy. Both Tommy and Ghost grew up with Kanan who is considered their mentor.

The Game cleverly references Tommy and Kanan to claim that even though he was considered 50 Cent’s protegee, he has much more power and influence than his mentor by comparing himself to Ghost.

Back in 2005, The Game was expelled from G-Unit group and started a 13 year long beef with 50 Cent which led to countless diss tracks and actual shootouts in the streets. But in 2018 they finally squashed they’re feud at 50 Cent’s party where The Game was caught talking to Fifty’s ear.

You can listen to the new song below and tell us your opinions in the comments of our social media accounts.

MGK says his Hotel Diablo album was not welcomed because of Eminem

In a new interview with Dave Franco for Interview Magazine, MGK has revealed that his Hotel Diablo album flopped because of Eminem feud and he almost gave up.

Interviewer: Were there moments when you almost gave up because you were killing yourself for your music and it still felt like you were misunderstood?

Machine Gun Kelly: Yes. The 2019 album, Hotel Diablo is that for me, because that was the first time I really expressed my true self with no outside influence, meaning the label. As a hip-hop album, it is flawless front to back, and also a hint at the evolution of how I went into a pop-punk album.

Machine Gun Kelly: But it was coming off the tail-end of that infamous beef with Eminem. So no one wanted to give it the time of day. It is like if you make a shitty movie and then you come out with a great movie right after, but people want to focus on the fact that they hated whatever you just did. What I did in the beef was exactly what it should be, but that project was not welcomed. The next album came from already feeling like I’d counted out, so I didn’t even care what the public was going to think. That’s why the project was ironically my best received one, because it was the most effortless, with the least outside influence.

“What I did in the beef was exactly what it should be, but that project was not welcomed.”

– MGK (November 28, 2020)

Hotel Diablo album was released in 2019 as the follow up for his Binge EP and it debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, with approximately 39,000 album equivalent units sold. It jumped down to number 20 in its second week, selling 20,585 album equivalent units. The album received generally mixed reviews from critics.

For the full interview, check out Interview Magazine here.

Kxng Crooked thinks Eminem’s “No Regrets” deserved Grammy nod

Few days ago, The Recording Academy announced the nominations for 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. Royce Da 5’9″ received Best Rap Album nomination for The Allegory album while Eminem’s Music To Be Murdered By was nowhere to be found.

It seems Slaughterhouse’s Kxng Crooked was expecting Eminem to receive Grammy nod for “No Regrets,” featuring Don Toliver and produced by D.A Got That Dope and Eminem himself.

Check out Crook’s tweets below:

https://twitter.com/CrookedIntriago/status/1331763506853494784

https://twitter.com/CrookedIntriago/status/1331763803126566912

 

New Album: Swifty McVay – “Detroit Life”

D12’s Swifty McVay releases his much anticipated album “Detroit Life.” The 20-tracked project features his group-mate Kuniva, Obie Trice, Trick Trick, Lazarus, 80 Empire, Aletta Henderson, MRK Sx, LilDavid Ruffin, ReddBone, T3, Stretch Money, MRKsx, BossmanWito, MKU and Raw Collection.

“Thank you to all who contributed to this album. Thank you to all who preordered, shared and retweeted the cover. And I salute every one who genuinely f**k with your boy.” said Swifty on his Instagram post.

Support Swifty McVay and stream the album below!

Music video of the single “Welcome to Detroit,” featuring Aletta Henderson is also out! You can watch the visuals below:

 

50 Cent to drop “Raising Kanan” theme song, ft. NLE Choppa & Rileyy Lanez

Power Book III: Raising Kanan is coming next year! “These new and exciting chapters will continue the journey of some of Power’s most controversial characters while featuring a growing ensemble of complex, distinct characters along with the high-octane drama that set Power in a class of its own.” – says Jeffrey Hirsch, the CEO of Starz.

Power Book III: Raising Kanan is a prequel set in the 1990s that will chronicle the early years of Kanan Stark, the character first played by executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. Mekai Curtis will play the role of Kanan Stark.

Couple of hours ago, 50 Cent shared a snippet of the song on social media with the caption: “New Music: Raising Kanan theme song, 50 Cent, NLE Choppa and Rileyy Lanez. He wants this s**t out as soon as possible!” NLE Choppa responded on Twitter, saying: “No cap, love uncle!”

Listen to the song snippet below:

British woman covered in Eminem tattoos breaks Guinness World Record

Nikki Paterson from Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, is beginning to feel like a ‘Tat God, Tat God.’ She has now achieved the Guinness World Record title for the most tattoos of the same musician tattooed on the body by getting fifteen portraits of Eminem, inked on her body.

“My tattoos have completely changed my life. I am so proud of them. I put my first tattoo of Eminem at the age of 19 by picking an image of him from Google.” says Nikki.

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Tattoos include the ‘blonde’ Eminem as well as the album covers from The Marshall Mathers LP to Recovery. She also has the full list of Eminem’s 11 albums, from Infinite to the most recent Music To Be Murdered By. Her back of thigh also include lyrics of the verse from the song “Till I Collapse.”

Her body tattoos also include pictures of Skylar Grey, who has featured on various tracks with Eminem. Nikki also has Big Proof and Eminem tattoo on her: “This one here is very important one because it’s Eminem and Proof and Proof is Eminem’s best friend. He got killed so that was really significant time in Eminem’s life so I wanted to have a tribute to him.”

“The way Eminem told a story with the lyrics on ‘Stan,’ it was such an unusual story compared to anything I had heard before. The idea of potentially having a record came to me and I thought it would be a lovely celebration of them.” says Nicki and now she has joined her idol in the Guinness World Records archives, with Eminem himself holding multiple record titles. You can check the list of al Guinness World Records set by Eminem here.

“I really want to meet Eminem and I think this might help!” says the Guinness World record holder. Watch the video below:

[VIA GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS WEBSITE]

12 Guinness World Records Eminem Still Holds

1. Best selling album of hip-hop in the first week of the United Kingdom chart release. 

Eminem’s third major release The Eminem Show sold 316,000 copies in its first week in the United Kingdom. It marked his second UK number one album, a feat that no other rap artist has ever achieved.

2. 21st century’s first decade’s top selling album act.

Eminem was the biggest selling album act in the United States in the first 10 years of the century with the sales of 32,300,000 copies.

3. Fastest selling rap artist.

Eminem’s second major solo album The Marshall Mathers LP sold a record 1,760,000 copies in its first week in the United States back in 2000, making him the fastest selling rapper to this day.

4. Most successive US albums to debut at #1 by a solo artist.

Eminem became the first musical act to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200 albums chart with nine successive solo releases that includes: Kamikaze (2018), Revival (2017), The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013), Recovery (2010), Relapse (2009), Curtain Call: The Hits (2005), Encore (2004), The Eminem Show (2002) and The Marshall Mathers LP (2000). They had all bowed at number one.

5. Most successive US number one albums by a solo artist.

As a solo artist, Eminem has touched the top spot on the US Billboard 200 album chart nine times in a row, from his second major album The Marshall Mathers LP  to Kamikaze. All nine solo albums topped the chart at number one.

6. Most successful rap artist in the United Kingdom for singles.

Eminem scored his sixth number one single with “Like Toy Soldiers” back in 2005 which is a record for a rap artist.

7. Most words in a hit single (USA). 

Eminem’s “Rap God” from The Marshall Mathers LP 2 has the most words rapped in a hit single, meaning the singles that debuted inside Top 15 of US Billboard 200.

8. Rapper with the most number one albums in the United Kingdom.

Eminem has topped United Kingdom charts with eight albums and has spent 30 weeks at number one, totals unequalled by any US artist in the 21st century. His most successful album was Recovery which topped the charts for 6 weeks which also is a record for a rap album.

9. Largest vocabulary for a recording artist.

According to study by the music website Musixmatch, inside the list of the 99 biggest selling acts of all time, Eminem has the largest vocabulary with 8,910 unique words used in the lyrics of his 100 legthiest tracks. Eminem is followed by Jay Z with 6,902, Tupac with 6,570, Kanye West with 5068 and Bob Dylan with 4,883 unique words.

10. Most likes for a male musician on Facebook.

With more than 87 million likes on his Facebook, Eminem is the most popular male artist on the social media, followed by Justin Bieber (77 million), Michael Jackson (72 million) and Bob Marley (71 million).

11. Most entries jumped on US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Back in 2006, “Smack That” by Akon, featuring Eminem jumped a record 88 places form number 95 to number 7.

12. Fastest rap in a No.1 single UK)

In the third verse of Eminem’s (USA, b. Marshall Mathers III) No.1 single “Godzilla”, the rapper squeezes 225 words into one 30-second segment – that’s a rapid 7.5 words per second! “Godzilla” (2020) smashed the record he set as a guest on Nicki Minaj’s “Majesty” (2018), when he spat out 78 words in 12 seconds (6.5 words per second), which in turn eclipsed his performance on the 2013 hit “Rap God” (97 words in 15 seconds; 6.46 words per second).

All the information was taken from Guinness World Records official website.

Snoop Dogg promotes Mike Tyson & Roy Jones Jr. fight with D12’s song

Two of boxing’s iconic figures Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. are finally going to lock horns on Saturday, November 28, 2020 s former undisputed heavyweight champion  meets former four-division world champion at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Lil Wayne, French Montana, Wiz Khalifa, Dababy and YG will all be performing on Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr’s exhibition bout.

As you might know, the social media platform Triller is the official partner of the fight to promote the event. Snoop Doggy Dogg is on of the investors in Triller company. To promote the fight, Snoop made a compilation videos of Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr.’s past fightings, as well as himself training for boxing.

Snoop Dogg used D12‘s 2001 “Fight Music,” a single from the group’s debut album Devil’s Night, specifically Eminem’s hook, along with the promotional video which he uploaded on his Instagram story. You can watch the video below:

 

Joell Ortiz answers fan questions about Slaughterhouse, Eminem & more

Slaughterhouse’s Joell Ortiz, who has released H.A.R.D. joint album with Kxng Crooked this year, did the question and answer session on Twitter. And of course fans asked questions about Eminem too. Check out some of the highlights below:

Q1: Do you miss touring and hanging with slaughterhouse as a whole group not just you and Kxng Crooked?
Joell Ortiz: Absolutely! One thing you all may not know is that every single member of Slaughterhouse is funny as f**K. Man, those tours were epic! You had to be there.

Q2: When some new heat coming man. I’m talking slaughterhouse nasty Joell?
Ortiz: 2021.

Q3: Favorite Glass House joint? Also, a song that you love which you wish you made.
Ortiz: I’d tell you my favorite Glass House joint, but I’d like to keep hope alive that you just may hear it one day yourself. And I love Tupac’s “Keep Ya Head Up”. Timeless classic.

Q4: What do you think about Griselda?
Ortiz: TOUGH.

Q5: A collaboration you did that had you like “wtf I’m doing a record with this person?!”
Ortiz: Probably some of the early Slaughterhouse records with Eminem.

Q6: Would you trade Glass House album for a PS5?
Ortiz: [Laughs] Nah, but a Slaughterhouse PS5 game would be fire.

Q7: What’s your dream collaboration?
Ortiz: Jay Z.

Q8: You have any plans on working with any of the Griselda members?
Ortiz: For sure. 100 percent.

Q9: Some of your favorite albums of the year besides you and Crook’s project?
Ortiz: Nas’ “King Disease” is fire!

Q10: Who’s your favorite West Coast rapper, past or present?
Ortiz: Besides Crook, 2 Pac.

Q11: What’s the most intimidated you have been in the booth?
Ortiz: Never been intimidated in there. But being around Slaughterhouse and Eminem was definitely inspiring.

Q12: Who made you wanna rap? Who were you listening to coming up in NY. I’d like to dig in the crates of older music that helped mold the artists I like to listen to.
Ortiz: Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep, Jay Z, Notorious B.I.G, Nas, The Lox and more!

 

 

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