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Joyner Lucas responds to Eminem’s XXL shout out & Eminem talks how “Lucky You” & “What If” tracks came about

On XXL Magazine’s 25 years anniversary, Eminem shared incite on what he’s learned, how he stays motivated and why being a true lyricist has always been essential to who he is as a person. During the interview, he briefly shouted out Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Big Sean and Joyner Lucas.

“At this point, a lot of the big achievements that could come in your career have happened for me already, so I don’t hyper-focus on numbers and being on charts. What I hyper-focus on is people like Kendrick Lamar, Joyner Lucas, J. Cole and Big Sean, and watching them and how the f**k they’re doing their shit. Because they’re also focused on being the best rappers.” says Eminem.

Yesterday, Joyner shared the quote of the interview on his social media accounts with “goat” emoji in the caption. Royce Da 5’9″ commented fire emoji on Joyner’s post.

Eminem has also recently talked about Joyner Lucas collaboration on his “Kamikaze” album during the latest episode of Paul Pod. “Joyner sent two songs to Royce to get them to me and I was in the middle of writing Kamikaze. Me and Royce already had few conversations about Joyner. We were like ‘this guy is a f**king truth man. First think I saw was his BET cypher. He had two records, “Lucky You” and “What If.” Music video of “Lucky You” is inspired by Will Smith’s movie “I Am Legend.” “What If” record went couple different processes of hooks and I remember I got Skylar to write a hook for it and to me that s**t was crazy. I don’t know what happened in between that time once the record was leaked but it leaked without Skylar’s hook. In an original version, I think I re-wrote something. “What If” song is an example how internet can ruin the s**t. Leaks are terrible. You are not supposed to know what the concept is before it comes out.”

50 Cent shows love to Eminem after covering XXL’s latest issue

Eminem opened up about drug addiction problems in the past in the latest issue of XXL Magazine.

In the piece, Em explained that drugs really only became a part of his life after the release of his 1999 album, The Slim Shady LP. He and his friends would make regular trips from Los Angeles to Tijuana, Mexico to buy pills like Vicodin, and the rapper recalled one instance where customs officers threw one guy “on the ground and start[ed] pulling pills out his pockets and shit.”

As his fame increased, and drugs became more plentiful — especially when he went on tour — Eminem said he started to realize he was battling addiction, but still managed to “keep it on the low and keep it together” as much as possible. Things really got bad in between 2000’s The Marshall Mathers LP and 2002’s The Eminem Show, when he was taking a mix of Vicodin, Valium, and alcohol. At one point, he even added the sleep aid Ambien, noting, “I would take a little to perform, which you would think doesn’t make sense, but Ambien is a mind eraser. So, if you don’t go to sleep on it, you get in this weird comatose state.”

50 Cent has responded to Eminem’s latest photoshoot with love and appreciation message on social media: “This my favorite white boy, I swear to God I love him to death.” You can check the post below:

Fredwreck also responded to the event, giving Eminem a nod on Twitter:

Eminem opens up about Juice WRLD collaboration, beef with Snoop Dogg, Rap Critics & more

Eminem’s manager Paul Rosenberg sat down with Slim Shady for the part two of “Curtain Call 2” interview on Paul Pod podcast where the two talked about how Dr. Dre’s brain Aneurysm played a big role in reconciliation with Snoop Dogg, collaborating with late rapper Juice WRLD, how it frustrates him what people think about his rhymes and much more.

About Snoop Dogg beef

Me and Snoop had our little issue, when that thing happened with Dre, the brain aneurysm, we were like ‘bro this is stupid as hell to be feuding right now.’ I don’t remember if I called him or he called me but we talked it out and I think there was a miscommunication in regards to him being on my album Marshall Mathers LP2 on a track “B**ch Please II” and he wanted to do something with me again and he gave you [Paul Rosenberg] the idea and he said something like ‘let’s hear what the song sounds first and he took it the way that ‘I don’t f**k with him.’ And I explained to him like ‘bro Doggystyle changed my life.’

About Juice WRLD

We had been talking about Juice WRLD for a while. And we just wanted to do something with him. We liked his freestyles over my instrumentals. It was crazy. I had a different hook on “Godzilla” and never was really crazy about it. I had verses and that was the reason we asked him for the hook. He sent us two things that were great and the first one was that Monster hook. I was like ‘holy s**t.’

About Rap Critics

It’s frustrating when you do something technically and people who think they know what hip-hop is about start giving opinions on it. They don’t hear what the f**k you doing. If I rhyme entire f**king sentence, every syllable hit, they would literally think that at the end of it I was rhyming ‘back’ and ‘cat’ because they skipped over 30 other syllables. They don’t understand that there is art to that. Kool G Rap has done it so well, Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J, there is an art to that. We [me and critics] are not listening with same ears.

Eminem covers XXL Magazine: Battle with Addiction, Meeting Dr. Dre, Looking to Kendrick Lamar & J. Cole & more (+10 photos)

Eminem celebrates XXL’s 25th anniversary with a look back at his illustrious career, which the magazine has carefully documented the entirety of. In his own words, Em shares incite on what he’s learned, how he stays motivated and why being a true lyricist has always been essential to who he is as a person.

On Meeting Dr. Dre and Making The Slim Shady LP:

“I remember saying, ‘If I could just get with Dre, man, my God that’d be so crazy. He’s so f**kin’ ill.’ Three weeks later, I was at Dre’s house. We made The Slim Shady LP. That was a fun album to make, but it’s also where everything suddenly changed. One of those changes was that drugs became a part of the way I was living my life once I got signed.”

On His Role in Today’s Hip-Hop:

“My role in today’s hip-hop is to always try to be the best rapper. That’s it. That’s how I want to feel inside. That’s what I want to feel. And I can’t do that until I listen to what the f**k J. Cole just put out. What the f**k did Kendrick just put out? And I’m thinking, Oh, these dudes ain’t playing. I don’t want to get swept away in that shuffle. I still want to let everybody know who the f**k I am. Like I said, ‘They rap to be the best rappers.’ I’ll hear some s**t by them, and I’ll be like, Yo, I ain’t the best rapper right now. I need to f**kin’ get up, get back on my s**t.”

On Looking to the Younger Generation of Artists:

“I want to do things that nobody from this point on can ever top. Rap to a level that no one else could get to. And again, it’s subjective, and every rapper, especially rappers in competitive rap, wants to be the best rapper. So, I look for the younger generation to push me. I don’t have to make albums. I don’t have to do anything at this point. It’s about wanting to, and that’s never changed for me no matter what level the fame’s gotten to. I still love to rap. It’s always been the most important thing to me. I still have fun writing.”

On When Eminem’s Addiction Got Bad:

“I was able to downplay my addiction and hide it for a while until it got really bad. And also, at that time, so much s**t was happening with the whole 50 beef with Ja Rule. We started feuding, going back-and-forth, and I’m making all of these diss records and s**t. So, I’m coming off The Marshall Mathers LP and going into Encore when my addiction started to get bad. I was taking Vicodin, Valium and alcohol. I kinda fell off the map a little bit and didn’t explain why I went away. I remember things started getting really, really bad when me, 50 and G-Unit did BET’s 106 & Park. We performed ‘You Don’t Know’ on the show and then we did an interview afterward. That’s when the wheels started coming off. One of the hosts was talking to me and I could not understand a word she was saying. 50 had to cover for me and answer every question.”

On the Encore Album Being a Misstep:

“[Encore] became a misstep and I struggled to get over the fact that I didn’t do my best. My best would’ve been good enough if the leaks hadn’t happened. But I released what I had at that point in time, and I feel that put a kind of a mark on my catalog. Encore did some decent numbers, but I was never that concerned with numbers. I was more so worried about what people think about the album. Critics and fans were important to me, and they were always at me about that project.”

Read Eminem’s complete cover story in his own words on the XXL website here. Also check out the new photoshoot below:

Photos by Travis Shinn for XXL

 

Eminem says he still has enough songs for “Relapse 2,” reveals why he’s not releasing it

Paul Rosenberg takes an in depth look at the hits, art and albums that make up the legendary musical library of Eminem as told through first-hand experiences by the participants and collaborators on these celebrated projects. It’s a 7-part series exclusively released in celebration for Curtain Call 2. For the sixth part, Paul brings out none other than Eminem for the interview which you can check out below.

The process of making Relapse

I remember when I first got sober all the s**t was out of my system. I remember just being really happy. Everything was f**king new to me again. It was the first album and the first time I had had fun recording in a long time. I started having fun with music again and I was re-learning how to rap. Took a long time for my brain to start working again…”Detroit Basketball” was the first thing I recorded and it was f**king weird because my brain was turning back on. I started going over the lines, thinking ‘wait, that’s not good.’ I don’t know which version was leaked but there were like twenty version of that s**t. For the Relapse album, I think “Must Be The Ganja” was the first song I recorded and made into the album. Dre was feeding me with beats and I think “My Mom” was second.

About “Beautiful”

Couple things come into play. One, I had just started watching bunch of serial killer documentaries and s**t and it started giving me ideas like I could if I tried to sound like a demented serial killer. ‘Beautiful’ came out earlier sessions when I was still f**ked up. It was probably only decent song I had made during that time. I didn’t want to put it on the album because it it didn’t fit the concept of everything else, accents and all that s**t.

His thoughts on Relapse album

I remember when we were in Hawaii, I was listening to some s**t from The Eminem Show. I remember some of my older s**t and going like ‘why don’t my s**t feel anything right now’ so when we did first recording session for Recovery I was in Hawaii with Dre. I don’t have problem with some of the rhymes and some of the verses as far as lyrically, it’s just accents. I felt like I sounded so demented in that s**t that I got cemented in that s**t. and I bent it back, b**ch and then I went to scratch itch. So listening to my older s**t I was like ‘I need to feel like this again’ and the first song that I did was ‘On Fire’

About scrapped Relapse 2 album 

There are probably enough songs to make another Relapse album, not that hasn’t either leaked out or were used Relapse: Refill. There are lot of songs from Relapse that didn’t leak out but they are terrible songs. They didn’t even make into the album Relapse and if you know how I feel about Relapse album then that should say something. So there is no Relapse 2.

About Recovery album

At that time, I was looking at how Drake and Wayne changed the landscape. It pushed me and motivated me. Recovery was the first album with me back on a wordplay because I started getting away from Relapse. I was watching Wayne like ‘holly s**t wordplay is back’ and I was like ‘I can do that!’ I recorded songs for Recovery and I was done but then you [Paul Rosenberg] told me ‘I got one beat and chorus you need to hear.’ When I heard it, I got into a car and I wrote two verses on my way to home. And then I told you ‘Okay tough guy. I’m done with the record but now you need to put Rihanna on it.’ I remember we wanted to get her on any song. So there was actually an attempt to get her on something. It actually leaked, it was “Fly Away” song.

About “Rap God” song 

I don’t remember exactly how it came about but I do remember that when I first recorded it, I was still playing CDs back then, I’m listening to it in the car and when it cuts off it says ‘six minutes’ and I was like ‘what the f**k that s**t’s exactly six minutes?! That’s crazy, so I want back and that’s were the intro comes from… For some reason, summa-lumma, dooma-lumma was stuck into my head and I just kept repeating the phrase. That rhymes with lots of s**t so I started rhyming. That part is kind of stunt in there. I remember when I wrote it I was thinking ‘when I go into the studio am I going to be able to say this s**t?’ Sometimes the s**t I write my mouth can’t say it.

Visiting Rick Rubin at his house

The first time I met Rick Rubin was with you. We went to his house and his house was still under construction. I went to use his bathroom and after I used bathroom, I gotta dry my hands and there was a paper towel in there, dried my hands but there was no garbage so I put the paper towel in toilet, hit flush and it started overflowing. [Laughs].

Then Eminem continues talking about Tinnitus, Hell: The Sequel and Revival. You can check the interview below:

Westside Boogie talks ‘More Black Superheroes’ album, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar & more

Westside Boogie has recently sat down with Charlamagne Tha God and Angela Yee on Power 105.1 FM’s Breakfast Club where he talked about his latest album More Black Superheroes, his past relationships, therapy sessions, linking up with Eminem, relationship with Kendrick Lamar and much more.

About ‘More Black Superheroes’ album

The process of making this album was tough because the accountability factor that came with therapy. By that time I had a healthy relationship and when I lost her I was still happy because I was like ‘I’m gonna make a fire album, I can make a heart-break album.’ Then I’m at therapy and my therapist make me address the stuff and make me hold myself accountable so I felt like I could not approach music the same. It was hard to make certain songs and it took awhile to figure out what I wanted to talk about.

About linking up with Eminem

I was sitting in church in Compton. I was doing gospel raps at first and there were a little kids who were going to church and were already a gang members and I thought they were the coolest ni**as in the world so I became a follower. I started going in church with them and gospel rap was not a thing anymore. Just started rapping around the city. Got my baby mama pregnant at 19. I was recording in my mama’s room for about 4 years. This white man hit me on Twitter. In a hood we think that any white man hit us means we made it. That’s what I thought at that time. He became my manager. He came from Indian background. He was working with the likes of Skrillex.

Interscope ended up calling me. But they put me on the shelf. Then LVRN came around and two weeks before that my new manager had called me and said ‘hey man I don’t know hw Paul Rosenberg found your music but he f**king with you and he wanna fly you to Detroit.’ I had new management and Eminem took over my contract out of nowhere. I don’t know how he found me. They said Rihanna’s post about me was a thing. Eminem told me the songs that he liked was like my album cuts and he was explaining me those lyrics and that’s what made me trust a judgement because he was not talking to me about the viral songs. We had that conversation, I went home and he just gave me the freedom to create, that’s why I appreciate him. Because he gave me advice when I needed it but he does not overstepping my creative process.

About relationship with Kendrick Lamar 

That’s my favorite rapper. He’s from my neighborhood and I just appreciate the doors he opened with just about being himself. I never expect Kendrick to do nothing for me. He did gave me opportunities because just let me come around and to see certain stuff being in the studio with him. So yeah, shout out to him. I do have a relationship. It’s not like he’s my best friend but somebody from my neighborhood who was accessible to everyone from my neighborhood.

You can watch the full interview below:

Azealia Banks lashes out on Eminem, says he should be blamed for influencing ‘white school shooters’

Azealia Banks has just reignited her one sided beef with Eminem.

She is never one to hold her tongue, especially when it comes to her takes on hip-hop. Yesterday, the rapper shared her thoughts on some of the rap game’s biggest names, such as Jay-Z, Eminem and Lil Wayne.

Banks began to explain why she thinks Lil Wayne is a better rapper than Jay-Z, beginning with their respective catalogs. After offering her praise and criticism to Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and Styles P, she attacked Eminem. “Eminem is, was and has always been annoying garbage. I can’t, won’t and refuse to consume white male rap anger in rap form.”

“I’m picking Paul Wall and Bubba Sparxxx over Eminem ANYDAY,” she added before going full rent on Slim Shady.

“Also — can we also make Eminem’s glorified white male rage a factor in what influences white school shooters lmao… We love to blame black parents and black stars for *what’s wrong with our youth* but really let Em write whole songs about wanting to murder his own mother. We really should blame Eminem for everything.”

Additionally, she pointed out how Eminem landed an Elton John feature in spite of using homophobic slurs in his music: “Also, I’m pissed because Em said fa**ot and got an entire Elton John collab out of it. I was supposed to win a prize too gatdamnit.”

Check out the screenshots of her stories below:

Rock Hall shares short documentary to honor Eminem

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2022. Eminem is being inducted in his first year of eligibility, and he’s joined in the 2022 class by Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon, Eurythmics, and Pat Benatar.

This year’s Ahmet Ertegun Award winners include Sugarhill Records founder Sylvia Robinson, Interscope and Beats founder Jimmy Iovine, and lawyer to the stars Allen Grubman.

It was the first year that Eminem, Parton, Richie, and Simon were nominated. This year won’t be Eminem’s first year at a Rock Hall ceremony. Last year, he performed “Rock the Bells” with LL Cool J at the 2021 induction ceremony. In 2009, he also gave the speech inducting Run-D.M.C. into the Rock Hall.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2022 induction ceremony will take place on November 5 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. It will simulcast on SiriusXM’s Volume channel and air at a later date on HBO and HBO Max.

Rock Hall confirmed that Eminem will also perform at the ceremony.

To honor Slim Shady’s induction to Hall Of Fame, the Rock Hall released a short documentary, describing the Detroit legend’s career highlights. You can watch the video below:

Eminem earns his first ever No.1 song on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart

Last month DJ Khaled released star-studded new album “God Did” which includes a song “Use This Gospel (Remix)” with Kanye West and Eminem, produced by one and only Dr. Dre. As Ye previously said, the song is his daughter’s all time favorite song.

In an interview with Lowe, Khaled revealed how the remix ended up on the album. He stated that Ye had played him Jesus Is King Part II in full a year and half prior, calling it “incredible”. Even though West and Khaled had recorded a couple of tracks for God Did, they were never finished due to the rapper’s schedule. As part of a “last minute magic gift”, Khaled asked West if he could include the remix on God Did since it perfectly fit the album’s theme. According to Khaled, West loved the idea, which he joked “You know Ye don’t love no idea”. Before confirming the inclusion, West insisted on contacting both Dr. Dre and Eminem for their approval.

Musically, the remix is a gospel track, with rock undertones. The song is reminiscent of Slim Shady’s early 2000s work, though it features heavier drums. Em performs a fast pace Christian rap verse on the remix, replacing Clipse’s appearance on the original track. His verse is succeeded by a dubstep outro, contributed by Dr. Dre.

In the song, The Detroit legend expresses uncertainty about holding on, detailing combatting addiction and temptation while he has raised his daughters. Em also compares his controversies to West’s, places his faith in “the Father”, and thanks Jesus, concluding with: “Praises to Jesus, I will always.”

The song debuted at No. 1 on US Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart, giving Eminem his first ever chart-topper in this category.

Eminem appears on Hard Knocks season finale (Full)

This week’s episode of Hard Knocks featured a very special guest. Eminem, Mr. Porter and Paul Rosenberg visited Detroit Lions’ training ground to see what’s going on.

National Football League shared a clip of Eminem at Detroit’s facility this Tuesday. In the video, Lions head coach Dan Campbell praised the legendary rapper.

“A lot of respect for you. Nobody represents this city more than you do, so it’s a pleasure to have you out here.” – Campbell told Eminem.

“He might be on my list of like, holy s**t,” Jared Goff said.

Eminem, who toured the Lions facility (“Ain’t this the room where I saw Aidan doing the Billie Jean s**t?”), told the Detroit roster that they had a good team, and he also mentioned that he’d been hoping the Lions would be featured on Hard Knocks.

“You know what’s crazy. You know when you’re just playing catch with someone in the street or whatever, then you get on a real field, and you f**king throw that b**ch as far as you can, and it’s like 10 yards.” said Eminem.

The Detroit legend also surprised the players with Mom’s Spaghetti meals.

You can watch the full Eminem episode premiered by NFL below:

Eminem might have just hinted on new song for “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II”

Eminem has just released animated video for “Is This Love (’09),” featuring 50 Cent, produced by Dr. Dre, from recently released greatest hits album, Curtain Call 2 and fans believe there is a major easter egg in the video.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is an upcoming first-person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is a direct sequel to the 2019 reboot, and will serve as the nineteenth installment in the overall Call of Duty series.

The game is scheduled to be released on October 28, 2022 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

The new animated video by Eminem shows tiny animated men with the classic slim shady blonde hair, causing mayhem in the city. Some of them are running after people with chainsaws, while others have rocket launchers.

At one point in the video, fans spotted Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II logo which sparked the new theories about Eminem somehow being involved in the video game.

Eminem and Call Of Duty franchise have previously collaborated is several occasions. “Till I Collapse,” “Won’t Back Down,” “Don’t Front” and “Survival” were previously served as a promotional singles for the game.

Check out fans’ reactions below:

Eminem drops animated video of “Is This Love” with 50 Cent

Eminem and 50 Cent are back with the animated video of recently released single, titled “Is This Love,” from Eminem’s greatest hits album, Curtain Call 2.

“Is This Love” is an unreleased song from 2009, most likely recorded for Relapse 2 but kept in the vault. This track is one of two recorded by the duo Eminem and 50 Cent in 2009, with the other, “Psycho”, being put on 50’s album called “Before I Self Destruct.” The song contains re-recorded vocals by both artists.

Eminem has just dropped the visualizer for the song which shows tiny animated men with the classic slim shady blonde hair, causing mayhem in the city. Some of them are running after people with chainsaws, while others have rocket launchers.

You can watch the video clip and read some theories from the fans after the jump below:

 

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