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Mark Batson reminisces studio times with Eminem & Dr. Dre with iconic picture

Legendary Mark Batson, who has previously worked with Eminem, 50 Cent and Dr. Dre on many occasions, contributing to some of the most iconic records which have sold more than millions of copies worldwide, has recently hit twitter to remember the golden times in the studio with Eminem and Dr. Dre.

“Once upon a time, many years ago, there were three musicians who loved this powerful art form called: Hip Hop.” – The super-producer tweeted couple of hours ago, along the picture of himself, Eminem and Dr. Dre being in the studio, probably recording something for Relapse album.

Once upon a time, many years ago, there were three musicians who loved this powerful art form called, Hip Hop. #Eminem #Eminem #DrDre #Batson pic.twitter.com/m12OnIEZ5f

— Mark Batson (@MarkBatsonMusic) February 1, 2023

Mark was heavily involved in my favorite Eminem album of all time, Relapse and Relapse: Refill. Some of his biggest Slim Shady hits include: “A– Like That,” “Crack A Bottle,” “Just Lose It,” “Kill For You,” with Skylar Grey, “Mosh,” “Nowhere Fast,” with Kehlani, “We Made You,” and the most recent work on Music To Be Murdered By album “Premonition.”

“When we made Relapse with Eminem, it was not well received at the moment but now it is considered to be a classic. That’s how it goes… The most important thing is to keep being creative and offer the people things you think they will need. From the calls, I have been getting today, and the album already being #1 on the iTunes’ New Age charts, I think that people are letting their voices be known that something like this album is essential.” said Mark Batson in an interview with HipHop24x7 back in 2021.

Has Skylar Grey just hinted new song with Eminem?

Latest post by Skylar Grey has fans buzzing in the social media as long-time Eminem friend and collaborator posts new picture on Instagram, wearing a t-shirt with “I Love The Way You Lie” written on it.

In the caption, she writes: “Things are happening…” but that’s not the reason why fans got too excited. Skylar tagged Eminem and Rihanna on the picture that sparked rumors of them collaborating once again.

Fans think of three theories:

Some think there is a new song coming out as there is a supposedly new album cover in the screen in front of Skylar.
Others think it’s just Skylar showing love to Eminem and Rihanna by rocking the t-shirt of their biggest hit song from Recovery.
And few of them think Skylar Grey is releasing an album that includes her greatest hits, including “Love The Way You Lie,” “Coming Home,” “Walk On Water and “I Need A Doctor.”

The third theory is less possible to happen, as Skylar Grey has recently sold all her royalties to pay for divorce expenses and I’m not sure if she is allowed to record and album of her past-written songs.

First theory is possible. Whenever there is Skylar Grey or Eminem album coming out, we always see each other featured on their own albums and as Skylar recently revealed, Eminem was so supportive after her financial difficulties. She also hinted on something with Em last year.

Out of these three, the second theory looks to be the most realistic. Skylar Grey just showed love to Eminem and Rihanna with the t-shirt and and probably took the opportunity to poke the fans.

If there is a new song coming out, it would mark 11th song they have made together. You can check out the list of all Eminem and Skylar Grey songs below:

1. Skylar Grey – “Last One Standing,” ft. Polo G, Mozzy & Eminem (2021)

2. Eminem – “Black Magic,” ft. Skylar Grey (2020)

3. Eminem – “Leaving Heaven,” ft. Skylar Grey (2019)

4. Eminem – “Tragic Endings,” ft. Skylar Grey (2017)

5. Skylar Grey – “Kill For You,” ft. Eminem (2016)

6. Skylar Grey, Eminem & Yelawolf – “Twisted” (2014)

7. Eminem – “A–hole,” ft. Skylar Grey (2013)

8. Skylar Grey – “C’mon Let Me Ride,” ft. Eminem (2012)

9. Slaughterhouse – “Our House,” ft. Eminem & Skylar Grey (2012)

10. Dr. Dre – “I Need A Doctor,” ft. Eminem & Skylar Grey (2011)

Check out her post below:

Wack 100 lashes out on Hebrew Israelites for accusing Eminem of “stealing black culture”

The Game’s manager and the CEO of 100 Entertainment Wack 100 has recently got into a heated argument on Clubhouse with Black Hebrew Israelites after they declared that they don’t respect Eminem because of being a ‘culture thief.’

During the conversation on Clubhouse, one up-and-coming artist said: “I don’t respect Eminem, because he’s a culture thief.” And then the other one said: “I never rock with Eminem and I never rock with Akon.

On that Wack 100 replied: “Eminem is legend ma ni–a. I f–k with Eminem. You know why I f–l with Eminem? You see what going on Megan Thee Stallion movement, you know what’s going on right? Nobody knew who she was and my brother put her on. She was out of her pocket. Soon as she got her part, she went on Roc Nation and she said ‘f–k the brother.’ Now I’m telling you why I f–k with Eminem. As big as he has gotten, as big as he is, he refuses to walk away from Dr. Dre’s contract, the man who believed in him. They been offering him hundreds of millions and he’s always like ‘I’m signed to Aftermath, talk to Dre.’ That’s why I respect that man. Every other ni–a in this business, when a ni–a believed in him, put them on, payed the rent, next day they were like ‘I wanna get away, f–k you.’ What Eminem does is called LOYALTY.”

“You are all racist organization praying on the bible. All you say, all this s–t is hypocritical.” – he added.

Then one of the artist said: “If we are talking about the greatest of all time Eminem should not be in that discussion. Even Snoop said that. Snoop said he’s a guest in this culture. He can not be the best. Eminem did not earn his numbers. That Slim Shady song would not be popping if he was black. No black person could rap about his mama like he raps about his mama and gets away with it. I ain’t saying Eminem is not good but didn’t The Game just did 10-minute diss song towards Eminem?”

Wack 100 replied: “That was for entertainment bro. We don’t wanna fight Eminem. We don’t wanna kill Eminem. And Game was actually paying a respect to Eminem on The Black Slim Shady track.”

You can watch the whole thing below:

New Song: Twonbeatz & GRIP – “The Past”

Back in October, 2022, GRIP dropped a mixtape called “5 & A F*** You,” the follow-up project of his Shady Records debut album, titled “I Died For This?!,” which featured guest appearances from AHYES, Marco Plus, Wara and Tate228.

The East-Atlanta rapper originally intended to record an EP in a week, but instead ended up extending the project to mixtape length, letting it run its proper course. You can feel the emotion in his voice when he raps: “The day Em spit me my lyrics, I knew I really made it / To have him and Royce on my album, that shit feel amazin’/ ‘Cause they giants in my eyes, residin’ where I aim to be / Remember buyin’ they CD and now they give me game for free.”

After “Cook Up” and “The F Word,” GRIP has recently dropped the music video of “94 Flow,” featuring AHYES. The song is produced by Latrell James and its chorus references to A Tribe Called Quest song, titled “Oh My God.”

After that, GRIP came back again with The Radar Freestyle, spitting over Peezy’s “2 Million Up” instrumental. In the original song, the Detroit’s own Peezy references Eminem with the following lines: “Hit your house party, f–_ it up, we misbehavin’ / Gotta keep an eye on my n–_a Slim cause he Shady.”

Yesterday, the Shady Records hitman teamed up with Twonbeatz, a man who is uncredited producer on Grammy-winning song “King’s Dead” performed by Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Future from Marvel Studios superhero film Black Panther and Jay Rock’s third solo studio album Redemption.

You can bump the new single “The Past” below:

James Larese talks about working with Eminem on Empire State Building performance

No Jumper host Sharps has recently sat down with the video director James Larese to talk about the business, how he navigates his way to success, artists he has worked with, how he keeps his motivation going and much more.

At one point of the interview, Sharps asked James Larese to talk about working with Eminem on Empire State Building performance of his “Venom” single from 2018, off Kamikaze album.

“I’ve worked very very consistently with Eminem for many many years, since about 2008. So, he was gonna perform. He had this song “Venom” out and he was going to do that performance. They did an actual music video for it as well but this was gonna be the separate live performance that we were gonna shoot live.” said Larese.

Then he continues: “Eminem is amazing. He’s genius. He’s a genius, that’s all I can say. And here is a thing. We shot it a week before the Kimmel show. Before it was gonna air. And it was planned out where on that day that it was gonna air Kim will throw it to them and it would seem as if it was right then. So, because we did that a week ahead of time it had to be a secret. So how you do that? It could not let be known because then everyone would know it was not live when it actually aired. People do that all the time when they shoot things.”

“So, basically we had 70th floor up of the Empire State Building for about two days. To rehearse and sequence, the lights of the Empire State building to the song, so when we would play the song the lights of the Empire State Building would pulse to the beat, they change it. And then we had two helicopters, one that was filming his performance and one that was shooting that helicopter shooting him. I wanted to take advantage of that fact that we were actually using helicopter so I wanted to be able to shoot the helicopter in the shot.” he added.

Earlier this month James Larese, who has previously worked with Eminem on “From Detroit To The LBC,” with Snoop Dogg, “Is This Love (09′),” with 50 Cent “Darkness,” “Rainy Days” with Westside Boogie, “Lucky You,” with Joyner Lucas, “Fall” and “Fast Lane” with Royce 5’9″ music videos and SNL sketches, also hinted that Eminem has something planned in 2023.

You can watch the new interview below:

Almighty Suspect explains why Jay-Z doesn’t have bigger impact than Eminem

Following 50 Cent, Los Angeles rapper and No Jumper host Almighty Suspect is another artist who disagrees former NBA player Jamal Crawford saying Jay-Z has bigger impact on hip-hop than Eminem albums sales will ever have.

During the conversation with Shaquille O’Neal on his new podcast called The Big Podcast, Crawford drew the parallel to hip-hop to rank his top five NBA players of all time and used Eminem and JAY-Z’s impact as an example.

“In my top five, the dominance outweighs the number. You can not change the game and say this person has more points than me, he is better. It is beyond that. Jay-Z’s affect on hip-hop is bigger than any album sales Eminem will have. That is just how it goes.” Crawford said.

Jamal Crawford’s statement sparked lots of discussions in social media and 50 Cent also weighed in. The Hip-Hop Wolf Instagram page posted Crawford’s interview and asked fans if they agree to the statement or not. Under the comment section, Fifty replied: “Ha, bulls–t.” with Sneezing Face emoji.

Today, the topic has been discussed in No Jumper podcast, where Almighty Suspect denied Crawford’s statement: “Bro, I can name like six Eminem clones right now. Hopsin, DAX, Logic, MGK, that white McDonald dude that white dude who’s is making If-I-Was-Black songs. Joyner Lucas is one of them too. That’s the six. I’m not naming rappers that look like Eminem. I’m naming rappers who are actual clones of Eminem. I just named six. Tell me, name me, six Jay-Z clones.” said Suspect.

Then he continues: “I’m not saying Eminem’s impact is better or worse but it’s large! It has to be acknowledged and I don’t even like Eminem like whatsoever. I think Jay-Z’s impact on rap is bigger outside of rap. More entrepreneur s–t. In the business aspect, hell yeah. But if we talking about just rap, bro, all Jay-Z does is f–king quote Biggie lines. F–k we talking about ni–a. His effect, I get it, because he’s definitely one of the GOATs, one of the greatest rappers alive in people’s eyes. To me, one of the greatest artist is Wayne. Jay-Z’s impact in hip-hop, what are we saying? Like, what? Where? Besides being a business mogul.”

“Eminem does have a lot of numbers but he also has a big impact on rap bro. You know how many motherf–kers trying to imitate him? Ni–as do that all day. It’s not like eight of them. It’s millions of them.” Suspect added.

You can watch the entire thing below:

50 Cent responds to Jamal Crawford saying JAY-Z has bigger impact than Eminem

50 Cent does not believe JAY-Z has had a bigger impact on hip-hop culture than Eminem.

Few days ago, former NBA player Jamal Crawford visited Shaquille O’Neal on his new podcast called The Big Podcast. During the conversation, Crawford drew the parallel to hip-hop to rank his top five NBA players of all time and used Eminem and JAY-Z’s impact as an example.

Jamal Crawford’s statement sparked lots of discussions in social media and 50 Cent also weighed in. The Hip-Hop Wolf Instagram page posted Crawford’s interview and asked fans if they agree to him or not. Under the comment section, Fifty replied: “Ha, bulls–t.” with Sneezing Face emoji.

One user commented: “If the impact is so strong to the level he says it is, why don’t the numbers match it? Jay-Z fans love to talk about his money in reference to being the GOAT but when someone out preforms him like Eminem, then they move the goal post lol Eminem can do an 80,000 venue by HIMSELF, can Jay? How’s that for impact.

While another replied: “Eminem is a better rapper than Jay-Z though when it comes to skills and his pen game is better!!! I also think Nas is better also when it comes to skills and his pen game.”

About a month ago, 50 Cent talked about Eminem not getting the credit he deserves: “I don’t think that they give Em the credit that he deserves. Because, in order for people to embrace something, they have to see where they fit in. I think part of Eminem’s legacy is the growth of our culture. People wouldn’t buy it if they didn’t see where they fit into it. And he’s there and he’s a legitimate artist because of his journey. When you look at 8 Mile, you’re seeing a Black story with a white lead. You seeing poverty, you’re seeing similar circumstances. Look at his friends Proof and D12 and everybody: these are real hip hop guys. Which is why he’s a real hip hop guy.”