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Ice Cube says he’d choose Eminem as his ally in a rap battle

Legendary Ice Cube took some time to touch on a variety of topics with The Guardian magazine.

While the interview covers things from his past, like his break from N.W.A., he also touched on a hypothetical situation. The interviewer asked: If you had to choose two rappers to join your team in a rap battle, who would they be and why?

On which Cube replied: “Eminem is one of the best rappers that’s ever blessed the mic, and I feel the same way about Lil Wayne – I would not mind going into battle with those two.”

This is not the first time Ice Cube showed love to Eminem. Couple of years ago, he listed the top 15 greatest emcees of all time and included Slim Shady into it.

“I go back to guys who set the bar.” said Cube. “One of my first greatest is Melle Mel, another great emcee, I believe who brought more style to rhymes is KRS-1, another guy is my favorite of all time who introduced consciousness on another level into rap it’s Chuck D. Another one is another trendsetter, one of the OGs who helped the west coast get on the map, that’s Ice-T.”

Then he continued: “Snoop is one of my favorite rappers of all time, so is Biggie, so is Jay Z, so is Nas. We got rappers like Ras Kass on the west coast that’s crazy, Eminem – one of the best to ever touch the mic. Lil Wayne goddamn, he’s nasty! Oh, and Black Thought, monster! I’m gonna say Slick Rick. I’m gonna leave the last one blank [Laughs]. There are so many great emcees to name.”

Check out the entire thing in the video below:

Jack Harlow talks about Eminem, responds Machine Gun Kelly diss

During a recent appearance on Rap Radar podcast with Elliott Wilson and Brian ‘B.Dot’ Miller, Jack Harlow briefly talked about Eminem and responded to Machine Gun Kelly’s ‘Drake flow’ diss after claiming himself as the best white rapper since Slim Shady.

“I used to order bunch of XXLs and I think I was just reading old interviews, y’all put Eminem on the cover every month. I was reading a lot of Eminem interviews and I remember I was reading this one section and there was a whole column that said ‘Eminem bad for hip-hop’ and y’all had some of the biggest rappers in the game answered. Jay-Z gave his answer. I read that and everyone answered like ‘F–K NO! EMINEM NOT BAD FOR HIP-HOP. HE’S DOPE AS S–T.’ And that’s what connected with me.” – said Jack Harlow

Then he continues: “At the end of the day, if you can rap, what else we talking about? We are not perfect. He made few mistakes in his career, sure, but it don’t f–king matter because he can rap his a– off so I said, I just had a moment I was like ‘just rap bro, there is so many things you could try to be everything’ but at the end of the day on this one I just wanted to rap.”

Later in the interview, Harlow responded to Machine Gun Kelly’s “Renegade” freestyle diss: “Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, and I feel great about what I said, and I feel great about the reaction. It just is what it is. I’m an MC! I’m talking my s–t. This ain’t new concept to feel yourself. I fell no reservations about what was said at all.

Earlier this month MGK dissed the Kentucky native in a freestyle over Jay-Z’s Eminem-produced 2001 hit, “Renegade.” In the freestyle, he rapped: “I see why they call you Jackman, you jacked man’s whole swag / Give Drake his flow back, man, I eat rappers like Pac-Man.”

You can listen to the new interview below:

Alaina says Eminem walked her down the aisle at her wedding

Alaina Scott, Eminem’s eldest daughter, wed her longtime lover Matt Moeller on June 9, 2023 in a “Great Gatsby glam” themed event and Eminem played a particular role in the wedding.

“I had an 80-ft long black and white checkered aisle and my dad walked me down the aisle. He wasn’t going to miss that.” Alaina told the People magazine in an exclusive interview.

Then she continued: “Getting married is a sacred thing and we wanted to be surrounded by people who share in our daily lives. We did something super untraditional and didn’t allow many plus ones. This was important to us.”

“These are once-in-a-lifetime moments and I’m just so grateful to be loved the way I am by everyone. None of this would have been possible without my Dad. I’m beyond blessed.” she added.

At the reception, Eminem’s brother Nathan “Nate Kane” Mathers performed his song called “Slide on Over” which was “really fun,” according to Alaina.

Wicked says Eminem can go against Lil Wayne on Verzuz battle

Wicked from the Ghetto Mafia has recently sat down with B High Atl where he listed rappers who go against Lil Wayne in a Verzuz battle and included Eminem as the main candidate.

“If we are talking one on one, my catalog against yours, Eminem can go toe to toe with Lil Wayne. Jay can go toe to toe with him. LL is another guy. LL can go against anybody. Rock The Bell album alone, every song on that album, it’s 15! Nas, you know Snoop can go at anybody. His own partner Drake too. I said Em. We can throw Kanye up there.” said Wicked

Then he continues: “If we are talking about just lyricists, I have no argument with Lil Wayne. I know some people might be upset when I say but Eminem! Em’s a bad motherf–ker. We can’t hate. You know, some people are like ‘I can’t put him in there’ but that’s bulls–t.”

“After Dre and Snoop for a moment, I don’t know their personal business, but it was a little moment that they would not f–king with each other and that’s when he came in with Em and 50 Cent. And when he came with Em like ‘Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got something to say’ Snoop was like ‘hold on now. Snoop had to do like that for a minute and he was like ‘maybe I should talk to Dre and square this away’ so like I said, I would put Em up there, like Nas and Jay but Lil Wayne does not have to apologize for saying that. This man held down this industry for 30 plus years.” Wicked added.

You can watch the interview below:

Today in 2000, Eminem’s “The Marshall Mathers LP” debuted at #1 on Billboard with record-breaking sales

23 years ago today (June 11, 2000), Eminem’s “The Marshall Mathers LP” debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 charts with 1,760,000 sold in it’s first week and stayed atop for eight consecutive weeks. A significant commercial success compared to the release of “The Slim Shady LP” just the previous year, the album sold 1.78 million copies in its first week, which made it among the fastest-selling studio albums in the United States.

It spawned the hits like “The Real Slim Shady,” “The Way I Am” and “Stan,” featuring Dido, is certified diamond by RIAA and is the best selling rap album in Soundscan history.

“The Marshall Mathers LP” has been included in numerous all-time lists and is widely regarded as Eminem’s greatest album. It has sold 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time, and is certified 11x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album at the 2001 Grammy Awards, while “The Real Slim Shady” won Best Rap Solo Performance.

According to Billboard, as of 2022, “The Marshall Mathers LP” is one of the 15 best-performing 21st-century albums without any of its singles being number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The first single, “The Real Slim Shady”, became Eminem’s biggest hit up to that point. It peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the UK Singles Chart.

“Stan”, the third single released from the album, became a number-one hit in both the United Kingdom and Australia. The song, which details around a crazed fan of the same name, has been highlighted as a work of poetry by critics, and soon gave rise to the Oxford English Dictionary term “stan.”

You can revisit the classic album below:

Enisa performs Eminem’s “Mockingbird” live on stage

Enisa Nikaj, known professionally as Enisa is an American singer and songwriter. She began her music career in 2015 performing cover songs and began releasing original music in 2016. She signed to Atlantic Records and Highbridge The Label in December 2019, and competed in the American Song Contest in March 2022.

Enisa performed a number of cover songs from 2018 through 2020, one of which was her cover of “Mockingbird” by Eminem that she released on December 9, 2018, which went on to amass 10 million views on YouTube by December 2020. Currently it has more than 27 million views on the platform.

Released in 2004, “Mockingbird” is currently the most trending Eminem song on TikTok and Spotify. #mockigbirnd has 2 billion views on TikTok and 1.2 billion streams on Spotify.

“Mockingbird” was released as the fifth single from the Encore album in April 2005. It peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and No.4 in the United Kingdom. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance, but lost to “Gold Digger” by Kanye West. “Mockingbird” was later included on Eminem’s greatest hits compilation album called Curtain Call: The Hits.

You can watch Enisa’s performance below:

Big Daddy Kane reveals few things Eminem talks about in his upcoming Netflix documentary

In a recent interview with AllHipHop magazine, Big Daddy Kane provided an update on his forthcoming Netflix documentary, titled Paragraphs I Manifest, which boasts several high-profile interviews with everyone from Eminem and Jay-Z to J. Cole and Common.

“We’re in the editing stages right now. And hopefully, we’ll be finished within the next two months. That’s what I’m praying for, you know, because I really feel that it’s important to get this out as Hip-Hop is celebrating 50 years.” says Big Daddy Kane.

Then he continues: “The most rewarding part of this experience is hearing different artists’ perspectives. To sit with someone like Common, who I respect as a great lyricist and is someone with a unique flow other than the norm and representing a city other than New York, to hear his influences and his thought process, things of that nature. To hear Eminem talk about losing a rap battle. To hear him talking about what motivated him to write a song, who he listened to and studied, stuff like that.”

“The biggest thing I learned was something Eminem said, because I never really thought about it. When I am writing and I am doing what I do, I am just in my zone. I am listening to him talk, but as I am listening to him, I am trying to think who did it before me, and I actually could not come up with no one. I was just sitting there really blown away.”

“When we left, I actually went listening to different artists that had songs out before me to see if anyone else did that in their writing style, and I did not find no one. I am not saying that I am the first,  am just saying that so far I have not found anyone. It was crazy.” Big Daddy Kane added.

You can listen to the audio news below:

Eminem narrates “Be Like Mike” new campaign by Gatorade

Thanks to Gatorade, a week filled with journeys down memory lane comes to a satisfying conclusion. Eminem serves as emcee, and his 2010 track “Won’t Back Down,” featuring P!nk from Recovery album bubbles up, too. But the Detroit legend’s participation is just one nostalgic element of a :30 from the PepsiCo brand.

We’re also treated to way-back commercial footage of Michael Jordan — with the “Be Like Mike” jingle reverberating from more than 30 years ago to rock our brainpans.

Titled “The Way to Be Great,” and developed with TBWA\Chiat\Day L.A., the spot serves as a bridge between generations, a merging of past, present and future. Clips of sports legends in their prime segue into footage of contemporary athletes. Along with M.J., Serena Williams and Lionel Messi appear, plus Jayson Tatum, Elena Delle Donne, Sydney McLaughlin and more.

“We know our brand has everything athletes need to fuel Greatness. We have fueled the greatest athletes of all time over the last 60 years, and ‘The Way to Be Great’ is an anthemic campaign meant to bring to life what greatness has been, and what greatness looks like in the future.” – says Anuj Bhasin, chief brand officer at Gatorade.

In the Gatorade video, Eminem says: “You wanna be like greats? First, believe yo are. Greatness requires drip. Not like that, like this! The Greats are not afraid to fail. They fuel by it. Trophies require greatness but greatness does not require trophies because greatness is not about what you have done, it’s about what you do next!”

You can watch the video below:

 

Mark Batson celebrates Eminem’s “Relapse” going No. 1 on Billboard chart 14 years ago today

On this day, 14 years ago (June 7, 2009) Eminem’s Relapse album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 608,000 sold in its first week of release. The album included the No. 1 Hot 100 hit song “Crack a Bottle,” featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent and top 10 hit “We Made You.” The album became the best selling rap album of the year.

The 14-year anniversary post was shared by Chart Data on Twitter and retweeted by Mark Batson with the caption: “And nothing was ever the same. #eminem #drdre #relapse.”

Legendary Aftermath and Interscope producer Mark Batson produced and wrote almost every track on Relapse, including: “3.A.M.” “Hello,” “Medicine Ball,” “Old Time’s Sake,” featuring Dr. Dre, “Must Be The Ganja,” and “We Made You” single version. He also wrote and produced “Hell Breaks Loose,” featuring Dr. Dre from Relapse: Refill album.

You can revisit the album below:

50 most streamed hip-hop artists on Spotify

The list of most streamed hip-hop acts on Spotify has been unveiled and Drake absolutely dominates the rankings with an impressive 80 billion streams, followed by Eminem with 40 billion and Kanye West with 35 billion streams.

Check out the full list of most streamed hip-hop artists below!

1. Drake
2. Eminem 
3. Kanye West
4. Juice WRLD
5. XXXtentacion
6. Travis Scott
7. Kendrick Lamar
8. Future
9. J. Cole
10. Nicki Minaj

11. Lil Uzi Vert
12. 21 Savage
13. Lil Baby
14. Lil Wayne
15. Wiz Khalifa
16. Young Thug
17. Pop Smoke
18. Cardi B
19. Mac Miller
20 DaBaby

21. Metro Boomin
22. Migos
23. YoungBoy Never Broke Again
24. Tyga
25. Gunna
26. Tyler, The Creator
27. Kodak Black
28. Polo G
29. Trippie Redd
30. G-Eazy

31. A$AP Rocky
32. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
33. Logic
34. Jay-Z
35. DJ Khaled
36. Swae Lee
37. Big Sean
38. 50 Cent
39. Kid Cudi
40. Macklemore

41. 2Pac
42. Childish Gambino
43. Roddy Ricch
44. Playboy Carti
45. Russ
46. Megan Thee Stallion
47. Jack Harlow
48. Tory Lanez
49. Lil Durk
50. French Montana

Eminem has recently released EMINEM, Level Up playlist on Spotify which you can stream below:

Kendrick Lamar channels Eminem with Primavera performance in Barcelona

Kendrick Lamar just channeled Eminem with a clone-filled performance at the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona over this weekend.

K. Dot headlined the Spanish festival on Friday night with the help from his cousin Baby Keem and a bunch of Kendrick lookalikes who danced around the stage as the duo performed the song “Savior.”

Of course, fans had plenty to say about the clones closing out the show as footage of the performance went viral.
“The tiktok conspiracy theorists are about to have a field day with this one,” one person commented on Kendrick fan page on Instagram, while another said: If you’re the real KDot please stand up, referencing Eminem’s iconic single The Real Slim Shady.

Kendrick’s performance may have been a nod to Eminem’s iconic performance at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, where he was followed around by dozens of bleach-blond doppelgängers inside New York City’s Radio City Music Hall while performing “The Real Slim Shady,” off The Marshall Mathers LP album.

K. Dot has made no secret of the fact that the Detroit rap icon is one of his biggest influences, speaking with GQ magazine back in 2016, Kendrick said: “I got my clarity just studying Eminem when I was a kid. The day I heard The Marshall Mathers LP, I was just like, How does that work? What is he doing? How is he putting his words together like that? And then I was like Why don’t you go in the studio and see? So I do that. Then it became, How are his words cutting through the beat like that? What is he doing that I’m not doing. His time is impeccable. When he wants to fall off the beat, it’s impeccable. These are things that, through experience and time, I had to learn.”

What do you think, was Kendrick Lamar performance inspired by Eminem? Check out the video below and let us know your thoughts in the comment sections of our social media accounts.

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Eminem to tour in Australia this year!

According to Daily Mail, Eminem is preparing for the Australia tour later this year.

On Tuesday, an unidentified caller claimed to have heard about the great news from a source at Ticketek Australia on 104.7 Triple M. The caller claimed that Eminem would perform at Adelaide Oval, which has the capacity about 53,000 people.

“I heard a big name is coming to town at the end of the year and it’s Eminem.. a friend of a friend let it slip from Ticketek. They are currently working with Adelaide Oval to sort out a venue.” – the caller claimed.

The last time Slim Shady toured Australia was back in 2019 when he performed in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane as a part of his Rapture Tour. For more details, visit Daily Mail here.

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