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Logic shouts out Eminem in 3 songs from his new album

After 7 years of wait, Logic has finally dropped off his 9th solo studio album Ultra 85. Clocking in at approximately an hour and 20 minutes, the 20-track effort features guest appearances from T Man The Wizard on “Mission Control,” DJ Drama on “Deja Vu,” Robert Ivory on “City in the Stars” and with ADÉ on “Ghost in the Machine,” Lucy Rose on “Interstellar” and Zelooperz on “ANTIDOTE.”

Ultra 85 follows up last year’s College Park and serves as the accompanying soundtrack to Logic’s upcoming novel of the same name — a sci-fi novel set in 2115 that follows the story of pilots Quentin and Kai.

Ultra 85 is quite literally years in the making; it was first announced in 2017 as part of the special Everybody booklet and almost didn’t see a release when Logic briefly retired from rap several years ago. There’s also some speculation about whether the project will be his last rap album after Sam Spratt, the artist who created almost all of Logic’s album covers, revealed on X that “Logic will be taking off the rap hat and going full musical producer” to create the musical score for Spratt’s Luci project.

Logic shouted out Eminem in three different songs from the new album. In the song “TELEPORT,” he raps: Made some friends and I made some M’s and I copped that Benz / Got a song with Wu, got a song with Em / Feel like this high won’t never end.” Logic flexes his collaborations with absolute hip-hop legends. He featured all of the living members of the Wu-Tang Clan on 2018’s “Wu Tang Forever.” The following year, he featured the Rap God himself, Eminem, on the song “Homicide.”

Another song where Logic shouted out Eminem is “Ghost in the Machine,” featuring Robert Ivory and Phil Adé. In the first verse, he raps “No, the game could never ban me / I’m a renegade like Em and Jay / Might as well be honest with what you say / ‘Cause no matter how you feel them f–kin’ people finna hate you anyway.” Logic addresses his position in the rap game by referencing Jay-Z and Eminem’s classic 2001 track “Renegade,” from The Blueprint album.

And lastly, Logic shouted out Eminem again on “Deja Vu,” featuring DJ Drama, a single that was released couple of months ago. In the song, he raps: “You think you got it, better get to praying / Who you know go toe-to-toe with Em? / “Homicide,” might have to go again / Student of the game, I studied him / JAY-Z, Nasir, and Rakim.” ‘Homicide’ by Logic, featuring Eminem was one of the lead singles that leads to the 5th full album from Logic, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind where it would receive and garner a positive reception. He talks about that feature with Eminem, saying that if he would ever have another Eminem feature, he will make it an effort to be on par with Eminem’s lyricism and delivery.

Logic shouts out Eminem in a new song, teases another song with Slim Shady

Logic has been working on Ultra 85 album “for years and years and years.” That was based on an interview with The Greatest Creators With Guy Raz in early 2024. His fans definitely know that, as a lot of people have been on the edge of their seats waiting a long time for this to come to fruition. That hopelessness should be coming to end at some point this year.

A few days after that announcement, the Maryland hip-hop artist would go on to drop the dance-inspired “Fear”. Then, the more straightforward banger, “44ever”, would follow in April, which brings us to “Deja Vu.” As soon as you spin this single, your ears may catch on to the familiar flows, lyrics, and instrumental. This certainly makes sense, especially due to the name of the record.

In the first verse (It’s actually the only verse on the song), Logic shouts out Eminem and probably teases another song with Slim Shady. “Who you know go toe-to-toe with Em? “Homicide,” might have to go again. Student of the game, I studied him JAY-Z, Nasir, and Rakim.” – Logic raps.

Possibly one of the most known songs from Logic’s discography, “Homicide,” featuring Eminem was the third single from Logic’s 2019 album, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which received and garnered a positive reception. Logic talks about that feature with Eminem, saying that if he would ever have another Eminem feature, he will make it an effort to be on par with Eminem’s lyricism and delivery. He also said that he learned rapping techniques from Slim Shady, JAY-Z, Nas and Rakim. You listen to the new song below:

Danny Brown and Logic discuss “old and new Eminem”

In the latest episode of The Danny Brown show, Danny Brown is joined by Logic! The two jump right into their shared experiences with anxiety while on tour and performing. Logic has always been very open about mental health and Danny finds out more about his philosophy on anxiety, maturing, and the rap game in general. They have a lot of admiration for other rappers in the game, young and old. We get to hear about their thoughts on how hip hop is evolving, in the micro and macro sense. Danny and Logic get into a few Ask Danny questions regarding classical music, relationships, and fan gifts. Logic has some differing opinions on what Danny considers to be white people s–t. At one point, they also talked about Eminem when a fan question came on Slim Shady.

Question: What are your thoughts on Eminem nowadays? Obviously the first three records in Slim Shady EP are instant classics I feel he has moments and decent records since but I feel now he has lost touch in terms of making consistently enjoyable music. There is no doubt he can rap. I was wondering, what is your take on him as an artist these days?

Danny Brown: I think Eminem is having a blast. That’s really what I think. Of course he can quit tomorrow and his legacy is still stamped. But he’s still out here like ‘f–k that, coffee pot.’ He’s still out here like ‘I’mma do what I wanna do, I don’t give a f–k.” I’m pretty sure he knows motherf–kers joking on him and this and that but it’s a fact that he don’t give a f–k. He still keep going. He’s still busting bars. I appreciate that more than anything. People look at this s–t like a young man game and this and that but nah man, let him rock. What if he was caught in the moment of like ‘I gotta make s–t that you all motherf–kers to like.’ I think he’s making s–t that he enjoys. And I feel like he probably was doing that s–t at one point of time in his career where he was like ‘I gotta make a hit song, I gotta do this and that.’ It’s Em. He got a legion of f–king followers. I actually had a pleasure to open for him few times. My biggest show I ever played. F–king Wembley Stadium with Eminem and it was f–king amazing. I can’t never say nothing bad about Eminem. And I got a lot of my style from him. To be honest.

Logic: Eminem is THE S–T bro! I can get what this person just said about his first three albums, like they are instant classics but first of all, they were not instant classics. That motherf–ker was s–t on by everybody. Everybody was s–ting on Eminem. They were like ‘who let the white boy at house party.’ I was there. I remember that. I saw that. I grew up with it. He fought for his place in hip-hop. And I think the music he makes now is grown s–t. He’s talking about real s–t but he’s also having fun. So for this person to be like ‘yo his earliest s–t is the best s–t’ but bro, he’s new s–t now has just billions of streams, all the time, when he drops. If it was not good, people would not listen to it dawg. I love when Eminem…we gotta song called ‘Homicide’. THAT’S THE S–T I LOVE FROM EM. When he’s f–king rapping mannequin! I love it.

Danny Brown: Me personally, I think the second one, Slim Shady, that was instant classic. But I think that was his most commercial attempt. There was a lot of Dre s–t. But to me, my favorite Eminem is the fourth one. Encore! That’s the one I f–king identified the most because he was talking about Detroit, and you gotta think me being from Detroit, Eminem was pretty much our first big rapper. Detroit didn’t have a lot of f–king rappers. When he first came out we were supportive of him all day.

You can watch the interview below. The Eminem talk starts at 38:10.

Logic compares his new album to Eminem’s movie

In the latest episode of STORY TIME, Logic revealed that his new album titled College Park kind of takes inspiration from Eminem‘s 2002 blockbuster film, 8 Mile.

“My album College Park takes place in 2011, with me and all my homies on our way to Open Mic Night in Washington DC, in the shenanigans that we get in along the way.” said Logic.

Then he continues: “It’s like 8 Mile, expect it’s an album, expect it’s not B-Rabbit, it’s B-Racial. It’s a good album and I think you guys are really going to like it.”

Released on February 24, 2023, College Park boasts guest appearances from Joey Bada$$, Bun B, Redman, Norah Jones, Statik Selektah and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, among others.

The project marked Logic’s first independent album after parting ways with Def Jam back in 2022. In the United States, the album debuted at No. 21 on the Billboard 200 charts, selling 17,884 copies in its first week of release.

Up next, the Maryland rapper is hitting the road alongside Juicy J as part of the College Park Tour, which kicks off in Madison, Wisconsin on May 25, 2023. The two will hit twenty two cities across North America that include Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Houston, Atlanta, San Francisco and Los Angeles — before wrapping things up in Phoenix, Arizona on June 30, 2023.

Revisit Logic’s new album below:

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Logic describes meeting Eminem & Royce 5’9″ in Hawaii, details how “Homicide” came about

Logic has recently sat down with DJ WHOO KID on WHOO’s HOUSE podcast where the two talked about many things, including how the song “Homicide” came about and what was his first reaction when he first saw Royce 5’9″, Eminem and The Alchemist during their tour in Hawaii.

“I had that beat and I just started rapping…I was just like, man, that was good. Paul was president of Def Jam at that time and I was like ‘let’s pull some strings’. I sent him a record and he got it to Em and obviously I didn’t expect then I got the call saying ‘he likes the song he’s gonna do the song.’ and I was like ‘oh, my god, it’s crazy.'” said Logic.

Then he continues: “And then a week later, I got a call ‘yo, Em wants you to go open up for him in Hawaii at the stadium. I’m like ‘OH, S–T,’ so I got out there. I’m nervous. I’m like ‘oh my god.’ I’m so hyped. I’mma meet him! OH MY GOD. You don’t understand bro, my sister used to put Forgot About Dre from the radio to cassette on side A and she would put back and forth all the way outside A and all the way outside B and I was rapping over it. That is like the first real memory consuming hip-hop and it was him [Eminem] and Dre.”

From there, Logic continues talking about Hawaii tour: “So I get there, all the securities are there, guards, they all nice. I walk in and see Royce 5’9″ who is the hommie. Wearing his glasses and s–t. I see Alchemist. I dab them all and here comes the f–king Eminem with this beard that’s new at that time I’m like ‘woah this is crazy.’ He was so f–king cool bro. He was so humble! He’s the biggest rap nerd.”

“Em says, I got something and this motherf–ker pulls out the CD and his CD player and in the green room he plays the song and as he plays, I was like ‘Oh my god, is my verse on this?!’ And he KILLED IT. It was a dream come true and absolutely amazing.” Logic added.

You can watch the interview below:

Logic talks getting inspired by Eminem & reveals funny conversation he had with Eminem when they first met

Logic dropped by the neighborhood to speak with Big Boy about his latest album “Vinyl Days,” his upcoming tour with Wiz Khalifa, performing at The Grammy Awards, investing in crypto, and receiving a letter from Congress for his song 1-800-273-8255.

At one point of the interview, the two talked about Eminem too:

“A couple of years ago, the internet was making fun of Eminem cause it was just fun thing to do. They were like ‘oh lets make fun of Eminem…He’s too lyrical-miracle’ like WHAT? I’m like, I’m in bizarro world.” said Logic.

Big Boy continued: “It’s crazy cause we had this conversation and I said ‘man Eminem is crazy, how people come at Eminem?!’ And I remember Eminem just what the world felt like. The grasp he had and I tell people sometimes, not to take this wrong way, I say ‘you know what happened to Eminem bro? He lived. If Eminem had passed, you understand what I’m saying and I don’t clickbait or s**t, none of that, if he had passed in so called ‘prime’ he would have been the biggest thing not only in genre but in the world but he lived and he became old school. And I don’t think he is sitting at home at every moment worried about this. Does he want a hit record? Probably. That’s Eminem. But also Eminem can come up and announce a tour tomorrow and it’s done.”

Then Logic said: “He lived and he is THAT to me. I agree. He got his beard, I wish I had a beard… I also want to say, when it comes to that kind of stuff I learned to let it go. How many hits can you have? How many number ones can you have? How many billions of streams can you have? As a musician I’ve checked every thing from the money, the fame, being recognized, selling out arenas around the world, I’ve done it all, I even went to Grammys, I felt like I won that night, that night was mine, I got to perform, it was really amazing. The only thing on my list of things that I wanted was a Grammy but now I don’t even give a d*mn. I look at cats like Em and I’m like ‘man, he’s just doing him,’ And that’s what inspires me.”

Logic added: “I didn’t even know Eminem knew who I was when I met him couple of years ago. He shouted me out on a record. And I was like ‘OH MY GOSH. THIS IS AMAZING.’ And the next day we are on a song together. He’s one of the illest dudes. He’s so nice and when I met him I was all nervous I was like ‘yo am I being weird?’ He was like ‘nah man, you’re cool.’ Then we talked about rap and I’m like ‘am I being weird now?’ he’s like ‘no, you are fine!’ And then we talked about some other s**t and I was like ‘am I being weird?’ and he was like ‘NOW YOU BEING WIRD!'”

You can watch the interview below:

New Song: Logic – “Ten Years,” ft. Royce 5’9″

After teasing his album for a minute, Logic has returned with his 30-track project, titled Vinyl Days.

The Maryland rapper has been rolling out this record for months as he has delivered one single after another, highlighting his desire to take things back to the sonic essence of Hip Hop.

The new album features guest appearances from Action Bronson, Curren$y, Wiz Khalifa, Russ, Blu & Exile, The Game, DJ Premier, AZ, RZA and more.

It also features Royce 5’9″ on a track titled “Ten Years.” The Detroit legend kicks his verse by referencing Jay Electronica: “I ain’t a hoodlum, they ain’t arrest or murder me yet / Why ain’t I Muslim? Jay Elec’ ain’t converted me yet!”

You can bump the new track below:

Logic & Eminem’s “Homicide” goes double platinum in US

Logic’s 2019 single, “Homicide,” featuring Eminem, from Confessions of a Dangerous Mind album, goes double platinum in the United States, meaning the single has now sold more than 2 million units in the country.

“Homicide” reached number two on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, giving Logic his third top 5 hit on that chart. It also gave him his second top 10 hit on the Hot 100 chart, peaking at No.5.

Elsewhere, it also debuted and peaked in the top ten in Australia, Finland and New Zealand, as well as reaching the top twenty in the UK.

The song is also certified silver in the United Kingdom for selling more than 200,000 units in the country.

Joyner Lucas reveals Eminem was originally supposed to be on “ISIS” instead of Logic

About a year ago, Joyner Lucas dropped “Isis,” the third single from his 2019 album ADHD. The song is named after the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; one of the most notorious terrorist factions of the 21st century.

On the track, Logic and Joyner Lucas discuss everything from ADHD to haters, women and success. Interestingly, this song marks the end of the feud between the two emcees, which started back in 2017.

“Eminem was originally supposed to be on ISIS song” – Joyner Lucas (November 16, 2020)

Few hours ago, Joyner Lucas revealed that Eminem was originally supposed to be on the song, but could not find the time because by that time, the Rap God was working on the Music To Be Murdered By album.

YouTuber Nitin Randhawa got you covered though. There is a very popular remix of the song on YouTube where you can have a taste of how Eminem could have sounded on a track. You can check it out below: