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Murda Mook describes first time meeting Eminem, says how much Eminem influenced him

Battle rap legend Murda Mook has recently done an interview on hiphopisreal.com where he talked about Eminem, meeting him first time in Detroit, how much he could relate his music and what Eminem mentioning his name on Cordae’s “Parables (remix)” song meant for him.

“Eminem is my favorite rapper. Nobody rap like him to me. I met that man one time. I never thought I would ever be star-struck in front of somebody. My brother AK brings me Detroit event. I think Shady was throwing it. Em was there. Em was up on the balcony and they were like ‘come upstairs, you gon’ meet Em.’ I’m like ‘WHAAT?!’ I go upstairs, Paul Rosenberg, he was like ‘what’s up Mook.’ I’m like ‘you know me? that’s what’s up!’ He like ‘yeah, he [Em] over there.’ I’m walking up and I feel my legs getting weak. I’m not understanding what’s happening to me. I was like, why the f–k my body is getting like this. The closer I walked to this n–ga, I was getting weaker. He’s like ‘yo, I’m big fan man.’ I said ‘WHAT?! That’s fire.’ I just looked at him and I didn’t know what to say, I looked dumb as hell.” said Murda Mook.

Then he continued: “Peter Garvey put me on Eminem, on the Kim song. I’m hearing this song and I’m like ‘Who is this n–ga?’ My man Peter said, this is white dude. I’m like, how the f–k is he that nice?! It wasn’t that he’s white so he nice, no, he was nicer than everybody before he was white! Rap don’t got no color. He was nice from HI, MY NAME IS. If anybody know rap and rhyming, n–gas know HI KIDS, DO YOU LIKE VIOLENCE?! You can tell immediately this motherf–ker could rap.”

“What happened was, motherf–kers were scared. Cause they seen him was white and they knew he could really rhyme so n–gas were like ‘Nah, we need to campaign against cause we know he nice and we know he on the way.’ Skill don’t got no color bro. N–gas that’s inferior, when they see a n–ga that’s nicer, they get nervous bro and they try to figure out how to make you not appear as nice as you are and that’s what n–gas tried to do to Em. They tried to use him being white but him was just ridiculously nice. Him and Loaded Lux are aliens, alienation, to me.”

“When he mentioned my name in the song with Cordae, do you know what that meant to me, man? I’ve been waiting to hear that n–ga say my name on the song or something since the beginning when I first heard of him. That s–t made me feel so proud. That’s the part of the reason I was like ‘yo, I gotta get clean’. I understand his story too, even though a lot of people say he can’t relate. I always kinda related to him. Me and my mom situation, growing up it was very rocky. When I listened to him to him rhyme, I heard me. I heard a man screaming out, feeling the way I felt. And he was just nice on top of that. So I emulated Eminem. Just to hear him say my name, I could die now. He went though it. I listened to his struggles. I know about what he had to overcome and fight. And he had hundreds of millions of dollars. So, imagine his struggle. People think more money you got, more happy you are but that’s probably opposite. Shout out to Eminem and Royce 5’9″ for being a mentor to me. Shout out to Trick Trick too.” Murda Mook added. You can watch the entire interview below:

Royce 5’9″ reveals Eminem’s favorite battle rapper, talks potential Shady & Cassidy battle

Royce Da 5’9″ has recently set down with Mikey T of Report Card Radio, where he talked about meeting Eminem at Usher’s concert, Bad Meets Evil, signing Slaughterhouse to Shady Records and the potential rap battle with Cassidy.

“I will say this, Cassidy will have a better shot at Em responding to him with a diss record. Then we would be getting him to come to the battle rap stage and commit to 3 rounds on camera and give somebody ownership of his likeness and that content. But, I do not see him doing that, I do not see a scenario where that would even make sense, somebody of his magnitude. He would be better off just doing it on his own platform and then who would he single out to battle and what would be the purpose.”

“But Eminem is definitely tuned in, he loves Murda Mook. I think Mook is his favorite right now, but he definitely tuned in, definitely love the battle rap scene. I am sure he fantasizes about that s**t. It is a whole bunch of s**t that he can not do no more that he used to be able to do that he wish he could still do but he just can not because he is just too larger than life.”

“Battle rap is what what he knows. I mean, it was obviously different when he was actively doing it but there is some truth to a lot of the anecdotal things that everybody regurgitates. I guess if any pivot into any space, its going to require some adjustments, but you know man, the pen is the pen.” says Royce.

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Murda Mook blames battle rappers for Eminem backing off “Total Slaughter”

Murda Mook and Loaded Lux has recently set down with No Jumper where they recall working with Eminem and Dre for Total Slaughter and they revealed the reason the show didn’t blow up.

“I blame the battle rappers. Then the leagues that banned against it. And then fans for being gullible enough cause they were f**king with it. Initially, all of a sudden they see battle rappers and leagues and then they were like: ‘you know what? you are right man! This ain’t right. WE supposed to be here. We supposed to look like two ni**as arguing, two black hood street ni**as arguing with ni**as behind them, so when all the money really was supposed to come in, they were like ni**as arguing about it. They were like ‘we ain’t gonna get anything and these ni**as will get millions of dollars.’

“The way they set it up for us, that s**t was amazing! We were off to the races and Eminem and Dr. Dre was involved but them ni**as scared them away. And you know what Em does? Em doesn’t say ‘f**k them.’ He was like ‘oh s**t. my fault you all. I’m sorry. I don’t want to disrespect your show, Imma fall back.” This is the kind of person he is. He felt bad. He felt like he f**ked it up.” said Murda Mook

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Battle rap legends Murda Mook & Math Hoffa explain greatness of Eminem

About a year ago, Murda Mook hit Math Hoffa on his “MY EXPERT OPINION” show where the crew discussed the possibility of Eminem returning to a battle rap scene, why MGK and Nick Cannon lost the beef with Em and more.

“I am disgusted at you for being in this battle rap culture and saying you do not think Eminem can come and battle. This is literally how he became Eminem to you. The s**t we are doing, he WAS doing that! This is what he does! His verse on “Lord Above” .. Everything is double entendre.” says Murda Mook

“No bulls**t but I’m more on inside of Eminem’s camp trust me. There is strong possibility that he might come back to battle rap cause he really loves it. Remember ‘Rap God’ ? That was the challenge for every rapper in the industry! He told us ‘I dare you ni**as to say something.'”

“Eminem is entire brand culture. There is lots of different dynamics that come with ‘Eminem’ the name. It’s not just a rapper. I know what Eminem is capable. He can drag all of us in to this and it might not be enough to beat him. He watches battle rap that much.” says Murda Mook.

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Murda Mook uses Eminem & Jay Z as examples of battle rappers becoming successful artists

In the latest episode of Drink Champs, N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN teamed up with battle rap legends Murda Mook, Loaded Lux and Math Hoffa.

They discussed legendary Hip-Hop battles, the evolution of battle rap, the art of battle rap and much more! They also brought up Eminem’s name in the conversation. Check it out below:

N.O.R.E: “I can’t give Eminem, I can’t give Busta Rhymes and I can’t give Jay Z the level of battle rap respect that I give you all (Murda Mook and Loaded Lux). Let me tell you why. I’m not saying they are not battle rappers. What I mean is, I’m not taking anything away from Busta, Jay Z and Eminem but the level of disrespect they didn’t go through that. They didn’t go to training camps.

DJ EFN: “I feel like Eminem comes from that. That’s where he comes from! That’s what he was doing in Detroit back in the days. Em was doing battling!… Em was in that league. Em was the part of all of that.”

N.O.R.E: “But that was not Eminem.”

DJ EFN: “Of course it was Eminem, what hell you talking about?! That’s exactly where he came from. Eminem was the part of that. He had all those.”

Loaded Lux: “I’m with you, I’m with out on that [DJ EFN]”

N.O.R.E: “I’m with you too but they didn’t do the level of disrespect.

After few minutes, they talked about if a battle rapper can make a hit record or a classic album.

Murda Mook: “LL Cool J, c’mon man, you are wildin’, KRS-1..”

N.O.R.E: “KRS-1 is not a battle rapper…”

Loaded Lux: “EMINEM!!!

Murda Mook: I just wanna say this, Eminem had the setting of a Dr. Dre. So, his mind in the frame or the architect work of a battle, I know what I need to set up to make a hot battle rhyme. Now, I can take that same genius mind, and program it over here to make a record, so I am gonna give you the variables to make a song. C’mon, Jay Z, all them ni**as come up raw battling. They came up raw battling, then they got in the studio and the ni**a told them to, ‘Go like this,’ so they can make a record now.”

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