Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
Back in the late 90’s Eminem (Slim Shady/Marshall Mathers) made his debut. Eminem began working with Dr. Dre, which he clearly states in his song “Mockingbird,” about his daughter Hailie. “And that’s when Daddy went to California with his CD And met Dr. Dre and flew you and Momma out to see me But Daddy had to work, you and Momma had to leave me”
Eminem always wrote music about his life. Back in the 90’s he mainly wrote about his daughter and his past. Hitting the 2000’s he released the Marshall Mathers LP which was the fastest selling album in rap history. The following year he released Devils Night which featured the songs “Mockingbird” and “Toy Soldiers.”
Downslope In Career
Over the next few years, he slowed down making music due to his toxic relationship with Kim Mathers. After a long going custody fight over their daughter, Mathers got into drugs and nearly died of an overdose. In 2010, he began his comeback and started to make music again with the likes of Rihanna, Drake and others.
In 2018 Slim Shady stood up once again
Without any notice, Mathers released the album Kamikaze which shocked everyone. He dissed on several rappers and even the President. On the album, he disses Lil Pump, Lil Yachty, Joe Budden, Ja Rule, and most prominently Machine Gun Kelly.
Kamikaze
Kamikaze really gets Em’s message across which is “f*ck you new rappers, I am the OG.” The album kicks off with “The Ringer” which sounds distinctly new, yet still the classic Eminem we all know. His flow throughout the album was insane, and I personally am liking it.
My second favorite song in the album had to be “Lucky You” ft Joyner Lucas. This song really spoke out to me especially the lines where Joyner & Eminem say, “Back on my hood shit, it’s back to the pushin’ These packs and I’m actually pumpin’ Can’t f*ck with you rappers, you practically suckin’ You mighta went platinum, but that don’t mean nothin’ I’m actually buzzin’ this time.” Shady is saying who cares if you’ve won something? I am the old rap, the good rap.
Multiple rappers responded to Eminem’s disses and some even took jabs at his daughter. Ja Rule spoke out stating, “Guess that Hailie line must be starting to hit home.”
Following Ja Rule the most controversial diss was directed at MGK, who released a diss track in response. Eminem’s main call out was this: “Now you wanna come and f*ck with me, huh?/This little cock-sucker, he must be feeling himself/He wants to keep up His tough demeanor, so he does a feature/Decides to team up with Nina/But next time you don’t gotta use Tech N9ne if you wanna come at me with a sub-machine gun/And I’m talking to you but you already know who the f*ck you are, Kelly/I don’t use sublims and sure as f*ck don’t sneak-diss/But keep commenting on my daughter Hailie.” MGK responded calling Eminem “sober and bored”
Shady definitely made a comeback and who knows what he will do next. Kamikaze called people out and shocked the world a little bit in classic Eminem style. His candor “f*ck you” attitude really conveys his message, but hey Slim Shady has never been one to mince words. Overall this album was a good mix of his old stuff and his newer albums like Revival. I enjoyed the straight fire roast to all these new millennial rappers. Very good job indeed Slim Shady.
