It’s that time again. With every big release, XXL has put it on constant repeat to unearth some interesting facts and numbers. Before Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP 2 officially hit stores on Tuesday, we took in the project and found that he hasn’t steered too far away from his former self. Historically, Em’s been known to shock and awe so its no surprise that he does it like a seasoned veteran on his latest.
If you wondered how many times he says, “fuck,” or the number of references to his alter ego Slim, we got you covered. Here’s MMLP2 by the numbers.
Number Of Days The Album Leaked Before November 5: 5
Songs Produced By Rick Rubin: 4
Number Of Times He Says Slim Shady: 8
Lines About Pills: 2
«School flunky, pill junky» — «Rap God»
«Get the Chloraseptic, Excedrin, Aleve or Extra Strength Tylenol 3’s» — «Evil Twin»
References To Addiction: 17
«Zip your lip if you dish it but can’t take it / Too busy getting stoned in your glass house / To kick rocks, and you wonder why I lash out» — «Rhyme Or Reason»
«Think I just relapsed, this bitch pushed me over the brim / Hop on the freeway trying to get some time alone and just think» — «So Much Better»
«I’m only driving drunk cause that bitch drove me to drink / I’m back on my fuck hoes but a whole new hatred for blondes» — «So Much Better»
«I can see the finish line with each line that I finish / I’m so close to my goals I can almost pole vault over the goal post» — «Survival»
«So I’m non complying at home, at school I’m just shy and awkward / And no I don’t need no goddamn psychologist / Tryna diagnose why I have all these underlying problems / Thinking he can try and solve them» — «Legacy»
«My soul’s escaping through this asshole that is gaping / A black hole that I’m swallowing this track whole» — «Asshole»
«They say that love is powerful as cough syrup in styrofoam / All I know is I fell asleep and woke up in that Monte Carlo» — «Berzerk»
«Only Hall Of Fame I’ll be inducted in is the alcohol of fame on the wall of shame» — «Rap God»
«School flunky, pill junky» — «Rap God»
«I’m drunk so Satan take the fucking wheel» — «Rap God»
«It’s like you grew up on drug street, from jump street» — «Brainless»
«I done quit chicken heads cold turkey and started slowly roasting ‘em» — «Evil Twin»
«And you’re all aware I ain’t got it all upstairs/Guess that’s why I’m an addict and it’s just small up there» — «Evil Twin»
«I think you’ve been wandering off down yonder/And stumbled onto Jeff VanVonderen/Cause I need an interventionist to intervene between me and this monster/And save me from myself and all this conflict» — «The Monster»
«The pressure, they want me to follow up with another one after Recovery/Was so highly coveted, but what good is a fucking recovery if I fumble it?» — «So Far»
«Woke up again and jumped up like fuck it, I’ve had it, I’m checkin’ into rehab» — «Love Game»
«I confess I’m a static addict, I guess that’s why I’m so clingy»- «Love Game»
Number Of Times He Says “Kim”: 0
References To Hailie: 2
«Only women that I love are my daughters / And sometimes I rhyme and it sounds like I forget I’m a father, and I push it further / So father forgive me if I forget to draw the line» — «Asshole»
«Cause to this day we remain estranged and I hate it though/Cause you ain’t even get to witness your grand baby’s growth» — «Headlights»
References To Rick Rubin: 2
Number Of People He Kills: 7
«Gag, chloroform rag, gag almost half of a lung / Like you picked up an axe up and then swung / Stick to the core plan, drag to the back of a trunk» — «Bad Guy»
«Eminem killed by Eminem / Matthew Mitchell, bitch, I even have your initials / I initially was gonna bury you next to my brother, but fuck it / Since you love your city so much / I figured, what the fuck the best place you could be buried alive is right here» — «Bad Guy»
«Well gotta go, almost at the bridge, haha big bro it’s for you / Slim, this is for him and Frank Ocean, hope you can swim good! / Now say you hate homos again!» — «Bad Guy»
«I got 99 problems and the bitch ain’t one / She’s all 99 of them I need a machine gun / I take em all out I hope you hear this song / And grow into a cardiac arrest have a heart attack / And just drop dead and I’mma throw a fucking party after this cause» — «So Much Better»
«Yeah I’m rich as a bitch but bitches ain’t shit / I’d rather leave a bitch in a ditch» — «So Much Better»
«Keep playing me you’re gonna end up with a huge goose egg / You fake, lying slut you never told me you knew Drake Que Lupe? / You want to lose two legs, you try to flip this on me?» — «So Much Better»
«So bring on the Giants Falcons and Miami Dolphins / It’s the body bag game bitch I’m supplying coffins / Cause you dicks, butt kiss, a bunch of Brian Baldingers / You gon’ die a ball licker I’ve been diabolical» — «Legacy»
People He Threatens To Kill: 9
«Heart is saying: «I will once I bury this bitch alive / Hide the shovel and then drive off in the sunset» — «Bad Guy»
«You expect me to just get over him? Pretend he never existed / Maybe gone, but he’s not forgotten / And don’t think cause he’s been out the pictures so long / That I’ve stopped the plottin’ and still ain’t coming to get ya» — «Bad Guy»
«It’s like handing a psycho a loaded handgun / Michelangelo with a paint gun in a tantrum / About to explode all over the canvas / Back with the Yoda of rap in a spasm» — «Rhyme Or Reason»
«So yeah dad let’s walk / Let’s have us a father and son talk / But I bet we probably wouldn’t get one block / Without me knocking your block off» — «Rhyme Or Reason»
«So bitch, if you shoot me a look it better be a blank stare / Or get shanked in the pancreas, I’m angrier than / All 8 of the reindeer put together with Chief Keef / Cause I hate every fucking thing, yeah» — «Rhyme Or Reason»
«To put me in the mood to wanna fight and write songs that / Say what I wanna say to the kid that said that I eyeballed him / Grab hold of my balls like that’s right fight’s on bitch» — «Legacy»
«The most high exalting and I ain’t halting / Till I die of exhaustion inhale my exhaust fumes» — «Legacy»
«Angry and take it out on the neighbours hedges/Like this is how I’ll cut your face up bitches» — «Brainless»
«I just want to hurt you, aim for the skanks» — «Evil Twin»
Number Of Times He Says “Fuck”: 102
References To Insane Clown Posse: 2
«Insane Clown Posse concert in mid October» — «Brainless»
«Thinkin’ we have some magnetic pull / Screamin ICP in this bitch, how do magnets work!?» — «Asshole»
