Marshall fires rounds at his haters addressing hostile media narrative that has been targeting him for years – in a perfect flow and delivery. Melle Mel, The Game, Lord Jamar, and the whole Gen Z – Eminem responds to them and nobody is safe.
Having teamed up with the newest and youngest Shady Records artist Ez Mil on his inaugural single “Realest”, Eminem talks from the position of power and experience. Em’s latest verse sound both personal and cold blooded when he is talking about the onslaught of spiteful claims he has to endure. Shady talks to some old hip hop heads and to the younger generation, showing them the flaws of their way.
It feels like Eminem goes down the list of the most often repeated offences and deals with them one by one. Starting with the most persistent one that says that Em’s is only successful because of his skin color. Em sees it differently. He feels that his race sets him aside and doesn’t allow people to judge him solely by skills and talent:
Being white ain’t why they put me at top five
It’s why they can’t put me at one
The next is the old claim that “they don’t play Eminem in the club/hood/locker room” etc. There are way too many voices repeating this statement despite of it being both false and of not importance. The Game gave this narrative the most noticeable push lately, when he was chasing clout with his highly advertised Eminem diss “The Black Slim Shady”. The real Slim Shady drives a nail in the head of this talk:
And that is the only retort, is I’m not played in the clubs
Motherfucker, put a cork in it
Only reason they still play your shit in the clubs
Is ’cause you still perform in ’em
Back to the discussion around Marshall’s and where it places him in the culture, Em addresses the statement that Lord Jamar made several years ago, providing my Em’s haters with ammunition: “Eminem is a guest in the house of hip hop”. Many hip hop giants debunked this standpoint since. Eminem himself has never claimed to not to be a guest there, he never said that the house belongs to him. But the role he played in making this house big and respected should not be overlooked. And that’s exactly what Em says:
I am a guest in this house but I turned this bitch to a mansion
That’s an expansion, made it gargantuan
England, Germany, France and Japan’s in this bitch
Even Dubai, because my music, they do buy
Marshall didn’t waste too many words addressing those from the younger generation who tried to funnel the old flames and reignite the discussion about Em’s controversy, citing his homophobic, misogynistic, and violent lines. He just reminded them to do their homework before talking to the elders:
Gen Z is actin’ like rap experts, zip up your gaps and close your mouths
Bitch, you ain’t been on this planet long enough to tell me how rap’s supposed to sound
And finally, the most recent attack on Eminem that media amplified, another jab from Melle Mel where he again attributes Marshall career achievements to his race. Em shows respect to the group that propelled hip hop to new heights back then, yet he mocks Melle Mel who spends much more time in the gym than in the studio:
Shout to the Furious Five and Grandmaster Flash, but, boy
This someone who really is furious, stay out his path, his wrath, avoid
And I’ll be the last to toy with a juice-head whose brain is like half destroyed
Like a meteor hit it
Well, there went Melle Mel, we lost his ass to ‘roids
Eminem finishes his verse with another supersonic speed section, as many fans dreaded. However, I felt organic and definitely amplified the energy of the verse, so even doubtful followers admitted that it worked together well.
What is you opinion on Eminem’s latest track?
You can listen to Ez Mil “Realest” feat. Eminem below:
