I don't think he's a sellout, but i can see why some people would. Almost everyone is against Trump and now Eminem is also against him, which isn't original and people are thinking he is now like every other celebrity.
He is like any other sane individual who sees what Trump says and does. There is really no way anyone can be positive about him, so this is not the usual hash tag celebrity trend BS, but an flat out insane divisive maniacal manchild President who desperately wants to be a banana republic dictator. Speaking against him, especially for a strong willed kinda outspoken guy that Eminem allways been, is nothing suprising.
Don Draper can you explain? why would he want points from a community who accepted him along time ago. dont make much sense. sounds like an opinion u pulled from ur feelings. u only bring up the black community cuz hes white as if its wrong to support them cuz hes white. nigga eminem is from a black community he is a part of black culture called hip hop. he can hand points out
You talk like I haven't heard every Eminem song like 20 times, or like 3000 for the god tier 8 Mile era songs. Rabbit Run is my favorite. Mom's Spaghetti is the good meme.
Lmao, Bruh Despite Feminem's "heroic" stance for social justice, All he actually accomplished was drawing a line between his Core fanbase (which are mostly white suburban kids who are turned off by billboard mumble rappers) and attention-whore racist whiners who only listen to Eminem when he does a collab with Wayne, Big Sean or some other wack ass MC. Didn't this guy used to simply hate politics in general? Now all of a sudden he's coming to the aid of Hitlery fusing his freestyle with her general rhetoric. Truth is a huge demographic of his fanbase never actually resonated with Leftist or Mainstream belief systems. He doesn't know that now, but he bout to find out when his album doesn't achieve the numbers he desires.
MusicisLife1121 Eminem has always been a liberal democrat... he openly voted for and praised Obama, he has always hated Republicans, it's not surprising AT ALL that he attacked Trump. Also, most "true" Eminem fans don't only listen to him when he does collabs with wack MCs. they're the ones who appreciate him as well as other greats like Nas, rakim, etc... most suburban white kids don't listen to those rappers now do they?
spencer Holt Not quite. The NY Times recently posted an article showing em's demographic of fans...you may not want to hear this but a sizeable percentage of them actually did vote Trump or at the very least were neutral. Does that mean that he doesn't have a lot of Liberal fans? No. Just that he doesn't quite understand how far his reach goes in terms of loyal vs bandwagon fans. AND that he is very naive as to who actually makes up his core and who is buying his content.
MusicisLife1121 I never said most of Em's fans were liberal. I said that Em himself has always hated Republicans, he voted for and praised Obama, so how is it surprising that he went after Trump? He knows his fanbase has a lot more white kids than most rappers; that doesn't change the fact that he hates who he hates and will speak his mind about it.
- He speaks to suburban kids who otherwise probably never woulda knew these words exist. - He could be one of your kids Love those little touches dude :D
Eminem prob CNN sponsored ^^ He's lost it... totally lost it lol Just a useful idiot as a hooded political mouth piece... nothing more... trash. Sorry Em, it's time to get a real job man... back to school son.
Em has always spoke his mind. If it was "Mosh" or anything else, Em has never been afraid to speak his mind on politics. We should not be surprised that he'd be on the frontlines of what's going on. Em has always discussed his white privilege, and he has never ran from it. I'd be more shocked if he DIDN'T say anything. He uses his voice as a tool to bring enlightenment to address the white community about the social issues on his mind. Em will always be relevant and appreciated. Great VIDEO!!!!!! (PS- Notice Trump still said NOTHING about the cypher........his twitter fingers must be broken) Thank you Mr. Hunte!!!!!
Thank you, Digga! I legit think his advisors are telling him not to reply to marshall. Em represents way more of america than Trump does. I'm not sure that ends well for him. Especially since he can also drop a song-slash-trending topic at any point in time.
Digga Jones I think skill and being relatable led to his success, not his skin color. By your own standards shouldn't Machine Gun Kelly, Yelawolf, Token, G- easy and many other white rappers be owning the rap community and on the top. Shouldn't every White rapper be played on the radio all the time on the rap stations by your own logic? The answer is no because most people don't have an actual privilege over one another except for the top one percent. If you seriously think Eminem has white privilege, you need to check into an insane asylum. He is what many would call, hopeless. His mother abused drugs and he never had a father figure. He constantly moved and never had any friends because the black kids hated him. The black kids constantly bullied and beat the shit out of him growing up. His whole life he was beat up by others for no reason, while his home life sucked as he was broke as fuck living in a trailer park or shity house, his mother was on drugs while she also slipped him drugs and he had no father. Tell me where you see white privilege. He made it because of his skills not because of his race. If he did make it because of his race like you are claiming he would have quickly faded just like Vanilla Ice.
Yeah. That white privilege from a trailer park, right? Em got big because of his skill, not because he's white. And why should trump react to this? You want him to make a diss track about eminem?
Mega props for Eminem for going after his own fanbase. As much as I usually can't stand the fact that often white artists, get more notoriety from doing black music than their black counterparts, Eminem I've always been a bit easy on because well he is incredibly self-aware about that. And in this day and age I'll take awareness over cowardly acting as if certain things don't affect you or that you're not connected to.
I think a lot of people were jaded about this freestyle, but personally I’m super glad a white artist came out and “drew a line in the sand” like he did. More allies need to be bold like that. Eminem made one of the ballsiest decisions in my opinion because he knows that a significant portion of his fan base is white and republican, and he told them “fuck you” anyway.
Agreed on all fronts. He could've said everything he said and not drawn a line in the sand and he still would've gone viral. That was a major statement and I love that he made it.
I hate that stupid shit too, I literally heard mutharfucka's who listen to Black Veil Brides, Marina and The Diamonds, and Ed Sheeran say "I don't like hip hop because it's too vulgar and misogynistic, but I fucking love Eminem" like WTF?!!!
Another Made Up Internet Subculture It's music after all which is apart of the entertainment industry, it doesn't mean those scenarios are true or fully reflect him as a person.
I have a piece looking at 8 Mile Eminem that gets into Rabbit Run, 8 Mile, Lose Yourself. that era still feels like an outlier in his career to me. But it's definitely coming.
The Company Man sounds great..also man, in the wake of Em's freestyle you could do a piece on the theme of anti-establishment rap, from Public Enemy and NWA in the 80s, Cube in the early 90s and so on
Personal story: An older woman I knew from when I was younger posted the infowars response video to Eminem's Cypher. I direct messaged her on Facebook to have a discussion. For me, Eminem did affect political discourse in that he reached an audience that didn't feel the need to respond until now and that gave me the chance to respond to them. Props to Em and you Justin, great piece long time fan
Thanks, Sean. That Infowars video rained all kinds of stereotypes. Calling Em a thug and "hood" and all kinds of craziness. It's also funny how many pissed off Em fans dropped videos rapping their responses. I was so close to adding an entire segment about it this week, but I consciously chose to make this episode much more focused than recent pieces.
The Company Man It's ridiculous, the whole video was just him attacking Em's, Clinton's, and Kaepernick's characters as if that's a legitimate rebuttal to the criticisms against Trump. Lol that's next level irony, they're using the attention to start their rap career
Watching CNN, they said he was doing this because of a rumor that "he is trying to be relevant again" and "He is releasing an album soon." Sike. He's been and will ALWAYS be relevant.
Exactly. He could've said anything and been relevant. He could've said everything and not drawn a line in the sand and went viral. He went even farther.
The Company Man Not gonna lie though. I saw something that went like, "It's sad that it takes a white rapper for White America to see Hip Hop as a form of Political Protesting." While this is true, at least the messages are being received.
Yo, there are *very* few people I respect more, or even as much, when it comes to hip-hop than you, Justin. (I also agree with you about "White America" being one of Em's greatest ever tracks!) Always putting out *great* content. Always making well-researched, well-thought-out points. Always dropping knowledge. *It's all happening!*
On the most important side of this: Eminem did all of that, and Trump didn't even bat an eye his way. One of my friends said it perfectly: "Trump is reluctant to attack a white male, but even a subtle dig by a woman (the mayor of San Jose when she complained about a lack of support as most of Puerto Rico is still without power and the death toll is rising) or minority (ex: Steph Curry saying he wasn’t sure if he would go to the White House) causes Trump to lash out." On the less important side socially, but super important hip hop wise: Mysonne, JID, and 6lack's freestyles are going unnoticed and its hurting my life right now. lol
I don't get that. Trump attacked Bob Corker pretty heavily this week. He's attacked Cruz, McCain, Mueller, Sessions, Blumenthal, Comey, Clapper, Schumer, etc... He seems pretty eager to spit venom at white males too.
Those cats were all ill. Mysonne wrecked shop in the instabooth cyphers as well. I'm not sure about the reluctant to lash out at white male thing. Jeb Bush. Rand Paul. John McCain. Bob Corker this week. All took shots.
Tressie Trump also had no problem clapping back at Mac Miller I believe. Trump is afraid of what ems stature and influence can do to him. He also knows ems prowess with words. Its that simple.
Eminem is one of the few if not the only celebrity who actually have the balls to go all out against people he don't like, and calling out his own fans is something no other celebrity had the balls to do, and that's why the right is so buthurt right now, calling him a sellout even tho he was always anti war and against the republicans especially Bush and now Trump, Eminem didn't do this for the upcoming album otherwise he wouldn't go against his own fans, and he also didn't do it to gain some sort of black or liberal appreciation because he never needed it or looked for it in his career, he was always an honest and blunt person who didn't care what people think of him, and The right just got their feelings hurt because Eminem is the only celebrity with credibility to say his opinion and people would actually respect and listen to, and he just said an opinion that they didn't like. so he became a sellout, because if he said hail Trump he would've became a national hero to the right wing
Very good video yet again Justin. Another topic to really consider. The point you made, does Eminem have a hold on not just hip hop and music, but the whole of white America to really cause such a large scale change? Like you said, if someone said to me Eminem has more fans than the whole of hip hop, you'd understand, I would too. Dudes been in the game for 2 decades. I didn't hear about anything else from the BET awards apart from Eminem. Again his influence and stature pushed through. The White America track is still completely relevent today and parts on sing for the moment really made us think. He may just have the power to force a change.
I'd love to find a way to quantify it. Thanks KS. I've had White America on repeat since the cypher dropped. For some reason I was completely surprised by how relevant it still is today.
Damn Justin, nice piece!👍🏽 Rabbit Run is also one of my favorites from Em. Crazy the way you dissect these topics, and pull quotes straight from the lyrics. You know your shit, Also can't wait to hear the new Eminem Album.
Thanks Dylan! I really appreciate you checking out the piece. Think Em is gonna come with a different angle this time out? I can't wait to hear what he does on this new album.
I'm glad you also believe Rabbit Run is his best track, it's a really slept on song. Eminem definitely has the ability to reach white music listeners who don't even care about rap music, which gives him a good opportunity to make his listeners challenge some of their thoughts. Great video like usual my man!
I think his broad appeal makes his move even more risky and thus more powerful. Like you said, many rappers / celebrities have spoken out harshly against Trump, but their fans are part of the echo chamber. Chrissy Teigen isn't risking much clapping back at Trump on Twitter. But Eminem has a lot of Trump's base - low-mid income whites in Middle America, often without a college education. Em apparently has an album coming out in November and could have significantly just decreased his fanbase. Great example of using white privilege and being willing to accept the consequences that may come with it.
It makes me sad that Kid Rock had a chance to do the same thing and bet on the wrong horse. How powerful it would have been to see Kid Rock, a white rapper from the north, finally disavow the confederate flag.
EmbassyNerdcore definitely. He probably stands even more to lose than Eminem. Would certainly be a powerful gesture, but one I'm not expecting him to make
Dan....EXACTLY! Very well said Sir. I have no idea what people are thinking when they say that he's promoting a new album or he's just adjusting to popular opinion. WTF? I've been reading Twitter for a week and half his supposed fans hate him now....so yes it absolutely it does take courage to speak out on any one side of politics once you are considered a POP famous artist....he just alienated half his base even with a new album coming. To me, that speaks more to his strong opinions and his character than any anterior motives that people like to tag on anyone who hates the idiot in office. Thanks for saying so well.
Nothing irritates me more than reading people's whining about entertainment getting political. Politics affect every aspect of life. Everything about society as it exists is influenced by the politics that allow it to exist as it does.
Nice! Cool! Relevant! Strong! Intelligent! Respect!! I was all in to your video, and then it ended in less than 10 minutes, lol, it's cool though I just subscribed. That Em freestyle was like a global earthquake (A much needed one :-D ), it hit a chord in anyone with a pulse, lol! Anyways, I'll keep am eye out for more great content, peace.
This video put in perspective how important eminent next album is gonna be. I was excited for MM2 but it's not what I want as a fan. I'm grown. I need grown 444 music. I need maturity in my music.
I love that Jay Z cracked the door for innovative late in career albums from legendary emcees. I hear this one takes a different approach. We'll see. I'm excited though. Thanks for checking the piece, AK.
I feel like Jay made a strong distinction between his old albums and 444. Hopefully Eminem will to the same. Hopefully more rappers will do the same. I would love to see a real introspective Wayne, 3 stack, 50, Dr Dre. ECT.
Water is wet, Fire is hot, and... "nobody's rapping better than Royce right now..." It's really that simple. Even Black Thought couldn't handle him on that Wishin' 2 joint. #facts
I love when people say "I used to love Eminem but now that he's decided to go political/disrespect a president, I lost respect for him." Come on, really? When did he get political, in 2000? Maybe even earlier, so when did you love Eminem, in his Infinite era, when you didn't even know about him? Can't believe this people think they were fans but never heard Mosh or any other Bush disses. Bush was also a president, right?
Koba Kareli him telling his fans, fuck you, forced them to think about their own opinions. That's the blowback. It's one thing to see someone disagree. It's another to see someone disagree then tell you you're wrong and don't fuck with me. That's the difference this time.
The Company Man I understand that, but this line in the sand thing was to Trump supporters. And I've seen a lot of posts on twitter saying they weren't Trump supporters but no one should disrespect a president of US or that Eminem should have stayed out of politics.
I have a theory on this. ALL those white people that loved Eminem hating on conservatives when they where 18 are in their mid 30's now, probably mid to upper class white people who now only care about tax breaks and interest rates....Ironically, Eminem is worth 80 million and is still speaking for the common man at any cost ,literally, since he is about to drop a new album and will lose millions because of it.
Excellent summation as always.. As for Eminem, it was inevitable he would speak and the reasons therein may be myriad but the IMPACT of his speech is yet to be totally felt. I believe he knows how important his voice is in the conversation on politics, race and the digital democracy that we call the Internet and how it can get his message to fans in America and around the world ( I'm a fan in Kenya btw). Bottom line, that freestyle was epic because he chose to say what he thought and isn't afraid to make a stand.
These kids Mum's never woulda gave two squirts of piss til Em created so much motherfuckin' turbulence. I love RTJ, I love J.I.D, I love Royce, I love YG - but Shady is always going to be my main man. ✊🏼
Another incredible piece; loved what you had to say. Em called out the president on so many things, most of which his voters would deny. Although I doubt it changed anybody’s minds, there is no doubt it made some people think.
Aye I'm tired of these dudes that be like "It'd be better with a beat" and I'm like fuck no. Most motherfuckers would be like "yeah lyrics were fire but the beat was kinda meh" and definitely sleep on it because of that. Going acapella in hip hop is a tool used by rappers for their lyrics and message to be the only (and therefore main) element on their work. Done intentionally so people put their attention on the message. Plus, these are Shady's origins. He comes from an era where most of the shit they freestyled and battled with was beatless. You gotta give him props for putting out a contemporaneously relevant message, doing it the old way AND still remain the only thing people were talking about from this year's BET. Like, for real, I ain't even watched BET and all I been reading on twitter was Eminem this, Eminem that, Shady this, Shady that... To me this is part of the culture's history.
The cypher was amazing. That empty asylum line gets me every time. I'm happy he did it to no music and slowed down his flow. That way every single word can be heard and broke down so people know exactly where he stands
LookItsShak Yes. Em did this purposely in a way that his narrative could not be flipped and interpreted in any way other than exactly what he intended it to be. Thats what people don't understand. He made sure this message could be understood outside of hip hop. He could've used a beat and word played it like we all already know he can but he wanted to make sure that what he was saying was gonna connect with anybody that heard it. Non hip hop audiences would have gotten tripped up on the meaning if he had made the schemes and the bars more complex.
Great assessment. I hear comments going "the flow was garbage" and I laugh. Dude, the guy was trying to making an important political statement, not a hip hop classic. If he would have rapped this like RAP GOD then nobody outside of hip hop would give a SHYT.
Benny Blanco 1 thank you I try to look at the bigger picture of things. Also I think this was still a classic cypher because of the impact of his message along with STILL having bars in it ( fantastic 4, empty asylum) people that dismiss this confuse me tbh.
of course I agreee but eminem created a new standard with RAP GOD..... fuck all this, can anything be rapped in the last year match up to that? Of course not.....but we dwell on it because we are constantly comparing the best amongst the best, without any nuance in texture, situation or problem. Bunch of simple MOFOs I'm done defending Em. He is too damn smart for the general public .
Benny Blanco ok so I enjoy rap god but to me that is not even close to his best verse. His skill definitely shows and he puts words together better than most. But for me there's not enough substance in the bars. I need a mix of both
first time watching this channel. immediately a fan. great commentary of a very relevant topic. as an aside, rabbit run is alsp my favorite em track. it is very underrated.
I have never heard of this song I will definitely add it to my list. Currently I'm ears deep in research of some of the greats old projects like Stillmatic, Resonable Doubt, All My Favorite Things, etc. Love my man Justin
Main thing I don't like about this, is the notion that black people need a white man to voice our opinion about issues. Plenty of black people expressed this same sentiment but it mainly gets attention from a white man.
You don't ask your oppressor for freedom, I'm Haitian and Haiti didn't ask France for freedom or a French person to help, we organized and took to arms. This is why blacks in the US like black athletes will never be respected, you receive benefits from the oppressor and the oppressor can take them away.
Tim Davis Tim Davis that's false information bro. Do you research, Haiti was supposed to receive billions from France after the war and Haitians didn't kill every white person on the island. By your logic, no black nation can prosper without a white power structure. South Africa is majority black, but whites control and dominate the entire country, same with Barbuda, and other Caribbean islands. Look up what happened to every Haitian president that demanded France pay us for repetitions, the western media depicts them as dictators and they get them the hell out the paint. You sound like a suspected white supremacist.
Bruh I grew up with Haitian Americans and cats from Haiti, these are the FACTS!!! How the hell France going to give Haiti Reparations when it was the enslaved Africans who revolted against the white French elite in POWER. Those light skin Haitians that were in after the revolution back in the day sold Haiti up the river. Louvertoure, (the real leader of the Revolution) was betrayed by his own people and he died in FRANCE!!! Dessalines only put the gens couler (mixed race Haitians) in positions of power and kept the dark skinned ones as laborers (basically slaves of a different name!!) and then had to get killed by his people because of his evil ways SMH!!!
KRS-One talks in a lecture about how the term "white supremecist" is actually fucking with our heads. Someone who is actually supreme is using their position to lift people up. So the fact that we use that term to talk about people who claim supremacy over others and want to push people down is kind of the problem, because then we never pay attention to the white people who are trying to lift people up and use their voice to make a difference. Why would we call these shitty people supreme? Its semantics but those semantics control how we think.
I really like this comment because it kind of conveys how the brain processes the semantics of words which in turn affect our subconscious perception of the world.
I don't think Jude would want to tackle this one. I interviewed him last week for his book, which I'll release a piece of tomorrow. We talked about it off record for a bit. We'll see. I'll let him know you suggested we dig into all this a bit.
“Ain’t no tuition for having no ambition, and ain’t no loan for sitting yo ass at home so we forced to sell crack, rap and get a job. You gotta do something man yo ass is grown” My favorite fucking barsssss wby!?
Political songs are polarizing, so that makes sense. Especially in the early 2000s. That was a very opulent era and protest music was getting much less burn than it did in the 80s and 90s. The fact that Mosh was even a single is significant given where he was in his career.
Not really surprising actually. Part of the problem with race issues is that most white people will either momentarily feel empathy or brush off a POC talking about it as 'oh those angry black men are at it again'. The only time those people will give any thought to these issues are when other white people advocate for POC. And when we do people usually get either angry or guilty. So it's not surprising that whites would totally ignore the song because they don't want to question their self image or actually think about it.
Thank you. Good question, actually. I hadn't thought about that, nor have I heard that but what we have so far doesn't feel far off. I'm gonna ask about that specifically.
Cheers for the reply. I agree as it feel simular, furthermore he wasn't afraid to do a sequel to he's biggest album. Also on a side note I think whoever one the presidency it helped Eminem's career as he is always at he's best when he's passionate about something.
I LOVE IT!! bumping it yesterday. I've been anticipating this one for a month or so, which is why I've covered it every chance I got. Ha! Math killed. Method Man sounds incredible too.
Hey justin just wanna say i love your analysis on anything related to hip hop very insightful and true your a great journalist and i always look forward to your thoughts
Also you referenced smack/url. I don't know if other people ask for it but it would be awesome if you occasionally did video pieces on battle rap. I feel like they don't get enough light. Another great vid btw
Thanks Shak. I have a battle rap piece coming. Was talking to the team about the upcoming Smack event in LA next month. What'd you think of Lux vs Arsonal?
The Company Man I gotta give it a few more watches cause with lux you can always miss a lot. Off my first watch I had it going to arsonal but I gotta give it like 3 more watches to be sure
The Company Man that is a fact lol. Lux to me is the best of all time. I'm hoping him and Mook do one more battle to finish the trilogy so lux can solidify that he is in fact better than Mook.
This was not the first time Marshall spoke on politics. He uses his privilege right. I respect him very much for that. He always speaks his mind with all honesty
Adding on to the articles recognizing Eminem as an Elvis of rock and roll, J Cole’s song “Fire squad” states Eminem as someone like Elvis, who essentially thrives in the environment of a black peoples music
TheBeyondRelapse What he said. I had no choice but to watch it seeing its been everywhere but I just couldn't understand why everyone had something to say about it
Lmao all the right wingers saying “sellout” but he’s literally been expressing the same political views his entire career
I don't think he's a sellout, but i can see why some people would. Almost everyone is against Trump and now Eminem is also against him, which isn't original and people are thinking he is now like every other celebrity.
He is like any other sane individual who sees what Trump says and does. There is really no way anyone can be positive about him, so this is not the usual hash tag celebrity trend BS, but an flat out insane divisive maniacal manchild President who desperately wants to be a banana republic dictator.
Speaking against him, especially for a strong willed kinda outspoken guy that Eminem allways been, is nothing suprising.
Osman Abdi Osman there are a lot of positive things about Trump.
Bram S, he is really only positive for comedians careers it seems. Not even his voters get a fraction of what he campaigned for.
Don Draper can you explain? why would he want points from a community who accepted him along time ago. dont make much sense. sounds like an opinion u pulled from ur feelings. u only bring up the black community cuz hes white as if its wrong to support them cuz hes white. nigga eminem is from a black community he is a part of black culture called hip hop. he can hand points out
Rabbit Run is your favorite Em track!? This man has superb taste.
Mom's Spaghetti I thought the same thing 😂
detailsmove moms spaghetti!? That was in lose yourself not rabbit run it seems you got the wrong song in mind methinks.
You talk like I haven't heard every Eminem song like 20 times, or like 3000 for the god tier 8 Mile era songs. Rabbit Run is my favorite. Mom's Spaghetti is the good meme.
inksclusiv
He was replying to the OP not quoting the incorrect song.
He is hip hop head lol
Eminem literally drew a line between ignorant casual rap fans and those who understand rap and knows what's he doing.
Well said...
Lmao, Bruh Despite Feminem's "heroic" stance for social justice, All he actually accomplished was drawing a line between his Core fanbase (which are mostly white suburban kids who are turned off by billboard mumble rappers) and attention-whore racist whiners who only listen to Eminem when he does a collab with Wayne, Big Sean or some other wack ass MC. Didn't this guy used to simply hate politics in general? Now all of a sudden he's coming to the aid of Hitlery fusing his freestyle with her general rhetoric. Truth is a huge demographic of his fanbase never actually resonated with Leftist or Mainstream belief systems. He doesn't know that now, but he bout to find out when his album doesn't achieve the numbers he desires.
MusicisLife1121 Eminem has always been a liberal democrat... he openly voted for and praised Obama, he has always hated Republicans, it's not surprising AT ALL that he attacked Trump. Also, most "true" Eminem fans don't only listen to him when he does collabs with wack MCs. they're the ones who appreciate him as well as other greats like Nas, rakim, etc... most suburban white kids don't listen to those rappers now do they?
spencer Holt Not quite. The NY Times recently posted an article showing em's demographic of fans...you may not want to hear this but a sizeable percentage of them actually did vote Trump or at the very least were neutral. Does that mean that he doesn't have a lot of Liberal fans? No. Just that he doesn't quite understand how far his reach goes in terms of loyal vs bandwagon fans. AND that he is very naive as to who actually makes up his core and who is buying his content.
MusicisLife1121 I never said most of Em's fans were liberal. I said that Em himself has always hated Republicans, he voted for and praised Obama, so how is it surprising that he went after Trump? He knows his fanbase has a lot more white kids than most rappers; that doesn't change the fact that he hates who he hates and will speak his mind about it.
- He speaks to suburban kids who otherwise probably never woulda knew these words exist.
- He could be one of your kids
Love those little touches dude :D
Thank you! Glad you picked up on those.
Hey if a cypher is getting coverage on CNN and FoxNews, you winning
This thing was EVERYWHERE. EVERYWHERE. The wild part is em could've given this to anyone. Easily the biggest video in BET's youtube history.
Em is whack now. He looks like a hobo. That trump diss was whack and staged.
Eminem prob CNN sponsored ^^ He's lost it... totally lost it lol Just a useful idiot as a hooded political mouth piece... nothing more... trash. Sorry Em, it's time to get a real job man... back to school son.
MrKing8050 or Illuminati
No, you're a leftie. The only reason this is "good" is because it's against trump. You can hardly call this a diss by eminem standards.
That brother after lord Jamar said everything I've been trying to say for 10 years in one sentence
Lazy Eye Jones dude is Willie D from the geto boys, definitely worth checking out his work
Willie D nailed that. Love that video.
Lazy Eye Jones Willie D from the geto boys... the realest
My thing is you don't know who Willie D is.
"It could be one of your kids" I see what you did there Justin. Good video.
Thank you OK.
diddy clean money Stop it. That's not trump you troll
I read this right when he said that lol
Em has always spoke his mind. If it was "Mosh" or anything else, Em has never been afraid to speak his mind on politics. We should not be surprised that he'd be on the frontlines of what's going on. Em has always discussed his white privilege, and he has never ran from it. I'd be more shocked if he DIDN'T say anything. He uses his voice as a tool to bring enlightenment to address the white community about the social issues on his mind. Em will always be relevant and appreciated. Great VIDEO!!!!!! (PS- Notice Trump still said NOTHING about the cypher........his twitter fingers must be broken) Thank you Mr. Hunte!!!!!
Thank you, Digga! I legit think his advisors are telling him not to reply to marshall. Em represents way more of america than Trump does. I'm not sure that ends well for him. Especially since he can also drop a song-slash-trending topic at any point in time.
The Company Man co sign and RESPECT
Jorge Molina facts
Digga Jones I think skill and being relatable led to his success, not his skin color. By your own standards shouldn't Machine Gun Kelly, Yelawolf, Token, G- easy and many other white rappers be owning the rap community and on the top. Shouldn't every White rapper be played on the radio all the time on the rap stations by your own logic? The answer is no because most people don't have an actual privilege over one another except for the top one percent. If you seriously think Eminem has white privilege, you need to check into an insane asylum. He is what many would call, hopeless. His mother abused drugs and he never had a father figure. He constantly moved and never had any friends because the black kids hated him. The black kids constantly bullied and beat the shit out of him growing up. His whole life he was beat up by others for no reason, while his home life sucked as he was broke as fuck living in a trailer park or shity house, his mother was on drugs while she also slipped him drugs and he had no father. Tell me where you see white privilege. He made it because of his skills not because of his race. If he did make it because of his race like you are claiming he would have quickly faded just like Vanilla Ice.
Yeah. That white privilege from a trailer park, right? Em got big because of his skill, not because he's white. And why should trump react to this? You want him to make a diss track about eminem?
Mega props for Eminem for going after his own fanbase. As much as I usually can't stand the fact that often white artists, get more notoriety from doing black music than their black counterparts, Eminem I've always been a bit easy on because well he is incredibly self-aware about that.
And in this day and age I'll take awareness over cowardly acting as if certain things don't affect you or that you're not connected to.
Say what you want about Em’s cypher (I personally liked it), but it was so impactful, I didn’t hear ANYTHING ELSE from or about the BET awards
Dj Khaled made sure Asad is heard tho
LIOOOON
That Willie D clip XD Dude was on point with that one.
Super on point.
I think a lot of people were jaded about this freestyle, but personally I’m super glad a white artist came out and “drew a line in the sand” like he did. More allies need to be bold like that. Eminem made one of the ballsiest decisions in my opinion because he knows that a significant portion of his fan base is white and republican, and he told them “fuck you” anyway.
Agreed on all fronts. He could've said everything he said and not drawn a line in the sand and he still would've gone viral. That was a major statement and I love that he made it.
Yeah i love what you said! so agree.why he the goat imo, hes just too real, no lie
I hate how white people be like " I dont like Rap but I like Eminem" lol its like have yall really heard his music
DJ Jon804 Remixes no theyve only heard his big hits and dont really know his music either
I hate that stupid shit too, I literally heard mutharfucka's who listen to Black Veil Brides, Marina and The Diamonds, and Ed Sheeran say "I don't like hip hop because it's too vulgar and misogynistic, but I fucking love Eminem" like WTF?!!!
Another Made Up Internet Subculture It's music after all which is apart of the entertainment industry, it doesn't mean those scenarios are true or fully reflect him as a person.
I hate how black people be like " I don't like crime but I like Black Lives Matter" lol it's like yall haven't read some statistics
U hate? Well, ur hearing to much alphawave frequencies hypnotic hiphop or what ever kind of brainwash music. Feminems Musik sucks
"This isn't about innovation, this is about magnification."
Damn. If only more people could get that level of understanding.
As a huge Em fan, I'd love to see a Breakdown on why Rabbit Run is your favourite song of his
I have a piece looking at 8 Mile Eminem that gets into Rabbit Run, 8 Mile, Lose Yourself. that era still feels like an outlier in his career to me. But it's definitely coming.
The Company Man sounds great..also man, in the wake of Em's freestyle you could do a piece on the theme of anti-establishment rap, from Public Enemy and NWA in the 80s, Cube in the early 90s and so on
The Company Man please bro
Watching the “I don’t like rap except for Eminem” crowd react to this has been beautiful 😂😂😂
Now they hate him though! Isn't that such the best part??
Personal story: An older woman I knew from when I was younger posted the infowars response video to Eminem's Cypher. I direct messaged her on Facebook to have a discussion. For me, Eminem did affect political discourse in that he reached an audience that didn't feel the need to respond until now and that gave me the chance to respond to them. Props to Em and you Justin, great piece long time fan
Thanks, Sean. That Infowars video rained all kinds of stereotypes. Calling Em a thug and "hood" and all kinds of craziness. It's also funny how many pissed off Em fans dropped videos rapping their responses. I was so close to adding an entire segment about it this week, but I consciously chose to make this episode much more focused than recent pieces.
The Company Man It's ridiculous, the whole video was just him attacking Em's, Clinton's, and Kaepernick's characters as if that's a legitimate rebuttal to the criticisms against Trump. Lol that's next level irony, they're using the attention to start their rap career
Eminem dropping bombs like north Korea isn't a good comparison lol
robertdank4 Eminem dropping bombs like American drones
Missile tests don't count?
The Company Man I dunno testing bombs like North Korea just doesn't have the same ring to it.
eminem dropping bombs like hiroshima. is that better?
Bomb like Hiroshima is a bit dated. Same with bomb like Saddam. Maybe launching missiles like North Korea.
Watching CNN, they said he was doing this because of a rumor that "he is trying to be relevant again" and "He is releasing an album soon."
Sike. He's been and will ALWAYS be relevant.
Exactly. He could've said anything and been relevant. He could've said everything and not drawn a line in the sand and went viral. He went even farther.
The Company Man Not gonna lie though. I saw something that went like, "It's sad that it takes a white rapper for White America to see Hip Hop as a form of Political Protesting."
While this is true, at least the messages are being received.
Yo, there are *very* few people I respect more, or even as much, when it comes to hip-hop than you, Justin. (I also agree with you about "White America" being one of Em's greatest ever tracks!)
Always putting out *great* content. Always making well-researched, well-thought-out points. Always dropping knowledge. *It's all happening!*
JonyALB that's love jony. Thank you 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
"Nobody is rapping better than royce right now"
I didn't recognize Eminem at first. That beard tricked me
At least he doesnt look like a lesbian anymore.
Another Made Up Internet Subculture lmao
I thought it was Joe Rogan
Beards weird
Fuckin beard is weird
On the most important side of this:
Eminem did all of that, and Trump didn't even bat an eye his way. One of my friends said it perfectly:
"Trump is reluctant to attack a white male, but even a subtle dig by a woman (the mayor of San Jose when she complained about a lack of support as most of Puerto Rico is still without power and the death toll is rising) or minority (ex: Steph Curry saying he wasn’t sure if he would go to the White House) causes Trump to lash out."
On the less important side socially, but super important hip hop wise:
Mysonne, JID, and 6lack's freestyles are going unnoticed and its hurting my life right now. lol
i hate trump more than you, but all i ever see him tweeting about is white senators and media reporters
I don't get that. Trump attacked Bob Corker pretty heavily this week. He's attacked Cruz, McCain, Mueller, Sessions, Blumenthal, Comey, Clapper, Schumer, etc... He seems pretty eager to spit venom at white males too.
Those cats were all ill. Mysonne wrecked shop in the instabooth cyphers as well. I'm not sure about the reluctant to lash out at white male thing. Jeb Bush. Rand Paul. John McCain. Bob Corker this week. All took shots.
Y'all right, Ya'll right.... Insert Kanye Shrug here lol
Tressie Trump also had no problem clapping back at Mac Miller I believe. Trump is afraid of what ems stature and influence can do to him. He also knows ems prowess with words. Its that simple.
Eminem is one of the few if not the only celebrity who actually have the balls to go all out against people he don't like, and calling out his own fans is something no other celebrity had the balls to do, and that's why the right is so buthurt right now, calling him a sellout even tho he was always anti war and against the republicans especially Bush and now Trump, Eminem didn't do this for the upcoming album otherwise he wouldn't go against his own fans, and he also didn't do it to gain some sort of black or liberal appreciation because he never needed it or looked for it in his career, he was always an honest and blunt person who didn't care what people think of him, and The right just got their feelings hurt because Eminem is the only celebrity with credibility to say his opinion and people would actually respect and listen to, and he just said an opinion that they didn't like. so he became a sellout, because if he said hail Trump he would've became a national hero to the right wing
It would've been Kid Rock times a thousand. Trump would've given him a cabinet position. Thanks Dia. Well said.
The Company Man
< Marshall Mathers secretary of music and arts > it has a nice ring to it ☺
Em is the motherfucking man! Always has been and he's been speaking out for years. Love you Justin.......
No Homo. LOL
Zack Franklin that freestyle was trash 😒 chill fam
Frederick Johnson Not at all actually. Lmfao
Zack Franklin Eminem garbage
John Denver u shouldn't even have PAC picture up talking such nonsense
John Denver PAC wouldn't sign your bitch ass autograph 😂😂
Very good video yet again Justin. Another topic to really consider. The point you made, does Eminem have a hold on not just hip hop and music, but the whole of white America to really cause such a large scale change? Like you said, if someone said to me Eminem has more fans than the whole of hip hop, you'd understand, I would too. Dudes been in the game for 2 decades. I didn't hear about anything else from the BET awards apart from Eminem. Again his influence and stature pushed through. The White America track is still completely relevent today and parts on sing for the moment really made us think. He may just have the power to force a change.
I'd love to find a way to quantify it. Thanks KS. I've had White America on repeat since the cypher dropped. For some reason I was completely surprised by how relevant it still is today.
I wish the Vince Staples tweets were earlier so I could have heard your take
Fuck vince staples that nigga has been hating on Eminem just like lord jamar
I love em I love the message but the freestyle was trash in my opinion period
Damn Justin, nice piece!👍🏽 Rabbit Run is also one of my favorites from Em. Crazy the way you dissect these topics, and pull quotes straight from the lyrics. You know your shit, Also can't wait to hear the new Eminem Album.
Thanks Dylan! I really appreciate you checking out the piece. Think Em is gonna come with a different angle this time out? I can't wait to hear what he does on this new album.
I'm glad you also believe Rabbit Run is his best track, it's a really slept on song. Eminem definitely has the ability to reach white music listeners who don't even care about rap music, which gives him a good opportunity to make his listeners challenge some of their thoughts. Great video like usual my man!
Brett910 thank you!!
I think his broad appeal makes his move even more risky and thus more powerful. Like you said, many rappers / celebrities have spoken out harshly against Trump, but their fans are part of the echo chamber. Chrissy Teigen isn't risking much clapping back at Trump on Twitter. But Eminem has a lot of Trump's base - low-mid income whites in Middle America, often without a college education. Em apparently has an album coming out in November and could have significantly just decreased his fanbase. Great example of using white privilege and being willing to accept the consequences that may come with it.
Exactly. Demographically, he IS the Trump voter. Well said, Dan.
It makes me sad that Kid Rock had a chance to do the same thing and bet on the wrong horse. How powerful it would have been to see Kid Rock, a white rapper from the north, finally disavow the confederate flag.
EmbassyNerdcore definitely. He probably stands even more to lose than Eminem. Would certainly be a powerful gesture, but one I'm not expecting him to make
Dan....EXACTLY! Very well said Sir. I have no idea what people are thinking when they say that he's promoting a new album or he's just adjusting to popular opinion. WTF? I've been reading Twitter for a week and half his supposed fans hate him now....so yes it absolutely it does take courage to speak out on any one side of politics once you are considered a POP famous artist....he just alienated half his base even with a new album coming. To me, that speaks more to his strong opinions and his character than any anterior motives that people like to tag on anyone who hates the idiot in office. Thanks for saying so well.
Been waiting all week for this
Nothing irritates me more than reading people's whining about entertainment getting political.
Politics affect every aspect of life. Everything about society as it exists is influenced by the politics that allow it to exist as it does.
This is quality stuff again. Justin you are a living legend already, keep up the great work.
Lobstarooo thank you for watching! 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Im glad I can watch both you and Murs on Saturday. Great video once again!
Thanks, Just. Me, too.
Nice! Cool! Relevant! Strong! Intelligent! Respect!! I was all in to your video, and then it ended in less than 10 minutes, lol, it's cool though I just subscribed. That Em freestyle was like a global earthquake (A much needed one :-D ), it hit a chord in anyone with a pulse, lol! Anyways, I'll keep am eye out for more great content, peace.
This video put in perspective how important eminent next album is gonna be.
I was excited for MM2 but it's not what I want as a fan. I'm grown. I need grown 444 music. I need maturity in my music.
I love that Jay Z cracked the door for innovative late in career albums from legendary emcees. I hear this one takes a different approach. We'll see. I'm excited though. Thanks for checking the piece, AK.
The Company Man Lmfao at the "Ak."
Does Rick Ross also get love...another 40 yr. old rapper who dropped hella jewels in his music!!
Tim Davis notable but I'm not a huge Ross fan. So I don't know.
Still feel he's on that Philly freeway crack rock supplier persona vibe.
I feel like Jay made a strong distinction between his old albums and 444. Hopefully Eminem will to the same. Hopefully more rappers will do the same.
I would love to see a real introspective Wayne, 3 stack, 50, Dr Dre. ECT.
Water is wet,
Fire is hot, and...
"nobody's rapping better than Royce right now..."
It's really that simple.
Even Black Thought couldn't handle him on that Wishin' 2 joint. #facts
JaspeR Fola Nah. 😒
+Thinker Haist "Nah" to which....that no one is rapping better than Royce right now, or that Black Thought couldn't handle him on Wishin' 2?
I've got a piece I've been working on over that past month or so on Royce. He's in a whole nother zone right now. And he's sober too... yeezus.
+The Company Man Oh, that's great. I'll be looking forward to it. Royce deserves every bit of recognition coming his way. Godspeed.👌👏👌👏
The Company Man looking forward to it!
I love when people say "I used to love Eminem but now that he's decided to go political/disrespect a president, I lost respect for him." Come on, really? When did he get political, in 2000? Maybe even earlier, so when did you love Eminem, in his Infinite era, when you didn't even know about him? Can't believe this people think they were fans but never heard Mosh or any other Bush disses. Bush was also a president, right?
Koba Kareli him telling his fans, fuck you, forced them to think about their own opinions. That's the blowback. It's one thing to see someone disagree. It's another to see someone disagree then tell you you're wrong and don't fuck with me. That's the difference this time.
👍
The Company Man I understand that, but this line in the sand thing was to Trump supporters. And I've seen a lot of posts on twitter saying they weren't Trump supporters but no one should disrespect a president of US or that Eminem should have stayed out of politics.
I have a theory on this. ALL those white people that loved Eminem hating on conservatives when they where 18 are in their mid 30's now, probably mid to upper class white people who now only care about tax breaks and interest rates....Ironically, Eminem is worth 80 million and is still speaking for the common man at any cost ,literally, since he is about to drop a new album and will lose millions because of it.
Excellent content as usual.
Proud of you men.
Thank you!
"Not about innovation but about magnification" I agree with that assessment of the situation. 👏🏿👏🏿
Man, I could listen to you for hours. Love the vids man they are so introspective, thorough, and absolutely hilarious.
Thank you Camren!
Excellent summation as always.. As for Eminem, it was inevitable he would speak and the reasons therein may be myriad but the IMPACT of his speech is yet to be totally felt. I believe he knows how important his voice is in the conversation on politics, race and the digital democracy that we call the Internet and how it can get his message to fans in America and around the world ( I'm a fan in Kenya btw). Bottom line, that freestyle was epic because he chose to say what he thought and isn't afraid to make a stand.
Agreed. Shout out to Kenya! Always wanted to visit.
The Company Man good look!! Whenever you do holla at me for the grand tour!! Stay well and keep it lit
Was waiting on your upload :)
These kids Mum's never woulda gave two squirts of piss til Em created so much motherfuckin' turbulence.
I love RTJ, I love J.I.D, I love Royce, I love YG - but Shady is always going to be my main man. ✊🏼
Love the channel already, extra appreciation for the swift work of putting up these current event kind of videos as well
SBmedo20 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
This Cypher sure as hell got people thinking.
Every time I see Justin back, I have to like the vid, immediately
Another incredible piece; loved what you had to say. Em called out the president on so many things, most of which his voters would deny. Although I doubt it changed anybody’s minds, there is no doubt it made some people think.
Justin always comes through with facts! 😤 keep it up!
Aye I'm tired of these dudes that be like "It'd be better with a beat" and I'm like fuck no. Most motherfuckers would be like "yeah lyrics were fire but the beat was kinda meh" and definitely sleep on it because of that. Going acapella in hip hop is a tool used by rappers for their lyrics and message to be the only (and therefore main) element on their work. Done intentionally so people put their attention on the message. Plus, these are Shady's origins. He comes from an era where most of the shit they freestyled and battled with was beatless. You gotta give him props for putting out a contemporaneously relevant message, doing it the old way AND still remain the only thing people were talking about from this year's BET. Like, for real, I ain't even watched BET and all I been reading on twitter was Eminem this, Eminem that, Shady this, Shady that... To me this is part of the culture's history.
Well said.
Another Saturday another interesting damn piece. Thanks Justin. Keep it Brooklyn. Take care man. See you next week!
The cypher was amazing. That empty asylum line gets me every time. I'm happy he did it to no music and slowed down his flow. That way every single word can be heard and broke down so people know exactly where he stands
LookItsShak Yes. Em did this purposely in a way that his narrative could not be flipped and interpreted in any way other than exactly what he intended it to be. Thats what people don't understand. He made sure this message could be understood outside of hip hop. He could've used a beat and word played it like we all already know he can but he wanted to make sure that what he was saying was gonna connect with anybody that heard it. Non hip hop audiences would have gotten tripped up on the meaning if he had made the schemes and the bars more complex.
Great assessment. I hear comments going "the flow was garbage" and I laugh. Dude, the guy was trying to making an important political statement, not a hip hop classic. If he would have rapped this like RAP GOD then nobody outside of hip hop would give a SHYT.
Benny Blanco 1 thank you I try to look at the bigger picture of things. Also I think this was still a classic cypher because of the impact of his message along with STILL having bars in it ( fantastic 4, empty asylum) people that dismiss this confuse me tbh.
of course I agreee but eminem created a new standard with RAP GOD..... fuck all this, can anything be rapped in the last year match up to that? Of course not.....but we dwell on it because we are constantly comparing the best amongst the best, without any nuance in texture, situation or problem. Bunch of simple MOFOs I'm done defending Em. He is too damn smart for the general public .
Benny Blanco ok so I enjoy rap god but to me that is not even close to his best verse. His skill definitely shows and he puts words together better than most. But for me there's not enough substance in the bars. I need a mix of both
first time watching this channel. immediately a fan. great commentary of a very relevant topic. as an aside, rabbit run is alsp my favorite em track. it is very underrated.
I have never heard of this song I will definitely add it to my list. Currently I'm ears deep in research of some of the greats old projects like Stillmatic, Resonable Doubt, All My Favorite Things, etc. Love my man Justin
Main thing I don't like about this, is the notion that black people need a white man to voice our opinion about issues. Plenty of black people expressed this same sentiment but it mainly gets attention from a white man.
Any minority community will always need support from majority communities in order for lasting change to take hold.
You don't ask your oppressor for freedom, I'm Haitian and Haiti didn't ask France for freedom or a French person to help, we organized and took to arms. This is why blacks in the US like black athletes will never be respected, you receive benefits from the oppressor and the oppressor can take them away.
Tim Davis Tim Davis that's false information bro. Do you research, Haiti was supposed to receive billions from France after the war and Haitians didn't kill every white person on the island. By your logic, no black nation can prosper without a white power structure. South Africa is majority black, but whites control and dominate the entire country, same with Barbuda, and other Caribbean islands. Look up what happened to every Haitian president that demanded France pay us for repetitions, the western media depicts them as dictators and they get them the hell out the paint. You sound like a suspected white supremacist.
👍
Bruh I grew up with Haitian Americans and cats from Haiti, these are the FACTS!!! How the hell France going to give Haiti Reparations when it was the enslaved Africans who revolted against the white French elite in POWER. Those light skin Haitians that were in after the revolution back in the day sold Haiti up the river. Louvertoure, (the real leader of the Revolution) was betrayed by his own people and he died in FRANCE!!! Dessalines only put the gens couler (mixed race Haitians) in positions of power and kept the dark skinned ones as laborers (basically slaves of a different name!!) and then had to get killed by his people because of his evil ways SMH!!!
KRS-One talks in a lecture about how the term "white supremecist" is actually fucking with our heads. Someone who is actually supreme is using their position to lift people up. So the fact that we use that term to talk about people who claim supremacy over others and want to push people down is kind of the problem, because then we never pay attention to the white people who are trying to lift people up and use their voice to make a difference. Why would we call these shitty people supreme? Its semantics but those semantics control how we think.
I've been watching a lot of KRS speeches recently. Great comment.
I really like this comment because it kind of conveys how the brain processes the semantics of words which in turn affect our subconscious perception of the world.
The Company Man I feel a KRS piece in the making. Genuine GOAT contender, classic albums, legendary diss track, lectures, live performances.
These guys have some of the best TH-cam quality videos.
I wish more (similar) accounts had your video quality.
There better be a discussion about this with Jude, man! You guys are the best rap duo.
I don't think Jude would want to tackle this one. I interviewed him last week for his book, which I'll release a piece of tomorrow. We talked about it off record for a bit. We'll see. I'll let him know you suggested we dig into all this a bit.
“Ain’t no tuition for having no ambition, and ain’t no loan for sitting yo ass at home so we forced to sell crack, rap and get a job. You gotta do something man yo ass is grown” My favorite fucking barsssss wby!?
LOVE how you just incorporate em lyrics so nonchalantly and smoothly in your words lol.
oh and yes,
NOBODY'S RAPPING BETTER THAN ROYCE RIGHT NOW.
Great video justin, is amazing that white america is such a great song but is not one of ems top charting songs, something to think about.
Political songs are polarizing, so that makes sense. Especially in the early 2000s. That was a very opulent era and protest music was getting much less burn than it did in the 80s and 90s. The fact that Mosh was even a single is significant given where he was in his career.
Not really surprising actually. Part of the problem with race issues is that most white people will either momentarily feel empathy or brush off a POC talking about it as 'oh those angry black men are at it again'.
The only time those people will give any thought to these issues are when other white people advocate for POC.
And when we do people usually get either angry or guilty. So it's not surprising that whites would totally ignore the song because they don't want to question their self image or actually think about it.
your videos are really good, you kept me interested the whole video. keep up the work man.
My Saturday's don't start until I watch TBD you are hip hop my friend 💯💯💯💯
Thank you Dizo!!
"Nobody's rapping better than Royce right now." Completely agree. I'm still listening to the Prhyme album and Bar Exam 4 is dope.
Jason C. Florez layers is wild dope too.
You have sources who've heard the new Eminem album? YEEZUS!
Love your channel dude. everything is so well thought out and elaborated.
Willie D and Justin Hunte keepin it real
yo this dude got the same voice as eric andre
Excellent breakdown of events and Em's importance in the culture, Justin. Loved Willie D's message as it was 100% correct.
Raphael Nelson thank you!
That was my favourite video of yours Justin, from England, do you think his new album will eminem show 2?
Thank you. Good question, actually. I hadn't thought about that, nor have I heard that but what we have so far doesn't feel far off. I'm gonna ask about that specifically.
Cheers for the reply. I agree as it feel simular, furthermore he wasn't afraid to do a sequel to he's biggest album. Also on a side note I think whoever one the presidency it helped Eminem's career as he is always at he's best when he's passionate about something.
I love it when Justin gets excited!
123froozen 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Never heard of u before today, I subscribed and will watch regularly. Amazing video
dope shirt again my dude!!
I’ll listen to Eminem...but I’ll never pay for any of it again.
Hey Justin what you think about that new WU-TANG! I thought it's a dope album and a great job by Mathematics
I LOVE IT!! bumping it yesterday. I've been anticipating this one for a month or so, which is why I've covered it every chance I got. Ha! Math killed. Method Man sounds incredible too.
The Company Man yea I love the approach the clan and Math took with this album shout out to ODB too with those real relevant vocals!
Superman came back in the solar suit
Go to 7:32. The map shows where Eminem fans are located. That's where *poor white America* lives totally *opposite* of *black America.* That's scary.
man your vids are dope asf, new subscriber
i really want that wall
If you're not subscribed to the Holy Trinity of The Company Man, Dead End Hip Hop, and the NeedleDrop, are you even a Hip Hop fan?
I love the fact that Rabbit Run is his favorite Eminem song. YES
Hey justin just wanna say i love your analysis on anything related to hip hop very insightful and true your a great journalist and i always look forward to your thoughts
Also you referenced smack/url. I don't know if other people ask for it but it would be awesome if you occasionally did video pieces on battle rap. I feel like they don't get enough light. Another great vid btw
Thanks Shak. I have a battle rap piece coming. Was talking to the team about the upcoming Smack event in LA next month. What'd you think of Lux vs Arsonal?
The Company Man I gotta give it a few more watches cause with lux you can always miss a lot. Off my first watch I had it going to arsonal but I gotta give it like 3 more watches to be sure
I gave it to Lux because Lux at a 5 is better than Ars at an 8. Ars put on a show though.
The Company Man that is a fact lol. Lux to me is the best of all time. I'm hoping him and Mook do one more battle to finish the trilogy so lux can solidify that he is in fact better than Mook.
Thank You Willie D for speaking the absolute Truth
This was not the first time Marshall spoke on politics. He uses his privilege right. I respect him very much for that. He always speaks his mind with all honesty
Destiel thanks destiel
I'd love to hear what you have to say about Vince Staples' comments on this matter
Say word son! You got an extra subscriber
I just the back ground with all these classic album. Doom, luppe fiasco, mighty Mos Def and more
the dude in the red shirt killed it :D
Eminem is back sparking more heat and debates about him, just like he did back in the old days
What is this channel, hiphopDX 2.0?!? I love it anyway
Yo, I'm so glad you're favorite Em song is Rabbit Run. He killed that track!
I swear that up close angle makes him look like an insanely expensive CGI demo
Thank you for mentioning how Royce is killing it. Best Lyricist by far. Could you consider making a video about him?
SpecialEdd working on one now.
Adding on to the articles recognizing Eminem as an Elvis of rock and roll, J Cole’s song “Fire squad” states Eminem as someone like Elvis, who essentially thrives in the environment of a black peoples music
How'd I know this was coming Justin?
I don't know that's just the way that I am. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
It was legit cause no artist would say fuck you to their fans because the record labels would get so mad knowing they will lose a lot of money .
Yabby Gideon agreed.
I honestly didn't care about the cypher till I watched this video. dam
Jdm Flash What exactly do you mean as did not care? About actually watching the freestyle or about what he said?
TheBeyondRelapse What he said. I had no choice but to watch it seeing its been everywhere but I just couldn't understand why everyone had something to say about it
Nobody's rapping better than Royce right now
For this video, you have my subscription👌👏👌👏
🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿