He raps about Justin Bieber, Reese Witherspoon, and the attack at the Ariana Grande concert.
“The release of BODIED has me feeling nostalgic about battle rap so I headed down to my old stomping grounds.”
That is what Eminem told his Twitter followers, stating that with the release of his exec-produced battle rap movie (more on that here), he decided to go back to The Shelter at St. Andrew’s in Detroit (a setting that fans of 8 Mile might recognise) to get back into battle rap himself.
You can watch his performance a little further down, but before then, here are some of the positives reactions:
#EMINEM is still the best rapper ever pic.twitter.com/vTOVyQvyqo
— Eric J Wilson (@eckylad) December 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/AleTheOptimist/status/1068715877258985472
https://twitter.com/mvstxphx/status/1068738828393988096
Here is the rap itself:
Clip via EminemMusic
But now, here are some of the more negative reactions to the rap:
“How to write an Eminem song”
-Rap Fast
-Be offensive
-Talk about killing your mom
-Talk about raping inanimate objects
-Over explain simple bars
-Mention That youre white
-Rap even faster
-Be even more offensive
-Talk about raping your mom
-Rhyme Lyrical, Miracle and Spiritual— Wopski 🦁 (@Drizzy_Montana_) November 30, 2018
Eminem is far too talented for his subject matter to still be what it is at 46 years old. That’s where the disconnect is. His fanbase grew up, he didn’t.
— Anthony (@TheTrillAC) December 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/debatehiphop/status/1068753247970762752
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