Sep 23, 2024 True, but they could have used Jelly for attention, way easier than Big Sean who no one cares about.
Sep 23, 2024 Fuel remix has grown on me a lot, mostly because I made it 100x better but also the writing and delivery are a bit better than I first thought. I was up to my waist in debt, better yet, face and neck, tryna chase a check Sweat, labor for minimal as wages get, just tryna get me a dub like a blank cassette (Yeah) I worked for peanuts 'til the day I met Dre and that gave me a little raise in net [catheadbop.gif]
Sep 23, 2024 Eminem’s first recorded diss targeting Diddy dates back to “f---ing Crazy” in 1996, where he rapped: Original Bad Boy on the case, cover your face Came in the place blowed, and sprayed Puffy with Mase. It was the start of what would become a decades-long string of references to the Bad Boy Records CEO. Fast forward to 2000, in “Marshall Mathers”, Eminem didn’t hold back, spitting: You little groupie b----, get off me, go f--- Puffy. By this time, Eminem had already been a famed figure in hip hop but a relative newcomer in the world of fame, and his willingness to take on heavyweights like Diddy was part of what set him apart. In the same year, on “I’m Back,” Eminem made another jab: ’Cause if I ever stuck it to any singer in showbiz It’d be Jennifer Lopez and Puffy, you know this. I’m sorry, Puff, but I don’t give a f---. Eminem’s irreverence was on full display, and his disses seemed more playful at this point — until later, when the tone shifted to something more serious. One of Eminem’s most controversial bars about Diddy came in 2018, on the diss track “Killshot” aimed at Machine Gun Kelly. In a line that shook the hip hop world, Em rapped: Kells, the day you put out a hit is the day Diddy admits that he put the hit out that got Pac killed. While Eminem quickly followed up by saying, “I’m just playin’, Diddy, you know I love you,” the line left many wondering if there was truth behind the venom. By 2020, Eminem continued to reference Diddy with stinging wit, including on “Godzilla”, where he alluded to the infamous Making the Band cheesecake incident: They call me Diddy because I make bands, and I call getting cheese a cakewalk. The line cuts deep, not just as a critique of Diddy’s methods but also as a jab at the lengths Diddy would go to exert control over those under him. It refers to a moment from Diddy’s reality TV show, Making the Band 2, which aired on MTV in the early 2000s. The show followed aspiring hip hop artists competing for a spot in Diddy’s next big music group, but the moment that most fans remember involved Diddy sending the contestants on an outrageous mission. In one episode, Diddy infamously made the group members walk six miles round trip across the Brooklyn Bridge to fetch him a slice of cheesecake from a specific bakery. The task was meant to test their commitment and resilience, but it left many viewers with the impression that Diddy was more interested in humiliating the contestants than nurturing their talent. The “cheesecake incident” became a cultural reference for how power dynamics can play out in the entertainment industry, where aspiring artists are sometimes forced to endure ridiculous or demeaning tasks in hopes of advancing their careers. If that has happened on a popular TV show, can you imagine what was happening behind closed doors?
Sep 23, 2024 Still want to see a video for fuel. Antichrist would be a fun video but I think fuel would be the better single
Sep 23, 2024 relistening to The Death of Slim Shady in full, here's a few thoughts Road Rage is a skip - though as it's own individual track it's not terrible, it just doesn't fit into the album as a concept much. Head Honcho is great, Ez Mil's verses aren't even terrible, just wish he didn't use tagalog but the representation is cool, Em's verse feels like some peak TES era s---, even how smooth he flows Temporary is where the album should've ended, however I wouldn't be opposed to having Somebody Save Me after it to close out the album, both fantastic tracks. Bad One & Tobey I simply don't care for. Instead of Tobey, they should've released Fuel as the second single with a crazy a--- music video, I genuinely think it would've been a lot bigger than Tobey. Tobey just feels like Realest 2.0, but I prefer Em's anger on Realest Like My s--- is very clearly a Side B throwaway and could've stayed in the vault, Kyrie & Luka is crazy though 2Chainz verse drags a bit too much, wish Em had more rapping on the track, another insane verse there Even though it's from 2019, I honestly think Rainy Days would fit on this album towards the end with the whole "Marshall is dead in the water, but not that I care" as a plot twist
Sep 23, 2024 Recovery was solid front to back + it was fresh and different when it came out. I could play it in front of girls without having to sleep with one eye open. Took em into the mainstream in a way like never before - and there were still some hard songs on that album. Not as many skips as Relapse or Encore and like I say fresh and different in its time. Was under the radar when it was released and ended up blowing up with multiple radio hits. Revival otoh was em surrendering control to way too many people who thought they knew what was best to take him mainstream and take advantage of the “woke” movement. The kind of album that makes you want to throw up in your mouth with how fake it was. If the songs were good I would have loved it despite all this, but most of them were absolute garbage. Ironically without Revival idk if we would have ever got Tdoss. In some ways Tdoss learned from the mistakes of Revival from a marketing perspective.
Sep 23, 2024 My top 6 songs from Tdoss after 50 or so spins: 6) Renaissance 5) Road Rage 4) Antichrist 3) Tobey 2) Bad One 1) Fuel Honorable mention: Houdini
