Music to Be Murdered By: Side B Tracklist
Prior to its release, Music to Be Murdered By: Side B was merely an internet rumor. Fans were given reason to believe in the album’s existence on December 13, 2020, after the cover art leaked on social media, containing a never-before-seen photo of Eminem with a crow on his shoulder.
Following the initial flood of speculation earlier in the month, rapper KXNG Crooked began sharing several tweets related to the album; for example, on December 10 and December 13. Additionally, on December 16, Aftermath producer Dem Jointz shared an Instagram post containing the cover artwork. On the same day, frequent collaborator FredWreck shared a tweet referencing Hitchcock.
On December 18, 2020, Eminem released the deluxe version of the album with 16 additional tracks—including skits and interludes. The premiere was accompanied by a music video for “Gnat,” directed by Cole Bennett.
On December 31, 2020, Eminem had a conversation with DJ Gray Rizzy on Shade 45, discussing each track from the project.
“Music to Be Murdered By: Side B” Q&A
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Translations
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Why did Eminem drop this deluxe without promotion, like the two albums before?
Eminem on Shade 45 (12.31.2020):
I don’t know this to be true, but I feel like when I talk about an album that’s coming out, like if I give people notice, and they start seeing the tracklist, or they know it’s coming, I feel like my best shot at avoiding people thoughts, like “If you don’t have a song about this I ain’t fucking with it”, “If he’s got a song with this person I ain’t fucking with it”, is to just drop it.
And it kind of gives everybody too much time to think about it, and their expectations of what they think it should be [will be so high], and I’ll never meet that. So that’s kind of the theory that I based it off ever since Revival.
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Is this his 13th album or is this still considered to be the 12th?
Music to Be Murdered By: Side B is considered to be a deluxe version of Eminem’s 11th studio album — Music to Be Murdered By.
