 Genius Meanings
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Eminem (Ft. 50 Cent) – Is This Love ('09)
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“Is This Love” is an unreleased song from 2009, most likely recorded for Relapse 2, yet was kept in the vault due to the negative reviews received by Relapse. This track is one of
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Eminem (Ft. Lil Wayne) – No Love
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The main theme of the third single off of Recovery remains a point of controversy. While many believe it to be a personification of Hip-Hop (with another notable mention on the
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Eminem – Rap God
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“Rap God” is Eminem’s braggadocious ode to himself and his career. Over its six-minute run-time, he references comic books, throws back to his old songs, and raps crazily fast.
In
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Eminem (Ft. dEnAun) – Eminem Freestyles on Tim Westwood
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Tim Westwood is a DJ who has had a show for years on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 1 Xtra. Eminem has been on his show freestyling several times over the years.
https://youtu.be/
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Eminem (Ft. Steve Berman) – Steve Berman (Skit) [2009]
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In this skit off Relapse, Em is visiting Steve Berman, the Interscope Records CEO he shot in the skit on The Eminem Show. He also included skits with Steve Berman in his previous
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Eminem – When I'm Gone
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In “When I’m Gone,” Eminem shares a personal story about his relationship with his daughter Hailie and how his absence is influencing her, the family and himself. Despite the
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Bad Meets Evil – Fast Lane
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Royce Da 5'9" and Eminem are Bad Meets Evil. This song serves as the first single from their highly anticipated EP, Hell: The Sequel and as a demonstration of both rapper’s strong
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Bad Meets Evil (Ft. Claret Jai) – Above the Law
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On “Above the Law” Eminem and Royce Da 5'9" rap about doing whatever they want despite what other people may think or say. Claret Jai provides the hook for this song, which appears
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Eminem (Ft. Black Thought, dEnAun, Q-Tip & Royce da 5'9") – Yah Yah
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On “Yah Yah,” Eminem enlists fellow emcees Royce da 5'9", Black Thought and Q-Tip for a posse cut over an upbeat boom-bap instrumental, produced by featured artist dEnAun. Over a
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Royce da 5'9" (Ft. Eminem & King Green) – Caterpillar
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In an interview with HotNewHipHop, Royce revealed that this song features none other than Slim Shady himself.
https://twitter.com/Royceda59/status/991392300487073792
He also
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Bad Meets Evil (Ft. Bruno Mars) – Lighters
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This song is the second single from the Bad Meets Evil EP: Hell The Sequel. It features a radio friendly vibe courtesy of Bruno Mars that separates it from the rest of the EP.
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Eminem (Ft. Royce da 5'9") – Not Alike
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“Not Alike” continues Kamikaze’s main theme by dissing the “mumble rappers” who currently dominate the industry.
The first beat, which is produced by Tay Keith, interpolates Drake
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Eminem – Soap (Skit)
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A skit from The Slim Shady LP which parodies soap operas and acts as a segue into the next track, “As the World Turns”, establishing the soap opera vibe.
Voiced by Jeff Bass and
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Eminem – Killshot
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“Killshot” is a response to Machine Gun Kelly’s “RAP DEVIL,” which was in itself a response to “Not Alike” from Eminem’s August 2018 album Kamikaze. The diss track dropped eleven
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Eminem – Hailie's Song
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Em’s ode to his daughter
After a tough battle with Hailie’s mother and Eminem’s ex wife, Kim, Eminem got custody of Hailie in 2002. He was happy and filled with joy, he then
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50 Cent (Ft. Eminem) – Patiently Waiting
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“Patiently Waiting” is the first of two Eminem collaborations on this album, he also appears on “Don’t Push Me.” Despite not being released as a single, this record still managed
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Eminem – Beautiful
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Considered by both fans and critics as the strongest song on Relapse. This song had begun to be written while sitting in rehab.
Via MTV:
There’s only one song on the record that
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Eminem (Ft. Royce da 5'9" & White Gold) – You Gon' Learn
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On “You Gon' Learn,” Eminem teams up with Royce da 5'9" and White Gold to stress the importance of resilience and determination. Royce and Em present themselves as products of
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Eminem (Ft. Royce da 5'9") – Bad Meets Evil
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The name of this song would be applied to the duo themselves in future releases.
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Eminem – The Warning
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Released in the summer of 2009, this track is a response to Mariah Carey’s song “Obsessed” which was an Eminem diss.
In this song, Eminem disses Mariah Carey and her husband Nick
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Bad Meets Evil – The Reunion
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In “The Reunion”, Eminem and Royce return to their horrorcore roots with a song full of misogynistic lyrics.
The lyrics spin a narrative told in the first person with alternating
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Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem – Forever
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Four of hip-hop’s heavyweights take turns going in over a hard beat by Boi-1da.
During his Detroit stop on his Summer Sixteen tour, Drake brought out Eminem to perform his epic
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Trick Trick (Ft. Eminem & Royce da 5'9") – Twerk Dat Pop That
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Twerk Dat Pop That by Trick Trick, featuring Royce da 5'9' and Eminem is a song about those 3 well known guys having some fun in a Detroit strip club.
While Trick Trick is busy
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The Notorious B.I.G. (Ft. Eminem) – Dead Wrong
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A posthumous Biggie song about rape, murder, and pedophilia—perfect for an Eminem feature, which he discussed in his autobiography The Way I Am:
I rapped on a remix of The
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Eminem – Lose Yourself
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“Lose Yourself” is the theme song from Eminem’s semi-biographical 2002 movie 8 Mile. Eminem is narrating the life of the film’s protagonist, Jimmy, up until the third verse, where
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Eminem (Ft. dEnAun & Royce da 5'9") – Eminem Freestyles on Tim Westwood
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A sick nine-verse cypher freestyle by Detroit natives Mr. Porter, Royce da 5'9" and Eminem, taken from the Tim Westwood Show in late June 2010 to promote Eminem’s Recovery album
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Eminem (Ft. Rihanna) – Love the Way You Lie
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This smash hit saw Eminem and Rihanna reflect on their ambivalent and abusive relationships with their respective ex-partners Kim & Chris Brown.
Skylar Grey wrote the track’s
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Eminem (Ft. Joell Ortiz, KXNG Crooked & Royce da 5'9") – I Will
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On “I Will,” Eminem reunites his Slaughterhouse comrades, KXNG Crooked, Royce da 5'9" and Joell Ortiz for a posse cut over a classic boom-bap beat. However, Slaughterhouse member
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Eminem – We Made You
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A love/hate letter to pop culture in the style of his 2000 smash hit single, “The Real Slim Shady”, “We Made You” provides comic relief from the serial killer theme of 2009’s
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Royce da 5'9" (Ft. Eminem) – Renegade (Original Version)
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The original version. Eminem had a beat for Jay-Z but at the time he was recording with 2 inch reels and the reel with the beat on it was in L.A., and Em was in Detroit and Jay was
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Eminem (Ft. Juice WRLD) – Godzilla
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Eminem and late rapper Juice WRLD team up for the first time on “Godzilla,” where they compare themselves to monsters. In particular, they become Godzilla, a fictional sea monster
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Eminem (Ft. Paul Rosenberg) – Paul (Skit) [2009]
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The traditional phone call Em gets from Paul Rosenberg on every album. This one was featured on Relapse.
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Who Shot Ya?
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“Who Shot Ya?” is Biggie’s warning to his adversaries not to mess with him and if they do, he will return the favor by killing them.
The song was originally recorded for Mary J
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Eminem – 8 Mile
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Off the soundtrack to the semi-autobiographical 8 Mile, Eminem tells a story similar to what goes on throughout the movie. It is the story of the troubles one goes through trying
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Eminem (Ft. Dido) – Stan
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In this song, Eminem corresponds with a crazed fan who becomes increasingly unhinged as the story progresses. This is one of his most well-received singles and was listed at #15 on
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Eminem – Darkness
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“Darkness” is the lead single from Eminem’s surprise album, Music to Be Murdered By. It was released with its music video alongside the album.
It has become common for rappers to
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Eminem – Crazy In Love
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A rare example of Eminem singing a whole song rather than rapping, he details the difficulties of being in love with a woman that’s almost as crazy as he is.
It’s a matter of some
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Eminem (Ft. Slaughterhouse & Yelawolf) – 2.0 Boys
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The talented Slaughterhouse quadruplet of Royce Da 5'9", Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden, and Crooked I come together with Yelawolf and Slim Shady himself for a posse cut built for Rap
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50 Cent – In da Club
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“In da Club” was the first of seven tracks 50 Cent recorded with Dr. Dre in only five days. Originally planned as a D12 song for the 8 Mile soundtrack, producer Dr Dre played the
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