Genius Meanings
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Eminem (Ft. 50 Cent, Ca$his & Lloyd Banks) – You Don’t Know
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“You Don’t Know”, released on November 7, 2006, was the lead single for The Re-Up. Em united the Shady, Aftermath and G-Unit crews to emphasize their influence in the rap game.
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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 (Ft. Dina Rae) – Superman
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Adding to Eminem’s collection of songs expressing his anger against ex-wife Kim Mathers, “Superman” contains a lot of harsh truths about the kinds of women that Eminem interacts
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Eminem – The Way I Am
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The second single from Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP, also featured on his 2005 album Curtain Call: The Hits
In the tradition of most of Eminem’s follow-up singles, “The Way I Am
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Eminem – Without Me
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The Eminem Show’s lead single shows Eminem’s realization of his importance to the rap game and his claim that it wouldn’t be the same without him.
“Without Me” is recognized to
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Dr. Dre (Ft. Eminem & Skylar Grey) – I Need a Doctor
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A cinematic song detailing the relationship between Eminem and Dr. Dre.
Em talks about Dre being stuck creatively, unable to make music the way he used to due to his grief and
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Xzibit (Ft. Eminem) – Don't Approach Me
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Off Xzibit’s 2000 album Restless. A low-budget music video was shot, even though it wasn’t released as a single. The song was produced by Eminem.
Eminem shared the story behind
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Eminem – Puke
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Marshall shows his outright hatred for Kim in this track off Encore. Kim Mathers was married to Eminem for almost a decade prior to his rise in popularity and they started to break
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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 – Cold Wind Blows
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In the opening track off Recovery, Eminem gets icy towards “pussies”, both the male kind and the female kind, settling the score with rivals.
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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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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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D12 – My Band
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This song is the first single from D12’s second album D12 World. The song has a satirical tone, suggesting Eminem is the lead singer of the “band”.
The music video parodies other
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Eminem – Kill You
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“Kill You” is the opening track to the album, and is a lyrical tirade against Kim, Debbie Mathers, girlish rappers and women in general. The call-and-response part after the hook
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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 – Mockingbird
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Possibly the least offensive Eminem song ever, this Encore track is directed and dedicated to his daughters. Eminem acknowledges that growing up with his media image and Kim’s drug
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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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Dr. Dre (Ft. Eminem, Phish (rapper) & Xzibit) – What’s the Difference
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Dre, Eminem and Xzibit wax poetic about the differences between themselves and other rappers
Em feels a little bit of resentment towards his on-and-off wife, Kim
Check out an
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Eminem – Rain Man
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This song is named after the 1988 movie Rain Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. One of the main characters in the movie is autistic, and the song references several of his
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Eminem – 8 Mile: B-Rabbit vs Papa Doc
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This final rap battle is the climactic point of the film. Papa Doc wins the coin toss and elects to “let that bitch go first.” Aware that Doc has a lot of potential material about
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Eminem – Just Lose It
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Released as the first single off of Encore, Em goes very far with scatological humor, Michael Jackson jokes and one of the most distinctive choruses in Em’s career.
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Eminem – Big Weenie
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The song was released on Encore.
It’s a diss track aimed at Ray Benzino, the guy who owns The Source, a Hip-Hop magazine. Eminem disses him and says he’s just jealous because he’s
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Eminem – Marshall Mathers
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The title track off The Marshall Mathers LP is a direct reaction to the turmoil his life went in to after the release and runaway success of The Slim Shady LP, most notably the
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Eminem (Ft. 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks & Tony Yayo) – Bump Heads
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[Intro: 50 Cent, Green Lantern, Eminem and Busta Rhymes & Xzibit Sample] / Nigga, hahaha (Oh!) / (Yeah) Yeah / (Here we go again) / Shady, haha (Shady Records mixtape) / 50 Cent (
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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 – Yellow Brick Road
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This song was Eminem’s response to a controversy that arose when an old tape titled “Foolish Pride” was leaked, with Eminem rapping that black women are dumb and will use you for
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Eminem – Cleanin' Out My Closet
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Eminem raps about his father abandoning him as a child, his turbulent affair with his ex-wife Kim, and his irreparably damaged relationship with his mother Debbie.
For an update
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Joyner Lucas – I'm Not Racist
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“I’m Not Racist” is about the disconnect between white and black people in the United States. Joyner attempts to rap from both sides of the political climate between conservative
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Eminem – Just Don't Give a Fuck
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Eminem details his writing process for this track in his lyrics book Angry Blonde:
“Just Don’t Give a Fuck” was a song that I wrote when I was staying at my mother’s house. It was
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Eminem – The Ringer
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“The Ringer” sees Eminem continuing his criticism of the state of hip-hop in 2018, focusing especially on mumble rappers, some of whom he calls out by name like Lil Xan and Lil
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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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Eminem (Ft. D12 & Obie Trice) – Doe Rae Me
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This song serves as Eminem joining in on the 50 Cent/Ja Rule beef. Eminem joined after being outraged that Ja referenced Eminem’s daughter, Hailie, in one of his diss tracks. The
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Xzibit (Ft. Eminem & Nate Dogg) – My Name
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This song was during the Dre/Dupri and Eminem/Canibus beefs. Xzibit wasn’t directly involved with either, but wanted to make sure Dre and Em knew he had their back. Off of Xzibit’s
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Eminem – Not Afraid
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An inspirational and brutally honest anthem for Eminem’s fans addressing that of his struggles and triumphs, and encouraging his fans to reach their triumphs as well.
When
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Eminem – Venom
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“Venom” is the main theme of the soundtrack for the 2018 Columbia Pictures movie Venom based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.
The movie’s main character is a
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Eminem – Love You More
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A bonus track off of Encore, Eminem goes into further detail about his and Kim’s unstable relationship. Most of the songs about he and Kim up until this point were just hateful
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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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Eminem – Fall
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“Fall” continues Kamikaze’s main theme of criticizing the current state of the rap game while also responding to critics of his then-previous album, Revival, which was—and remains—
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Eminem – G.O.A.T.
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This song was leaked by StudioLeaks. It was recorded during Em’s ‘drugged up’ phase and would have been released likely on ‘King Mathers’ had it ever came through.
The song is
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Eminem – Berzerk
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Eminem’s first single off MMLP2. A snippet was released during the commercials for the VMA’s in order to build buzz for the album. The song gives off a golden-age vibe, as it is
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Eminem – Legacy
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Speaking on this song with Rolling Stone, Eminem said:
I don’t know if anyone will get this, like this is super-nerdy, but the rhyming words in that song never change. And that’s
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Eminem (Ft. Ed Sheeran) – River
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“River” details the struggles of a failing relationship that culminates in an abortion. The story initially depicts a man who has been cheating on his girlfriend. The girl finds
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Eminem – Kim
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Written in 1998, this is the prequel to 1997’s “97' Bonnie & Clyde”.
Em wrote in Angry Blonde:
This little media favorite was actually the first official song that I wrote for
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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 – Like Toy Soldiers
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Sampling a children’s choir from Martika’s “Toy Soldiers” for the chorus, “Like Toy Soldiers” finds Eminem emphasizing the importance of friendship and his duty/respect to those he
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Eminem – Normal
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“Normal” expresses Em’s desire to be in a regular relationship, as opposed to the hazardous fictional relationships he has described on songs such as “Love the Way You Lie”, “
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