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Although they have been a little evangelical to the Kanye West in jesus is king, Lord Above is, above all, the umpteenth confirmation that Eminem is still hungry. No supersonic flow. No extravagant rhythm changes. They said Eminem was coming. And Eminem has come. His new collaboration with Fat Joe, Dre and Mary J Blige, Lord Above is pure fire and a true gentleman return to his stylistic origins. No wonder Eminem has hijacked practically half of the five-minute song.
fat joe already warned us this Tuesday that in his new song Eminem would be in unleashed mode: "Eminem hasn't rhymed like this in years. He is the most disrespectful thing I've seen in a long time." Today, with the publication at the end of the song Lord Above, (belonging to the album with Dre Family Ties) We've been able to hear how much truth there is in the words of the rapper and producer who, some time ago, rejected signing Eminem (more on that later). Here we have Lord Above. The same week, mind you, in which Eminem was named the most listened to rapper of the decade on Spotify. For Mr. Slim Shady, Christmas has come early.
Fat Joe releases an album, but the Internet is only aware of one thing: the piece of Eminem in his new song. As usual since the blond boy from Detroit slipped into rap mainstream back in 1999, his mere presence on Fat Joe's album (only in one cut) has been enough for him to appropriate all the attention. Lord Above is the second collaboration between Eminem and Fat Joe, who already coincided in 2005 with the remix of Read Back.Below you can listen to what will surely be the last appearance of Eminem in a very prolific 2019 in which we have been able to enjoy his collaborations in Homicide (Logic), Rainy days (Boogie) and Bang (Conway The Machine):
As you have seen, the piece of Eminem in the song Lord Above it is a festival. Unicorns aside, we're left with Tupac Shakur's mother's gold nugget. The death of Afeni Shakur in 2016 has served Eminem to launch another of his trademark stylistic gems. Using a clever play of syllables, Eminem rhymes the rapper's name Anderson Paak with "and-her-son-Pac" ("and his son Pac"). At 47 years old and with nine platinum records under his belt, the fact that Marshall Mathers continues to explore new frontiers in his poetics, syntax and metrics says it all about him. Here is the piece of it:
I'm sittin' here, reminiscin', think I just got a lightbulb
Somethin' I'd like to mention, this is just on a side note
Word to the Terror Squad, Joe, this is all pun's aside though
I know me and Mariah didn't end on a high note
But that other dude's whipped, that pussy got him neutered
Tried to tell him this chick's a nut job before he got his jewels clipped
Almost got my caboose kicked, fool, quit, you not gon' do shit
I let her chop my balls off, too fore' I lost to you, Nic
I should quit watchin' news clips, yeah
My balls are too big, I should be talkin' pool
'Cause I got scratches on my pocket, fall when I'm takin' shots at you
Fuck it, let me chalk the cue stick
I'm over the top, like pool, whip
And I promise you the day I fall off or lose it
I will stop and cut off the music
Opportunist, wanna kill shit every chance that I got to do this
Stackin' my guap, savage, I'm not
To fool with, like a handgun, you could say I'm like a Gat when it's cocked
I keep it a (buck, buck) You're ass'll get shot
If rap was an actual Glock, you'd act like you strapped when you're not
Only cap that you pop is the top on the can of your pop
You the man 'till I pop your top
You ain't Jack in a Box
And I ain't talkin' a hamburger spot
Cracker with a barrel, armed to the teeth, Anderson .Paak (Yeah)
Rest in peace to Afeni and her son Pac
You sent me that plaque with his rhyme sheet, I haven't forgot (Nah)
Blow 30 million in a month, call it Booster's millions
Just hope I don't lose the feelin', from soldier to civilian
Got everything I need but I don't even see myself in the future chillin'
Only thing I don't have in the booth's a ceiling, just call me the roofless villain
They telling me sky's the limit, so I got my head in the clouds
Unicorn in human form, saw a gift horse, look him dead in the mouth
(And Lord) And Lord, good lookin' out, for sendin' me Edna and Charles
Whenever mom kicked me out of the house
They were the bomb, then you sent me LL
All the times that I hated myself, since eleven or twelve
Only way that I knew how to better myself is when I bet against everyone else
So Joe hit the head on the nail
You ain't seen God 'till you starin down a barrel
I was gun shy, but now like a snail
The slug's comin' out of its shell
Fat Joe: The Man Who Rejected Eminem
Who was going to tell Fat Joe in 1996 (who has ten albums to his credit, none of them number one) that in 2019, to promote his new work, he would turn to the same boy he slammed the door on up to six times? As Fat Joe acknowledged this same month of October in an interview, Eminem coincided with Fat Joe in Florida up to six times. In all of them, the young man insisted that he listen to his songs and in all of them Fat Joe said yes. Which he never actually did:
“Here in Florida, Eminem gave me his demo like six times. Everywhere I went, there was this little white kid like, 'Hey, listen to my music, I'm telling you, I'm good, I'm good, I'm good. And I never did, and he now he is the biggest guy in the universe ».
Although that title may be somewhat subjective, this week Spotify confirmed to us that, at least in the rap category, no one has beaten him in the 2010s.
This great collaboration added to 50 Cent's recent comments about a new Eminem album leaves us with an unbeatable rug for 2020 that we already have just around the corner. Eminem is fitter than ever.