Benzino hasn’t run out of steam with his renewed Eminem-bashing just yet, and this time he’s bringing 2Pac into it.
In a new interview clip with The Art of Dialogue published on Friday (February 23), he harshly criticized Em’s production work on the 2004 posthumous album, Loyal to the Game, which put new Slim Shady beats on previously unreleased 2Pac vocals.
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“I think the shit that he did with ‘Pac was horrible,” Zino said. “I think that was a disgrace.”
The formerco-owner of The Source continued: “I think he should have never had ‘Pac’s lyrics to do it. I understand at the time, Afeni [Shakur], maybe it was a money thing. He probably paid for that, because that there was the closest that he would be to Pac.
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“But that was another insult on our culture and community, what he did with that album. That was trash … He should have never got the okay to play with Pac’s voice like that, and his legacy.”
Listen to his comments at the 2:09 mark below:
On the track, the self-proclaimed Rap God mocks his rival’s financial woes and physical stature.
Over a sample of his classic hit, “Role Model,” the Detroit MC raps: “Now I got a riddle, one condition, you mustn’t laugh/ What is the opposite of Benzino? A giraffe/ ‘Go at his neck,’ how the fuck is that?/ How can I go at somethin’ he doesn’t have?”
The “I got a riddle” construction comes from a much earlier Eminem diss of Benzino titled “Armageddon” from the 2004 mixtape, Invasion Part III: Countdown to Armageddon.
Benzino hit back with two separate diss songs, “Vulturius” and “Rap Elvis.”
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Earlier this month, he broke down while discussing the feud during a Drink Champs interview. Just days later, he was back to his old ways, calling Em “overrated” and saying: “I think he sucks as a rapper.”
Benzino isn’t the only person to criticize Em for Loyal to the Game as Suge Knight is no fan of the project, either.
In an episode of Collect Call With Suge Knight from Dave Mays’ Breakbeat Media last month, the former Death Row Records boss talked to Katt Williams about loyalty, the music business and working out, among several other topics.
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During their chat, the 58-year-old also discussed all the people trying to get a piece of ‘Pac following his demise, and the one record that turned out poorly as a result.
“A lot of people been wanting to do songs with ‘Pac and some people even did some shit with ‘Pac,” he said. “There was only one 2Pac project that ever flopped before, and that’s the one Eminem did on all the releases. All the rest of them were successful.”
