Eminem is often heralded as one of the greatest MCs to ever grace a microphone, but it’s not abnormal for him to show some love to his contemporaries. In the past, he’s praised the lyrical skills of his Bad Meets Evil collaborator Royce Da 5’9, Joyner Lucas and KXNG Crooked, to name a few.
On Tuesday (December 1), Slim Shady added Treach to the list, just a day before the Naughty By Nature vet’s 50th birthday. At the same time, he plugged Naughty By Nature’s single “Craziest” from 1995’s Poverty’s Paradise.
“Happy b day 2 @triggertreach,” he tweeted. “1 of the greatest rappers of all time!!..I’m still tryin 2 catch up 2 the greatness of the last vs on ‘Craziest.'”
For those who haven’t heard the last verse of “Craziest,” Treach spits in part, “I got barbarians to bogard me in/At a club that barred me when/A broad got thrown like barbarnigan born again, thrown aboard/A brim is broke to the back I brawl and band from brains ta balls/Da boots word ta-burr-bam-boo break the loot/Blowing up brain cells BOOM like Beirut.
“Assume the same suit, fuck that fly shit wit the flavor ca shi/Gives last name ain’t Suzuki but still my sidekick/Whip that hide quick if ya slide quick, blood clot ya Blood clique/You ain’t rolling if our tape ain’t what ya ride wit/Niggas snipe shit so I’m on a knife tip/Like the Youngsters ’bout ta take you on some hip-hop ride shit/If you ain’t jumpin then don’t pump it.”
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This isn’t the first time Eminem has celebrated Treach’s rhyming talent. During an interview for Crooked’s podcast, Eminem claimed he wanted to quit rapping after hearing Treach “rhyme his ass off” on the track “Yoke The Joker” from Naughty By Nature’s 1991 self-titled album.
“He was getting on every fucking song and smoking everybody,” he told Crooked. “When I heard ‘Yoke the Joker’ my heart sank. My heart sank, ’cause I was like, I’ll never be the same as good. I might as well quit. I didn’t write a rhyme for the entire summer.”
Check out “Craziest” and “Yoke The Joker” and send Treach some birthday wishes.
Many more to you…rest in peace to those who passed 2day…
Treach was a monster. Internal rhyme schemes, multisyllabic flows, extended metaphors, street tales, battle rap punchlines, tung twisty double/triple time speed rappin… Treach was doing all that 30 years ago.
Despite all their commercial white girl MTV Beach party success, real spitters never hated on Treach cuz hi skill was evident. He helped NBN blow up with some of the craziest flows that half their audiences couldn’t even keep up with. KayGee remains an underrated producer–his run with NBN, Zhane, and Nexxt, etc. was wild. But as MCs go, Treach really brought the burbs to the hood and didn’t switch up his flow much at all. He just loved party much.
And don’t sleep on Uncle Vinny—he was the Phife Dog of the group.
Naughty all the 90s summer anthems, man.
No lies detected here boss
It is an elite level verse for sure by treach , but it’s still not better than Mos Def’s final verse on “thieves in the night”. IMHO, that verse takes for the cake for the entire genre of hip hop.
yup. Mos’ got too many classic verses. But Em has been a fan of Treach for years. He shouts him out a lot. Also Em met him you when Em was in The Outsidaz in Jersey–they opened for NBN a couple times.
the chain remains…was my personal fav on poverty’s paradise…and treach WENT IN on that one….one of my fav naughty songs ever…
Remember when Em said “ I’m pushin 30, ya kickin 40s door down” ???♂️ Love em..but using age as a diss will always back fire
Difference is em still kills it. Benzino never did. He could stop for ten years and come back harder than before. Something about him that just keeps him hungry.
Ems music is terrible. His beats are the worst and his music is corny after 1999. I thought he was going to be something special but instead he decided to make corny pop records once he got on with Dre.
But why hasn’t Em done a song with akk these legends he loves
Because that don’t sell records! Beyoncé,Rihanna, lil Wayne, Ed Sheran, … sell records! Eminem ain’t about hip hop since recovery. He a pop star, nothing more.
Eminem could cure cancer and some if you clowns would complain, he’s easily better than most people’s top 5 yet he doesnt crown himself and is very humble, that shows good character
Man who cares what Eminem have to say! Mr. Cat and the Hat rhymer. Eminem music is garbage! #Dr.Seuss