Eminem‘s new album album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) is here, and it finds the rap legend taking shots at Diddy and Ja Rule while also poking fun at Kanye West.
The project, a concept album that sees Em in battle with his alter ego Slim Shady, contains several comments about other music figures such as Lizzo and the countless white rappers he has inspired.
The self-proclaimed Rap God saves most of his lyrical darts for Diddy and his multiple sexual assault lawsuits.
On “Antichrist,” he references the CCTV footage of the Bad Boy boss brutally assaulting ex-girlfriend Cassie in 2016: “Next idiot ask me is gettin’ his ass beat worse than Diddy did/ But on the real, though/ She prolly ran out the room with his fuckin’ dildo/ He try to field goal punt her, she said to chill/ Now put it back in my ass and get the steel toe.”
The most brutal insult comes on the JID-assisted “Fuel” where Em raps: “I’m like a R-A-P-E-R/ Got so many S-As, S-As/ Wait, he didn’t just spell the word ‘rapper’ and leave out a P, did he?/ R.I.P., rest in peace Biggie/ And ‘Pac, both of y’all should be living/ But I ain’t tryna beef with him/ ‘Cause he might put a hit on me like Keefe D did him.”
The lyrics reference the claim made by Keefe D, the former gangmember who has been charged with 2Pac’s murder, that Puffy offered him $1 million to kill both ‘Pac and Suge Knight at the height of Bad Boy’s feud with Death Row Records in the mid ’90s.
On “Bad One,” Eminem references the rape allegations against Diddy and singer Aaron Hall: “This sounds like something that Puff would do/ At the party with Aaron Hall ’cause I just love to fuck with you.”
Later in the song, he spits: “The people still seem to think they want the old me ’til they get him/ Got ’em up in arms like monkey bars/ The fucking bomb with the Puffy on/ I’m blowing up Kid Cudi‘s car/ In front of his house where all his buddies are.”
In Cassie’s since-settled lawsuit against Diddy, she claimed that the mogul had Cudi’s car blown up for briefly dating the singer.
“Antichrist” also sees Em joking about Kanye West’s public outbursts while poking fun at his ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s sex tape with Ray J: “Say they wish that I wasn’t so angry/ They wanna see me goin’ off the deep end like Ye, aye/ Rather see me do like Kim Kardashian they say, yeah/ And find a way to get rid of all of this rage, aye [Ray J].”
“Bad One” features another Kanye reference, this time about his medication and mental health issues: “Brain is dead, space cadet/ Like when Ye forgets to take his meds.”
Old foe Ja Rule is also unable to escape the shots as Em raps on “Guilty Conscience 2,” the sequel to his and Dr. Dre‘s Slim Shady LP collaboration: “When I say, ‘Fuck midgets,’ I mean Ja Rule.”
Little people are a recurring theme across the album, with Em earlier rapping: “Swear to God, I see one of them little fuckers come at me/ I’ll pick it up by its legs and drop it and kick it.”
The line also appears to be a callback to when Em called Ja a “little mothafuckin’ midget” on his 2003 diss song “Hailie’s Revenge (Doe Rae Me).”
“Road Rage,” a song mostly about Slim Shady saying outrageous things about fat people, contains a dig at proudly plus-size singer Lizzo: “Ain’t never really truly over ’til Lizzo sings/ We should coddle fat people, yeah, here’s a concept, let’s celebrate onset/ Diabetes and instead of us dieting we can just have a pie-eating contest.”
“Bad One” also hears Eminem addressing his legacy and the horde of white rappers that have followed him: “Yeah, this whole sub-genre with all these corny white rappers, I’m not a fan of it/ It ain’t my fault but like sock puppets I had a hand in it.”
The namedrops aren’t all negative, though. The Death of Slim Shady also finds Eminem defending Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Joyner Lucas from critics.
“Now let’s travel inside the mind of a hater/ ‘Cause I don’t see no fans, all I see’s a bunch of complainers/ ‘Kendrick’s album was cool, but it didn’t have any bangers/ Wayne’s album or Ye’s, couldn’t tell you which one was lamer/ Joyner’s album was corny, Shady’s new shit is way worse/ Everything is either too tame or there’s too much anger/ I didn’t like the beat, so I hated ‘Might Delete Later”/ You nerdy pricks would find somethin’ wrong with ’36 Chambers,'” he raps on the opening song “Renaissance.”
gota admit this is em i want to see.
Damn this album is huge. I’m dead. Lucifer or Temporary got me. Ducking bravo
Lame as usual. Being edgy and a culture culture ain’t it in 2024.
Give it a rest Ovo. Drake isn’t gonna bang you. You’re far to old and overweight for him
This album is fire. Fuel was crazy
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He’s back.
The good ol’ monotonous, unlistenable bs.
Eminem still salty Ja flamed him on Loose Change
Eminem still salty Ja flamed him on Loose Change
Eminem is so shitty at making actual music.
And you’re so shitty at posting comments on here
Halfway in and I’m kinda bored. Sure, he’s still lyrically impressive and can bend words however he wants, but he’s not exactly saying anything that he hasn’t already said on every single album. The same type of goofy rhymes and trying so hard to be edgy, and showing very little growth. Beats so far aren’t all that impressive for someone with access to any producer he wants. I think I’m just too old to listen to Em anymore, which is weird because he’s older than me.
so… finished the album, second half was better than the first, despite the corny single being in the 2nd half. Probably a 6.5/10…. maybe if I listen a few more times it’ll improve but thus far the new Lupe and Common/Pete Rock albums are a better overall listen.
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I thought there was supposed to be a track with 50 and Dre? Album is okay… I like that he slowed down the flow for a few, and did t purely do the modern, choppy, rappity rap rap every time.
Somewhere along the way Em forgot how to make music. He still makes songs… but idk, it just seems like “youtube rapper” type content.
This album is better than your booty bandit Drake’s last 5 projects combined
This album is incredible
Paul Rosenberg is Eminem’s handler. He is a small hat. He probably told Eminem to diss Ye.
U definitely took the little bus to school Lol
This album is ass and gotta be a joke
Shut Yo Goofy Ass Up
This is what I was exactly waiting for for the last four years, Eminem always delivers, probably gonna listen to this for the whole year, nothing can top this album.
This was vintage Slim. I absolutely love the death of Slim Shady
My only complain with this album is that once again he didnt find room for Westside Boogie and GRIP. Other than that, perfect. Oh, and the 2Chainz joint should have been on there.
Ja Rule is listed taller than Eminem just saying and both of them are small in height . Not a good diss line, guess he’s still hurt after that loose change diss Ja always on his mind. Just remember people g unit said they were gonna throw Ja’s kids off a bridge first that’s way worse than any line Ja warned Eminem about focusing on his kid. Instead of letting 50 diss Ja .
Ja Rule is listed taller than Eminem just saying and both of them are small in height . Not a good diss line, guess he’s still hurt after that loose change diss Ja always on his mind. Just remember people g unit said they were gonna throw Ja’s kids off a bridge first that’s way worse than any line Ja warned Eminem about focusing on his kid. Instead of letting 50 diss Ja .