Detroit rapper Eminem provided insight into his newly-released The Marshall Mathers LP 2, specifically “Bad Guy,” a song that serves as the album’s introductory track, during a recent interview with Sway of MTV News this week.
Following Sway’s comments on the similarities between “Bad Guy” and The Marshall Mathers LP record “Stan,” Eminem revealed that “Bad Guy” is where the continuation from The Marshall Mathers LP begins. He also referred to the track as an introduction to the album and a sampling of what fans can expect from the rest of the records featured on the LP.
“Making the ‘Bad Guy’ record I felt like ‘I want to make sure that I make something that ties in with The Marshall Mathers LP,’” said Em. “You know, the first one. And I wanted to make it make sense that if I’m gonna go down this road, this could be—be ready for what’s about to happen. So, it’s kinda like to me the song the way I was thinking when I wrote it was like ‘What if this nightmare just happened that I decided to do this album and everything just started coming back on me?’ Matthew came back, Stan’s little brother, and he came back to kill me. Just all this shit just started happening.
“So, it was kinda like ‘Bad Guy’ to me is more like, technically to me, is more like an intro to the album,” he added. “Like ‘Okay, this is what’s about to happen. Here it is.’ And then picking up from the ‘Criminal’ skit where The Marshall Mathers LP left off. I don’t know if anyone caught that, but that’s kind of where the continuation starts.”
Similar to “Stan,” the first few verses on “Bad Guy” are performed by Eminem, but from the perspective of someone else. The song is told from the perspective of Matthew Mitchell, Stan’s little brother, and takes on an ominous tone similar to the record’s predecessor, “Stan.” Like “Stan,” “Bad Guy” also concludes with a verse from Eminem as himself.
Released on November 5, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 sold just short of 800,000 copies in its first week and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. And as a result of the album’s release, a number of other albums from the Detroit wordsmith also saw an increase in sales, including The Marshall Mathers LP, which leapt from #106 to #30 on the charts this week.
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I was wondering who he was referencing on that track. The beat is tight.
i agree….wish he didnt come in so lazy the first two verses
Everyone’s acting like Rap God is so impressive and it is to an extent since he rapped it so fast but Em didn’t even write it all himself! Doug E Fresh and Slick Rick had to help him.
rap god contains parts of ‘the show’ which is listed in the credits on the MMLP2.. the beat was produced by DVLP, not Eminem.. the song is all about lyrics, i think we all know he wrote those himself!!
HAhaha yes and Bezerk was written by Mike Diamond and the late Adam Yauch…
Eminem wrote all of rap god by himself because he is a genius!!!! Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick contributed 4 words,(“Six minutes your on”) unlike lil Wayne Eminem’s music is never stolen and always original and yes he paid homage to Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick for using 4 words from their 1985 single “The Show “. You should get the facts straight before just making statements.
Em wishes he was as good of a lyricist as Weezy. And as relevant as Weezy.
u need a day job
You really are a fucking idiot you dumb fuck. Cunt
Are you fucking kidding me? Weezy (and I mean it as an insult) is only relevant because he’s whored himself to almost every fad and franchise there is to sway is li’l ass back and forth at. Lyrically, Weezy was good, admittedly; however, there is absolutely no way he could reach Eminem’s caliber (punchlines, stories, subject-matter, flow, etc.). Weezy is practically still in 4th grade compared to the college professor Slim is. Don’t go on to say I’m riding his dick (obviously you “love to lick the lollipop”), I’m just stating well-known facts. If Eminem and Weezy had beef, Slim would stint the latter’s career so bad that the battle itself would be as abrupt and prompt as it takes to say “A Mili.”
So is that why Eminem can subliminally dis Wayne on 3 different albums without Wayne having the slightest clue? Eminem eats posers like Wayne for breakfast and laughs cuz he didn’t even try all that hard.. why don’t you actually listen and understand the lyrics and you will see how much of a fake ass square /swagger jacker lil Wayne really is… I mean anyone who steals whole verses from other artists must be rimming with genius. sip some more syrup you fucking moron.
Em don’t get the bitches like Weezy does.
Em don’t get money like Weezy does.
Em gets more women and bitches than Wayne.
No he doesn’t fuckboy
Yes, he does.
NO HE FUCKING DOESN”T ASSHOLE
ok you win…
Actually, he does, Young Money, stanley.
Eminem’s net worth as of 2014 $225 Million
lil Wayne’s net worth as of 2014 $135 Million
and they both get more pussy than any of us combined so point proven
duh
You really are a fucking idiot you dumb fuck.
Look up in the sky nigga.
See who’s up in the sky nigga.
It’s Ja Rule nigga.
And he about to poop on you nigga.
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Em wishes he could poop as well as Ja Rule does.
#NoOnePoopsOrRapsBetterThanJa
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mmlp2 = 793k 1st week with big promo
carter4 = 960k 1st week with ZERO promo and NO radio singles
lmao..now lets compare career sales…lil wayne is a fraction of what Em is….nuff said
i’m not lying, Em has 10x bigger fanbase than Wayne and had HEAPS of promo. yet he couldnt push 960k 1st week like Wayne!
Wayne had big promo and radio singles, too, idiot. Besides, Eminem already outdid Wayne’s 1st week sales with the Marshall Mathers LP selling 1.7 million 1st week.
MMLP2 outsold INAHB2, which sold 217k 1st week.
Err wayne has a massive cross over fanbase because of the massive amount of songs hes featured on. Fucking idiot. Eminem has almost only featured on other rappers shit, with the exception of like 1 or 2 songs. Wayne has done songs with every pop artist you can think of, shiiit hes even done shit with Madonna.
face it, Carter4 had ZERO radio songs (only hit was 6foot7foot) or promo (remember it was all about WTT and RED album back in 2011) and sold 960k 1st week! With ALL the RADIO HITS and PROMO, mmlp2 SHOULD HAVE sold more than 793k since Em has a bigger fanbase than weezy!!
Dumbass, look at the chronology of his singles “6 Foot 7 Foot”
Released: December 16, 2010
“John”
Released: March 24, 2011
“How to Love”
Released: May 31, 2011
“She Will”
These are 5 day numbers… get your facts right.. check back on 2nd week
you dump hoe fuck riding wayne dick so honestly…get some lube!
Carter 4 had tons of promo and a bunch of radio singles. Besides, Eminem already outdid Wayne’s first week sales twice with MMLP selling 1.7 million and The Eminem Show selling 1.3 million.
Waynes bars are all the same, he’s one dimensional, he makes lame/weak comparisons, dry metaphors and kiddie similies….he comes of the exact same in every song, he couldnt do a mocking bird, a stand, toy soldier, yellow brick rd…the list goes on.
get off waynes dick and jump back into reality son…your boy wack.
eminem only sold records to the little 15 year hoes and whiteboys. fuck em all.
also, FUCK drake, FUCK 50 cent, FUCK lil wayne, FUCK soulja boy, FUCK the WHOLE mainstream and radio MUTHAFUCK em all.
underground n old school until da real mainstream shit be back like da 80s-90s.
westside, MOB, bay to LA!
fuck you
I hear ya. Labels do try to dictate rappers and what they rap about and or look like. Yeah, I definitely agree that underground is where it’s better to be.
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What truth?
Why is everyone on Lil Wayne’s dick? He sounds the same in every song,not to mention his lyricism sucks so much he has to have like 30 equally bad guys to feature on his shitty albums. People GET A CLUE!!!
People here “promoting” Lil Wayne. You’re only comparing sales and money, because you can’t compare skill.
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