Kid Cudi and Eminem just released their first-ever collaboration “The Adventures Of Moon Man & Slim Shady.” Within minutes, Hip Hop fans started dissecting the track bar-for-bar and it was immediately clear Shady used the platform to unleash all of the pent-up aggression 2020 has conjured up.
From quarantine life and the absurd debate over whether to wear a mask to Drew Brees’ inflammatory comments and the police killing of George Floyd, Em wastes no time bringing his fans up to date on the current climate of the United States.
“I had hoop dreams, now I shoot threes (What?)/Got a lil’ green (Yeah), but I don’t do weed (Nope)/Purp nor lean (Nah), that’s Tunechi (Yeah)/That’s New Orleans (Yeah), fuck Drew Brees (Yeah),” he raps toward the beginning of the verse.
Then Shady sets his sights on the Donald Trump administration and coronavirus, expressing his disdain for both 45 and the grim reality of COVID-19.
“Bunch of half wits up in office,” he spits. “Half of us walking around like a zombie apocalypse/Other half are just pissed off and don’t wanna wear a mask/And they’re just scoffing/And that’s how you end catching the shit off ’em/I just used the same basket as you shopping/Now I’m in a fucking casket from you coughing.”
Finally, Em pays tribute to Floyd as well as Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old Black man killed by a white father and son as he was jogging one Georgia morning.
“Prayers to George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery,” he raps. “How the fuck is it that so many cops are dirty?/Stop man, please, officer, I’m sorry/But I can’t breathe when I got you on top of me/Your goddamn knee’s on my carotid artery.”
Eminem Joins Kid Cudi For 'The Adventures Of Moon Man & Slim Shady' Single
And while it’s certainly a stretch, some Twitter sleuths are wondering if he throws a sub a Drake with the line, “I got you in my top five worst rappers of all time/I lost my spot, y’all got Alzheim/King of rap? Nah, their words, not mine (Yeah)/King of swear words and not lying (Yeah)/You should never compare yours/A toll free number, only way you’ll ever have a hot-line,” a possible reference to the OVO Sound boss’ 2015 single “Hotline Bling.”
Whatever the case, Em and Cudi’s collab is getting plenty of love on the social media platform.
Check out some of the reactions below.
You all damn well know that drake has been ethering eminem since that forever song back in 2009. Eminems fallen the fuck off. If kid cudi wanted another no.1 single, he should have crawled to drake instead of a fading pop star
Lmao go suck drake dick some more pop artist? Drake doesn’t write anything…. he sings on most tracks hes the idol for 12 year old girls. Oh but I cant bump em in the hood so hes a pop artist. Your braindead
ems sold more than drake releaphose by release though so you make no sense, fading popstar just had the highest selling hiphop album worldwide
Plan to listen to this tonight. Mainly commenting cause someone said that someone had the balls to diss Drake… Can someone get this guy on some Peggy? JPEGMAFIA HAD been doing it for some time, I believe.
Drew Brees had a brain cramp, made a mistake and apologized. Brees has given his time and money to N’awlins. Stephen Jackson on the other hand said and posted weird anti-Semitic ramblings and refused to apologize, even doubling down. Brees got taken to task, rightfully so. Now where’s the bashing of Stephen Jackson? Oh so now they’re gonna pick and choose what bigotry is okay and which is not? Fuck all that. ALL RACIST PIGS SUCK NO MATTER WHO DOES THE HATING!!! FUCK STEPHEN JACKSON!!!
Why the fuck should Drew Brees even apologise? What for saying it is disrespectful to kneel on the flag which it is. No apology needed where as Jackson says racist shit yet gets a pass. Sick to fucking death of this one sided racism bullshit and rich white cock heads like Eminem adding fuel and agreeing with it. Trump 2020
Drew Brees should have NEVER apologized but instead he went to apologize like 4-5 times after his family got death threats from some black marxists/communists in BLM who hate USA and want to destroy USA to bring about their imagined marxist/communist utopia that has never worked anywhere.
Didnt you hear? Black people cant be racists. They all hide behind that bullshit and these pathetic liberals are too cowardly to call them out on it.
What did Drew Brees say that was bigoted? Something about standing for the flag?
That wordplay, flow, rhyme scheme is crazy
Maybe he dissed drake, but considering he stated that he will forever love drake for what drake did for his daughters (he never elaborated on that) then it is 99.9% unlikely that it’s about him.
Supposedly drake showed up and did a private show for one of his daughters high school graduation. That’s easily a 500K favor. It was a surprise because mês daughter was sick a fan. He flew out in his own jet and didn’t charge em a dime. Smart play.
Em going after Drakes corpse after Pusha T buried him. Nice.
Eminem is such a cuckold. And all these racist black people hate him anyway LOL. Just goes to show theres no point trying to fit in and get along with these folks. You cant win no matter what if you are white. Their racism overrides any good you do.
I hope you choke on a pretzel….
-another cuckold
You aint lying. Ive been the type of stick by black folks and do good. 1 time i had a different opinion then my black friends and suddenly i was being called racist for no reason other than having a different view, ive minded my business ever since. i recommend all non racist whites mind their own business. If u openly support and suddenly ‘slip’ once youll be outcasted forever and all the good u did will be forgotten instantely.
100% true. Apparently if your opinion isn’t exactly the same as theirs that makes you racist. Fucking joke
People said same thing about Em dissing Drake on Kamikaze. Em said that he will never diss Drake because Drake came through for his daughter one time and Em said he appreciated and never forget that.
This is for nerds.
Em throws shade at Trump? Nooooooooo! It can’t be! LMAO! Trump is a dead horse being beaten over and over again. Shit is low hanging fruit at this point.
If he keeps doing new dumb shit, then that horse is far from dead… (see: covid-19 response/3rd grade speeches)
Is em throwing a jab at bud den with the mouse trap line
Whelp we knew this was coming.
People don’t learn. Shady doesn’t do subs. He calls you out by name. If he ain’t say your name then he aint talking about you.
Em stay killin shit! CrDnlSn- Mic Is Life 4 on Itunes, get that in ur earholez now my frieng!
People are obsessed with the idea of Eminem dissing Drake, despite him already stating that he’ll be in his good graces forever. It’s a shame too because it’s great track with both artists killing it over a nice beat. Plus it’s refreshing to hear Em doing some down to earth rhymes rather than going full “Rap God” again.
I wonder if Eminem ever gets sore. You know, from all the sodomy…
First off I’m colored.. Eminem got skills so why these mafuckas needa hate the skill?? Fuck outta here u wack weak fucks
I pictured some kids holding you down with markers painting your skin. LOL. WTF says “I’m colored?” I’m a Latino BTW. Is this 1953?
Shit ain’t changed my nigga, where the fuck u been lately?
eminem with such cringe worthy lines. Floor I’d swish smh he’s trying so hard to remain relevant with these 2009 metaphors that have all been said already. gotta know when to hang it up.
Ethers Drew Brees? Lmao. Dude is corny af! Gtfoh with this bullshit!
Haters love to hate. For real. Being good at rapping is corny now. Doubles and triples (not necessarily in this song) are wack. Wordplay is cringe. People are more satisfied mumbling along than using their brain. It’s sad.
Track is better than I thought, Em shows how he can go outside of usual boundaries. Glad to see Cudi making new music again. He finds a way to make fire on the down low. 4 real Passion Pain and Demon Slaying plus Kids See Ghosts are very overlooked
“Fuck Drew Brees” is ether now? Go to your room and don’t come out til you call Nas and apologize
At this point it’s starting to get like Messi in soccer. It’s just undeniable. GOAT
Yeah, it’s football, deuche. Messi ain’t no Pele or Ronaldo Phenom, but whatever. Argentinian meat is a HUGE part of your diet apparently.
Football is the NFL you eurotrash fa66ot poser.
Lol at how ghey you are
Even rapping slower Eminem still kills it. I respect to skills and his wordplay.
It’s crazy that Cudi goes off on so much different and experimental shit, that we al forget he can rap his ass off. This was an excellent track. Not really my cup of tea, but incredibly sound technically. Don’t funk with Em’a pen, or with dude on the mic. Black thought is the only living human that has a chance IMO.
Em starting to look like an old lesbian the more liberal he goes for real
says the random internet commenter who will die without anyone knowing his name having contributed less to humanity culture and the development of music than 1/10000000th of what em or cudi or even Dot Da Genius have done in one year, let alone their entire careers
Says the corny guy who isnt original enough to even make a fake new screen name ?
Jay z is the better rapper .. Jay doesn’t have a encore .. jayz more hiphop
How you know it’s me
Em is getting lazy and lame ?