Throughout his career Eminem has dropped his fair share of memorable story raps. The most-famous of all, “Stan” (2000), features a subplot where a dude decides to kill his significant other. And on this track (“Black Magic”),...
“Gnat” is your standard Eminem fare, with the lyrics for the most part serving as a means for the rapper to tout himself as an exceptional lyricist and human being in general. Moreover, as...
Eminem’s tracks tend to be newsworthy for one of two reasons. Either he is expounding on his troubled personal life, and/or he is dissing fellow celebrities. And there is elements of both to be found in “Zeus”,...
The sentiment the title of this song (“Lock It Up”) is apparently based on is Eminem feeling a need to reestablish himself as a leader in the rap game. Anderson .Paak’s verse is centered...
This song is based on Eminem, being supported by Don Tolliver, stating that he has “no regrets” in terms of the way he has lived his life. However, he is not making such a claim...
“Stepdad” is based on a revenge fantasy Eminem is having against his stepdad. In the lyrics, he is portraying the role of a child who regularly suffers at the hands of an unjust and cruel...
Eminem’s “Yah Yah” is a posse cut alright. And as such Royce da 5’9”, Black Thought and Eminem use their respective verses to basically big-up themselves. However, this isn’t the freestyle sort of cypher. As illustrated for...
Anyone who is familiar with posse cuts Eminem has hosted in the past more or less know what the song “I Will” has to offer, which is its rappers dropping some of their best...
“Marsh” is similar to a freestyle in that Eminem doesn’t really make an effort to stick to a particular topic. However, it does have a permeating theme, which is the artist touting his lyrical skills...
In “You Gon’ Learn”, the artists, specifically White Gold and Eminem, are addressing a “little boy” whom they are exclaiming is “going to learn”, thus the title. That particular phrase reads like a threat. In other...
