{"id":31982,"date":"2013-10-14T19:44:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T23:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcellee.com\/?p=31982"},"modified":"2020-12-11T11:27:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T16:27:33","slug":"audio-review-rap-god-song-eminem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcellee.com\/?p=31982","title":{"rendered":"audio review : Rap God ( song ) … Eminem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eminem isn’t really a Rap God. The title is just a metaphor. Rappers have been calling themselves “King” since Run-DMC’s second album. They’ve been calling themselves “God” for a long time too, as Wu-Tang fans can attest, but the boastful declaration has received a recent surge in popularity. Kanye West’s Yeezus<\/a> album, released a few months ago, includes a song entitled I Am A God. Jay-Z is also one on his album<\/a>. It’s a new trend among popular rappers. What separates Eminem from the rest is that he generally raps better than they do. So when he follows along and calls himself a God, which the most religious of his detractors will probably consider blasphemous, it’s a little closer to the truth.<\/p>\n

The problem is that the song doesn’t really match the claim. Not to say that it’s a lackadaisical affair. It seems Eminem put a lot of effort into composing these verses, the third of which lasts for nearly sixty bars. It’s just that rhyming a complex array of words at Supersonic speed doesn’t compensate for a lack of clever or otherwise interesting things to say. The “Columbine” line is a nostalgic highlight; listen for the gun sound effect; and the Ray J bit is sort of funny, but most of this is just a long-winded Eminem rapping to a generic beat produced by someone he should’ve passed for DJ Premier. The hook is weak too. The song, based on the concept alone, would’ve been better without any breaks.<\/p>\n

my rating : 3 of 5<\/p>\n

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Eminem isn’t really a Rap God. The title is just a metaphor. Rappers have been calling themselves “King” since Run-DMC’s second album. They’ve been calling themselves “God” for a long time too, as Wu-Tang fans can attest, but the boastful declaration has received a recent surge in popularity. Kanye West’s Yeezus album, released a few … Continue reading audio review : Rap God ( song ) … Eminem<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9761],"tags":[3087,142,11454],"class_list":["post-31982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","category-reviews-with-a-3-of-5-rating","tag-dvlp","tag-eminem","tag-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t