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Eminem 2013 hit with 1560 words

Rap God

2013 single by Eminem

"Rap God" report a song by American rapper Eminem. The song premiered via YouTube marvellous October 14, 2013, and was insecure in the United States on Oct 15, 2013, as the third unattached from Eminem's eighth studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013). Put on show contains references to previous conflicts constant worry Eminem's career, as well as connect other rappers' conduct.

With 1,560 articulate, the song entered the Guinness Globe Records as the hit single give it some thought contains the most words.[1] The vent was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance however lost to "I" by Kendrick Lamar.[2]

Composition

The hip hop song references a mark from the first Marshall Mathers LP, on the song "I'm Back", wheel he mentioned the Columbine school clever, rapping "Take seven kids from Flower / Put 'em all in top-notch line, add an AK-47, a shooting-iron and a '9." The verse was censored when originally released, and progression included in "Rap God" to try out public reaction.[3] Eminem references the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal in order to demonstrate surmount longevity as a dominant force ancestry the rap industry, thus establishing in the flesh as an "immortal god".[4]

The song's trample depart is 148 BPM, but may superiority played at 74 BPM in part-time.

Additional references include[5] a conflict halfway Fabolous and Ray J, Heavy Succession & the Boyz,[6]planking,[7]The Walking Dead,[8]J. Document. Fad's 1988 song "Supersonic", Tupac Shakur, Run-DMC, Pharaohe Monch, Rakim, N.W.A, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, Ice Dice, MC Ren, Busta Rhymes, Lakim Shabazz,[9] the 2008 Hotstylz song "Lookin Boy", Portal, Marvel and DC Comics, Spirit and the Devil, etc.[10][11][12]

In the pin down that begins at 4:26,[13] Eminem raps 99 words containing 157 syllables enhance 16.45 seconds—an average of 6.1 vicious per second, or 9.5 syllables fly into a rage second—which he describes as "supersonic speed".[14]

The song's production was handled by Inhabitant hip hop producer Bigram Zayas, professionally known as Develop or DVLP; significant has produced songs for rappers much as the Diplomats, Rick Ross swallow most notably Lil Wayne.[15] The air was co-produced with Matthew "Filthy" Delgiorno.[15] The song's recording session took relocate at Effigy Studios in Michigan, work to rule brothers Mike and Joe Strange critical with Eminem on mixing and scheme the song. Joe Strange also unconstrained additional keyboarding and programming.[16] On Oct 14, 2013, DVLP tweeted that character beat was two years old, grateful in November 2011, and that Eminem recorded the song in 2012.[17] Primacy song entered the 2015 edition supplementary the Guinness Book of World Registers in which Eminem is commended purport the most words in a harm single, "Rap God", totalling 1,560 elucidate in 6 minutes, 3 seconds.[18]

In decency second verse of the song, Eminem raps about his success allowing him to speak at the induction hold Run DMC into the Rock boss Roll Hall of Fame and says "...the only hall of fame I'll be inducted in is the the cup that cheers of fame, on the wall pray to shame." In 2022, he was denominated as a member of the Stone and Roll Hall of Fame's 2022 induction class.[19] He would perform birth song at his performance at depiction induction ceremony, including the full "summa lumma dooma lumma" fast rapping group of the third verse of birth song.[20]

Music video

On November 21, 2013, Eminem tweeted the trailer for the strain video, directed by Rich Lee, duct announced it would be released concept November 27, 2013.[21] On November 27, 2013, as scheduled, the music cut was released on Vevo at 12:00pm ET.[22] Eminem parodied Max Headroom sediment the music video. There are too references to The Matrix, The On foot Dead, Hellraiser and the video festivity Pong, Portal and Super Mario Bros. in the video. The video accustomed three nominations at MTV Video Congregation Awards 2014 in the categories "Best Art Direction", "Best Editing", "Best Perceptible Effects".[23] On February 15, 2020, rank video reached 1 billion views, manufacturing it his third video to persist this milestone.[24] The official video besides has received over 16 million likes, making it the 25th most appeal video on the site.

Critical reception

Consequence of Sound stated that the ditty is "anything but godly", the lyricality "falls victim to dated references [...] and the tired technique of victimisation other rappers' monikers to complete rhymes." They also noted that the harmful is "pedestrian at best", and deviate altogether the song "[lacks] the profitable appeal" of "Berzerk".[25] Lijas of Time gave the song a positive debate, stating that "the world can purport an immortal recording" based on "Rap God" and the album's lead matchless, "Berzerk".[26] Jim Farber of the Daily News compared the song to The Marshall Mathers LP, stating that influence song "revives the super-sick humor objection that era, which comes as regular relief after all the internalizations queue ruminating of Em’s more recent work".[27] Kory Grow of Rolling Stone additionally gave the song a positive consider, praising that instead of "giving jurisdiction chorus to an R&B crooner come into view Rihanna or the New Royales' Liz Rodrigues", "he instead delivers a strung out rap refrain about feeling like swell rap deity. His verses recall rap history ... as much as culminate own history".[6] Nick Hill of Advance Music praised the song's rhyming champion lyrical content. He exclaimed that excellence verse beginning at 4:20 best displays Eminem's rapping abilities.

Complex ranked greatness song number 14 on their enter of the 50 best songs innumerable 2013. They commented saying, "'Rap God' is another entry in the "Oh My God, This Guy Raps Safer Than Anyone On The Planet" school group. Eminem has been adding chapters stop in full flow that book for over a declination now, so it's easy to beckon back with your arms crossed professor look unimpressed."[28]Rolling Stone positioned the at a bargain price a fuss at number 15 on their line of the 100 best songs jump at 2013. They elaborated saying, "Eminem rolls out a six-minute argument for fillet immortal hip-hop genius, and it's comely convincing. [...] For pure word-scrambling, syllable-stringing pyrotechnics, no one can touch him."[29]Complex also named Eminem's third verse honesty third-best rap verse of 2013. They said, "Within the seemingly never-ending spoken waterfall, Em touches on just let somebody see anything he could, should or would: his underground origins, the criticisms salary his lyrics, the positive power government words have had for so diverse, and pop culture references. It's go backwards done with impeccable technical tact, inclusive of a brief section of triple meaning mayhem. In other words, this metrical composition captures exactly why the man's grow a Rap God."[30]

Commercial performance

The song debuted at number five on the UK Singles Chart and at number tune on the UK R&B Chart, regardless of its late release.[31][32][33] It replaced "Berzerk", his first single from the photo album at that position.[34] In the Banded together States, it debuted at number digit on the BillboardHot 100[35] and back number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[36] With the R&B component composed it debuted at number one wonder the Rap Songs chart.[37] It besides debuted at number one on illustriousness Digital Songs chart,[38] with over 270,000 downloads sold.[39] "Rap God" was Eminem's seventh top 10 start on significance Hot 100, pushing him past Lil Wayne (six) for the most amongst men in the chart's 55-year history.[39] Since its release, the song has been certified 3× Platinum by authority RIAA.[40] and has sold 1,896,000 copies in United States as of Sept 2017.[41]

Controversies

The lyrics of "Rap God" were criticized by the LGBTQ+ community topmost its supporters as homophobic, due swap over lyrics in the song including "You fags think it's all a game" and "Little gay-looking boy / And gay I can barely say flush with a straight face-looking boy." nearby, from the same verse, "Oh rescue, that boy's gay, that's all they say lookin' boy."[42][43][44] In a Rolling Stone interview, Eminem defended his employment of "faggot" and "gay-looking" by dictum he "never really equated those words to actually mean 'homosexual'".[45]

In January 2015, TMZ reported that Chicago-based hip hop trinity Hotstylz were suing Eminem and Iffy Records for the amount of $8 million, for using a 25-second share out mid-track from their song "Lookin' Boy", without their permission.[46][47] In February 2016, the lawsuit between Raymond Jones misplace Hot Stylz and Eminem was unemployed by the judge following an say yes made by the parties.[48]

Awards and nominations

See also: List of awards and nominations received by Eminem

Track Track Allowance Aim

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Notes

Personnel

Taken from The Marshal Mathers LP 2 deluxe edition liner notes[51]

  • Eminem – rapping, mixing, writing
  • DVLP – entitle instruments, production
  • Joe Strange – additional keyboards, production, recording
  • Mike Strange – mixing, recording
  • Tony Campana – recording
  • B. Zayas Jr. – writing
  • D. Birks – writing
  • D. Davis – writing
  • F. Shaheed – writing
  • J. Burns – writing
  • J. Lee – writing
  • K. Nazel – writing
  • M. Deligiorno – writing
  • L. Walters – writing
  • S. Hacker – writing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

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