Round the clock to try to stop my concerts early, surely “All I hear is: lyrics, lyrics, constant controversy, sponsors working The point Eminem is making may be somewhat predictable, but that doesn’t make it any less true: Produced by Em and his long-time collaborator Jeff Bass, the sound of Eminem’s wrath attacks over a track of crunchy guitar stabs that give the plodding beat a truly ominous sound. In typical Eminem fashion, the opening song “White America” is directly intended to poke a finger in the eye of his critics who decry the very freedom of speech he Constitutionally enjoys. Mathers on the opening skit of the album and bring the “Curtains Up” on his new album. So without further adieux, let’s make like Mr. Sure, it wasn’t much of an exclusive given that there WAS a widely distributed bootleg online AND the album was coming out nationwide the next day, but I still felt a little bit smug that thanks to K*Mart’s mistake I had “The Eminem Show” early.
After returning to the undisclosed location of the aforementioned K*Mart and buying a copy (it even rang up at the sale price of $11.88) I smiled like a kid on Halloween with a bucket full of candy. We’re having a big release party for the album here at midnight.” “No,” he replied, “it’s being released nationwide this Sunday. The clerk there promptly told me what that K*Mart did was illegal and they could get in big trouble, because the album wasn’t being released until Sunday. I assumed some naive employee had made a mistake and put a shipment that arrived over the weekend out early but to make sure I went to another music store and checked. Given that new albums usually come out on Tuesday, I was needless to say a little confused. Smiley that the REAL reason Eminem’s album was pushed up was a marketing gimmick, and that “online bootlegging” was just a good excuse.Īs if to prove me right, I walked into a K*Mart store in middle America while on vacation this Saturday (I won’t say which or where, you’ll see why in a minute) and saw “The Eminem Show” with a “limited time only limited edition DVD” packaged inside sitting on the shelf over in entertainment. With more time to consider my answer and a longer format show, I would have told Mr. To this I smiled, knowing that historically in rap the release dates of rap albums are usually pushed BACK as opposed to FORWARDS. Of course, I was prepared with an on-the-fly answer about online bootlegging (people want to preview albums, not steal them) but after the interview was over and my nerves settled down (you don’t talk to Tavis Smiley every day) I thought about what he just said: Eminem’s new album got pushed up a week. Smiley is that he’s always got the latest scoop because halfway through he said to both of us, “Eminem’s new album has been pushed up a week due to online bootlegging. The “8 Mile” star retaliated on Fat Joe’s 2019 record “Lord Above” and the beef was back.Ī few subtweets and posts back and forth and two diss tracks from “The Masked Singer” host later, and it took a sit-down on Fat Joe’s show to put their animosity to rest.I honestly have no idea if this interview already aired, hasn’t aired yet, or never will but last week I spoke via phone to Tavis Smiley (formerly of BET, recently of NPR) about hip-hop and the internet along with Felicia Palmers from Support Online Hip-Hop. Things eventually died down but kicked back up in 2019 when Cannon recounted the ’09 feud on T.I.’s “ExpediTIously” podcast.
Whenever I have an issue, whenever I need anything, I make one call and Fat Joe is always there.”Įminem and Cannon’s bad blood began when the “Slim Shady” rapper called out Cannon and his then-wife Mariah Carey in his single “Bagpipes From Baghdad,” which the “Wild N’ Out” creator responded to in a now-deleted Tumblr post “How Cute” where he called Em a “b***h a**” and “a natural-born racist in disguise.”
“He’s had so much success but always down to earth, always. (Photo: I tell y’all this brother right here is probably one of the coolest cats y’all will ever meet,” Cannon said as he introduced the “All the Way Up” artist. Nick Cannon and Eminem have finally ended their longstanding beef, thanks to a surprising assist from a mutual famous friend.