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Post by Admin on Jun 1, 2024 0:04:19 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Jun 1, 2024 0:13:52 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Jun 1, 2024 0:16:07 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Jun 1, 2024 0:19:52 GMT -5
EMINEM REAPPEARS WITH “HOUDINI” SINGLE AND VIDEO Last night Eminem dropped the first single “Houdini” off of his forthcoming new album The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace) on steaming services. May 31, 2024 – Guess who’s back? Eminem returns with “Houdini,” a hard-hitting new single accompanied by a fitting video. Eminem teased the drop earlier this week in a FaceTime with David Blaine — the clip ended with the magician eating a wine glass, and the rapper declaring, “Well, for my last trick, I’m gonna make my career disappear.” “Houdini” gives fans the first taste of Eminem’s 12th album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce), due out this summer. “Houdini” is produced by Eminem himself and – continuing the theme- features a sample and interpolation of Steve Miller Band’s 1982 hit, “Abracadabra.” The accompanying clip imagines Eminem’s antagonist character Slim Shady emerging in the present day via a “portal” — and finds himself confused and unsettled by what he sees in 2024. Determined to mold the modern era into a place more suited to his unique worldview, he sets off on a mission to do exactly that. Only current day Eminem’s alter-alter ego “Rap Boy” can save the world from Shady, along with his long time mentor- the legendary Dr. Dre. In an effort to neutralize these nefarious actions things go sideways and an unholy hybrid version of Eminem is created. Dr. Dre is less than thrilled with the results and hastily leaves the hybrid Shady to continue on his own… until a wandering stranger joins in and takes the wheel. Guess who’s back, indeed. Directed by long-running collaborator Rich Lee (“Not Afraid,” “The Monster,” “Venom,” etc.), the innovative “Houdini” video freely calls back to classic Eminem videos such as Joseph Khan’s “Without Me” and Phillip Atwell’s “Real Slim Shady”. “Houdini” is packed with cameos including Dr. Dre, Pete Davidson, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Jimmy Iovine, Grip, Westside Boogie, Denaun Porter, Royce 5’ 9”, Paul Rosenberg, The Alchemist, EZ Mil, Ryan Keely, Samantha Mack, and comedian Shane Gillis. The generative AI used in the video was created by Metaphysic, with Jo Plaete and Chris Ume supervising production. Rich Lee speaks on the video more by mentioning “What if Shady from the 2000s got teleported into the modern day and we got his take on what the world has become…and what if “Rap Boy” was the only person who could stop him? But, 20+ years have passed so theres a little less stamina and some bad knees. The crazy combination of new tech that made this music video possible. We are in such an awesome time now for filmmaking, and we were able to leverage so much of the great tech we have at hand.” The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) will be Eminem’s first album since 2020’s Music to Be Murdered By, which not only topped the Billboard 200, but also was the artist’s 10th to do so. That set was packed with a generation and genre-spanning guest list, ranging from Dr. Dre to Ed Sheeran to Juice Wrld. Not much has yet been revealed about the forthcoming full-length, but fans have been searching for clues in a special episode of Detroit Murder Files, and a mysterious obituary published in the Detroit Free Press. Dr. Dre has confirmed his involvement. Source - www.shadyrecords.com/2024/05/31/listen-watch-eminem-houdini/ |
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Post by miarose on Jun 1, 2024 2:58:40 GMT -5
As far as the Megan line goes, we have the context of 25 years of Eminem songs where he's basically doing pop culture meta commentaries. My Name Is, Real Slim Shady, Without Me, Houdini, etc. They all include a litany of name drops and jokes about pop culture figures and controversies. Some of them in reference to serious crimes and dark subject matters. I've never really thought of these as disses per se, just satire. Obviously, if any of the people referenced take issue with it I wouldn't fault them though. But I like these songs and I think they work. They're fun and camp, and that's why they are popular. Agree, it’s what he’s always done, it’s just that the worlds moved along and become somewhat more sensitive and obviously the point of the song is to say wtf is happening with the world, slim shady would have a field day coming through that portal and writing some songs based on current events lol. He’s loooong pissed people off, and the people who he’s name dropped back then were upset about it too. I witnessed severe DV as a kid btw, so I’m not being insensitive towards Megan but my point is you could make jokes and laugh at anything back then and now you have to be super careful and Em/Slim just doesn’t give a crap 🤣 I’m surprised though that nobody has come for guilty conscience in recent times(like gen z did with one of his other songs, can’t remember which one but every one was like “have you heard his other songs?!) cause honestly his verse in that has never sat right with me regardless of it being from a messed up alter ego 😅 |
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Post by me on Jun 1, 2024 3:10:41 GMT -5
Of course I can’t buy this from my location 🙄 |
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Post by adele on Jun 1, 2024 4:48:26 GMT -5
^ Me neither! LOL. I wonder how will Houdini do on charts.
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Post by Admin on Jun 1, 2024 5:06:16 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Jun 1, 2024 5:09:43 GMT -5
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Post by kelllly416 on Jun 1, 2024 6:34:02 GMT -5
GO EM. So happy he went back to his classic fun first single route.
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Post by missy84 on Jun 1, 2024 7:09:38 GMT -5
GO EM. So happy he went back to his classic fun first single route. It’s a fun song to start the summer. I love the beat |
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Post by space on Jun 1, 2024 7:49:54 GMT -5
Hope he gets top. That's basically the goal.
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Post by kelllly416 on Jun 1, 2024 8:09:20 GMT -5
GO EM. So happy he went back to his classic fun first single route. It’s a fun song to start the summer. I love the beat Me too. I can't stop singing "abra-abra-cadabra". My husband wants to kill me. But then I catch him singing it too and I'm like 👀 |
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Post by hellostranger on Jun 1, 2024 10:53:53 GMT -5
You sitting on here trying to justify a man shooting a black woman walking away because your 51 year old fav trying to live out his glory days from the 2000. Why is Megan's race relevant...? I mean, the man who shot her is also black but you didn't mention that. I wonder why. Most black women are murder by black men. The man that shot at Megan Thee Stallion is a black man named Tory Lanez. A white man named Eminem decides to make fun of a black woman being shot at, but never once crack a joke about his friend Proof being gun down and put in a coffin. I hope that helps your FOOLISH PRIDE. |
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Post by adele on Jun 1, 2024 11:41:23 GMT -5
Why is Megan's race relevant...? I mean, the man who shot her is also black but you didn't mention that. I wonder why. Most black women are murder by black men. The man that shot at Megan Thee Stallion is a black man named Tory Lanez. A white man named Eminem decides to make fun of a black woman being shot at, but never once crack a joke about his friend Proof being gun down and put in a coffin. I hope that helps your FOOLISH PRIDE. What on Earth are you on about...? Why are you trying to make this song into some kind of racial thing when it's a well known fact that Eminem is not a racist & he has a history of dissing both black, white and all other races under the Sun? I don't care about the color of Megan's skin and neither should you. |
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