This morning, Eminem fans from across the world woke up to the spontaneous release of a brand new Eminem album. ‘Kamikaze’ is the rap icon’s tenth studio album, and it’s proved extremely divisive among listeners. As ever, debate has spread like wildfire on Twitter – with fans being very vocal about their honest thoughts on the new record. Advertisement Many have been shocked by Shady’s excessive dissing towards numerous figures on today’s mainstream rap scene, including Earl Sweatshirt and Lil Yachty. For others, it was a throwback – they picked up on familiar 2000s vibes, and enjoyed reminiscing on The Marshal Mathers LP. Of course… it was shock and excitement that first found absolutely everywhere: THERE’S A NEW EMINEM ALBUM? — CrazyDripTVProductions ? (@CDTVProductions) August 31, 2018 EMINEM JUST FUCKING DROPPED A NEW ALBUM WITH NO ANNOUNCEMENT! BEST MERDEKA EVER! — vikarworld (@vikarworld) August 31, 2018 Then came the responses to Eminem’s complete ripping apart of the 2018 rap scene. Drake, Chance The Rapper, Tyler The Creator? You name it. Chances are, your best-loved artist was completely torn to shreds: Advertisement https://twitter.com/armondwilsonn/status/1035414160643956736 People really were surprised by the sound of his bars. So much so, one listener could relate to this scene of Harry Potter: My ears after listening to all of Em’s disses on #KAMIKAZE pic.twitter.com/PQivbmxgJb — Joey Castillo (@UncleJoeyy) August 31, 2018 Some showed their homage and true loyalty to the rap legend. One fan suggested that 13 year olds would be “trembling and biting their nails” hoping that Eminem wouldn’t come for their favourite rapper: https://twitter.com/PadreMaximilian/status/1035416293367640064 Clearly, fans are under the impression that Eminem still holds his almighty status in music: Eminem disses everyone, but no one will think about dissing him back ? #KAMIKAZE — Hitly ? (@Hitesh_Varsan1) August 31, 2018 Eminem just dissed all of your favorite rappers by name and not a single one of them is going to do shit about it. #kamikaze — Alex Antonovici (@Alex_Antonovici) August 31, 2018 Other fans geared slightly towards the middle of the spectrum, showing subtle appall in response to the intensity of his insults. One fan didn’t seem too happy about his dig at Machine Gun Kelly on the track ‘Not Alike’, labelling the diss as “unnecessary”: Eminem's new album is straight fire. No bullshit radio hits, just bars after bars. Rap music like how it should be. He really came back to literally fuck everyone up! The MGK diss was not necassary tho. 10/10 — vikarworld (@vikarworld) August 31, 2018 Some weren’t at all pleased with Slim’s… shady remarks: Eminem with these disses. He just handed out L’s left and right. ?#KAMIKAZE pic.twitter.com/ncU3AZQHmn — Dre ❇️? (@lordfijigawd) August 31, 2018 Some Twitter users were also very vocal about how Eminem speaks of the lack of success seen with his last album release. Mimicking the flow Kendrick Lamar, he quotes the line “Revival didn’t go viral” on the track ‘Greatest’: https://twitter.com/ASAPVick_/status/1035403424156790784 fuck now I'm glad about the backlash Revival got cause it brought back bloodthirsty Eminem #kamikaze — HEALTHYO MODE (@rohan_s25) August 31, 2018 Several fans were able to channel his slander back to the year 2000, when Eminem expressed a similar style of controversial verse on his third studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP: WHAT A FUCKING ALBUM. Eminem rapping and dissing in 2018, like it's the year 2000… #Kamikaze — tu2 (@turabhn) August 31, 2018 More hysteria – one fan found it appropriate to use this classic gif. https://twitter.com/RichHomieDave11/status/1035393322641223680 Have you felt the nostalgia yet? Well…… Kamikaze bangs. It’s like going back to the early 2000’s, what a great little surprise for my last day in work. #Eminem #Kamikaze @Eminem — Daniel R Thomas (@DanielRT11) August 31, 2018 Eminem’s ‘Kamikaze’ is available on all streaming services now. Words by Teo Canmetin.<doc-sep>It is unclear whether the lyric is referencing Tyler, the Creator's own description of his homosexuality, as it is a phrase he has used himself in the past, or whether Eminem is hitting back by rapping the word.<doc-sep>
Eminem dropped new surprise album "Kamikaze" late Thursday night, the follow-up to 2017's "Revival." At midnight on the East Coast, he tweeted the link to the album and wrote, "Tried not 2 overthink this 1... enjoy" along with a middle finger emoji. The rapper posted album art from "Kamikaze" as well. The cover shows the tail of a fighter plane that says "FU-2," while the back of the album shows the front of the plane crashing. Eminem teamed up with longtime collaborator Dr. Dre to executive-produce the album. The 13-track album features artists Joyner Lucas, Eminem's manager Paul Rosenberg, Royce Da 5'9" and Jessie Reyez. The album also includes Eminem's track from upcoming Marvel villain movie "Venom," starring Tom Hardy. On Thursday, Eminem teased his song from the movie on Twitter. Eminem released his last album, "Revival," last December. He promoted the movie with a spaghetti pop-up in Detroit. Last year, Eminem made headlines when he slammed President Trump in a freestyle rap called "The Storm" at the BET Hip Hop Awards. "This is his form of distraction, plus he gets an enormous reaction when he attacks the NFL, so we focus on that instead of talking Puerto Rico or gun reform for Nevada or these horrible tragedies, and he's bored and would rather cause a Twitter storm with the Packers," Eminem rapped. Eminem told his fans they had to pick sides. "Any fan of mine who's a supporter of his, I'm drawing in the sand a line -- you either for or against," he said. After using an expletive, Eminem said "the rest of America, stand up." Eminem "Kamikaze" track list