Eminem - kamikaze

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Rapper Eminem's fans are thrilled. On Thursday, at midnight, the 15-time Grammy winner unexpectedly released his new album with the spectacular title "Kamikaze". The new album, the second in eight months and the tenth in his career as a musician, was created in collaboration with Dr. Dre, who co-produced it.

The new album has 13 tracks with a total length of 45 minutes, including the song "Venom", written for the upcoming film with Tom Hardy. The album features Canadian singer Jesse Reyes, Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon and many others.

For the cover of the album, a picture was used that depicts the tail of a combat jet plane, a similar design was for the album of the Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill. On the back cover, you can see that the plane is crashing into something, and the pilot makes an obscene gesture, showing the middle finger.

The explanation for the album from Eminem himself sounds like: "Shady hits back, openly and honestly." The very first composition from the album - The Ringer - sets the tone. In it, Eminem declares that he wants to punch the whole world in the face. The album contains words directed against US President Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein, Machine Gun Kelly, Joe Budden and young rappers such as Lil Pump, Lil Xan and Lil Yachty. It also went to music critics and a Grammy award for their negative attitude towards Eminem's previous album Revival.

On one of the tracks on the new album, there is a recording of Eminem's manager Paul Rosenberg, who says: “Do you just want to go over everyone who said something about your work or yourself? I don't think this is a good idea. What will happen next? "Kamikaze 2", where do you answer those who didn't like the previous album? This is a slippery path. I don't think this is a good idea."

But the rapper's rage is directed not only at others, but at himself. In the track Stepping Stone, he says that he would like to wash away all the sins and dirt from himself, he would like to change many moments in the past, which, in particular, caused harm to his friends.

Recall that during a speech at the BET Hip-Hop Awards event last year, the rapper read a text in which he spoke unflatteringly about President Trump because of his criticism of NFL players and reaction to racist performances in Charlottesville. At the end of the speech, the rapper spoke abusively, sending a few letters to all of his fans who support Trump's policies.