While Eminem defends K.Dot against 'complainers' on the newly-released song, 'The Real Slim Shady' rapper does not name drop the 'Not Like Us' spitter's nemesis.
- July 12, 2024
AceShowbiz - Eminem appeared to have chosen a side in the Drake-Kendrick Lamar feud with his new song. "The Real Slim Shady" rapper has launched "Renaissance", on which he praises K.Dot's music.
On Friday, July 12, the 51-year-old hip-hop artist unleashed the 2-minute track on various music streaming platforms. On the newly-released song, he name drops a number of fellow rappers, including Kendrick, who is also famous as K.Dot, Kanye West and J. Cole.
Eminem apparently defends those artists against critics, whom he calls "nerdy pricks" and "complainers." He raps, "Now let's travel inside the mind of a hater/ 'Cause I don't see no fans, all I see's a bunch of complainers/ 'Kendrick's album was cool, but it didn't have any bangers.' "
Referring to Lil Wayne, Joyner Lucas, Eminem spits, " 'Wayne's album or Ye's, couldn't tell you which one was lamer/ Joyner's album was corny, Shady's new s**t is way worse/ Everything is either too tame or there's too much anger.' " He goes on to mention J. Cole's fourth mixtape "Might Delete Later", " 'I didn't like the beat, so I hated Might Delete Later.' "
Eminem also makes a reference to Wu-Tang Clan's album titled "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)", "You nerdy pricks would find somethin' wrong with 36 Chambers/ It's what they do to the greats/ Pick apart a Picasso and make excuses to hate/ So you can wait for your flowers until you're blue in the face/ Stupid, you ain't gonna get 'em until your funeral, wait (Hm)."
While Eminem name drops K.Dot and other artists, he notably does not mention the latter's nemesis, Drake, on the song. "Renaissance" serves as the opening track to Eminem's 12th studio album "The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace)". Aside from the song, the spitter's latest record features other 18 tracks, most of which were released that same day. Meanwhile, "Houdini" was dropped on May 31 and "Tobey" was out on July 2.