Em's been pushing the envelope forever on lyrical content and his new prentices are following suit. I've had much practice keeping up with the tight verses from the likes of Dre, Kanye, Jay-Z, but I was totally blown away by this song. I couldn't keep up. There's a new flow to rap, and I think Em was one of the first to christen it. You know what I'm talking about: simple exaggeration of syllables, long and short. Put another way the timing is all over the place nowadays. Quick burst of lyrics, with scattered pauses and skipped beats. Intertwined with short metaphors, proven similes, and stressed consonants, rap is finally taking on a new form early in this decade. Though they claim to "move to the same beat of the drum", that's just a fake jab. No more auto-tuners and beat pushers, lyrical content has reappeared.
Back when Em was Shady, his disses were more direct, calling out his foes by name. Call it maturity, but his references are now more subtle. "Pour ice in their pants, and the first one who pees gets a black eye". And instead of showing off their crazy lifestyles, these guys are claiming that "verses keep coming, and I should invoice my own voice". Probably the best line in the song because of its multiple meanings. I like how it's more about the things they don't say. Couple of references to Illuminati, gosh, let the conspiracy theorists come out the woodwork! I ain't even going there!
But the sickest has to be this. Watch the crowd go crazy when Em comes out! Man I gotta see him live once, put that down for the bucket list!
