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In actuality, MMLP was and still is today one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever made. It’s hardhitting vibe combined with immaculate technical abilities and deep personal subject matter make it one of the most captivating projects ever released.
It was Eminem in his prime, A prime where he was literally untouchable on the mic. MMLP was the second installment of what many deem The Greatest 3 Album Run In Rap History, as supported by a thread created by one great Rap Genius user Ab-Soulstan. In said thread(See Here) the general consensus was that SSLP, MMLP, and The Eminem show are still today, the best three album run in rap history.
On all three albums, Em spits lines that display a writing ability that still goes unmatched today.
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Kendrick Lamar is ballin' in pretty much every sense of the word; with him not only making a lot of money, but also doing big things in the music industry. Opening for Kanye West on the Yeezus Tour and being named one of GQ’s men of the year is more evidence of his success.
He’s ballin' so much that he’s liable to tear a hole in the metaphorical basketball. Spalding is known for producing sports equipment, with basketballs being one of their main products.
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Tupac is one of Eminem’s biggest influences. You can almost see the spirit of Tupac in the way Em delivers his lyrics, very passionately, with so much energy and emotion. All things that Pac was known for, so when he calls himself “white Pac”, it’s not far from the truth at all.
Eminem also references Tupac many times in his lyrics throughout his career.
The criminal cop-killing hip hop villain
A minimal swap to cop millions of Pac listeners – Till I Collapse
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He says that she didn’t say that she had a thing with Drake…then responds with “And Lupe?” presumably after she brings Lupe Fiasco’s name up as well.
He then asks her “You wanna lose two legs !?”…implying that he was already going to cut one of her legs off for fucking with Drake, but since she’s been with Lupe too, similarly to one of his victims in Underground, now she has to lose both!.
Just that psychotic slim shady we all know and love.
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Em makes a play on words here with the famous saying “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”. Since Em is the Kryptonite to hypocrites, he refuses to let his critics call him and others out (“throw stones”) because they aren’t much better than the people they are criticizing.
Em plays with a few more idioms here. Getting “stoned” means getting actual rocks thrown at you in the Biblical sense, but in this case it means getting high off drugs. Since Eminem and his drug addiction was well documented by the media, he might be calling out the media members with drug problems that loved bashing him when he hit his low point. And keeping up with the rock imagery, telling someone to “kick rocks” is basically a polite way of telling them to fuck off.
This could possibly be an underhanded diss at Cage, the underground white rapper that came up around the same time as Em and accused him of stealing his style. He dissed Em multiple times and then got bitter when Em dissed him back then made it big time; he also has a song titled “Kick Rocks”.
With a pile in my cart, rippin' the aisle apart but Eminem – Rhyme or Reason
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Eminem piling his cart with items from the style department in K-Mart is a metaphor for the many different styles he brings to the mic as a rapper. There’s the over-the-top horror-core on tracks like “Kill You”, intricate storytelling like on “Murder, Murder”, upbeat and carefree celebrity bashing on “The Real Slim Shady”, but also serious attempts to deal with fame like on “Sing for the Moment”. His ability to switch styles and bring something new to the mic every time is part of the reason he’s been able to maintain his success this long.
You always wasting my time, you always faking the funk BET (Ft. Ab-Soul, Isaiah Rashad, Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar & ScHoolboy Q) – 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards - TDE Cypher
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This line depicts an anxious or even nervous Kendrick Lamar pacing back and forth in deep thought, constructing this verse line by line, word by word.
This is really the only moment in this entire verse where Kendrick shows any vulnerability and gives you a peak into his psyche. Amongst this verse which is so well crafted and so precisely hits his antagonists with scathing lyrics, this line still shows the human inside the lyrical beast that is….King Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick must be a fan of Dayton Wire Wheels (“D’s”), which started in Dayton, Ohio, but are popular on the west coast especially with low riders. Kendrick’s thoughts are coming out so fast as he anxiously writes this verse that they’re doing laps around each other as if they’re actually racing.
He also plugs them on My Way with DJ Drama, and on his Tim Westwood Freestyle.
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