However divisive his more recent albums may be, there’s no denying Eminem’s technical prowess as a rapper. He’s still unparalleled when it comes to internal rhyming, knows his way around a phrase, and—as exhibited in his final verse on the Juice WRLD collab “Godzilla”—can spit rapid-fire verses faster than ever.
But it looks like his own words may have some competition in the speed department. Enter jazz vocalist Elise Roth, who’s reimagined the first verse of Em’s Oscar-winning 8 Mile anthem “Lose Yourself” in the style of a 1940s race announcer. She’s even got the ensemble to match: fedora, vest, vintage Shure Brothers microphone, and a cigarette hanging off the side of her lip. The audio would fit easily over footage of Seabiscuit, especially if Seabiscuit’s name was Rabbit and he ate Mom’s spaghetti instead of oats.
Scrolling through Roth’s YouTube channel, it seems she has a penchant for mashing up rap music with old-timey aesthetics. She also put a medieval spin on “WAP” (retitled “Well-Armed Peasants”).
In other Shady-related news, Eminem surprise-dropped a deluxe edition of this year’s underrated Music To Be Murdered By just this morning, outfitted with 16(!) new tracks. As far as we can tell, there are no songs about horses.
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next thing u know there making screamo music with rap this world is full of dumbass… there the ones that are hater they hate music because of people like them are fucking up music just wait when they fuck the whole thing -derek rodriguez, 3 years ago, in reply to @sk8man012
Hey man, where you been?
Reposted a7x fan sighting!Nature is healing.
Does that mean I will some day be raised out of the greys?
Next thing you know Zodiac Motherfucker will be popping up….
He’s still on Twitter if you’re so inclined.
Oh cool, I thought Kinja had taken you….
That takes me back, way back.
It’s a Christmas miracle!
The AV Club turned into my shitty YouTube recommendations algorithm so gradually I didn’t even notice.
Job, Internet.
Regardless of whatever other consequences this pandemic has had, at least underemployed white people are finally getting noticed for all their hard work uploading half-baked, sort-of-funny-I-guess sketch comedy ideas to YouTube.
Man, when the actual chorus music starts to hit at the end…Track still slaps.
The header image fills me with an intense desire to not watch this.
I’m glad I’m not the only one with weird reactions to stuff like this. The way it sounds I’d probably be amused, but that picture, it’s just a huge uphill climb for me to click.
I for one liked this you crabby bunch of bitches.
It’s amusing! Admittedly I’m a sucker for anything in that distinctly 40’s style, but it worked for me. Also a smart choice to keep it short and to the first verse — that would have worn out its welcome fast if she had tried to do the whole song like that.
She’s clearly a fan of old movies. She does a great job. The kids get shit on for not knowing about pop culture from before they were born and they get shit on when they embrace pop culture from before they were born. They can’t win.
Turns out an infinite number of monkeys, typewriters, and time could get you Shakespeare, the same problem of assholes, smartphones with access to the internet, and other people gets you a group of people who will always express their opinions as if valid facts.To each their own.
I thought it was cute and amusing!
Well I like it.