Eminem was recently left off of MTV’s top 10 rappers list, and I’m pretty sure that he is going to have something to say about that, or at least turn some heads come the end of the year, when his album drops. This is a song that was left off of his last album, Relapse. As far was we know, it will not be included in his next album, due out at the end of the year, but damn, if this is the kind of stuff he is THROWING AWAY, then everyone in the rap game better get on their A game. I love the end of the third verse when he breaks into baby voice. You can say whatever you want about Em, but he is the most talented and well versed hip hop artist right now, and maybe of all time.

Following the airing of the 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards last night the most talked about topic of the night seemed to be the award shows cyphers. For those who don’t know what a “cypher” is, it is when a bunch of rappers stand in a circle and take turns rapping. The scene consisted of three segments, the cyphers featured Hip Hop artists from across the country rocking verses to beats by DJ Premier. Artists included in the cyphers included Joe Budden, Nicki Minaj, KRS-One, Wale, Eminem, Black Thought, Buckshot, and more. BET will air an encore of the Hip Hop Awards on Thursday, October 29 at 9 p.m. Here are the links to the first one and second segments, but by far the best was the third and final cypher of the night. The cypher consisted of Mos Def, Black Thought, and Eminem. Clearly once again Eminem was on top of his game and was the best, but Mos and Black Thought defiantly stepped it up and were seen as equals in the ring against Em.

In a past interview a reporter asked Lil Wayne why he and Eminem never did a track together he replied, “I don’t know why we never did a song together, maybe he’s scared to get in the booth with me ahhhhhhhhh.” Not word for word but I couldn’t find the exact quote, but its a long those lines. Well Wayne you finally got on a track with Eminem and he completely destroyed you and everyone else on the song. I always wondered why Eminem didn’t get on more remixes and feature on other rappers songs, well its apparent that it is kind of embarrassing to have a guy feature on your song and just totally dominate ie. Jay-Z – Renegade. The internet is really buzzing and the overall consensus is that Eminem remains in a league by himself. Who are these other guys in this song anyway.

Eminem’s official response to Mariah Carey’s song taking a shot at him, “Obsessed”.  ”The Warning” fires back like the Em of old when he first came on, just ruthless.   Of course you knew this would shit on anything she put together.  I almost feel bad for Nick Cannon at this point, he gets slammed in this and we all know he has zero chance at taking on Eminem lyrically.  The only thing he could do at this point is try to fight him, it’s his only hope.

Credit to agent jeff meola for turning me onto to this immediately when it dropped.

Eminem’s long awaited fifth studio album, Relapse, is due out on the 19th of this month and after getting a sneak peak, I am here to tell you, it does not disappoint. How was I so blessed to have a copy of the album a week early? My younger brother stayed up until 2 in the morning downloading a leaked copy. Umm, I mean, I heard this guy on the train talking about it, wait, umm, never mind. I just know. This is Slims first album since 2004′s Encore, which was a commercial success, but a creative failure compared to some of his earlier albums. This album is straight 1998 Slim Shady LP. It is dark, witty, fast, and filled with phrases and word combinations that can only make you smile with bewilderment and think to yourself, am I witnessing the greatest of all time? And the short answer to that question is simply, yes.

For the past few years, Eminem has dedicated most of his time to producing for many of the artist on his Shady Records Label. He went through a dark period of depression and drug addiction after the passing of his best friend and mentor, Proof, and he stated he wasn’t sure if he would ever record another album. In early 2006, after Em had been released from rehab, he started to work on recording new material. There was speculation that a studio album was in the works, but it was unconfirmed, as Em continued to produce and act as a mentor and leader to the others in his camp. After featuring on other artist’s songs, Eminem discovered he really liked a lot of his new material, and kept recording with Dr. Dre. They have stated that over the past 2 years, about 100 songs have been recorded and mastered. 100! These are Tupac numbers. Lil Wayne numbers. This is especially exciting knowing that at some point these songs will be leaked and spread around the internet. With the conclusion of Relapse, the only 2 people who had the finalized master copies were Eminem himself, and Dr. Dre. The record label didn’t even have a copy to review until 1 month before the scheduled release date because Eminem and Dre feared it being leaked to the internet.

This album was produced entirely be Dr. Dre, with the exception of 1 song being produced by Eminem himself. Em said that he left the production up to Dre because he wanted to concentrate fully on his lyrics. He also said that he challenged the Doctor to create more complex beats, in order to force Eminem to elevate his rhyming ability. Imagine that, Eminem is actually telling Dre that his beats aren’t challenging or complex enough. I’ll bet my life that he is the only person in the world who can get away with something like that. Eminem’s lyrics hold the tone of someone who is so excited to be rhyming that they almost cant rap fast enough. Sound familiar? It should. Eminem’s biggest problem in his earlier days was rapping so fast people almost couldnt understand him. You can hear in his voice that he is so full of energy that he could rap for days. He introduces a new style, which is almost rapping in a Southern tone, which is refreshing and different. I honestly can’t say enough good things about this album. Can you tell Im excited?

Even with the internet, and the ability to get this album for free online, I urge everyone who has even the slightest love for hip hop to go out and spend the 15 bucks on this album. I am here to tell you that this will be the best album released in at least the last 10 years, with a track list that is enjoyable and playable from front to back, like all of Eminem’s albums. Supporting what is real and true to music is what is important, and given the hard work and length of time that was put into this album it only seems right to have the hard copy on hand.

Plus the cover art is amazing.