Good God. The world’s been dropped. And I will never be the same.
We always hope for these dream collabos between our favorite rappers and we very rarely get them. Lil’ Wayne and Eminem are, without question, the two hottest and most popular MC’s in the rap game right now. There are Jay-Z lovers out there and people will talk about Kanye West, T.I. and even — gulp — 50 Cent. But when it comes to 2009 rap royalty, it doesn’t get bigger or better than Marshall Mathers and Weezy.
So when I saw these two giants of the rap industry — and, more than that even — my favorite artists of all-time were going to team up for Rebirth, I got excited. I was skeptical, but excited. If this actually happened, it could be a moment for the ages.
The song leaked on Tuesday. And I didn’t believe it was going to be the actual song. How could it be? With Rebirth being pushed back more times than I can even remember, how could the biggest song on the CD get leaked two months before the scheduled release? But it did.
And wow, what a song it is.
It’s not an earth-shattering collabo the way Jay-Z and Eminem’s Renegade was. But what I can say is it’s two of the greatest rappers ever working at their absolute best murdering a beat made for both of them. Weezy’s got the chorus and the first two verses and doesn’t hesitate to murder it in the first verse:
I got ice in my veins, blood in my eyes
Hate in my heart, love in my mind
I see nights full of pain, days are the same
You keep the sunshine, save me the rain
I search but never find, hurt but never cry
I work and forever try, but I’m cursed so nevermind
And it’s worse but better times seem further and beyond
The top gets higher the more that I climb
The spot gets smaller and I get bigger
Tryin to get in where I fit in; no room for a nigga
But soon for a nigga it be on ma’fucka
‘Cause all this bullshit made me strong, ma’fucka
So I’mma pick the world and I’mma drop it on your fuckin’ head!
Obviously, the pressure of rhyming with Eminem has made Weezy F. Baby bring his best stuff and his delivery on this song is as good as it gets. He also provides a thumping chorus that fits perfectly with the space-noise beats in the background.
But, as is so often the case in any Eminem collabo, his verse is the one that sticks out and shines. At the beginning of the verse, the production mixes his voice as he sing songs his way through an intriguing first few bars:
It hurts but I’ll never show, this pain you’ll never know
If only you could see just how lonely and how cold
And how frosbit I’ve become, my back’s against the wall
When push come to shove I just stand up and scream fuck ‘em all
After he drops these pulse-pounding lines, he comes back with a classic. No accent, no gimmicks, just straight up the best of the best ripping a dynamite rhymefest:
Man, it feels like these walls are closin’ in, this roof is cavin’ in
Up, it’s time to raise it, then your tazin’ em like pages in my book of rhymes
Got ‘em cookin, boy, this crooked mind of mine got ‘em all shook
And scared to look in my eyes, I stole that fuckin’ clock I took the time
And I came up from behind this game and snuck up
And buttfucked this game up, better be careful when you bring my name up
Fuck this thing that ain’t what I came to claim
But the game ain’t gonna be the same on the day I leave it
But I swear one way or another I’m gonna make these fuckin haters believe it
I swear to God, won’t spare the rod
I’m a man of my word so your fuckin’ heads better nod
I’mma fuck around in this bitch and roast everybody
Sleep on me that pillow is where your head’s gonna lie permanently bitch, it’s beddie-bye
The world is my Easter Egg, yeah prepare to die
My head is swoll, my confidence is up, the stage is my pedestal
I’m unstoppable, incredible, hope you’re trapped in my medicine ball
I can run circles around you so fast your fuckin’ head will spin, dog
I can split your cabbage and your lettuce and olives
I’ll fuckin’…
And then the chorus hits and Weezy’s explodes back onto the scene.
It’s a perfect collaboration that will stand the test of time without question. If we’re lucky, we might see more Weezy and Em. Maybe on Relapse 2.
Keep your fingers crossed. This is too good.
more about “Drop the World“, posted with vodpod
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