12 Times Eminem Spit Lyrical Fire

12. Godzilla (Music To Be Murdered By)

Following suit from his 2018 album, Kamikaze, Eminem surprise-dropped Music To Be Murdered By in January this year.

With artwork and album title paying homage to Alfred Hitchcock’s, Em showed how he views his music as artistically important. Sounding more in touch with contemporary music, while remaining distinctly his own, Music To Be Murdered By is his best album since The Eminem Show.

Just before the album’s midway mark, Godzilla begins. Referencing 2013’s Rap God, this track is alluring. Once a short movie sample finishes, Eminem jumps straight into rapping about his skills. Spaced between a slurry hook by the late Juice WRLD, Em changes his flow demonstrating the expanse of his skills.

At the end of the lengthy third verse, Em unleashes a catchier, more complex, and longer rap truly boasting his lyrical prowess. The beautiful pace in the lines, ‘’cause I’m beginnin’ to feel like I’m mentally ill / I’m Atilla, kill or be killed, I’m a killer bee, the vanilla gorilla,’ proves how much work Eminem is putting into his music. He continues, ‘…be on the receivin’ end of me, what stupidity it’d be / Every bit of me’s the epitome of a spitter,’ which further testifies that he is untouchable on the mic. In the track, he concludes that he is above being challenged, but will not back down if it happens.

This juggernaut of a track was further made popular through the use of the #GODZILLACHALLENGE, where fans had to send them performing the ferocious lines matching Em’s speed. Godzilla is the rapper’s best track in such a long time, and while he has moved away from being controversial for the sake of it, this further cements his legacy in Hip-hop by illustrating how, despite the lows of his career, he is still one of the best emcees today.