Eminem: 10 Best Songs You've Never Heard

Tapping into that satirical edge that made Eminem a household name more than most comedians, paired with his less charming, malignant intrusiveness, he created a not so nuanced commentary on the state of the rap game in 2007. Recruiting the biggest names in the zeitgeist to irreverently and eloquently throw shade alongside Shady to exhibit the prohibition that this uncouth change of focus presented.

The repetition of the line "it's not about lyrics anymore, it's about a hot beat and a catchy hook" is revisited throughout the song. It's not a prediction to the modern day either, although it could be classed as a precursor. It was actually an effort to take rap back to its roots, as when the song released in 2007, the climate of the rap industry had become increasingly cold to the forefathers that built it.

Although it was unearthed for the first time three years later, Syllables has aged extremely well.

Unsurprisingly, Eminem shines, and despite mocking the cringe-inducing hooks that were circulating the genre at the time, he takes the framework and makes it eclectically digestible. Reinforced with lyrical verses by his featured personnel, which includes veterans Dre, Jay-Z and 50 C, amongst the more contemporaneous in Cashis and Stat Quo, connecting voices from multiple generations to convey the same message.