Eminem: 10 Best Songs You've Never Heard
2. What The Beat (DJ Clue Feat. Eminem, Method Man and Royce Da 5' 9")
What the beat? More like what the f**k! Why has an official song that features Bad Meets Evil meeting the Ticallion Stallion (Method Man) for the first and only time fallen into such obscurity?
What The Beat sees all three lyrical shoguns putting on a show of extravagant proportions for those listening. The opened by Method Man is his typical bouncy flow that has become a pivotal part of his arsenal, with some political focus and humorous proverbs thrown in for good measure.
Then Eminem comes in.
Marshall outperforming the flow of those that came before him in the indelicate but not indirect manner that he always does, isn't something we're unfamiliar with. It happened to Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and arguably even big poppa himself. All legends of the game that inspired Eminem before being downtrodden by his impact, but when Em goes verse for verse against another legend in Method Man, he unquestionably steals the song from his grasp.
Channelling his inner Grandmaster Flash, Slim takes the initial framework from Flash's pioneering debut - "The Message" - and reevaluates the message entirely. He airs a multitude of grievances in a measly amount of time.
From the way he's perceived by the public to congress, all the while proclaiming that there would be "just as many murderers and heroin users without Marilyn's music" in his unrepentant pursuit to prove that he'll never change the way he is.