There have been rumblings of a surprise Eminem album for a couple of months.
It happened last night, with the drop of Em's 11th album Music To Be Murdered By.
It continues a late-career run of three albums in a little more than three years for Shady. While the first, Revival, wasn't well-received the second, Kamikaze, was.
So far, Music To Be Murdered By is being received more like Kamikaze than like Revival. Check some of the reactions.
Eminem is now the first and only artist in history to be cancelled in 4 different decades
— ana (@explicitxselena) January 17, 2020
congrats @Eminem pic.twitter.com/oZghw4GYXx
Like this if you're up listening to The new Eminem
— Jordan Daley (@JDaIey) January 17, 2020
I wonder if all the Ariana Grande stans tweeting #EminemIsOverParty realise that the reason they’re even called Stans is because of that Eminem song?
— Thomas (@blickbuster) January 17, 2020
Wow. Eminem really went all out spreading the message to use your voice if you don’t like what’s happening in America. Great track with an amazing message. Also shoutout to @Royceda59 for the production. The beat fits perfectly with the mood and message of the song pic.twitter.com/cN4CqbyyES
— Baur (@BaurPower18) January 17, 2020
Super blown away by this album. I honestly never saw this coming from Em at this stage. He delivered with perfection. Bouncy and dope.
— Ayman Ameen (@A_sleemy) January 17, 2020
Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift stans on Twitter really out here trying to cancel Eminem lmaoooooooooooo #EminemIsOverParty pic.twitter.com/Ruu18iAoPj
— TRD (@trdflacko) January 17, 2020
the title and cover art for eminem's new album ‘music to be murdered by’ were modeled after iconic filmmaker alfred hitchcock's 1958 album of the same name https://t.co/36kV2Edzik pic.twitter.com/HmrhB29EJv
— Genius (@Genius) January 17, 2020
Eminem drops more names than Tekashi on Music to be Murdered By !
— Hip Hop By The Numbers (@HipHopNumbers) January 17, 2020
194 Name-Drops
127 Different Names
13/Song
1 every 6 Bars
58.2% are Hip-Hop Personalities
Most
Eminem - 18
Dr. Dre - 12
Jay-Z - 4
Diddy - 4
How you feeling about the project?
I said that new Eminem was some trash and these Mfs pulled up on me pic.twitter.com/2CUzDPYBn7
— Taxevasionenthusiast (@B1ockaye) January 17, 2020
A message to @Eminem !!! pic.twitter.com/pI4BIl4u6e
— Peter Rosenberg (@Rosenbergradio) January 17, 2020
What do you think?