Eminem has been leading for 27 years Slim Shady, his alter ego, in the backpack. While it is true that in recent years his music has tended towards greater maturity, the insufferable blonde with hostile and accelerated rhymes has reappeared… for his final trick. Indeed, Eminem intends to end this year with Slim Shady and he will do it with an album, ‘The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)’which will be released throughout 2024. By ending the character, it could also put an end to his discography, because the artist announced the album through a video in which he could be heard saying “For my final trick, I’m going to end my career.”
Their new single, ‘Houdini‘, is the first preview of that ending. And it’s not a name chosen too randomly: Eminem is 52 years old, the same as the magician when he died in 1926. The song also follows the magical trend in his chorus, borrowed from ‘Abra Cadabra‘ of sugar raythat the Steve Miller Band They had the nerve to plagiarize them three decades earlier. The rapper also refers to himself, because the song contains elements of ‘Without Me’ and ‘The Real Slim Shady’.
Slim Shady returns in references but also in style: in ‘Houdini’ there is no shortage of shots R. Kelly, The Black Eyed Peas, Megan Thee Stallion, RuPaulhis manager and even his children (who appear as a cameo in a video call), while Eminem He takes advantage of the entire clip to make a little humor with his youthful self.
The truth is that, as irritating as it is, Eminem He still retains that hypnotic capacity of his early years, in which he forces you to see what the hell he is doing. The public has also reacted well, placing it at #3 in Spotify globally on its opening day. Not bad for someone who is about to display his funeral.
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