Eminem, the master of word-play innuendos and pop-culture roasting has returned with We Made You, the first video/single from his upcoming Relapse album.
In standard Mathers form, he takes aim at the celebrity sideshows of the day with vitriolic wit. Sure, maybe nobody’s talking about Sarah Palin anymore, but bearing in mind that the guy’s been off the scene for five years, we should probably be thankful he’s not rhyming about Rumsfeld and Anna Nicole Smith.
Instead, the bleach-topped Dre disciple speaks what’s on all our minds by calling Lohan out on her taste in women (Lindsay- please come back to seeing men / Samantha’s a two / you’re practically a ten), and rocking some Vulcan death grip action on a fellow Trekkie before his space ship turns into a giant Transformer. He also pulls off a scary-good Bret Michaels impression and plays Romo to a piggish, daisy-duke’d Jessica Simpson impersonator.
And yes, that’s the same Sarah Palin actress who played her in the Nailin’ Palin porn flick (Lisa Ann).
Say what you will about Em using the same old schtick that put him on the map in the first place- pop mocking is what he does best, and We Made You is much more listenable than any of that Crack A Bottle bullshit. After hearing that little ditty, I was ready to never see or hear Mr. Mathers ever again, but this one’s worth a listen- despite the useless obligatory appearance by 50 “Where’s the Beef?” Cent.
The video is cool and stuff, but I miss the “old” Eminem… He could do some rage stuff for a change, throw on some melancholy, yet again (for the third time) we get a riddiculous video. There is hardly any difference between We Made You and Without Me, or Just Lose It. It’s like with each album he’s got less power.
“I’m glad cause they feed me the fuel that I need for the fire to burn, and it’s burning.”
He can’t burn shit now, cause he’s empty, and waiting to be fed.
This song sucks.
The “Jailhouse Rock” was great…and I’m not even an Elvis fan; guess I appreciate the moment of “classic”. I don’t remember a damn thing about his last release and I probably won’t be buying this one but he’s still keeping it relevant on the f*cking funny side.
And you know that you’re ringing the bell when you’ve caught Bill O’Reilly’s attention and he’s calling you “nothing”.
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