Eminemjust surprised fans with all-new music.
On Friday, the Grammy-winner, 47, dropped an unannounced album titledMusic to Be Murdered By.
“It’s your funeral…” Eminemwroteon Twitter, announcing the release and revealing theAlfred Hitchcock–inspired album art that depicts himself holding an ax and gun to his head. A second bloody album cover shows Eminem holding a shovel while wearing a suit and tie.
The video then includes a voting register link with the words, “Make your voice heard and help change gun laws in America.”
Warning: the video below contains violence and a mass shooting storyline.
For the album, the artist, born Marshall Mathers, receives several assists from music industry heavyweights, including pop starEd Sheeran, who sings “I love the way you move like that” on the song “Those Kinda Nights.”
Late rapperJuice WRLDis also featured on the album in the track “Godzilla,” where the young artist — whodiedof asuspected drug overdosein December at age 21 — joins Eminem on the song about feeling like a monster, ending with Eminem’s trademark speedy rapping style.
Eminem.Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records
Though Eminem’s album has just dropped, the rapper has already stirred up online controversy for his track, “Unaccommodating,” with a lyric that references the2017 bombingat anAriana Grandeconcert inManchesterthat killed 22 people.
“But I’m contemplating yelling ‘bombs away’ on the game like I’m outside of anAriana Grandeconcert waiting,” he raps in the song, which also name-checksOsama bin Laden,John Wayne GacyandJonBenét Ramsey.
The Detroit native’s last album,Kamikaze, dropped in 2018 — another surprise release that included politically fueled themes and criticisms of PresidentDonald TrumpandHarvey Weinstein, among others.
Murder to Be Murdered Byis now available to stream.
source: people.com
