[43] Ed Power of The Daily Telegraph also compared this album to Revival, calling Kamikaze a "high-kicking, low-punching riposte", indicating it is a better release. He added that the album shows that "Eminem is great at what he does. It Might Be One of His Best", "Eminem Revisits His Slim Shady Persona with Abrasive, "Eminem Makes a Vicious Strike in the War of Generations", "Critic's Notebook: Eminem's Surprise Album, "Eminem's 'Kamikaze' Tries to Stop the Rapper's Artistic Decline by Blaming Everyone Except Himself", "Eminem Is Still Wasting His Talent on Thin-Skinned Antagonism", "Eminem Became a Parody of Himself and Everybody's Laughing", "Here Are the First Week Numbers for Eminem's, "Eminem Returns to No. Eminem, credited as Slim Shady, and Dr. Dre served as executive producers, while production for individual tracks comes from a variety of musicians. But Eminem has inadvertently succeeded at making himself the butt of his biggest joke yet. It’s the follow-up to 2013’s The Marshall Mathers LP2. 1 Album in Over 36 Years on, "Eminem Matches a Chart Feat Only Managed by Drake, J. Cole, Travis Scott and Ed Sheeran", "Eminem Has Now Broken Two Records in 2018 with, "Eminem Surpasses Led Zeppelin and ABBA to Claim the Most Consecutive Number 1s in Official Albums Chart History with, "The Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2018 so far", "Eminem lands ninth #1 album with Kamikaze", "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 36 (dal 2018-08-31 al 2018-09-06)", "Norwegiancharts.com – Eminem – Kamikaze", "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista", "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 37: del 7.9.2018 al 13.9.2018", "The Top 10 Songs and Albums on the iTunes Store", "Eminem's New Album Made Streaming History in the U.K.", "Eminem's 'Lucky You' Marks Rapper's First No. [39] Kitty Empire wrote for The Observer that Eminem is in "full rabid underdog mode" at a time when hip hop MCs are more relaxed, giving the album three out of five stars. [109] "Killshot" garnered 38.1 million streams on YouTube in its first 24 hours and over 80 million views in its first week, making it the most successful debut for a hip hop song and the third-biggest debut in the platform's history. "[34] M. Oliver of PopMatters summed up his review, "Kamikaze is Slim Shady at his midlife best; slightly less deviant, not quite as funny—but revived, nonetheless" and gave the album seven out of 10. The artwork appropriates the cover design of the 1986 Beastie Boys album, Licensed to Ill;[25] Eminem has cited them as an inspiration for several years[26] but did not give the band any prior consultation for the cover homage. [61] By October 17, it was the best-selling hip hop album of the year[62] and a few days later, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America with 1 million album-equivalent units in the United States; 415,000 of them being pure sales. 1 Debut on Streaming Songs Chart", "Eminem's 'Kamikaze' is the Only Solo Album of 2018 to Sell 50,000 Pure Copies", "The Greatest Showman soundtrack named best-selling album of 2018", "A Roundup of Rappers Eminem Name-Drops and Takes Shots at on, "Joe Budden and 16 Other People Eminem Dissed on, "Eminem's Bad New Album Has Created a Vortex of Bad Rap Beefs", "A Comprehensive Timeline of Eminem's Feud with Machine Gun Kelly", "Three Weeks of Unseasoned Rap Beef: Eminem vs. Machine Gun Kelly vs. G-Eazy", "Machine Gun Kelly's Eminem Diss: Twitter Reacts to "Rap Devil, "Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly's Diss Tracks Produced by the Same Person", "Machine Gun Kelly Speaks Out on his 'Battle' Against Eminem", "Eminem Is Already Working on Something New—and Machine Gun Kelly Should Watch Out", "Bizarre of D12 Warns Machine Gun Kelly of Eminem's Rebuttal Following 'Rap Devil': 'Y'all Better Stop Playing with That Boy, "D12's Bizarre Prepared to Defend Eminem with Machine Gun Kelly Diss Track", "Eminem Responds to Machine Gun Kelly On 'Killshot, "D12's Bizarre Defends Eminem and Hits Out at Jay Electronica & Joe Budden on New Diss Track", "Eminem's 'Killshot' Has the Biggest YouTube Debut for a Hip-Hop Video Ever", "Machine Gun Kelly Dismisses Eminem's 'Killshot' Diss Track: 'Answer the Fucking Facts, "Joe Budden Responds to Eminem Disses: 'I've Been Better Than You This Entire Fucking Decade, "Lupe Fiasco Says He'll Destroy Both Eminem & Joe Budden in a Rap Battle", "6ix9ine Trolls Eminem by Rapping Over 'Lose Yourself, "50 Cent Takes Aim at Joe Budden After Trolling Safaree & Busta Ryhmes: 'Get the F**k Outta Here Joe Butt Head, "Remy Ma Hits Out at Joe Budden and Machine Gun Kelly Over Eminem Diss Track Responses", "Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds Calls Out Eminem's 'Hateful' Language: 'It's Never Okay, "Troye Sivan on Eminem's Use of a Homophobic Slur: 'I Don't Think There's Ever Really a Reason, "Bon Iver's Justin Vernon Says He 'Asked Them to Change' Eminem Collaboration with Homophobic Slur", "Eminem Needs to Be Held Accountable for Using Homophobic Slurs (Again)", "There's a Reason Eminem Is So Sensitive About His Legacy on, "Eminem Says Homophobic Tyler, the Creator Diss Went 'Too Far. [21] The music video was directed by James Larese,[21] who previously directed the music videos of "Framed" and "Caterpillar". [18] Producer Illa da Producer sees the album as similar to The Slim Shady LP in terms of its ferocity, rather than the subdued Revival. Kamikaze represents a continuation of this response, containing various insults against critics and rappers alike. The artwork is an homage to Beastie Boys' debut album, Licensed to Ill (1986). [13], Although he had no marketing prior to the debut,[14] Eminem had previously debuted freestyle rap "The Storm"[15] at the 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards using similar lyrics to the eventual title track[16] and he directly referred to his experience performing it on "The Ringer". [29] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? Though his skill is absolutely unmatched, homophobic references and overly misogynistic bars in 2018 do feel excessively out of touch. On January 8, 2018, Eminem unexpectedly released a remix to his Revival song, "Chloraseptic", featuring 2 Chainz and Phresher. [42], Aja Romano of Vox called the album Eminem's best in years, citing a return to the rapper's old school sound after deviating with Revival. On streaming music service Spotify, five tracks from Kamikaze were in the top 10 of the week of September 4, including the top two spots. [70] It was the 10th best-selling album of 2018 in the United Kingdom.[71]. [53] NPR's Rodney Carmichael suggested that the album is a parody writing, "[Eminem] may be going out with a cliché bang on Kamikaze, but he hasn't sounded more like himself in years", summing up his review with the critique, "Kamikaze may not be a success on the surface. [95] According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, Kamikaze was the ninth best-selling album globally of 2018, with 1 million physical and digital copies sold. [91] "Lucky You" represents the first time that Eminem has topped the Streaming Songs Chart from Billboard. [8] Billboard credits the success of the surprise release to Beyoncé's self-titled fifth studio album released in December 2013 without any promotion or pre-announcement, which was a critical and commercial success, ultimately changing the global release day for music from Tuesday to Friday. [48], In a more critical review, Stephen Kearse of Rolling Stone gave the album 2.5 out of five stars, situating Eminem in contemporary hip hop by writing, "Eminem has no insights or ideas about the state of rap, nor does he have meaningful thoughts about his place within the genre. [38] In NME, Dan Stubbs gave the album three out of five stars, saying that Eminem is out of step with trends in hip hop by writing, "there's a sense Eminem struggles with the modern world" but stating that "there are plenty of moments... that remind us of Em's greatness". "[50] In The New Zealand Herald, Siena Yates praised Eminem for "technically flawless flows and cheeky wordplay" as well as "a thrilling command of cadence" but gave the album three out of five stars because, "He's just not saying much and what he is saying smacks of ignorance and someone reaching for relevance in a world he's hellbent on rejecting. He does, however, try to claim his influence." 2 quizz. Eminem, titres en images . [74] Other international charts that it topped include Austria,[75] Belgium (Flanders only;[76] it reached third in Wallonia[77]), the Czech Republic,[78] Denmark, Finland,[79] Ireland,[80] Italy,[81] the Netherlands,[82] New Zealand,[83] Norway,[84] Sweden,[85] and Switzerland;[86] it retained top spot in Ireland the following[87] two weeks. Bilgi. [20] A music video for "Fall" was released on September 4, 2018, addressing criticism of Revival. [33] Similarly, A. D. Amorosi of Variety sees the album as similar to Eminem's earlier work, stating, "[his] voice hasn't sounded quite so cranky, silly, impassioned or enraged since his early days"[44] and for XXL, Scott Glaysher calls the album a revisit of the Slim Shady persona. [64][65] As a result, Eminem surpassed Led Zeppelin and ABBA for the most consecutive albums to reach the nation's summit,[64] with nine. Commercially, the album reached number one in 18 countries, becoming Eminem's ninth[3] consecutive number-one album in the United States, and later becoming the best-selling hip-hop album of 2018. Oluşturuldu 22/03/2014; "[40] The Hollywood Reporter's Jonny Coleman considered the album an "epic fail" and described it as "the work of an aging artist trying, and failing, to remain relevant by acting out. The album features guest appearances from Joyner Lucas, Royce da 5'9", Jessie Reyez, and uncredited vocals by Justin Vernon. Promotion for the album track "Venom" featured the logo from the film of the same name. Pogona94. [9] The album was sold on his website in several formats, including bundled with merchandise such as apparel. Ja Rule responded on social media, re-igniting a feud the two had 15 years prior. [37] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic also emphasized Eminem's technical ability and lack of inspiration: "As sheer performance, Eminem's vocals remain a thing of wonder, which is why it's so dispiriting to hear him circling the drain, relying on old tricks instead of expanding his worldview. September 2018", "Official IFPI Charts – Top-75 Albums Sales Chart – Week: 42/2018", "Top 40 album DVD és válogatáslemez-lista – 2018. It was promoted using a cryptic "[124] Matt Miller of Esquire relates his use of the term to previous homophobic lyrics and calls it the "biggest problem" of the album. [90] The album had the fifth-strongest opening week for streaming in the United Kingdom with 30,000 equivalent units. [104] The song's title refers to Eminem's "Rap God" and Eminem went into the studio days later to record his own response,[105] as did former D12 associate Bizarre. [127], In response to allegations that "Not Alike" sounds similar to Bhad Bhabie's "Hi Bich", Bhabie has responded that she takes the comparison as a compliment. He also is in the top ten for highest first week sales of 2018. It's so funny he forgot to laugh. Musicians have criticized Eminem's use of the slur "faggot" to describe rapper Tyler, the Creator on the song "Fall", including Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons, calling the rapper's language "hateful",[121] and Troye Sivan;[122] additionally, guest vocalist Justin Vernon distanced himself from the collaboration due to the message. [123] Critics have also objected to the slur, such as Mikelle Street of Billboard, who wrote, "Eminem needs to be held accountable for using homophobic slurs (again)," further adding, "the idea that listeners are too 'soft' for critiquing the ways in which rappers weaponize the identities of others against them ignores how hip-hop is a reflection and arbiter of culture. Kamikaze received a generally mixed reception from critics. [110] Kelly has continued the feud publicly.[100][111]. It's not his best or his worst—but, it's definitely what fans deserved eight months ago. "[54], In the United States, Kamikaze opened at number one on the Billboard 200 with 434,000 album-equivalent units,[55] consisting of 252,000 traditional album sales as well as 225 million streams, giving Eminem his largest amount of streams within a week. Kamikaze (stylized as KAMIKAZƎ) is the tenth studio album by American rapper Eminem, released on August 31, 2018 by Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records, and Shady Records without prior announcement. It's not fun, informative, challenging or entertaining, it's just a lot of technical skill and angry fist-shaking. "[49] In Billboard, Charles Holmes said Eminem "tries to stop [his] artistic decline by blaming everyone except himself," and concluded, "Eminem was once a titan of hip-hop, but he never owned it [...] The world and rap might not need Eminem or Slim Shady anymore, but it could do with a little more Marshall. [88] Kamikaze debuted at sixth in France, fourth in Germany,[78] tenth in Greece, eighth in Hungary, third in Poland, and fifteenth in Spain;[89] after one week, it rose to second in Germany, and twelfth in Spain. ... Trouvez le titre des chansons de EMINEM avec des images de chansons. [17] He debuted a clothing line featuring "The Kamikaze" t-shirt the month prior. [57] The album dropped one place to number two in its second week behind Paul McCartney's Egypt Station, earning an additional 136,000 album-equivalent units. [96], Throughout the album, lyrics criticize other musicians[97][98] and several have responded publicly. [46] At HipHopDX, Trent Clark gave the album a 3.9 out of five, contrasting the work with Revival and denying this is a return to form, summing up, "After being faced with nothing to prove as the highest-selling rapper of all-time, Eminem’s found another challenge in perfecting the new style he’s put on display". He has the musical skills to mature; he's just refusing to let himself act his age. "[35], Exclaim! [126] Eminem later apologized in his "Kamikaze Interview" with Sway Calloway posted to his website: "In my quest to hurt him, I realize I was hurting a lot of other people". [125] The BBC's Jimmy Blake summed up the first week of objections to Eminem's language and questioned if it is time for him to retire. [118] Artists including 50 Cent[119] and Remy Ma[120] have come out in support of Eminem. [12] Several weeks after the album's release and subsequent commercial success, Eminem took out a full-page ad in The Hollywood Reporter mocking negative reviews of Kamikaze, including The Hollywood Reporter's review itself. [92], In 2018, Kamikaze was ranked as the 17th most popular album of the year on the Billboard 200[93] and by the end of the year Kamikaze had sold over 1,014,000 album-equivalent units in the US, with over 457,000 being pure sales. [10] Eminem used social media services such as Instagram and Twitter to announce the release[11] and has relied on the extensive feedback from diss tracks and Internet hype to spread the word of the album. On August 31, 2018, he released the album to digital music stores and streaming services without any promotion or pre-announcement, unlike the extensive marketing done for Revival;[7] he would repeat the strategy with 2020's Music to Be Murdered By. Eminem - Écoutez Eminem sur Deezer. [3] He also topped the Artist 100 chart due to album sales and song streams. [30] Album of the Year assessed it as a 58 out of 100, ranking #714 out of 744 albums. Kamikaze (stylized as KAMIKAZƎ) is the tenth studio album by American rapper Eminem, released on August 31, 2018 by Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records, and Shady Records without prior announcement. [106][107] Eminem responded with "Killshot" on September 14[108] and Bizarre's "Love Tap" was released on September 20. "[52] For Pitchfork, Marc Hogan gave the album five out of 10, writing, "[Eminem's] career has become an exhausting feedback loop, and Kamikaze flies straight into that downward spiral", criticizing it as "yet another empty, intermittently tone-deaf onslaught of technical rap prowess and humorless juvenilia from an artist who once controlled the zeitgeist with ease" but praising his technical skills as a rapper and clever lyricist. The album was promoted with three singles: "Fall", "Venom", from the 2018 movie of the same name, and "Lucky You", and a music video for "Good Guy", along with a supporting tour. [19], American singer Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, whose vocals were uncredited on the song "Fall", disavowed his participation in the album, claiming that he was not in the studio when the recording was made. 's Riley Wallace cited the anger of Eminem's early work, unnecessary homophobia, and the shortcomings of Revival in a middling review of 6/10: "Angry, reactionary Em is nothing new. [67] The following week, the album retained the top spot, with 51% of its consumption coming from streams[68] and garnered 29,000 units for the third week to stay at number one. [128] She revised the lyrics of 15 to pay respect to Eminem. [63], The album also entered atop the UK Albums Chart on September 7 with first week sales of 55,000 album equivalent units, including 30,000 album-equivalent streams, making Kamikaze the United Kingdom's fifth-most streamed album in an opening week. "[47] For Uproxx, Aaron Williams also praised the rapper's technical abilities and also pointed out the function of engage with his critics that this music performs. He raps only for the sheer thrill of hearing himself rap. "[32] In Spin, Jesse Fairfax criticized the tenor of the album, writing "Eminem's defensiveness seems to preclude whatever reckoning he could otherwise have with any creative shortcomings that may have led him here". [45] For Consequence of Sound, Dedrick Hendrix gave the album a B−, summing up, "As a whole, the album may not be impeccable, but it’s the best he's released since 2010. [14] At the iTunes Store, three songs were in the top ten and Kamikaze topped the album charts in the first week of release. [58] All eleven songs entered the Billboard Hot 100,[59] with "Lucky You" and "The Ringer" reaching numbers six and eight on the chart. [56] It became his ninth consecutive number-one album in the country, tying him with Garth Brooks and The Rolling Stones for fifth-most entries to top the chart, and had the year's fifth-highest first-week sales in the USA. Following the polarizing reception of his previous album, Revival (2017), music journalists debated over whether the rapper's relevance and ability were waning. He probably doesn’t even have a Spotify account. The album features guest appearances from Joyner Lucas, Royce da 5'9", Jessie Reyez, and uncredited vocals by Justin Vernon.Eminem, credited as Slim Shady, and Dr. Dre served as … gave the album 5.6 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. [99] Eminem and rapper Machine Gun Kelly have had an ongoing feud for several years,[100][101] and Kelly released a diss track in response to "Not Alike" titled "Rap Devil" on September 3;[102] both songs were produced by Ronny J. It additionally debuted at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart, giving Eminem his ninth number-one album in Australia[72] (where it stayed for four weeks)[73] and the Canadian Albums Chart, becoming Eminem's 10th number-one album in Canada after debuting with 44,000 album-equivalent units. [27] Promotion for the album featured the same artwork in full, including the Eminem logo with added Japanese writing, neither of which was included on the album cover design made by Mike Saputo.[28]. The track also debuted at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Eminem's 20th top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. "Perth Jazz Singer Donna Burke Sampled on Eminem's Surprise Album, Australian Recording Industry Association, "Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 36, 2018", "EESTI TIPP-40 MUUSIKAS: Eminem lõugas end tabelisse", "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP (Week 36, 2018)", Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique, "Offiziellecharts.de – Eminem – Kamikaze", "Offizielle Deutsche Charts: Top 20 Hiphop–Charts 14. 1 on Artist 100 Chart, Thanks to, "Paul McCartney Earns First No. [66] It was also the top album in Scotland. [112] 6ix9ine, Iggy Azalea,[113] Joe Budden,[114] Die Antwoord,[115] Lupe Fiasco,[116] and Lord Jamar[117] have also responded publicly, with the first releasing the skit "Legend" that raps over Eminem's "Lose Yourself". 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[103] Kelly continued the feud at a concert, calling it "a battle between the past and the fucking future". This release received a weighted average score of 62 out of 100, based on 16 reviews. Revival is Eminem’s highly anticipated ninth studio album, released on December 15, 2017. The album also generated some controversy for its diss tracks about various artists, as well as spurring accusations of homophobia. [36] Writing for Vice, Robert Christgau regarded the album as being "about hip-hop, his truest passion and sole area of undeniable expertise, rather than the larger emotional and political themes of what he conceived as a groundbreaking statement of principle [with Revival]". Dre. [24], The full album cover, front to back, features fighter pilot LT. Mathers III intentionally crashing an F-86 Sabre fighter jet into an unknown object. Kamikaze was met with favorable reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. [4] During the Revival sessions, S1 tried to work with Eminem but he refused; the producer kept sending him beats to use on future tracks that the rapper incorporated into Kamikaze songs. 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[5] The afternoon before Kamikaze's release, Eminem posted a 15-second teaser of a new song on social media, featuring the logo for the superhero film Venom,[6] without comment. [31] Other assessments of the critical consensus have been mixed. Certainly, it's refreshing that in a genre especially obsessed with statements of dominance, Eminem doesn't disguise his feelings of irrelevance. It later received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [69] It managed to stay atop the charts for four weeks. The "E" in "VENOM" was replaced with the "Ǝ" character Eminem frequently uses on artwork. [60] He is the fifth artist to debut two songs in its top 10 simultaneously. [94] As of January 2019[update], Kamikaze has sold over 500,000 copies in pure sales, making it the only solo album of 2018 to do so. In response to the criticism, Eminem released a remix of the song "Chloraseptic" in January 2018 with 2 Chainz and Phresher. "[51] The Guardian's Alexis Petridis gave the album three out of five stars and commented on Eminem's generational difference with current hip hop stars, summing up, "...if you're going to listen to a middle-aged white man complain that hip-hop isn't as good as it used to be, that [sic] it might as well be Eminem. I'll be back..." On January 22, 2018, photos revealed Mike Will Made-It in the studio with Eminem and Dr. Çok oyunculu bir oyun oluşturun. 73 oyuncular. Some praised it as a step-up over the rapper's previous album and a welcome return to the sound of his earlier, more aggressive material, while others criticized its lack of adaption to the current sound of hip hop, and as a result, found it outdated.