For those of you who didn’t get exactly what you wanted for Christmas, it’s not too late. The Scrooge McDuck turned Santa of Hip-Hop, Dr. Dre, has opened the vault and let loose another more highly coveted record for your listening pleasure. The unearthed song, “Syllables,” sounds a bit dated, hosting appearances from now ex-Aftermath soldier Stat Quo in addition to a quick verse from long-forgotten Ca$his, who’s surprisingly still signed to Interscope for purposes unknown. But the heavyweight headliners – 50, Hov, Dre, and Em – are the obvious main attractions. Marshall’s style is very obviously circa 2004, as he’s not using that double time flow or doing his pseudo irate Mike Singletary impersonation. But all joking aside, he does make some valid points regarding the age-old “what’s more important, the beat or the lyrics” debate.
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Eminem Feat. Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Stat Quo & Ca$his – “Syllables”
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in addition to a quick verse from long-forgotten Ca$his, who’s surprisingly still signed to Interscope for purposes unknown.
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in addition to a quick verse from long-forgotten Ca$his, who’s surprisingly still signed to Interscope for purposes unknown.
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Ghostwriting purposes.
See… And you thought DJ Khaled waz the first producer to feature five artist on a track…
That joint was fresh. Good looks Raj
pseudo irate Mike Singletary impersonation
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co-sign that. lol
Track is pretty fresh even though it’s obviously dated as mentioned & Ca$his surprisingly had 1 of the better verses on it!
Minimal beat but I like it. Kind of sounds like the same sample from “Kiss Your Ass Goodbye”.
Em murdered it. Especially surprising since this would be circa Encore.
Jay with his lazy flow but good content. Was that a Mike Myers ‘Up From the Top’ punchline at the end?
Nice 50 verse by his standards of the time.
The dutch rollers/ghostwriters said nothing memorable.
Yeah this is a keeper. Should’ve been on Encore or Massacre, not that anything was saving either of those from a quality standpoint…
B-Boy Rock-Star says:
December 29, ’10 at 10:07 am
See… And you thought DJ Khaled waz the first producer to feature five artist on a track…
WTF U TALKIN BRO???? EVER HEARD OF THE SYMPHONY. GO LEARN SOMETHIN
So let me get this straight, I get a track from 4 cats this year (50 Em, Jay-z, Dre). Hopped on every pop track for a remix, to get more buzz (50), shilled laptops with a beat that was a rip-off of Beyonce’s “Naughty Girl” (Dr Dre), made pop-rap (with good lyrics, but still pop) with young top 40 artists to keep themselves in the spotlight (Jay-z & Em).
Got nothing but love for these cats, but these mofos want it both ways. They want to do lyrical tracks mixed with pop bullshit and then criticize the very same people they work with. How the fuck can you complain about a hook and a beat only sells now, but work with Nicki Minaj, Pink, and Rihanna? Don’t see none of the cats their own age at all.
Good shit
So let me get this straight, I get a track from 4 cats this year (50 Em, Jay-z, Dre). Hopped on every pop track for a remix, to get more buzz (50), shilled laptops with a beat that was a rip-off of Beyonce’s “Naughty Girl” (Dr Dre), made pop-rap (with good lyrics, but still pop) with young top 40 artists to keep themselves in the spotlight (Jay-z & Em).
Got nothing but love for these cats, but these mofos want it both ways. They want to do lyrical tracks mixed with pop bullshit and then criticize the very same people they work with. How the fuck can you complain about a hook and a beat only sells now, but work with Nicki Minaj, Pink, and Rihanna? Don’t see none of the cats their own age at all.
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Where did Em complain in his verse? He is saying kids don’t give a shit about lyrics. And he is right. Not anywhere does he complain about this…rather you hear statements like “we don’t know anymore what are hits” and he is asking questions like “is it the beat is the rap” and “how do we adapt”. It’s almost half philosophical, half tongue-in-cheek – check the pronounciation of “sylalable” and the fake hook. You picture them smirking in the studio, not frowning. They aren’t angry or anything they are just poking fun at the way the charts work.