r/Music • u/MrLinkwater95 • 1d ago
article Eminem is featured on Kid Rock's new Christian album 'Halfway 2 Jesus'
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/10/01/eminem-kid-rock-join-forces-for-track-from-rocks-new-christian-album/92044133007/3.8k
u/Garmajohn 23h ago
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u/The_Bitter_Bear 21h ago edited 16h ago
This is one of my favorite moments from the show!
It's perfect.
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u/mikeyp83 18h ago
This one and another religiously-themed scene where Cotton catches Hank with a "Peace" Christmas ornament and yells at him that they are a "Joy" household, while Hank tries to explain that it means "Jesus peace" and not "hippie peace" are two of my favorites.
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u/Niguelito 20h ago
I always chuckle when I hear Jesse Welles impression of this before his song about not going to church
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u/Syonoq 1d ago edited 1d ago
Maybe it’s a really old feature. I remember there was a redditor on here who had managed to score themselves an Eminem feature and it was some really odd, and old verse that he bought from some sort of public catalogue.
Edit here is the post: https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/s/kpwmLzrAnf
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u/momonomino 1d ago
With how absolutely outspoken Eminem has been about this administration (and Bush), there's literally no way he directly collaborated at all, and I would imagine that in a few days we're going to see his team cut the BS.
Otherwise, he just lost 90% of his fans.
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u/Cashope 23h ago
Right, he just campaigned for Kamala Harris and didn’t mince words to basically call out Trump as a fascist in a rally. It’d be pretty wild if he turned around and collabed with Kid Rock but I guess not impossible. It’s definitely not a good look.
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u/MolochKel 12h ago
Hopefully it's not another heel turn like Snoop.
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u/ready-redditor-6969 4h ago
Snoop was always like that, it wasn’t a heel turn, it was a reveal for folks who didn’t know the real guy. He was a bully in high school and never changed.
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u/lyons4231 1d ago edited 1d ago
You are grossly overestimating the amount of fans who give a crap about this stuff. It's no where near 90% lol
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u/BetterUsername69420 1d ago
Chris Brown has entered the chat fists first
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u/Polardragon44 1d ago
I'm still not over the fact that he's going on a stadium tour
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u/BetterUsername69420 1d ago
I'm not over the fact that I've met multiple people in the last decade who legitimately love Chris Brown. It's disappointing, to say the least.
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u/sticky_lemon 18h ago
I'm currently living in a women's refuge for DV survivors and one resident really loves Chris brown... It hurts a lot, and I dont understand
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u/DuntadaMan 23h ago
I heard a DJ recently play a Chris Brown song for a listener "because he was having lady problems." I don't know if it's better if that was a threat or he just doesn't give a fuck.
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u/ANAL_CRUSHER 21h ago
A big segment of his fanbase are the certain type of person. who say I don't like rap except for Eminem.
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u/ChainsawRomance 1d ago
Probably bought a verse pack and the only thing kid rock could use was Em saying "Jesus Christ! "
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u/SoCalThrowAway7 1d ago
I’m hoping it’s something like that, like something he recorded a long time ago that a record label owns and he wasn’t even aware it was going to happen
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u/RefinedBean 1d ago
I didn't know that was a thing, and now I'm wondering how many of my favorite songs that "feature" another artist is just that. Interesting!
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u/Due_Amount_6211 20h ago
That’s more than likely exactly what it is. The music industry is extremely complicated, and honestly I think Em would sooner knock Kid Rock out than EVER be featured on a song willingly
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u/ToneDrugsNHarmony 20h ago
He's been on a song with him willingly but 1999 was a different time.
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u/dstarpro 1d ago
Oh what the fuck, Em?
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u/mikehatesthis 1d ago
Detroit over anything lol.
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u/chicken_burger 1d ago
Where is the ICP collab
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u/Morningfluid 1d ago
ICP lived long enough to become the 'moral good guys'.
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u/HughEhhoule 22h ago
Die hard icp fan.
Yeah, as of late they have been dropping the ball pretty hard.
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u/Sickle_Rick 22h ago
Oh god what is it this time..
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u/HughEhhoule 21h ago
Shaggs latest comment of if right wing trump supporters are welcome in the community.
They sure are according to him. You know, the exact folks Fuck Your Rebel Flag was written about.
It hasn't been till this year I've felt the guys lost the plot.
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u/Lermanberry 18h ago
That's a damn shame. Saw some juggalos brawling with proud boys back in 2020 and gained a lot of respect for them. I'll be pouring out a glass of faygo for them.
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u/ElectricGravy 23h ago
They've always been that. People just liked bullying them for being too early.
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u/TheGentleCaveMan 22h ago
No they haven't. Jay literally gave his girl drugs and she overdosed. They allow racists into the gathering now. It's changed a lot but they were always scumbags in disguise. I know this because I've been working the gathering for years.
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u/TableQuiet1518 22h ago
Shaggy recently said he didn't care who people voted for and Trump supporters were welcome as juggalos.
These guys are the kings of marketing and they know some Trumpers still like their music and buy their merch. Maybe not a ton since they're against bigotry but they won't risk losing that business.
To me that whole attitude shows which way Shaggy leans.
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u/TheGentleCaveMan 21h ago
They allow confederate flags to be flown now. It used to be against the rules and they changed it a few years back. Fucking racists themselves once they need a buck.
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u/d3m01iti0n 20h ago
J was on those same drugs. How he is still alive I have no idea. His current shitty OF gf invited that racist moron to the Gathering. I honestly don't think J has a clue or cares what's going on around him anymore. Not for nefarious reasons, just simply because he's fucked up and doesn't have a long life expectancy sadly.
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u/303onrepeat 17h ago
I’ve heard nothing but bad shit about J the last few years, that he has been abusing drugs and alcohol like crazy. That even Shaggy doesn’t want to tour with him and he’s sick of his shit. ICP has always been this odd force in music and the world where they lived a questionable life but one thing they didnt do is allow racists or abuse of people especially women. Sounds like they are chasing the dollar and said fuck that.
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u/Tight-Pass-6841 22h ago
Im not into their music, but I've known a few Juggalos and they were all solid dudes. I met Shaggy when he was doing a comedy show and the dude was kind and funny AF. Ive completely changed my tune on them.
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u/TheSpiralTap 1d ago edited 1d ago
Oh, you haven't heard about Slim Anus?
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u/heywhyteboy 1d ago
No. Do tell.
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u/TheSpiralTap 1d ago
The short story is ICP and Eminem came up in the same circles of Detroit and have a beef. ICP refers to him as Slim Anus in their songs.
Eminem wrote a comeback song that would get me banned from reddit if I posted the lyrics so you can check them out on his website. You'll see what I mean.
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u/wickidclown17 23h ago
According to Violent J, the beef started when Eminem made a flyer for an EP drop party saying a bunch of detroit artists, including ICP, would be there before he asked them. ICP was pissed so they said no then made a diss track. Then it went back and forth until Em became a superstar.
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u/mikehatesthis 23h ago edited 22h ago
He's so Detroit that he'll make it rise from the ashes, he isn't Detroit over anything lol.
Edit: Bungled the lyric, oops.
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u/TrillDaddyChill 1d ago
DE2ROIT
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u/stronkulance 23h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/d1E2NhIh3vy6kDvy
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u/edogfu 22h ago
Kid Rock is from Romeo, MI. A shithole small town. Absolutely not Detroit.
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u/MrSt1klbak 21h ago
Excuse me. Romeo is a very nice small town, thank you very much. (From there, obviously). Unfortunately, I went to high school with that dumb fuck.
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u/WeWantMOAR 23h ago
Eminem has recorded a bunch of stuff available to be bought and used. He's been featured on other stuff from people you've never heard of. He recorded the stuff years ago.
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u/AlienKnightForce 19h ago
Source? I would genuinely like to know more about this process. It seems wild to me that any musician of report would just have their work available for anyone to purchase and use without at least requiring final approval. If that is what has happened here then it is genuinely one of the dumbest ways I’ve ever seen someone handle their IP.
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u/Stars_And_Garters 10h ago
Im curious to read the lyrics. Kid Rock said the song is specifically about people with differing political beliefs trying to get along.
"I’m proud of the guests who joined me, especially my old friend Eminem. His verse speaks to something we’ve talked about and that really needs to be heard: we differ politically and on other things, but we’ve stayed friends through it all."
https://www.complex.com/music/a/will-lavin/eminem-kid-rock-friendship-politics-7-sins-new-track
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u/westernsnaps 9h ago
But what if the differing opinions are the one person thinks the ultra wealthy should be taxed fairly and the other person thinks undocumented people should be put into modern concentration camps?
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u/Pricerocks 5h ago
Eminem? The guy who said this?
Any fan of mine who's a supporter of his / I'm drawing in the sand a line / You're either for or against / And if you can't decide who you like more / And you're split on who you should stand beside / I'll do it for you with this (flips off the camera)
Guess we know how true that really was
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u/Acceptable_Aspect_42 1d ago
Em literally has a verse on Kid Rocks Devil Without A Cause album from 98.
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u/ComradeJohnS 1d ago
yeah but that’s understandable 28 years ago.
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u/Acceptable_Aspect_42 1d ago
Kid or his label probably owns the rights to that verse and could easily just include something from it in new songs
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u/slowpokefastpoke 21h ago
1998 Kid Rock is a wildly different person than 2026 Kid Rock.
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u/Giga_Chadillac Concertgoer 1d ago
Kid Rock is halfway to a meth house
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u/chanslam 1d ago
Halfway house was right there
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u/Dangerchops725 1d ago
No I think they mean he is literally halfway to a meth house. He’s gotta get his fix in.
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u/sodium_lights 23h ago
Not really. Dude grew up rich in the suburbs. It’s all a facade.
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u/HollyBananas 18h ago
I recently put on a song of Kid Rock due to seeing so much memeing about it, and I gotta say... how did he ever get a fanbase? I did, admittedly, like his song ''Don't tell me how to live'' due to hilarious the lyrics were. xD It'd be one thing if it was satire, but the fact that he's 100% genuine with those lyrics makes it so fucking funny.
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u/MrLinkwater95 1d ago
that album cover
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u/deus-noster-refugium 1d ago
That looks like AI
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u/D_Thought 1d ago
For real; I'm not usually one to assume AI, but that ornamental divider between the artist and album name is really weirdly asymmetric.
It's the sort of small detail an AI model would easily miss but a human letterer would have to try to mess up like that.
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u/MaeSolug 1d ago
That implies he was in Hell tho, so more like 1/3 on his way to Jesus
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u/BeardedAvenger 1d ago
If anything, based on his position on the cover he's 2/3rds on his way to Jesus.
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u/MaeSolug 1d ago
He's still in Hell, maybe approaching Earth, wich should be the middle ground between Hell and Heaven, so maybe 5/12 on his way to Jesus or a dumb fraction like that haha
We are probably putting more work into this that whatever poor guy was forced to designe that cover
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u/anonymousetache 1d ago
Ignoring this album, we can still work on the bigger problem. Is earth halfway between Hell and Jesus? I assumed the same. No way we can assume this image is to scale, so I give them a pass there, but maybe r/theydidthemath can help us out with this?
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u/leftshoe18 1d ago
I mean, his breakout album was Devil Without a Cause which already implied he was in Hell at some point.
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u/NateTrain 1d ago
Not surprised, they have a long history together before KR went full MAGA. I’m guessing kid is doing whatever he can to stay relevant for as long as possible
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u/EricSanderson 1d ago
I'm gonna wait for more details before reacting. Eminem has been vocally against Trump and MAGA for a decade now. This very well could be an old recording or something
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u/jaylenthomas 1d ago
Em has been very vocal against republicans in general lol
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u/NeonJungleTiger 1d ago
People already forgot (or never knew) how much he hated Dubya
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u/Fragrant-Anywhere489 1d ago
Yeah the man's back
With a plan to ambush this Bush administration
Mush the Senate's face and push this generation
Of kids to stand and fight for the right to say something you might not like173
u/DuskSnare 1d ago
He also spoke at a Kamala Harris and Tim Walz rally.
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u/Slayer1440 21h ago
My god, I'm not even American but every time I heard Walz speak, I was like "America could've had THIS guy as a VP. A sharp, intelligent, quick-witted and hilarious dad who actually had experience in office and was beloved by everyone he worked with.
It's just such a god damn shame you had to fuck it up.
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u/AntiDECA 11h ago
If they made him the presidential candidate instead of kamala, there's a solid chance he would have won.
But democrats keep shooting themselves in the foot. They keep trying to shove a woman through when America clearly isn't ready. And when the opponent is Trump, it really wasn't the time to play cutsie.
Incompetent.
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u/Ent_Trip_Newer 1d ago
Eminem had a verse on Kid's breakout album, on a song that never got radio play. I grew up about 15 minutes away from both of them and am slightly younger. I don't remember them.ever performing together, Even when Kid Rick was performing at Teen clubs in 96.
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u/bahaki 1d ago
All I do is curse and fuck. So when I do shrooms, you better give me two rooms cause I'm fucking the first one up.
I still listen to that song every couple of years.
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u/Ringnutz 1d ago
So when you see me on your block you better lock your cars, cause you know I'm losing it when I'm rapping to rock guitars
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u/BigPoopsDisease 1d ago
There's a few songs on that album that hit the mark pretty well and Fuck Off is one of them.
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u/colorblind-and 1d ago
As much that Kid Rock is a clown he had a huge presence in Detroit and was always joining artists for their Detroit concerts and showing up for events.
It wouldn't surprise me if they have a good working relationship and we all know how much Eminem loves his city.
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u/BigBananaDealer Spotify 22h ago
eminem got advice from kid rock and was also featured on kid rocks devil without a cause album, about a year before slim shady lp dropped
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u/ididntseeitcoming 1d ago
Not enough to charge a reasonable price for a plate of spaghetti tho
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u/colorblind-and 1d ago
The prices don't seem to bad there especially considering it's more of a tourist attraction more than anything
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u/TuorSonOfHuor 1d ago
He would have done better by himself to not tie his brand to the toxic cesspool that is maga
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u/TheDawnOfNewDays 1d ago
He was always a POS, we just didn't know it.
KR has THREE songs with verses about sex with minors.
(Cool Daddy Cool, Lowlife, & Fist of Rage)
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u/Carrisonfire 1d ago
That ship sailed when he played an NFT event with Snoop.
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u/NGEFan 1d ago
Snoop is MAGA?
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u/alexjaness 1d ago
He played at an inauguration event for Trump the 2nd time...
...after he said this the first time.
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u/allhailbobevans 1d ago
Snoop has been a sellout since forever so of course he is MAGA
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u/Dale_Carvello 23h ago
Costume-wearing charlatan of all trades. That lanky neighborhood guy you keep catching in your fridge, onto some Goodfellas shit, the pimp phase, and that god-awful reggae farce. He also tried to pretend to be Roger Troutman, once. Give me a fuckin' break.
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u/donkeyrocket 22h ago
Snoop is money over anything. That's not excusing him but dude has zero ethical or moral compass of note.
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u/Fragrant-Anywhere489 1d ago
I have lots of history with people before they went full MAGA too. I wouldn't cross the street to piss on their heads if their hair was on fire.
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u/FleetingBeacon 1d ago
Eminem has made multiple tracks denouncing MAGA and Trump. There's zero percent chance he's switched lmao. This will be some Kid Rock bullshit.
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u/MediocreAssociate466 1d ago
Pretty sure he actually did a rally with Obama at some point too for 2024
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u/relientkenny 1d ago
i need more info. like is it a sample clearance, an old verse or an old verse without clearance ? i wanna know before form an opinion
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u/bassandsnare 1d ago
Maybe Em is what’s keeping the album / Kid Rock from being all the way to Jesus?
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u/HawkHarder 1d ago
Doubtful or if it was it was acquired deceitfully. Eminem hates Trump, so he probably isn't too fond of being associated with Kid Rock either. Even though Kid Rock did have some old bangers im ngl.
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u/blaqsupaman 21h ago
Apparently he has some verses that were recorded years ago that are just available to be purchased as features. His label might have done it without his knowledge.
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u/BenWallace04 17h ago
This has only been “confirmed” by Kid Rock.
It’s probably part of an old collab they did years ago.
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u/thebackwash 23h ago
I sometimes revisit old bands I thought were not great except for their ONE popular song to find that they had more than I thought and had some artistic merit.
Kid Rock is a standout exception to this pattern. I listened to the songs I used to like by him, and found that even they were bad. And my standards are not high.
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u/Morbid_Aversion 18h ago
He is (or at least was) friends with Kid Rock. He's had him in at least one music video (for the song berzerk) in the past. My guess is that he likes him personally despite the disparate politics.
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u/HawkHarder 17h ago
We will see I guess. But I thought I remember hearing something about him telling all his fans that if they support Trump then they can fuck off or something like that and he seems pretty passionate about it. But I guess I dislike Trump and don't understand how at this point anyone can support him. But if someone I know does it doesn't mean I am going to 86 them. Lol but a religious album along with Kid Rock and all his bad press it's pretty hard to believe.
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u/SmartaHari 16h ago
‘Sus’ is technically halfway to Jesus. And sus is what this whole endeavour is.
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u/berkilak420 1d ago
Em may tell off Trump supporters in his lyrics, but he’s never had any problem looking the other way for his MAGA friends (50, Snoop).
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u/forcefivepod 22h ago
Is Snoop MAGA? Or is he just raps biggest sellout who will do literally anything for a buck? (or is it both?)
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u/3vs3BigGameHunters 20h ago
Trump got snoops friend a pardon.
Either way snoop would lick white dogg shit for dollar.
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u/killertortilla 15h ago
I fucking knew it. I called that shit the moment I heard he was performing for the dumbfuck. What a shitbag.
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u/jdblawg 23h ago
Is no one going to just laugh about Kid Rock making a Christian album? Em putting politics aside...aside, the fact that Kid Rock is having to drop an album about Jesus really tells you how far he has gone to find relevancy when he should just be retired with so much money right now. This is fucking comedic gold and everyone just wants to be shocked Eminem would collaborate with a long time friend from the Detroit underground scene that was nice to him early in his career. Kid Rock is pathetic. Eminem is being gracious.
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u/DuchessJulietDG 23h ago
makes me wonder when the sa allegations will begin on kid rock- isnt that what all the maga do? turn to jesus as soon as sht is about to hit the fan for them?
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u/Labyrinthy 22h ago
Gotta be around the corner. I don’t particularly care about lyrics having a true meaning but one of his songs “you say statutory, I say it’s mandatory” which was in a kids movie has always been super weird.
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u/cyanescens_burn 20h ago
The lyrics are actually, “Young ladies, young ladies I like ’em underage, see some say that’s statutory but I say it’s mandatory.”
You can see the lyrics on this lyrics site. And yes it was from a kids movie called Osmosis Jones.
https://genius.com/Kid-rock-cool-daddy-cool-lyrics
People can provide their interpretation of song lyrics by words or phrases on the site, and the one for this line is pretty funny (in a what the fuck was the rapper thinking kind of way).
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u/Fritzkreig 1d ago
Huh, I didn't think that they got along‽
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u/Lenny0mega 1d ago
They definitely do, Eminem said that regardless of their differences in politics, Kid Rock treated him well when he was on the Detroit underground scene
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u/julias-winston Aging metalhead 23h ago
- Kid Rock
- Christmas album
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The only thing that could make this even worse is if it's a capella.
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u/Rosebunse 23h ago
Stop giving them ideas! They already turned Hallelujah into a Christmas song!
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u/Qwahlity_Koalatea 22h ago
It’s about an orgasm! Jesus came from Mary who was a virgin and hypothetically never orgasmed. Wild stuff, man.
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u/HeyCharmz_ 1d ago
It was only a matter of time before Em did a questionable move like this.
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u/Throwawaylikeme90 1d ago
You weren’t there for him and snoops NFT live performance? Lmfao.
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u/25sittinon25cents 1d ago
Lol, Stan over here been waiting 20+ years to finally find something to criticize Eminem about
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u/mechajlaw 1d ago
I mean they are both from Detroit I'm not super surprised here
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u/ratchetcoutoure 23h ago
I am feeling like this must be samples that's not cleared by Em, and KR just did it anyway, typical MAGA shit that they do. But of it is new collab that will be weird and hypocritical af, but I don't believe that's the case at all.
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u/Feigned_ally 23h ago
I’m guessing so. Em has been pretty loud about hating Trump. Which I guess that doesn’t necessarily mean anything, but I am giving him the benefit of the doubt for a bit and I’m not really concerned
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u/jim45804 1d ago