Eminem has
released his music video for "Rap God," his latest single from The
Marshall Mathers LP 2, and it's a lot to take in, lyrically and visually. The six-minute video is a roller-coaster of
rapid-fire wordplay and eye-popping clips, even by the high standards of the
self-proclaimed "Rap God."
After the
intro, Em channels Keanu Reeves a la The Matrix, being fed information as
computer cameras scan his library of books, music, films and TV. The suggestion
is that the rapper is something beyond human, receiving artificial assistance
to pen his rhymes ... which are pretty out of this world.
Marshall
borrows from many of the greats as well as him himself, dropping a rhyme cypher
in a scene strikingly similar to his 2002 film 8 Mile. There are jabs, cheap
shots and insults galore in the no-holds-barred effort from M-squared, to
leaves little doubt that he's still willing to push boundaries.
As the video
draws to a close, Eminem truly establishes himself as a rhyme deity (so to
speak) as he walks across water in a clear biblical reference. "Why be a
king, when you can be a God?" he asks before collapsing from apparent
exhaustion at being just that awesome at what it is that he does.
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