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Eminem at VMAs and JID

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Key Takeaways:

• The remaining monitor on GDLU (Preluxe) reunites JID and Eminem for a high-stakes lyrical change.
• The music options sharp verses from each artists, with JID referencing athletes and Eminem taking intention at Ye.
• The EP hints on the themes and tone of JID’s upcoming album, God Does Like Ugly, due in August.

JID’s GDLU (Preluxe) has arrived ultimately, and there’s arguably no larger spotlight than his reunion with Eminem. On Friday (July 4), the 2 lyricists teamed up for the shock EP’s nearer, “Animals (Pt. 1).”

“You bet on me? Who better than me? / You better believe they never could be, I’m ready to eat / They better get it ready for me, I’m killin’ the scene,” JID rapped on the primary of two verses. On the second, he name-dropped greater than a handful of individuals from the sports activities world, together with NFL quarterback Jayden Daniels, Kobe Bryant (particularly in ‘06), the Dallas Cowboys’ Micah Parsons, and Stephen A. Smith.

Eminem then closed out the Christo-produced monitor with references to Ja Rule, Ye, and extra. “With these magazines, I act out like Ye and his cousin,” the Detroit lyricist rapped about Ye’s admission to having sexual relations along with his cousin. In April, the “Runaway” artist notably admitted that he and his cousin “acted out” scenes from the grownup magazines he found in his mother’s closet.

Listen to “Animals (Pt. 1)” beneath.

JID’s GDLU (Preluxe) additionally made its solution to streaming providers with contributions from Lil Yachty and 6LACK, who seem on “Knew Better” and “Lisa,” respectively. Noticeably absent from the four-track launch are “32 (Freestyle)” and “BEAU,” two songs he beforehand used to construct anticipation for the EP.

As the identify suggests, GDLU (Preluxe) is supposed to function a warm-up to God Does Like Ugly, JID’s upcoming album due in August. So far, “WRK” is the one confirmed single, although it wouldn’t be a whole shock to see a number of the aforementioned data present up on the ultimate model.

Explaining the that means behind the precise album’s title, JID shared, “I live my life by the saying, ‘You can only control what you can control.’ So, this is the first step into a new world that I control… and it’s f**kin ugly.”