Best Friend: Eminem's BEST Feature of all time

A Thread....

Eminem is one of the best feature artists of all time and has numerous iconic features such as Renegade , Forgot About Dre , Patiently Waiting etc. but this feature on Yelawolf's "best friend" edges out all of them and this is why...

This is the video of his verse for people who haven't heard the verse before.
This verse is dedicated to Eminem's best friend Proof who sadly passed away in the year 2006 due to gunshot wounds
In the coming tweets I'm going to breakdown his verse

Em is asking God to armor him from his evils inside. He references Gandhi(peace and prosperity) including wordplay-Gandhi/gone the
He could've gone Da-Ali(Mohammad Ali) with the Lama(Gun) many times but he didn't instead followed Dalai Lama(peace) and squashed his beefs

Clint Eastwood reference is a double-
In movies Clint played violent roles(peace scheme)
Reference to Proof who had an alter ego "Dirty Harry " which was also a movie Clint acted in!

Wordplay-Menace to(Minister) not a Preacher

Thick skin, short temper-His contradictory nature

This is an American Football scheme
If you don't like Em take a "hike" as you may find what he says offending when he snaps as he is a sinner
In football, a hike is when the center (sinner) snaps the ball to the quarterback

Next few lines are not bar heavy he says the he has balls and guts to do what he wants and if you are not his best friend don't tell him nothing
Wordplay-Can't stomach/belly button
He references Proof by saying "look to him'Without a doubt'" which is in fact Proof(literally)!

More wordplay-a louder mouth/allowed a mouth
Double entendre-
Higher Power-God-Rap God-with so much power and fame he blacks out on tracks(spazzes) leaving other rappers powerless
Power outage-electricity goes-black out occurs

Calls other MCs sheep -he is the black one-he stands out-ironic as he is white
DOA-Dead on Arrival- he says that he will kill other rappers as soon as they arrive
Wordplay -Heard/Herd(herding sheep), Arrival/A-rival
Arch enemy surrounds you-an Arch surrounds a structure

Now the beat starts building up and Em stutters few words to add emphasis on them and enhance the flow
Em says he will murder you and even doctors can't save you from him
He shouts out hip hop legend D.O.C -"word to the Diggy Doc"

He says he's the Iggy pop of hiphop who is well known for his outrageous stage antics and drug use much like Eminem
When em walks in the booth its as iconic as when 2pac and Biggie were together
Dropping a deuce is a reference to proof who's nickname was "Doody"

He fills up his gun with syllables that he writes on paper(a script) and uses this as his glock to shoot lyrical bullets at his opponents
His opponents are still not safe after getting killed by em they will get sent to heaven where Proof will be waiting to kill them again

The verse is the entire package it has dope lyrics, flow and is emotion heavy. Eminems flow speeds up in sync with the beat as the song progresses and the last part of the song still gives me goosebumps to this day.

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