Eminem has unveiled a new dark video for his new track "Survival" from the "Call of Duty: Ghosts" video game. The Slim Shady goes back to the Detroit neighborhood where he grew up for the visuals of his new song, and it finds the Detroit rapper shows up spray-painting a ghostlike face onto the side of a building as he raps about what sounds like his journey through the music world, which he characterizes as a fight between fame and artistic expression. The track was also the second single from his upcoming eighth studio album, "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," hits stores on November 5.
Produced by DJ Khalil, "Survival" marks Eminem's return to recording, a much-anticipated comeback since his last album "Recovery," which carried the hits "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie" was released in 2010. Soon after dropping "Survival," Eminem quickly followed it up with the single "Berzerk," the Rick Rubin-produced old school hip-hop track that sampled Billy Squier's "The Stroke." The hard-hitting joint finds Eminem celebrating his return in typically grand fashion over breakneck, arena-rock guitars and trashy drums.
"Survival" shows the man born Marshall Mathers at an aggressive peak, delivering cuss-filled lines about his return as Eminem raps about what sounds like his journey through the music world, which he characterizes as a fight between fame and artistic expression: "I'm... back again with another anthem/Why stop when it doesn't have to end?" He continues, answering his own question while the bombast of distorted electric guitar and a jumbo beat offer foundation. Eminem said: "The song's about fighting back and it seems like it fits 'Ghost' perfectly."
The gloomy visuals takes viewers back to the 40-year-old rapper's neighborhood in Detroit, chosen as the appropriate location for the storyline where Eminem is the leader of a stencil skull graffiti-making crew of masked artists that spray paint the streets. Images from the video game also play in the background in those scenes where the Grammy winner raps the verses to the DJ Khalil-produced tune featuring Liz Rodrigues. The clip ends with Eminem checking out a house with the number 19946, representing the Dresden Street home where he spent his formative years in Detroit. Watch Eminem's dark video for the meaningful song below.
Produced by DJ Khalil, "Survival" marks Eminem's return to recording, a much-anticipated comeback since his last album "Recovery," which carried the hits "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie" was released in 2010. Soon after dropping "Survival," Eminem quickly followed it up with the single "Berzerk," the Rick Rubin-produced old school hip-hop track that sampled Billy Squier's "The Stroke." The hard-hitting joint finds Eminem celebrating his return in typically grand fashion over breakneck, arena-rock guitars and trashy drums.
"Survival" shows the man born Marshall Mathers at an aggressive peak, delivering cuss-filled lines about his return as Eminem raps about what sounds like his journey through the music world, which he characterizes as a fight between fame and artistic expression: "I'm... back again with another anthem/Why stop when it doesn't have to end?" He continues, answering his own question while the bombast of distorted electric guitar and a jumbo beat offer foundation. Eminem said: "The song's about fighting back and it seems like it fits 'Ghost' perfectly."
The gloomy visuals takes viewers back to the 40-year-old rapper's neighborhood in Detroit, chosen as the appropriate location for the storyline where Eminem is the leader of a stencil skull graffiti-making crew of masked artists that spray paint the streets. Images from the video game also play in the background in those scenes where the Grammy winner raps the verses to the DJ Khalil-produced tune featuring Liz Rodrigues. The clip ends with Eminem checking out a house with the number 19946, representing the Dresden Street home where he spent his formative years in Detroit. Watch Eminem's dark video for the meaningful song below.
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