Eminem dropped “Rap God” 7 years ago.
On this day 7 years ago, Eminem released his popular track “Rap God“, as the third single of his album ‘Marshall Mathers LP 2‘. The song not only helped Eminem breaks the record of most Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 debuts but also created a Guinness World Record. The record was the fastest rap in a number one single, with 97 words in 15 seconds.
In an interview with MSN Music, Em was asked if he felt like a Rap God or an Underdog, to which he said: “I think everything switches back and forth from hour to hour, day by day with me. That whole ‘Rap God’ record pretty much from top to bottom is tongue in cheek. So I mean, do I want to feel like that? Maybe sometimes. Again, it goes back to everybody who competitive raps and does this for just purely the sport of it wants to be the best. Again, that’s why Kendrick’s verse worked so well because he only said what every rapper’s already thinking, If you don’t want to be the best, then why are you rapping?”
Eminem tweeted the trailer for the music video, directed by Rich Lee, on November 21, 2013, and stated that it would be released on November 27, 2013. The music video was uploaded on Vevo at 12:00 p.m. ET on November 27, 2013, as planned. In the music video, Eminem mocks Max Headroom. The Matrix, The Walking Dead, Hellraiser, and the video games Pong, Portal, and Super Mario Bros. are all mentioned in the video.
He topped his own record earlier this year as he rapped 225 words in 30 seconds of ‘Godzilla‘.
Eminem released Rap God seven years ago today and it became the title holder for ‘Fastest rap in a number one single’ with 97 words in 15 seconds – 6.46 words per second.
He topped this in Godzilla with 225 words in 30 seconds – 7.5 words per second.
— GuinnessWorldRecords (@GWR) October 15, 2020
