If his new album’s pop-heavy list of feat. credits had fans worried that Eminem might be going soft in his old age, then his blistering new track ‘Untouchable’ has basically blown those fears out of the water.
The Real Slim Shady’s latest Revival cut is a furious six-minute attack on white privilege, from the perspective of an ‘Untouchable’ white dude.
Em’s gloves are off on the aggressively sarcastic, politically-charged rap-rocker, which is packing some distinct early 90’s vibes (as well as a sample of Cheech & Chong‘s ‘Earache My Eye’), as he spits venom about crooked cops and racial inequality.
Not only is he unequivocally proving that the wokeness of his earlier anti-Trump freestyle wasn’t just a one-off, the Detroit MC’s newbie sees him embrace message-based hip-hop in a way that he never fully has before.
And fans are fkn rating it:
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Eminem keeps fighting for that racial equality. This untouchable track goes Fucken hard . Hiphop for real
— ? Omar ? RIP Kobe Bean Bryant (@Duece2324) December 8, 2017
When the beat changes on #untouchable @Eminem #Revival pic.twitter.com/zXrolY2WEr
— Certified Vanilla King (@MrCorrie) December 8, 2017
Listening to Untouchable by Eminem,,using his white privilege to advocate for black lives nothing but respect for my president #revival pic.twitter.com/IRHkgcFor1
— NANDI (@nandi116) December 8, 2017
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Can’t wait for all the closet-racists to come out & passive aggressively hate on Eminem after dropping Untouchable
— Nat (@nscott97) December 8, 2017
Untouchable by Eminem is fuckin fireeeeee
— Hit (@EMhitesh305) December 8, 2017
A white rapper talking about racial inequality and white privilege in such a booming and unapologetic manner. This is just what we needed @eminem#Untouchable
— Celebrating 1 year of being a VIP (@jiyongschild) December 8, 2017
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“Single mother struggling through substance abuse while people with nothing to lose shoot each other for shoes” eminem reminding everyone why he’s a legend #Untouchable
— Malik ?? (@Malikhind) December 8, 2017
when the beat changes and Eminem going off on #UNTOUCHABLE pic.twitter.com/HQIUIEPWPn
— Shady’s Revival (@SlimShadyTime21) December 8, 2017
Give ‘Untouchable’ a spin for yourself below.