"Book of Rhymes" is a song by American rapper Eminem featuring DJ Premier. It was released as the fifth track from his album Music to Be Murdered By - Side B (2020). It samples the songs "The World Is Yours" by Nas, "The Ringer," and "Talk Shit Like a Preacher" by Future.
Background[]
The ATL Jacob beat was used by both Future and Eminem. Although Future received the beat first, the producer thought he wasn't "feeling it," so when Em randomly hit him up, the beat was sent to the the Detroit rapper. ATL continued, "Dre was like 'bro, Eminem loved this beat. We ready to sing it off as soon as possible.' Em was willing to give me $30,000 for it. I was getting $10,000 from Future. So I was like, 'cool, let's set it up.'"
Around a week later, Future declared he was going to use the beat for his album, and ATL explained how Em was also going to use it. Ultimately the producer had to choose between the two artists but it worked out in the end. He added, "It's crazy 'cause Em is one of my favorite rappers. He's hard… I though it was cap when they first called me, like someone pretending to be Eminem. Then I thought of [the] Travis Scott interview where he was like 'T.I. just randomly called his number' and [I thought] shit it's probably real Eminem and might be one of those situations."[1]
Personnel[]
- Christopher "DJ Premier" Martin – writing, recording, scratches
- Jacob "ATL Jacob" Canady – writing
- Joe Strange – recording
- Katorah "Young M.A" Marrero – writing
- Luis Resto – writing, additional keyboards
- Marshall "Eminem" Mathers – vocals, writing, production
- Matthew Jacobson – writing
- Mike Strange – mixing, recording
- Nasir "Nas" Jones – writing
- Nayvadius "Future" Cash – writing
- Peter "Pete Rock" Phillips – writing
- Ray "IllaDaProducer" Fraser – writing, production
- Ronald "Ronny J" Spence, Jr. – writing
- Tony Campana – recording
References[]
- ↑ "ATL Jacob on Giving Eminem & Future the Same Beat, Has 800 Songs with Future (Part 3)". YouTube. November 11, 2022.
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