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Music to Be Murdered By - Side B (also known as Music to Be Buried By) is the deluxe edition of Music to Be Murdered By. It was released on December 18, 2020, at midnight Eastern Standard Time after a week-and-a-half's worth of rumors and speculation of its existence. Denial was aired by one of the artists who was featured on the January release of Music to Be Murdered By while the artist Dem Jointz, who helped to write "Never Love Again," remained steadfast in his claim that the deluxe edition was indeed real.
Music to Be Murdered By - Side B features a total of 36 tracks, the new 16 tracks taking place on the album before the original 20 that were on Music to Be Murdered By.
Description[]
If you were hoping that an Eminem album released in 2020 would be less offensive, violent, or controversial, this album isn't for you. And the same can be said of this deluxe edition, released almost a year later, featuring 16 new tracks. In January, before the world entered lockdown, we were reacquainted with Eminem's chainsaw-wielding alter ego Slim Shady in an album as cold and uncompromising as the title suggests. And while some of us spent the year baking bread, watching TV, and chatting with friends online, Eminem pulled out his notepad. The extra tracks, released just before Christmas, carry all the aggressive, sinister, occasionally unacceptable themes we've come to expect from the legendary rapper. But they're timestamped with references to the pandemic lexicon: social distancing, hand sanitizer, quarantine, etc. "They say these bars are like COVID," he raps on "Gnat." "You get 'em right off the bat."
Unlike his last two releases, this album is neither pop-leaning (with exception of one Ed Sheeran feature) nor a straight-up diss record. For better or worse, most of Music to Be Murdered By is simply Eminem doing what he does best: gratuitously savage, antagonistic rhymes for the pure, juvenile sake of it. Longtime stans will rejoice to find three (!) collaborations with Royce da 5'9", particularly the frenetic "Yah Yah," also featuring Q-Tip and Denaun. The beats on "Stepdad" and "Lock It Up" are second to none, while "Little Engine" and "Farewell" wouldn't feel out of place on albums released two decades ago.
But the world has changed in two decades. The divide between Eminem, lyrical savant and god of rap, and Slim Shady, a trigger-happy psychopath, has always been difficult to bridge. It's harder to hear shock-value sucker punches about domestic violence and disability—least of all because they risk discrediting the genuinely powerful moments that Eminem is so uniquely capable of. The song worthy of the most discussion (and controversy), "Darkness," is one such moment: What begins as a tender, personal tale soon reveals itself to be the disturbing account of a man committing mass murder from a Las Vegas hotel room, before ending with a series of breaking-news voiceovers reporting on real-life mass murders throughout America. For all the wrath and bloodshed on Music to Be Murdered By, its most provocative song is its least fictional. – Apple Music
Background[]
Alfred Hitchcock explains in the intro to Side B that the music the listener is about to hear is "meant to drown out the sounds of shovels" and that the new edition to Music to Be Murdered By is called Music to Be Buried By.
It should also be acknowledged that Side B is the first time that one of Em's albums has had a skit ever since Kamikaze (2018).
Track listing[]
| Side B deluxe edition bonus disc | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Alfred (Intro)" | Marshall Mathers, Luis Resto, Jeff Alexander | Eminem | 0:17 |
| 2. | "Black Magic" (with Skylar Grey) | Mathers, Holly Hafermann, Elliott Taylor, Resto, Jayson DeZuzio | Skylar Grey, Jayson DeZuzio, Eminem[b] | 2:54 |
| 3. | "Alfred's Theme" | Mathers, Resto, Charles-Francis Gounod | Eminem | 5:39 |
| 4. | "Tone Deaf" | Mathers, Resto | Eminem, Resto[b] | 4:50 |
| 5. | "Book of Rhymes" (featuring DJ Premier) | Mathers, Christopher Martin, Ray Fraser, Resto, Ronald Spence Jr., Marrero, Matthew Jacobson, Nayvadius Wilburn, Jacob Canady, Nasir Jones, Peter Phillips | Eminem, IllaDaProducer, Resto[b] | 4:49 |
| 6. | "Favorite Bitch" (featuring Ty Dolla $ign) | Mathers, Tyrone Griffin, Jr., Sly Jordan, Resto, Byron Perry, MJ Nichols | Blacknailz, MJ Nichols, Eminem[a] | 3:56 |
| 7. | "Guns Blazing" (featuring Dr. Dre and Sly Pyper) | Mathers, Young, Jordan, Resto, Jeremy Zumo Kollie, Jason Pounds, V. Smith | J.LBS, Eminem[a] | 3:16 |
| 8. | "Gnat" | Mathers, Doman, Anders Olofsson, Ezemdi Chikwendu, D. Levin, K. Mars | D.A. Got That Dope | 3:44 |
| 9. | "Higher" | Mathers, Resto, Jordan, Mike Strange, Brissett | Eminem | 3:42 |
| 10. | "These Demons" (featuring MAJ) | Mathers, James Hudson Jr., Yewah, Doman, William Coleman, Shiv Barot, Pat Rosario, Levin, M. Benzinger | Eminem, D.A. Got That Dope, Mike Zombie, The Loud Pack | 3:27 |
| 11. | "Key (Skit)" | Mathers, Resto | Eminem | 0:57 |
| 12. | "She Loves Me" | Mathers, Jordan, Young, Bernard Edwards Jr., Griggs, Lawrence | Dr. Dre, Focus..., Blu2th, Lawrence, Eminem[b] | 3:24 |
| 13. | "Killer" | Mathers, Doman, Chikwendu | D.A. Got That Dope, Lance Nicholas | 3:15 |
| 14. | "Zeus" (featuring White Gold) | Mathers, Yewah, Tyler Williams, Luca Mauti | T-Minus, Eminem[b], Luca Mauti[b] | 3:50 |
| 15. | "Thus Far (Interlude)" | Mathers, Resto, Alexander | Eminem | 0:16 |
| 16. | "Discombobulated" | Mathers, Young, Larry Griffin Jr., Batson, Parker, Nichols, Lawrence, Frano Huett | Dr. Dre, S1, Batson, Parker, Lance Nicholas, Lonestarrmuzik, Lawrence, franO[a] | 4:12 |
| Total length: | 52:28 | |||
Notes
Charts[]
Weekly charts[]
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
|---|---|
 Australian Albums (ARIA)
|
1 |
 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)
|
1 |
 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)
|
1 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)
|
5 |
 Canadian Albums (Billboard)
|
1 |
 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)
|
1 |
 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)
|
1 |
 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)
|
1 |
 Estonian Albums (Eesti Tipp-40)
|
1 |
 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)
|
1 |
 French Albums (SNEP)
|
4 |
 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)
|
2 |
 Greek Albums (IFPI)
|
1 |
 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)
|
15 |
 Irish Albums (FIMI)
|
1 |
 Italian Albums (FIMI)
|
4 |
 Japanese Albums (Oricon)
|
38 |
| Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)
|
42 |
 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)
|
1 |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
|
1 |
 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)
|
1 |
 Polish Albums (ZPAV)
|
5 |
 Portuguese Albums (AFP)
|
2 |
 Scottish Albums (OCC)
|
2 |
 Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI)
|
2 |
 South Korean Albums (Gaon)
|
52 |
 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)
|
14 |
 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)
|
2 |
 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)
|
1 |
 UK Albums (OCC)
|
1 |
| UK R&B Albums (OCC)
|
1 |
 US Billboard 200
|
1 |
| US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)
|
1 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)
|
1 |
Year-end charts[]
| Chart (2020) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)
|
10 |
| Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA)
|
2 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)
|
32 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)
|
28 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)
|
117 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)
|
7 |
| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)
|
19 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)
|
20 |
| French Albums (SNEP)
|
114 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)
|
69 |
 Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn)
|
47 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)
|
23 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI)
|
67 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)
|
21 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)
|
15 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)
|
32 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)
|
12 |
| UK Albums (OCC)
|
11 |
| US Billboard 200
|
21 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)
|
14 |
| Chart (2021) | Position |
| Australian Albums (ARIA)
|
77 |
| Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA)
|
20 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)
|
98 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)
|
16 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)
|
81 |
| US Billboard 200
|
46 |
| Chart (2022) | Position |
| US Billboard 200
|
191 |
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