ESPN's College Football Prime Time teased a clip of Eminem's music video for the new single "Berzerk," on Saturday, but Slim Shady finally dropped the full video today.
Rough, Beastie Boy-like visuals are the backdrop to Eminem's vocals. The video begins with a blue VHS screen that cuts to Eminem setting down a boombox with the word "Beats" written on the cassette carriage. He presses play, and then the video pans out to Eminem and Rick Rubin walking toward the super-sized boombox, and then putting a guitar cable in the input slot.
Eminem is wearing his signature white T-shirt, khakis and bleach blond hair, and you can tell at this point that he is about to get feisty.
"Berzerk" flashes on the screen, and Eminem begins his rapid-fire rapping right into the camera lens. He throws his arms in the air and air scratches on an invisible turntable. The video makes cuts to footage of skateboarding, rioting, street fighting and Billy Squier performing "The Stroke" in concert. It also features cameos by Kendrick Lamar, Slaughterhouse and Kid Rock.
The video, more or less, appears to be paying homage to the beginnings of rock-infused rap as well as to Slim's hometown of Detroit. The clips are scattered but pack a punch; and by the end of it all, he seems to have left everything on the table. The tape runs out and the video goes black.
At 40 years old, Eminem is back to his old school, rowdy roots, and this four-minute video puts that point across clearly.
The upcoming album, "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," is schedule to drop Nov 5. According to Billboard, fans who purchase "Call of Duty: Ghosts" that day at GameStop will receive a code to download a special edition of the album, which includes two bonus songs.
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