Apparently having a hot movie out hasn't diminshed Eminem's skills at all. Responding to a Benzino diss-rap called "Pull Your Skirt Up", Eminem has in turn responded with "Nail In the Coffin". A hot joint on DJ Kay Slay's upcoming new mix CD. If you can, get it where you can find it...because it's hot. This is Eminem at his absolute best. No catchy radio hooks, no kids in the background, no playful joking around. Just fire. After he blazed Jay-Z on "Renegade", I've expected more from Eminem. The Eminem Show was aiight, it wasn't what it should've been. But THIS track is crazy. This track is just a taste of Em's battle skills. It's why so many rappers really don't want it with him. He get's personal with Benzino and details his anger and frustration with the Source and Benzino pimping his own kid (an issue I touched on a couple of weeks ago in BALLS EDITORIAL: Hip-Hop Whoring)through hip-hop. Without giving away too much, look for it, find it, enjoy it. The lyrics are there, the fire is there, the production is there, delivery is there. It's simple, angry...it's the essence of hip-hop. Honestly, I haven't heard Benzino's diss. I have it, but I haven't listened to it. Much like I haven't listened to much of his other music. I avoid listening to it. I'm not interested in listening to his music because it really isn't that good...and i'm just being real. It doesn't matter what Benzino said in his diss rap. Why you ask? It's the same as when you heard De La Hoya knocked out Vargas, or Lewis knocked out Tyson. It doesn't matter what the other guy did up to the time he got knocked out. All that matters is that he got knocked out. The same theory applies here. Eminem bodied Benzino on this track. Bodied him.

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