At 12:00 am on a Friday morning, Eminem casually tweeted out a link to a surprise new album, Kamikaze, and set the late-night internet on fire. The 13-track album is the rappers first release since his 2017 LP Revival. Produced by Eminem and Dr. Dre, it pays homage to the classic Beastie Boys album License to Ill and features collaborations with Joyner Lucas, Jessie Reyez, Royce da 59, and Bon Ivers Justin Vernon. More importantly, it features Eminem in full-on old-school mode, dropping a litany of classic Marshall Mathers verses. Its an occasionally uneven album, but its full of fire and full of Eminems always-impressive skill. It also reminds us, as few Eminem moments have lately, why so many hip-hop fans believe hes the GOAT. On olive green vinyl.
