No disrespect to Irv—he blessed the world with “I’m Real” and Vanessa Carlton’s last album.
Jokes aside, in speaking to MTV recently about the game’s best emcees (seen below), Irv Gotti made good points about Eminem putting out too much “clown shit” (mos def) and perhaps not being able to spit under pressure. We all saw 8 Mile so he has a point.
But Irv brought up a hypothetical cipher between Em, Jay, and Crackhead Earl DMX.
“[Em] would have been like, ‘My name is Em and I eat M&Ms. I eat you.’ What?” Gotti laughed. Irv told MTV the Detroit legend would have been greeted with four harsh words: “Shut the fuck up! It would have been a ’shut the fuck up’ moment off the top. Dame [Dash] would have been like, ‘Look at him. He’s crunchy!”
Nah, Em would’ve been like, “My name is Shady and I eat dudes like X and Jay-Z with Chianti and fava beans…” Just some usual serial killer demented shit.
Irv, denying he has any beef with Mr. Mathers, talked about Em being overrated by MTV as their #1 emcee ever, claiming Jay should take top spot (agreed), but to dismiss Em as some cornball just seems like dude still has a bone to pick because Em ushered in the Murder Inc.-crushing 50 Cent. And now Ja can’t buy a hit.
Em might not be numero uno, but he helped dead your whole movement, Irv. And unlike Ja or even X, he’s still standing.
-Devin Chanda
