Keep an open mind, this will basically amount to the next logical step in Slim Shady's career, except he won't be present for the execution (although he's more than welcome to hop on board, I'd play some disgusting guitar for him anytime, day or night). Want anger? See Metal (n). Want anger out there in time-space? See Metal (n). Metal, metal, metal, all day long. As far as I can figure, the only way to make Eminem's catalog any more severe is to add a bunch of guitars and a split-second hammering, 76-piece drum kit to fill that fucker right on out. And a thick bass guitar, all floppin' around and rattling precariously placed teacups from their tabletop perches (or purchase), naturally. Then? Teach that man to scream properly, from the bowels and all (hell, even Michael Jackson screams better than Eminem, far better) and b-b-b-booya, combo-breaker, the rap/metal crossover song that actually delivers what the seemingly contradictory title suggests. Well, fuck it. Not I, said the cat? Then I'll do it myself, said the OCL (see: The Little Red Hen story, you uncultured heathens). I'm knee deep in a true metal cover of Eminem's current magnum opus, Rap God. The guitars and drums are coming along just fine, thank you. The song has practically zero backing music, so injecting whatever I want is a simple matter of making it exist in the same tempo. Boom, done. Go on and search for metal covers of the song, and you'll hear some interesting ideas being toyed with, with none really coming to fruition. I plan to solve that little blank in the musical continuum within the next 30 days (the time I allotted myself to learn and deliver the lyrics. It's the first week, and I'm nearly there, so there). And if you doubt that the song isn't brutal enough to make a metal cover of, then you can kiss my scrawny white ass. Listen again, people. That song has metal written all over it. Here's a little breakdown from what I've observed pursuant to a real metal cover:
Anyway, again, fuck it. I'm doing the cover justice, and I'm doing the cover period. Like when Pantera did that cover of Black Sabbath's "Planet Caravan," they included a formal "fuck you" to anyone who couldn't quite understand, I am including the same for anyone who gets overly confused by a metal cover of this illustrious song. That said? I'm beginning to feel like a Rap Demi-God, as I get these shit-kicking lyrics down. Thanks Eminem, keep on being pissed, and keep on rapping about the revelations that life unfolds to you. Peace, -OCL |
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