Eminem “Rap God” At YouTube Music Awards

Lyricism 101.

Eminem was in New York this evening for the inaugural YouTube Music Awards. With Mr. Porter in the cut, Em gave his first performance of “Rap God”. For all you mere mortals, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 drops this Tuesday.

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  1. wwe says:

    Mind blowing performance. what a pro!! bravo!!

  2. NWA says:

    That’s exactly how you answer critics.

  3. Sweden says:

    “Lip synch that MF’er.” – Paul Rosenberg

    Lmao! RAPGOD! Buy this fucking album!!!!

  4. Tryingtobehappy says:

    wow no lip syncing

    1. Hennessey says:

      For a song like this that is HUGE, seven minutes of lyrics and not to mention the double time is insane

  5. JP says:

    “Fuck top 5 bitch, Im top 4 and that includes Biggie and Pac whore and I got an evil twin so who you think that 3rd and 4th spots for” Can we honestly hate on the white boy? Jay might be the king of new york, Marshall is the king of the culture we all love.

  6. West West Yall says:

    Eminem is a God. The rap god. Nobody on THAT level. SHADY vs. EVERYBODY!
    MMLP2 TUESDAY 11/5/13 LETS GO!

  7. Donn says:

    Not to ruin the fun but I think because it’s Eminem ppl give him this giant pass. If he wasn’t Eminem and he performed this song would any of us be able to understand the words. If you went to a live show and saw this guy on stage and didn’t know who he was and he started doing this, you would really be wowed. I’m sorry, Eminem is the GREATEST lyricist of all time and the best to do it, but it doesn’t translate outside the booth. Awful performance and no one can say they even understood a word of what he said. Feel free to chew into me and call me all the names you want, just my opinion, pretty sure no one will agree

    1. Nick says:

      Are you fucking deaf you dumb fuck?

    2. LUCIDMUSIC says:

      Oh so you say that same shit when Busta’s or Twista are spitting live? This dude ripped 6 minutes of double time live… respect goes to ANYBODY capable of that.

    3. slauson says:

      you just a little bitch that says shit online to get a reaction out of people

    4. Drop Kick Miguel says:

      I agree 100% I thought the same with his SNL performance. COuldnt understand a word!

      1. ROCA99 says:

        His fans understand the words because we know them. Doesn’t matter about the rest! He did this MMLP2 and back to the Shady style for the fans not for anyone else.

        1. Tryingtobehappy says:

          how do you know what the fuck he did it for? stfu

        2. #1eminemfan says:

          im his #1 fan and this is not slim shady. listen to his first album , his delivery & timing is way better than this , so is his punchlines. eminem needs to use drugs again in order to rap as good as his first two albums. he is rapping more like what he did on relapse & recovery.

    5. #1eminemfan says:

      the song is wack period , so im suprised anybody would want to hear this live anyway

      1. MrHeat says:

        Ahah you call yourself eminemfan but you are a hater in disguise. A true coward. If you dont appreciate this track and this performance you don’t know shit about rap in the first place and you really aren’t an Em fan. FOH fool

        1. #1eminemfan says:

          im not a hater in disguise, im truest type of fan ever because im not afraid to admit when one the greatest rappers ever is putting out sub par music. you cant honestly believe that this song is as good as anything eminem has releases on his first three albums. recovery was decent. i support eminem to the end but im not gonna dick ride every song he puts out, like he is god or something. The performance & delivery is great but that overall song is not a good representation of his talents.

          1. wwe says:

            It’s because English isn’t your language, and you’re dumb.

          2. #1eminemfan says:

            whew good one lol

          3. MrHeat says:

            Damn man open your ears. Do you really think Em in 2004 could have done this? No way man. It’s not the end of the world. It’s a song and the flow and lyrics alone kill it. Thats the whole point behind it. This track is pure genius. There’s so many layers to it it’s nuts. This isn’t perse a song and neither did he intend it to be. It is what it is and its fuckin good at that.

          4. #1eminemfan says:

            my ears are open. eminem actually made better music in 2004 & im glad he wasnt rapping this bad in 2004 either. technically eminem is still a skilled lyricist but this song or so called long verse isnt even better than the verse eminem spit for last years BET hip hop awards cypher. go to youtube & listen to that verse! that is the real slim shady we all miss. this rap god shit is just a terrible attempt at capturing his former glory. the track isnt genius, eminem is a genius but not everything a genius does or says is great & this song is a prime example.

  8. Kaname Ichikawa says:

    This!——->♛

    1. sac says:

      – that crown is for kings, hes not a king, he’s a RAP GOD!!!! d(^^)b kneel before him! :ppp

  9. Kaname Ichikawa says:

    This!——->♛

  10. Ryan Hamilton says:

    Actually I understood every word. Smh. Notthat hard really if you have, you know ears. Also seem em mutiple times and it translates great. He’s amazing live. As for the rest of your post smh you contradict yourself enough with that. Good job.

  11. Damn says:

    Ok…I’ve been an Em hater since recovery and up to the leak of MMLP2, but even I can’t deny that he killed this performance. And that MMLP2 is surprisingly good. It really does grow on you.

    1. Word says:

      At least you admitted you were hatin. Way to own up to it. Salute.

    2. sac says:

      critics turned into CRICKETSS!!! LOL!!! go BERZERK!

  12. Dmx says:

    Holy shit that was fucking amazing

  13. IamRealTalk-BdotLivesWithDad says:

    I DONT SEE WHAT WAS SO AMAZING… IM SORRY… BUT I JUST DONT

    DONT CRUCIFY MY OPINION!!!!

    1. ROCA99 says:

      His fans see what was amazing and that’s all that matters.

      1. IamRealTalk-BdotLivesWithDad says:

        IM ACTUALLY A FAN OF HIS

        IM JUST NOT DELUSIONAL

        BTW… I STILL DONT SEE WHAT WAS AMAZING

        1. #1eminemfan says:

          finally someone with some sense, eminem is a great artist but there is nothing great about this

    2. #1eminemfan says:

      your right there is nothing amazing, its just my favorite rapper performing one of his worst songs ever!

  14. brza says:

    what an awesome performance. you either like him or you don’t

  15. Nick Perle says:

    The best to ever do it. Plain and simple. No one can do what he does.

  16. HIIIPOWER says:

    goddamn!!! this is crazy good!!!

  17. Ruthless says:

    “Why be a king when you can be a god”
    This man right here is the greatest rapper alive.

  18. 8Galaxy5 says:

    Fucking BOSS performance!!!!

  19. Auschickie says:

    That lighting effect makes it 1000000 better……..

  20. ZoomZoomDad-Otis says:

    Em is running rap. Shady/Aftermath ! Where’s MMG or YMCMB? hahaha.

  21. TroyBrownTV says:

    Its insane that dude performed this. I didn’t think he would ever really do this joint outside of the studio. This is nuts tho.

    1. 8Galaxy5 says:

      Agree,i never thought he would do this live and even if he did do it live,i thought he would only do half the song or something,cutting out the SuperSonic speed rap but he performed the whole thing and did it so well!
      Great performance.

  22. justthetruth says:

    And THAT is why, he’s the Rap God.
    Insane.

  23. Hussle says:

    post new link plz. not working

  24. LesterDaMolester says:

    and people were accusin him of lip synching.. ok then

  25. sac says:

    DAMN!!! he killed that shit! even TUPAC can’t perform like that! he’ll be losing his breath, like in the house of blues w/ snoop! :p

    1. Dope says:

      Tupac was nowhere near the top when it comes to technical skill. His gift was making songs that touched people, he didn’t have any really complicated rhyme schemes or flows.

  26. #1eminemFan says:

    thats great that he can perform with no lip syncing but the song still sucks & the lyrics are wack as hell. Great delivery tho.

    1. SHADY STAN! says:

      Eat a dick…Your obviously not a “REAL” fan…At all

      1. #1eminemfan says:

        thats the best comeback you can say lol i bet you havent even been to a eminem concert before smh

        1. Auschickie says:

          what does “been to a Eminem concert” have anything to do with anything?……*frowns*…each to their own opinion right??…..idiots

  27. SHADY STAN! says:

    G.O.A.T!!!!!Hate it if you want…I know…the truth hurts!

  28. jerome says:

    I guarantee that if you replace survival, the monster, and Asshole with the deluxe tracks, this album will be 4.5/5

    This is how my tracklist looks:

    Bad Guy

    Parking Lot

    Rhyme or Reason

    So Much Better

    Desperation

    Legacy

    Baby

    Berzerk

    Rap God

    Brainless

    Stronger Than I Was

    Beautiful Pain

    So Far

    Love Game

    Headlights

    Evil Twin

    Groundhog Day

    Wicked Ways

    Adding the COD bonus track ‘Don’t Front’ is going to make it better.

  29. blackholesurfer says:

    censored really

  30. J says:

    looks like he went back to performing a little bit slower like he did in the old days instead of rapping like he was all wacked out on speed. great song, great performance

    1. trey straight from brooklyn says:

      exactly what i noticed. same as on snl

  31. Jonathan Lopez says:

    Rap God is Coming in 2 weeks

  32. Jonathan Lopez says:

    RAP GOD MUSIC VIDEO IS COMING IN 2 WEEKS

  33. Jonathan Lopez says:

    HE KILL IT THAT WHY HE IS RAP GOD

  34. eminemthegoat says:

    unbelievable!!!! the great of all time.

  35. LP1087 says:

    LEEEEJUNNNNN !!!!!!!……. livin’

  36. me1 says:

    cool..but the amount of eminem stans smdh..get his nuts out your mouth.. reading some of these posts y’all sound crazy. mmlp2 was aight definitely not aoty

  37. Starlette Simmons says:

    I am the rap star

  38. Starlette Simmons says:

    EM IS EXCELLENT ALL LOVE

  39. Starlette Simmons says:

    IT TOOK A LOT OF COURAGE TO RAP GOD AND IT’S AWESOME BECAUSE EM DID IT BIG FIRST ITS IRONIC THAT NO ONE ELSE HAD DONE YET FROM THE HOOD CHURCHES.

  40. Starlette Simmons says:

    A LOT OF PEOPLE RAP GOD GOOD OUT THERE THEY GO IN AND OUT OF THE HOOD CHURCHES RAPPIN IT.

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