Logic & Eminem just released their new collaboration track together titled Homicide, and not only
did this revive me from my month long sleep to talk about it, it also managed to revive
the IS IT GOOD? series from the grave it was buried in with the Logic is Biracial meme.
A lot of you guys wanted to see this one come back, so here it is.
I don’t know how often I’ll do this, if I’ll even do them that much, but this is
a track I really want to give my fully formed opinion on, hence this video.
My twins reaction video will be linked below if you wanna get an idea of how I felt about
this song at first, and I will be comparing that reaction to how I feel about the song
now a little bit.
So with that being said, this is CDTVProductions no longer being harassed on twitter since
me and my followers decided it’s a dead meme, here to tell you how I feel about Homicide
by Logic & Eminem.
Let’s start with the goat banger’s contribution.
When I first listened to this track, I remember saying I quite liked what Eminem brought to
the table, but I didn’t feel like it had a top tier Eminem guest verse or anything
like that.
It almost felt just like the structure to his
part on the Chloraseptic Remix, so initially it was hard not to feel like this wasn’t
anything new or intriguing from Em.
It definitely is a rapping style we’ve heard before from him, however, since that first
listen, Eminem’s verse has grown on me even further.
More and more of the bars connect with me on every re-visit to the track, and that whole
segment of baseball wordplay was just outstanding.
I caught fragments of it, but I would never have followed it all without Crypt’s video
breaking down the lyrics because I’ve never watched baseball once in my life, but that’s
the fun thing about lyricism, you’re supposed to figure it out at your own pace and not
clock every single line on your first listen.
Also once you hear the Chris D’Elia skit at the end, it becomes clear the Eminem was
replicating that rhyme scheme for significant chunks of his verse and turning it into some
cool lines.
I will say I enjoy Eminem’s verses a bit more now when he’s slightly slower but still
intense such as Caterpillar, but Homicide was still incredibly good in terms of him.
Seen as I just mentioned the Chris D’Elia thing, I wanna give my thoughts on that real
quick.
It’s something that was funny the first time.
I still love the original video of Chris’s skit, which is poking fun at Eminem’s rap
style in a non-serious way, but I also wish they
maybe only played around 10-15 seconds of that skit.
Maybe even sample a line from Chris’s skit in the middle of Em’s verse and have him
continue the rhyme scheme himself from there.
It doesn’t have the same comedic impact when you know it’s coming, and not only
is it a very slight nuisance to skip the track every time it hits that segment, but it’s
also deterring me from putting it on my playlists because I want tracks on there to smoothly
flow into each other.
But now let’s get to the big beefy criticisms that Logic stans probably aren’t gonna
like me for, because I think Logic severely knocks down my rating for this track.
As a Logic fan myself, I’m so sick and tired of hearing these tropes constantly come up
in his music.
“Busting like a semi automatic”, “hold up, catch a vibe”, repetition and all that
stuff.
I get it, he makes fun of people who label him
as repetitive on this song, but being self aware and mocking
those people doesn’t take away the validity of their criticisms, or fix the issue of so
many of his bars sounding like pure filler.
This would be kinda lacklustre on a Logic solo song in my opinion, but when it’s next
to Eminem there’s such a clear gap in the quality of the songwriting.
I don’t dislike absolutely everything on Logic’s verse, his ability to flow with
ease and find the pocket on any beat is still as impressive as ever, and there were a couple
bars that I did think were smart, such as the rabies bar, with Logic building up to
saying he’s so crazy that no one’s taking him out, just like someone who had an animal
with rabies wouldn’t take it outside because that’s just not a good idea.
But his lyrics and content overall have taken such a downturn recently, with the exception
of Confessions of A Dangerous Mind, and I think his lyrics should’ve been way stronger
here if he wants to be taken seriously when he says stuff like this.
Logic clearly wants to place himself in the category of phenomenal lyricists, but then
he comes through with 2 verses on here that don’t really provide anything exciting.
He just responded to his haters and gave his thoughts on mumble rap in the most predictable
and tired way.
If Logic mocking his “haters” is something that you enjoy, all the more power to you,
but I personally don’t think he did it in any type of inventive way.
I’ve looked into the bars, I’ve watched Crypt’s video as so many people suggested
in the comments of the reaction, and while I loved his breakdown, I still feel like Logic
went really surface level on this one.
It’s frustrating as a Logic fan which is why I’m talking about this so much, but
now when I hear his music I’m not even surprised he’s sitting on 5 unreleased albums.
It sounds like it with how mundane his writing is getting.
I won’t knock his flow because like I said, it’s very impressive, and fits the production,
his references to Eminem in the hook was a really nice touch, but I can’t help but
feel he was very lacklustre on here.
Overall:
So, as a final score I’m gonna give Homicide by Logic featuring Eminem a 5.5/10.
The Eminem verse does keep me coming back, but I can’t help having that constant feeling
that Logic could’ve come through way harder than he did.
At the end of the day, remember this is just my opinion, I’m not attacking you for liking
it if you feel this track is like an 8 or above, as always music and even what constitutes
good lyricism is a subjective thing.
So, how did you guys feel about Homicide?
Feel free to let me know down in the comments below with your own rating out of 10 for
the track.