For the first time, Eminem and Jelly Roll team up to bring to life the most moving title of the album “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)”. The opportunity for the rapper to ask his children for forgiveness.
With the title “Somebody Save Me” on his latest album “The Death of Slim Shady”, Eminem looks back on his past and moves his fans. For the first time, the 50-year-old rapper teams up with singer-songwriter Jelly Roll to bring his musical apology to life. A month after the release of this new opus, the ex-Slim Shady puts his fight against the demon of his addiction into images. The opportunity for Marshall Mathers, his real name, to make amends to his daughters: Hailie Jade, Alaina and Stevie.
In the video that accompanies this new single, archive images parade like so many memories that remain inaccessible to the rapper kept at a distance by his fight against drug addiction. Hailie's first recital, Alaina's graduation, the opening of Stevie's presents, are staged to illustrate all the important moments in which the rapper did not participate. Enough to lead the singer of “Relapse” to ask his children for forgiveness. Another pill as I start to spiral/ Message to my girls/ I don't even deserve to be a father/ Hailie, I'm so sorry/ I know I wasn't there for your first guitar recital, I didn't walk you down the aisle/ I missed the birth of your first child/ Your first podcast, look down, baby/ I'm so proud of who you've become ” he sings in the first verse.
” I felt every word Eminem wrote »
With simplicity and emotion, this clip, which takes place between four walls, did not fail to make fans react. In the comments, many of them expressed their feelings: ” Slim Shady makes us laugh…, Eminem makes us think…, Marshall makes us cry… “, “ It's heartbreaking. There's so much healing when a parent admits their mistakes and takes responsibility. » or even « He could have been truly lost. His daughters saved him. It's such a vulnerable and pure song. “, we can read.
But the most touching testimony is certainly that of Jelly Roll himself. When I got out of prison at 17 in Nashville, they were playing “Lose Yourself” when I got on stage during the freestyle battles, says the American singer on Instagram. I felt every word Eminem wrote. I understood him and I felt like he understood me, which was rare because I spent most of my life feeling misunderstood. So you can imagine how I felt when I got the call that Eminem was going to sample my song “Save Me” on his new album. And the fact that he used the song to talk about what could have happened if he had allowed his demons to win made me cry. “.
