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What is the meaning behind “I’m devastating, more than ever demonstrating How to give a motherfuckin’ audience a feeling like it’s levitating”? Rap God by Eminem

Em is not all talk, instead of stating it he will just show you. His delivery will be so good, the fans will feel like they are in trance or a high, levitating. With this line Eminem pays even further homage to J.J. Fad , after the “summa-lumma…” line and imitated flow. In “Supersonic” (which …

What is the meaning behind “so that anything you say is ricochetin’ off of me and it’ll glue to you and”? Rap God by Eminem

I’m rubber and you’re glue. Whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you Eminem is playing with this phrase used by young children. Instead of bouncing directly back, insults aimed at him will ricochet, a bullet bouncing off steel. This is a more violent image than words just “bouncing” off him. He has …

What is the meaning behind “Innovative and I’m made of rubber”? Rap God by Eminem

Em plays on a phrase commonly said by children: I’m rubber you’re glue, whatever you say bounces off me and goes back to you He’s metaphorically made of strong rubber , meaning rappers can’t hurt or do any type of damage to him, instead they’ll only end up hurting themselves. Meaning no matter what names, …

What is the meaning behind “What I gotta do to get it through to you? I’m superhuman”? Rap God by Eminem

Eminem is claiming to be above other rappers and that he is a god of sorts. One of the many references to older lyrics, this might be a throwback to a line on the song “My Dad’s Gone Crazy” from the 2002 album The Eminem Show : What do I gotta do to get through …

What is the meaning behind “you assumin’ I’m a human”? Rap God by Eminem

Eminem then points out he’s SUPERHUMAN, in other words, a rap god. This and the previous line is also a possibly reference to his “Fubba U Cubba Cubba” freestyle : I’m strong not a human , I’m a strong supersonic New strong robotic , suicidal unibomber The robotic part tying in with the very beginning …

What is the meaning behind “Uh, summa-lumma, dooma-lumma,”? Rap God by Eminem

An interpolation of JJ Fad’s classic, “Supersonic,” . Em is right now rapping in the style of that song, and this bit of gibberish is a direct lift. A sama lama lama lama doo ma nama seema nama In the Rap God video there is also a slight homage to the group. The shot before …

What is the meaning behind “Lyrics comin’ at you at supersonic speed (J.J. Fad)”? Rap God by Eminem

Em is warning us that he is going to rap the next few lines in “supersonic” speed. Supersonic speed isn’t as fast as the speed of light, but it’s faster than the speed of sound. He technically slowed it down for you and still hit you with the laser (lyrics). J.J. Fad was an American …

What is the meaning behind “So Ray J went straight to the radio station The very next day, “Hey Fab, I’ma kill you!””? Rap God by Eminem

A heated Ray J called into Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club on a Monday morning to berate the Brooklyn rapper, calling him and his crew “punk faggots” among many other things.

What is the meaning behind “like when Fabolous made Ray J mad ‘Cause Fab said he looked like a fag at Mayweather’s pad Singin’ to a man while he played piano Man, oh man, that was a 24/7 special on the cable channel”? Rap God by Eminem

Reference to Ray J and Fabolous Feud from 2011. It all began when the channel HBO aired a clip of Ray J performing his hit “ One Wish ” at a party thrown by Floyd Mayweather. Upon watching it on television, Fabolous tweeted: The tweet was enough to send Ray J over the top and …