Eminem

“ [on battling other rappers] I can’t fuck with Eminem, but I got everybody else covered. ”

“ (on possibly collaborating with Eminem) Em, I promise you I been watching you for so long. I been a fan, so I wouldn’t even ask you to get on a record unless I felt like it was that record. I just want to get the record into your hands, then if you want to turn me down after that, then you can turn me down. ”

“ (on listening to Eminem’s delivery for the first time) It was like you were listening to a scientist. ”

 “ I can’t forget the fact that that boy Eminem is incredible. He’s lyrically incredible. Anybody that’s ever sat and fronted on this dude’s talent is, like, come on, man. Stop playing me. ”

“ We went on a Desire [on Pink Friday] and put it in the air like, ‘It’d be great if he would collaborate with us.’ I remember I kept talking about it, and I thought, ‘It can’t hurt.’ I sent him one record, and he didn’t love it. He didn’t say, ‘I don’t love it,’ he just said, ‘Can you send me something that’s a little more me?’ I sent him an e-mail and thanked him for that, just having enough respect. Sometimes people don’t respond. He had the respect, at least, to treat me like a peer. ”

” [On being called Eminem’s favorite rapper] My hat’s always off to Eminem…Eminem, that’s my dude…I’ve run into him on many occasions. My hat’s off to the dude. ”

“ He’s the fifth member of Slaughterhouse at this point. He’s putting in just as much work as we are, and I salute that all the way because he doesn’t have to obviously. ”

“ There’s always been white rappers. It’s nothing new under the sun. There’s only been one with worldwide success and last long. You know who that is—Marshall. ”

“ I’d love to work with Eminem. It just hasn’t happened yet. ”

” The first time somebody said to me that they thought Eminem sounded like me, I personally didn’t hear that. To me, he sounded unique… he sounded like nobody that I had ever heard before. ”