Kendrick Lamar’s influence in Hip Hop runs deep, so much so that fans have now reimagined what Eminem’s cover art would look like were they driven by K-Dot’s vision.
On Monday (August 28), a Reddit user posted a fan art series of the Compton MCs landmark LPs redone as releases by Em. The five projects chosen for the Shady remix collection were Section.80, good kid, m.A.A.d city, To Pimp a Butterfly, DAMN. and Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.
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Among the albums that were renamed were “Section Shady,” “good kid, m.A.A.d mommy” and “FUCK.” For those that weren’t, Redditors stepped in to offer suggestions such as “To Pimp A Trailer Park” and “mr slim and the big shadies,” with one person even rebranding the excluded compilation, untitled unmastered., as “Untitled Unmathered.”
Check out the images below:
Kendrick and Em previously worked together on “Love Game” taken from the latter’s 2013 albumMarshall Mathers LP 2. Though the two haven’t been the closest associates over their careers, at least not in the public eye, their appreciation for one another is well documented.
Prior to the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show in Inglewood last year, the Detroit legend sat down for an interview with SiriusXM’s Sway Calloway and heaped high praise on Lamar.
When asked if he agrees that Kendrick is “the most electrifying vocalist of this generation,” Em replied: “I absolutely would agree. Kendrick is at the very top, top tier of lyricists — not just of this generation, but of all time.”
Eminem’s comments hardly come as a surprise given he has repeatedly shared his admiration for Kendrick in the past.
“I love Kendrick Lamar,” he told The New York Times in 2015. “The way he puts albums together — front to back, they’re like pieces of art.”
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Eminem holds Kendrick’s 2012 album good kid, m.A.A.d city in especially high regard, having told Genius, “When I first heard Kendrick’s debut on Aftermath, I couldn’t believe it. The fact that it was his first real album and he was able to make it into a story which intertwines with the skits like that was genius.”
He added: “That hasn’t really been done that many times, let alone on someone’s first time up. The level of wordplay, deliveries, the beats — it’s just a masterpiece.”
