{"id":231581,"date":"2020-01-17T21:10:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T02:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/eminem-drops-surprise-album-lead-single-darkness-recreates-vegas-shooting"},"modified":"2020-01-17T21:10:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T02:10:57","slug":"eminem-drops-surprise-album-lead-single-darkness-recreates-vegas-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/eminem-drops-surprise-album-lead-single-darkness-recreates-vegas-shooting","title":{"rendered":"Eminem Drops Surprise Album, Lead Single &#039;Darkness&#039; Recreates Vegas Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-139350\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">        \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n        \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"28.2995805872\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"67.7333333333\">\n<section id=\"cb-92003f40d7611dd57ea81c2c9826d058\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Eminem-Drops-Surprise-Album-Lead-Single-039Darkness039-Recreates-Vegas-Shooting.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d05c3ded414e9f7afd4714b850b01140\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"29.904494382\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/eminem\/\"><strong>Eminem<\/strong><\/a> has violence on his mind \u2014 as in America\u2019s mass shootings, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ariana-grande\/\"><strong>Ariana Grande<\/strong><\/a>-concert bombing \u2014 and poured his thoughts into a surprise album filled with dark images.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8327e590d44cce0b6d2b61ca45c4d6d2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-73c8cf7103896f872d330072290a70a8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"37\">\n<p>He unexpectedly dropped \u201cMusic to Be Murdered By\u201d at midnight, and if the title doesn\u2019t say it all \u2026 the lead single, \u201cDarkness\u201d and its music video will. The video recreates the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting and imagines the thoughts of the shooter.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-80a358fce0ec3bc641a518c5be00c321\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"27.8888888889\">\n<p>Em seems to be sitting in a room at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2017\/10\/01\/mass-shooting-mandalay-bay-casino-vegas-multiple-shooters-suspected\/\"><strong>the Mandalay Bay<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 just as the mass murderer did that night \u2014 as he loads up on booze and then opens fire.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-159d25597844234b58032c285798f516\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"34.9424778761\">\n<p>Another track on the record called \u201cUnaccommodating\u201d references the violence at Ariana\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2017\/05\/22\/ariana-grande-concert-explosions-manchester-england\/\"><strong>Manchester show<\/strong><\/a>, also from 2017. Em raps, \u201cI\u2019m contemplating yelling \u2018bombs away\u2019 on the game like I\u2019m outside an Ariana Grande concert.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a0045dcf59dfe49045bd33b69af15f26\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-2a4146da-eead-5178-bf4f-30a5bb51d12d-2089804394-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder vilynx_enabled vilynx_audiopolicycta vilynx_hidectaicon\" data-vilynx-id=\"www.tmz.com\/videos\/011720-eminem-4712137-0-o39i1ngi\">\n              <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-2a4146da-eead-5178-bf4f-30a5bb51d12d-2089804394-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1579311323_49_Eminem-Drops-Surprise-Album-Lead-Single-039Darkness039-Recreates-Vegas-Shooting.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4374bfed35007aa6dad00d537a00920f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"24.5697674419\">\n<p>Just last summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/madonna\/\"><strong>Madonna<\/strong><\/a> did this with her \u201cGod Control\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/06\/26\/madonna-mass-shooter-music-video-god-control-pulse-nightclub\/\"><strong>music video<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 depicting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2017\/05\/31\/pulse-nightclub-video-gunshots-police-body-cam\/\"><strong>Orlando nightclub<\/strong><\/a> mass shooting \u2014 and got a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/06\/27\/pulse-survivor-brandon-wolf-madonna-music-video-questions-timing\/\"><strong>ton of backlash<\/strong><\/a> for the graphic imagery.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0f1526885b27a3e07c1056ede7e304ab\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>So, Eminem has to expect he\u2019ll get the same treatment.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-3c2fd7bb8ff2bd512db81f31f78b7133\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1579311323_412_Eminem-Drops-Surprise-Album-Lead-Single-039Darkness039-Recreates-Vegas-Shooting.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-430f799a38d7ca09f87646a4d4ce18b5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>However, the \u201cDarkness\u201d music video \u2014 especially the ending \u2014 makes it clear, he\u2019s not trying to glorify mass shootings \u2026 but instead questioning what\u2019s behind them.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a1f9c4164b1754e093b5a16f3a2964ab\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"28.3333333333\">\n<p>Interestingly, the album is packed with 20 songs and not a single one seems to reference <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nick-cannon\/\"><strong>Nick Cannon<\/strong><\/a> \u2026who\u2019s desperately been trying to lure Em <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/12\/19\/nick-cannon-eminem-diss-track-invitation-canceled-racial-kkk\/\"><strong>into a rap battle<\/strong><\/a> for months.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e3e35a90f25ae241c1c53c8c87ed393a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \" readability=\"39\">\n<p>Em did land a bunch of guest artists, though \u2026 including <strong>Ed Sheeran<\/strong>, <strong>Q-Tip<\/strong>, <strong>Anderson .Paak<\/strong>, <strong>Young M.A<\/strong>. and the late <strong>Juice WRLD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/01\/17\/eminem-surprise-album-music-to-be-murdered-by-darkness-las-vegas-mass-shooting-video\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" 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