Eminem Goes Apocalyptic in ‘Doomsday 2’ Video

Eminem paces through a dilapidated office, dressed in all black other than a yellow tie and some yellow accents on his sneakers, in the video for Lyrical Lemonade‘s “Doomsday 2.” On the track, Eminem raps about how much “shit with a purpose that matters” but also dissing his longtime foe, Benzino. “Now I got a riddle … What is the opposite of Benzino?” he raps. “A giraffe. ‘Go at his neck,’ How the fuck is that?/How can I go at somethin’ he doesn’t have?” And he keeps going and going.

The song is the sequel to last year’s less venomous “Doomsday,” a Lyrical Lemonade track that featured Juice Wrld and Cordae. Both songs use the track from Eminem’s 25-year-old track “Role Model.” The two tracks feature back to back on this year’s All Is Yellow, the debut album by music video director and producer Cole Bennett, who goes by Lyrical Lemonade. Bennett previously directed the clips for Eminem’s “Godzilla” and “Gnat.”

Eminem recently looked back on another track from 1999’s The Slim Shady Show when he provided footnotes for a re-release of his “My Name Is” clip. “If you look closely at my eyes during the scene where I was dressed like Bill Clinton, it may look like I was high on ecstasy during that part of the shoot … but that’s just a rumor,” he wrote for the video.

And even though he didn’t specifically talk about “Role Model” in Rolling Stone’s 1999 Eminem profile, he did say he didn’t want to be seen as one. “My album isn’t for younger kids to hear,” he said. “It has an advisory sticker, and you must be 18 to get it. That doesn’t mean younger kids won’t get it, but I’m not responsible for every kid out there. I’m not a role model, and I don’t claim to be.”

From Rolling Stone US.