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In the song "Darkness", the rapper tells the story of a lonely man about to commit a massacre. YouTube screenshot of the "Darkness" clip

After " Kamikaze " a year and a half ago, the Detroit prodigy redid the surprise album. Released in the night from Thursday to Friday without any promotion, " Music to be murdered by " is his eleventh studio album.

An ax glued to the right temple, a pistol to the left temple in reference to the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock ... The cover of the new Eminem announces the color. Macabre and caustic, the disc opens with the cries of a stabbed woman and continues with the title "Unaccomodating", including a provocative rhyme on the suicide bombing in Manchester after a concert by Ariana Grande, is already the subject of debate on social networks.

On Music to be murdered by , Eminem reforms his legendary duo with his former mentor Dr Dre, the master of hip-hop sound, in charge of seven songs from this generous 20-track album that alternates commercial melodies and violent raps served by a flow still as fierce and relentless.

A song against guns

The album is already making a lot of noise in the United States, in particular because of the clip for "Darkness", an activist title that evokes the Las Vegas massacre of 2017, when an armed man opened fire on the spectators of a music festival. In this argument against the carrying of weapons in the United States, we follow the killing from the point of view of the shooter. The clip ends with these words: "When will it end?" "

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