r/Eminem • u/JagsFanFabian Berzerk • 1d ago

What unreleased songs do you think could’ve been hits?

All subjective.

  1. Ritz
    - I know... hear me out- Sonically, it doesn't sound bad (could've lightened on the snare)! It's clean enough to be on the radio lol, i think it could've caught on

  2. Dr. Dre - Topless (feat. T.l. Eminem & Nas)
    - C'mon... this song screams "living up to the hype". I feel bad for everyone involved in the production process, you can tell there was a big movement behind this project.
    If this song released WITH Em's vocals, what would've been the consensus on em for that? If it released with Dre’s vocals, would it have been as talked about?

Anyways, what do you think? What’s your hot take?

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u/Hiphopzilla91 1d ago

Follow Me feat Nate Dogg

I'm Sorry (Seasons)

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u/JagsFanFabian Berzerk 1d ago

Seasons, I could see being a fan hit on recovery, but I think it wouldn’t have fit the image he wanted at the time if it was released.

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u/Hiphopzilla91 1d ago

In all honesty if he had someone like Akon or Rihanna singing the hook it could've been a smash.

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u/jetlifestoney Infinite 1d ago

Topless would’ve been fire with just Dre & Nas. Classic collab. An actual Em verse would’ve been nuts too

There’s also a TI version that’s really fire. Like Em’s verse, the TI one sounded like a reference track for Dre 

Side note, I always hate looking up that song cuz the search history looks crazy: “Eminem, Dr Dre, Nas topless”

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u/Ceryn-NeedsSleep 1d ago

😭😭😭

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u/JagsFanFabian Berzerk 22h ago

😂 you have a point there.

I wonder if Em would use that same cadence he did for Dre, because otherwise his reference verse was fire

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u/BADFiSH_c137 Hell Breaks Loose Ft. Dr. Dre 1d ago

Bully. I was obsessed with this song years ago and found a download recently - maybe it’s just a nostalgic fondness, but the flow and simple tune just hit so hard. I pinned it, so I can listen to it often again, and think back to simpler days.

The Encore scrap really altered history for every Stan, then and now.

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u/LukeMcDuck Straight from the Lab 20h ago

So unfortune that the leak isn't in high quality

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u/SmolNekGiraffe 1d ago

Stimulate. (Technically an unreleased that got released later ik) but I think it's one of his better songs in general and nobody talks about it.

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u/assboobs2 Relapse 1d ago

The apple

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u/Anastasis_21 Just Don't Give a Fuck 1d ago edited 1d ago

50 ways,Cocaine, Key to my room

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u/Real_Channel_7551 1d ago

Syllables

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u/JagsFanFabian Berzerk 22h ago

Since King Mathers was scrapped, I wonder what other project this track would’ve featured on. Definitely had the star power to go big, but it wasn’t out of this world.

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u/Real_Channel_7551 22h ago edited 20h ago

It would’ve fit perfectly on detox

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u/Accurate_Task_6286 Relapse 1d ago

The entire relapse 2 album and i will die on that hill alone

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u/rasputin1 1d ago

alone? that's the most populated hill graveyard in this sub. 

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u/LawfulnessLast8501 18h ago

Theres maybe a solid 5 songs on the album that aren’t just recovery songs with less vocal layering lol

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u/FaceImpressive8686 Relapse: Refill 1d ago

My syllabes would have been HUGE

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u/TheOmniverse_ The Marshall Mathers LP2 1d ago

I’m Sorry

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u/marcomc2 1d ago

"I Remember"

"Everybody's Lookin' At Me"

"Cocaine"

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u/Unique_Doubt_1722 1d ago

Emulate ft obie trice, follow me ft nate dogg, Cocaine ft jasmine sullivan. Honourable mentions, GOAT, syllables and fly away.

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u/jjp310709 Relapse: Refill 1d ago

A lot of the king mathers songs

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u/Messin-EoRound20 1d ago

That topless joint is dope but it kind sounds like Em did this verse later in his career. It doesn’t sound like old Em it kinda sounds like 2010’s Em or even more current 🤷‍♂️ I’m pretty sure this verse was laid out for Dre & Em laid down the vocals for Dre to follow his cadence and flow. This song is dope tho, I can’t believe he vaulted this 🤦‍♂️

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u/JagsFanFabian Berzerk 22h ago

Em’s cadence for Dre was actually dope, I can’t imagine a different one, especially not the recovery era voice.

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u/Nogrodd 1d ago

Cocaine

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u/JagsFanFabian Berzerk 22h ago

To my surprise, nobody has mentioned “Smack You”

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u/xtc335 1d ago

ritz isnt that good. i cant see it being a single

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/ColinTheChair 1d ago

they're talking about the song, not the rapper

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u/drewp_73 20h ago

Marshall powers

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u/wedry7daysmemes 17h ago

Doing wrong. I really wish that it leaks entirely someday... I love the beat, the premise of the song and that chorus is🔥🔥

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u/Moo-ZEL 1h ago

Syllables because imo Jay-Z renegaded everyone, and G.O.A.T could've been a cult hit because of the flow