My FIRST time SEEING Eminem - Houdini !

[@BlackPegasusRaps]

YO!! Thanks to these comments, I found out the original! Steve Miller band abracadabra. I just did a reaction to that hahaha. Good looking out yall. It’s cool seeing where the idea came from. Much luv

[@yvetteparent2065]

Yeah he mentioned Steve Miller in his insta and fb tags 😁

[@Cchan53]

What else is new with the sampling...they don't give credit to the people they're taking it from leaving a lot of rap fans thinking it's their creativeness and it's NOT. I do not see like oh how nice two different genres coming and working together yes it is...as long as long as due is given where it's deserved. See these guys are not musicians ,don't play instruments so have to take from the people that do. ...

[@Sly2BandOfThievesIsTheBestSly]

@@Cchan53 Well he kind of did give credit

[@independentfreethinkeroutl2176]

Eminem is a nursery rhyming devil worshiper

[@premeditatedplan5417]

Damn dude, you have never heard this. Damn I could take you on a kick as music journey. Go down the rabbit hole of Steve Miller. He is a founding member of American Rock and Roll.

[@notmartinlewis]

I saw something recently that originally Eminem offended adults and kids loved him. Yet here we are in 2024 and adults love him, and kids are the ones offended by him. 😂

[@TPAs-Adventures]

I am 60 and love this song. He is putting this generation on notice if you ask me. Abracadabra is a Steve Miller song.

[@ConspiracySmurf]

Our fearless leader for Gen X to take back the world. :)

[@dianejones8225]

This 60 year old totally agrees 😂😂. This is hilarious ❤️‍🔥🤘🏼

[@dawnyoung8]

He’s always called out the bullshit though .

[@joefunsmith]

Fun fact: Les Paul and Mary Ford were good friends with Steve Miller's parents. Read Miller's wikipedia page. If he had NOT become a best selling musician, that would have been the unexpected outcome.

[@dorothyirby5740]

@@dianejones8225 I gotcha by 6 years. 66 years old and still love my Eminen!!!

[@jmburbach]

Shady back to remind us to lighten the F up and I love it. Buckle your seat belts ladies and gents, we going for a ride! 😄

[@cherokee7213]

I'm 68, and I have loved Em right from the beginning. And I am over the moon that he included Abracadabra. I wonder if any of the people who are just listening to him for the first time in forever, or people a lot younger than me, knows Abracadabra by Steve Miller.

[@crazyratlady3026]

Dissing his own kids, is like the most Slim Shady thing ever 😂😂🔥🔥

[@clfrancis]

lol

[@alencek13]

He never did that before sooo.... it's really a new thing :D Maybe he'll kill Slim Shady himself because he dissed Eminem's kids hahah

[@amandaashcraft5034]

For me, Em embodies the saying, "No sacred cows." He isn't afraid to have a conversation, and I've always loved that about his style.

[@leanneward415]

This song just transported me back to being a teen and skipping school to smoke weed and listen to the Eminem show 😂😂

[@MAB1273]

It only transports me back to being 29😢

[@sarasweightlossjourney1432]

Are transported me back to 1999 / 2002 when I was around 20 years old in the middle of that.❤

[@CHILLknowsfootball]

Transported me back to when I was 13, listening to the SS and MM LPs on my red Walkman

[@MarcusBumgardner-d4e]

And a llloooottttttt!!! Of weed....lol

[@stephaniegeer1691]

Same 💯,lol🎶❤✌

[@Lianabel2485]

I’m all the way here for it!!! SLIM SHADY IS BACK BABY!!! And you can’t cancel him at all… I love the way he came out dissing him everything and everyone!!! So sick of cancel culture and all the softness and everybody getting offended it,,, tell them Em!!! Love ❤️ him!!

[@Lou-xq9br]

🔥🤍🔥 I LOVE this so much, the nostalgia is real!!!! Plus funny af!!!

[@MLTop1]

Pete Davidson he also did a couple Eminem skits on SNL so great call back.

[@seancunningham4462]

he also crashed a merc and i’m guessing lost his license 🤣🤣

[@josephdunham2628]

This man just did something no other rapper has down bring back the past and fusing it with present.everything about the song to the video is goat status

[@RT8558]

The bar “Like a kidnapping that never did happen like Sherri Papini” was wild. The girl that made headlines a couple years ago after she ran away with a fling, and her husband reported her missing. Crazy line.

[@ConspiracySmurf]

I've already seen this song 10 times today but I'm here for it again! :)

[@carriehollister2543]

I shut down for a few weeks and didn't find out he's back until a week later. I checked it out this morning and I've watched or listened at least 5 times took me way back to the 80s too

[@amyhunter7401]

This man is the best poet of several generations.

[@amandadipietro4603]

Exactly. Hip hop is poetry with music.

[@GrowingDownUnder]

eminem wasn't the best of any generation lol

[@amyhunter7401]

@@GrowingDownUnder The man is a genius with words.

[@GrowingDownUnder]

@@amyhunter7401 yeah that's cool and all but this is about music as a whole not lyrics. You can have the best lyrics in the world or good lyrics but if the song sucks then you can't really save that. Like me for example I can write good lyric, but I can't rap and I can't make good music. If having good lyrics was the only thing that mattered, i'd be a musician. But instead i'm a dancer because I can appreciate art and music in other forms. I can also ghost write for someone that can rap so if anyone needs a ghost writer lemme know

[@amyhunter7401]

@GrowingDownUnder True but I do not think Eminem's ability to rap is in question at all:-P

[@itsakittyting]

Abracadabra never left my playlist since it came out decades ago so to hear it mixed with Eminem is great, calling him EmShady now ☺

[@Linda-y9h]

Finally, someone with the balls to call out the idiots.

[@crizdancemedia]

In regards to that Papini line, in short, Sherri Papini faked her own kidnapping. Also, that “Cacti Be” line was just him saying he’s a bigger prick than cacti be. Cacti is a single cactus, cactus is the plural and cacti be prickly haha

[@stevensalty853]

Nostalgia running through my veins 😂😂👊🏻

[@LiteraryStoner]

Em is back! Sliminem is here! I'm 35 and used to listen to Eminem as a teenager.

[@larubialocatattoo8430]

This! This is the Eminem I like. Makes me smile.

[@ParanoiaTheDJ]

As I'm also in my 40s, this sent a shiver up my spine. It took me back to the 90s. I was a teenager again for a few minutes and couldn't stop dancing. BTW, Steve Miller Band is my favorite classic rock band.

[@MikeHightower1]

It's funny I actually felt like I leaped with slim to now, lol

[@carriehollister2543]

Took ne back to the 80s and my high school years. I love this!

[@jenniferkonan2826]

It's so nice seeing the old eminem back and having fun. These new generations do not know about this side Eminem in my opinion.

[@JEFFwasHERE...]

Em Shady can not be stopped 🐐

[@shadowproductions969]

I think it should have been Slimenem

[@Lianabel2485]

Facts!!

[@justbambam2929]

Slimenim

[@hmvenom]

He is the best at his craft!! Highest level boss ish!! 🐐

[@juliemcneeley8491]

Pegasus its gunna grow on you out of nowhere. It's so darn catchy. You'll find it stuck in your head making you vibe after about 3-5 listens.

[@fronkmark1]

If you notice his rap style is the fusion of modern Eminem’s technicality and the attitude of old Slim Shady. Brilliant.

[@noah-cv7pn]

Ems a lyrical wordsmith! You could hear his song a 1000x and catch bars you didnt catch before. This is amazing!

[@patriciacardoso7058]

Em is funny AF and great to see him just having fun!!! Internet already got their knickers in a twist over these lyrics. Sliminem just 😂 while giving 🖕🖕🖕🖕 to everybody!!! Drop the album Em, we hyped AF. This MV was an artistic masterpiece 🔥

[@caro.k2958]

Takes me back good times great tracks! Those were the days 😂❤Lovin this! Brutal honesty, out loud humour and magical lyricism merge for the win❤

[@mirelairinapetre6503]

I m back too....at 58 as age! I never thought ....😂😂😂 What a Masterpiece! ❤

[@bkm2797]

Eminem is an incredible wordsmith and his annunciation is spot on, blows my mind, he's definitely one of a kind. Thanks Black Pegasus 👍

[@istark]

And his enunciation, too.

[@seanfoust7199]

Hey this is sampling The Steve Miller band's Abracadabra, the band you just reacted to The Joker from. Keep it going BP!

[@jeremyloyd79]

Came to comments for this one to see if anyone knew this!!

[@Danny_R_]

Well great. I just commented this and then i saw your comment. Lol

[@PatiAnn]

Yep Abrabracadabra 🎉❤ classic

[@Lagunaish]

What a dummy

[@SLIGHTTONE]

​@@Danny_R_that's what they all say 😂😂😂

[@paulmeyer9255]

This was so needed today. Need me some new Shady

[@shaneshanks9702]

Anybody else been humming Abracadabra for the last 7 days or can't help bounce there head to the tune? 😮 ( slim is back baby ) ❤😂😊

[@taylorfontana5705]

This follows his model from the early 2000s. Radio troll song followed by an absolute classic album! Can’t wait

[@MaxineWatt-jd8ho]

"I love the way you lie" with him and Rhianna is awesome 👌

[@samanthaspringman5527]

I love how Eminem raps in layers. You get into the song initially which is like the beat and initial shock layer. But there's also all the relevance to current times layers where he name drops/insults. There's the comedy layers too. And there's the layers that are sheer power and word play. Those bring you back into the song time after time to check for the things you missed before.

[@alencek13]

He literally made time travel possible and opened up a portal... Amazing artist! One of the best to ever hold the mic for sure!

[@NancySpuncious]

I just can't get enough of it! EM IS DEFINITELY THE GOAT 🐐💥🤯💥🐐

[@kingstatik4387]

I was about to say it's a nice twist he did where then entirety of the song is based on magic lol . With the song title Houdini, then the back beat abracadabra. Like that's slick . I grew up in that song from Steve Miller band and sugar Ray did a remake of it to so I instantly knew that's what it was sampled from .

[@nancykorensek4083]

Robin (Em). sampling The Joker (Steve Miller).

[@mandydaniels910]

I wondered if anyone else caught that!

[@-FEEW]

Thank you for breaking it down bro! I don't know all the American references like the bud light cancel, so it makes more much sense and his layers is crazy! Love from Sweden bro

[@madebyomgb7373]

The beat will grow on you. Coming from a STAN who didn’t like the beat at first - It’s now playing in my head nonstop.

[@briang6815]

This is probably the first song in over a decade I heard and liked from him. I always preferred this style of rap from him too.

[@susanconstable2113]

How have I missed your reaction for these past few weeks. I’ve watched so many and missed yours! I’m loving this song. The video is hilarious! It’s so fun to watch with all the nostalgia in it! I’m one of your old school metalhead subscribers (55 year old now) and I have to tell ya that I have loved Eminem since he hit the scene! Lyrical genius - and he still got it! I can’t wait to see what else he has on the album! A little slim shady is just what 2024 needs!

[@xRaptorScreamx]

This an homage to Without Me, but at the same time he plays it like he's older now and not as "fit", that's why he has hard time as Rapboy, falls when he jumps, when he goes up the building, barely crawls on top of it. Em's 51-52 now, old man :D

[@ekramer2478]

Not old yet. Old is eighties.

[@formalsleek]

@@ekramer2478 If only! Life is life, lets enjoy it, even though it may not last as long as others (sorry aunt just got throat pain and a few days ago diagnosed with throat cancer. Unfortunately the reason for the diagnosis was the tumour has burst, so she has two weeks to live. Thankfully she is indeed in her 80's, so she has had a "good innings" as they say. But we should appreciate life while we have it, and no age is too old. xx

[@alencek13]

Also a couple of other references like My Name is... Just Lose it, Real Slim Shady etc.... but yeah, it feels like it's a direct continuation of Without Me!

[@ihax4uv179]

he doesn’t seem like he feels like stopping anytime soon either, my guess for the album is just a final send off for slim shady

[@xonvaldez]

“penmanship” is the art or skill of writing by hand. You mean his lyrical ability in the case, lyrical dexterity!!

[@wayneclark2899]

Throwin' it back to the 90's and LOVIN' IT! Thanks for the flashbacks and nostalgia BP!

[@sarasweightlossjourney1432]

You'll definitely have this growing on you😂 I've been listening to this all day and I can't get it out of my head

[@stephenpublicover8818]

Eminem & Dr Dre fighting in the car!!!! OMG!! LOL!! flash back 90s!!

[@staceypeters1585]

Meg should just feel blessed to be recognized by the GOAT! Probably increased her listens by 50 fold. Lucky her! Your rock reactions are great, keep it 😁

[@darlinesly9364]

The abracadabra fits with the whole Houdini song title.

[@Makaveli13Xroy]

Everyone seems to miss the fact that he's yelling "Ahh Ahh Ahh" like he did in the track "Just Lose it" when dre is punching him😂

[@candi_renee_28]

I just went back to 2002… he’s back!

[@sylv772]

I love the way he plays with words. And his sense of humour is magic.

[@BigMike1073]

Great song. Love the sampling of Abracadabra by the Steve Miller Band. I played abracadabra for my daughter all the time when she was young.

[@angelagarutti6118]

I luv the Abracadabra beat he's using cuz I personally luv the song he's sampling and I use to hear it on the radio cuz my mom was young but appreciated all music and played alot of oldies so I grew up luv Steve Miller and I feel the people who don't vibe with some of Eminems beats is cuz they don't know where it's from its just lk his song Alfred I see people thinking he means the dude from batman and say they don't lk the beat don't understand it but as a horror fan and huge movie buff I know tons of the greatest movies ever made and Hitchcock is a Legend. So when they don't understand that that actually comes from his show, then I understand why they don't get it because they're missing the biggest point so it kinda makes me sad when I hear people totally not get what's going on in the song because they don't know what the references are. In this song is actually an amazing Beat is an amazing beat for a song called Houdini. Because what did did Houdini a magician say Abra Cadabra.but u don't nd to lk everything I'm a stan and proud to be but I ain't the crazy ones that flip if they don't feel as I do I only feel lk if the person understands what was being done and used in the song for a reason it might make them change their minds or not but at least they would understand what they are hearing and then and only then can they give a fair review believe me idk about alot of movies from the late 30s and 40s so I educated myself on them and tbh Hollywood is only spitting out remakes over and over again it's lk no one has a creative bone in their body that's why I enjoy em and dre and so many more cuz they are true artists

[@profanitybasedfun]

I really enjoy his sillier music. Never heard this before today and I like it, and the video is great!

[@fordie8music584]

It just came out today

[@jackjones701]

Eminems music is the essence of hip-hop

[@lynn288]

IM 61 and was tappin! Although I’ve always liked and respected him since “8mile”.

[@jennifersimmons8263]

One thing I respect about rap is the level of genius the lyricist has and that does come from hard work! I love this song! Its not that the world is getting soft it’s the US that’s getting soft. A lot of the world, including our adversaries are getting tougher waiting for their opportunity.

[@chanaihabru3694]

This music video made my day actually

[@uzi978]

I love that the Slim Shady ad-libs are done in his 1999 voice. Such a well done nostalgia track, but still sounds fresh and new.

[@romanoperelli7018]

The whole cat scheme is both amazing and hilarious.

[@Goodtide]

Let's gooOoOo BP 🔥🔥🔥 Yes, he's making us feel like we're kids again ☺️🤍

[@pattinash2824]

He's a modern day poet ...some get him right away, some need time to absorb..

[@johnohrstrom5112]

Abra, Abra, Cadabra.... My mom loved Steve Miller. Never in a million years did I anticipate this sample! Into the multiverse, what a effing concept.

[@rexoid0800]

the old EM even has the tattoos he had back then which is a great touch.

[@I.D.A-sw]

This is stuck to my brain and I love the humor in this video as well 🙌

[@azure5584]

At 20:30 you're thinking about 'cact I be' but he said 'cacti be', which is just plural of cactus, lol.

[@stonerbtw]

the part where shady and em combine when it says they created a monster is another reference to without me ' They created a monster cause nobody wants to see Marshall no more, they want Shady, I'm chopped liver Well, if you want Shady, this is what I'll give ya A little bit of weed mixed with some hard liquor"

[@Berto2K]

Slim Shady is back! The beat and chorus is a sampling of the pop song Abracadabra by Steve Miller Band from 1982. Really nice flip. Cacti is the plural form of cactus. Also cutting it short to fit the rhyme scheme. "the kidnappin never did happen like Sherri Panini" - Sherri Panini faked/staged her own kidnapping in up in northern California back in 2016. The name of the comedian at the end is Pete Davidson.

[@c0011j]

And Pete is friends with MGK 🤔

[@jaseshade6512]

Berto2k how did he cut it off to fit the rhyme scheme, you literally just explained that cacti is a word

[@Berto2K]

@@jaseshade6512 depends on if he was talking about cactus in plural or not

[@TwistedSisler]

Love Em, but he had some really weak bars in this one. That cacti bar was corny af honestly. Same with the kangaroo bar. Em's better than that.

[@Berto2K]

@@TwistedSisler This is the corny "commercial" track that he usually releases with each album. Something to get the masses attention. The better stuff doesn't usually come out as singles.

[@jayjonasen3325]

Love me some Em,The Steve Miller band Rock's as well.

[@Danny_R_]

The Abracadabra is actually taken from a chorus from Steve Millers band from the song Abracadabra. From the 80's i believe. Incase you didn't know.

[@lindajamroz]

I'm older but graduated from the same high school and grew up just north of eight mile 👍😂 Gotta l💙ve'm! This was only the third time I've seen it. My baby boy brought it to my attention. I love his performing 🎻🎼🎻🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶😂🎵🎶

[@Onemxbreakers]

Everyone misses the "I don't gotta play pretend it's you I make believe " 😂

[@Emilie-one]

I love the hook and the beat! This is the Em I love best!❤

[@KillShot227]

Back in the day, this is like that one song/video that was made clearly for MTV....and then the rest of the album was pure 🔥. Our current world is very soft and Eminem is about to EAT. With his middle finger up of course. FYI, my username has nothing to do with that man 🤣

[@hectors23]

Just chose to join you, so it's you Knox and Stevie that I am invested in now, I heard you do a cypher years ago...we are about the same age..so respect

[@MrJohnrowan]

EM IS BACK I LOVE IT Cant wait for the album drop

[@MaximDL1410]

The Absolute 🐐🥇: Eminem 👏✊❤️🐐💯🔥😎

[@donalucino7401]

Absolute ass medal? I don't get it.

[@darlaharrelson6487]

I loved this. It feels so good to have him back again. Thanks BP. ❤

[@sbombeck5419]

Abracadabra from Steve Miller Band! Nice! Pete Davidson is the comedian. Had trouble on SNL, but overcame it. LOVE THE NEW TRACK!

[@pbell44]

I saw Eminem in 97 at Scribble Jam in Cincinnati. It was obvious that day that he was going to be very successful. Extremely creative guy.

[@musictofreeyourmind5560]

This is just a fun song I know it's poking the bear and doing everything but holy crap this is good to see that he can still pull this kind of lyrics out of his bag. He's been doing Serious lyrics for a long time its good to see he can just have some fun like this. Pete Davis is the guy you're thinking of

[@odourlessstar136]

This is 100% Shady of old glad to have him back 🤘🤘

[@carriehollister2543]

Love the super hero vine! I love all the cameos, disses, and references. Every line is acreference and this is awesome

[@emmamarriott]

Littereally takes you back in time ❤ It's stuck in my head😂

[@marypittman5821]

Love Eminem! He's our hometown boy. Generous, talented. Good guy!

[@HiTekCowboy]

Always here to hear your reaction! Enjoyed it man. thanks and have a great weekend

[@KyleG_Sports]

Kids are soft these days & their parents are the ones mad about the Meg bar along with anything else in this song. This ain’t even close to being bad compared to his older songs.

[@silverdoeGirl]

I love this! Seeing the old Slim Shady vs New Shady was genius and the call backs! Guess who's backkkkk - Shady NEVER held back, I'm glad he still hasn't lol

[@sarasweightlossjourney1432]

Yeah Eminem's over the censoring crap and I'm so glad he's speaking on it because I'm over it too I was born in 1980 and this is just getting ridiculous

[@leeleevalentine3898]

And just like that I’m 22 again 😂❤

[@itsakittyting]

me too ☺

[@Abyssionknight]

I love how Eminem uses these songs as a marketing tool. Goal isn't to make the best song possible, but to just get normal people that otherwise wouldn't listen to his music talking about it and him. So he makes it catchy, silly, throws in a few lines to get people talking, and then just sits back and lets the song lure people into checking out the rest of the album. I'm surprised more people haven't taken a page from his book and pulled this same tactic.

[@Dawnofcreation]

Loving this! This is my fave style from him 😂

[@surprenant52]

🎉🎉brought me right back to like 2002!!! Crazy🎉🎉

[@trentsayers951]

Great reaction video, i love you brakedowns of lyrics and topics. Also great to see the old shady back in a feat on his own track.

[@benttl77]

His kids are grown and good...he wildin. He has money and they already tried to cancel him so many times. Im excited.