Not Alike

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"Not Alike"
Song by Eminem featuring Royce da 5'9"
from the album Kamikaze
ReleasedAugust 31, 2018
Genre
Length4:48
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Kamikaze track listing
13 tracks
  1. "The Ringer"
  2. "Greatest"
  3. "Lucky You" (featuring Joyner Lucas)
  4. "Paul (skit)"
  5. "Normal"
  6. "Em Calls Paul"
  7. "Stepping Stone"
  8. "Not Alike" (featuring Royce Da 5'9")
  9. "Kamikaze"
  10. "Fall" (featuring Justin Vernon)
  11. "Nice Guy" (featuring Jessie Reyez)
  12. "Good Guy" (featuring Jessie Reyez)
  13. "Venom (Music from the Motion Picture)"

"Not Alike" is a song by American rapper Eminem featuring fellow American rapper Royce da 5'9" from the former's tenth studio album Kamikaze (2018). [3] It has reached the top 40 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United States. It was written by the artists alongside producers Tay Keith and Ronny J with more production credits going to Eminem and Cubeatz. It was a diss track on several artists including Machine Gun Kelly.

Contents

Composition

In the first part of the song, the Tay Keith-produced instrumental that interpolates BlocBoy JB's "Look Alive", while Eminem imitates the flow of Migos' "Bad and Boujee". [4] The second beat was produced by Ronny J. The song disses rapper Machine Gun Kelly, who called Eminem's daughter, Hailie Jade, "hot as fuck" in 2012. At the time, Kelly was 22 and Hailie was 16. [5] [6] The song features co-production by Cubeatz.

Response

On September 3, 2018, Machine Gun Kelly released "Rap Devil", a response to Not Alike. On September 14, 2018, Eminem responded to Rap Devil, releasing the diss track "Killshot".

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 23
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [8] 39
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [9] 18
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [10] 17
France (SNEP) [11] 77
Germany (Official German Charts) [12] 57
Greece Digital International Singles (IFPI) [13] 5
Hungary (Stream Top 40) [14] 18
Italy (FIMI) [15] 48
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [16] 50
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [17] 20
Norway (VG-lista) [18] 24
Portugal (AFP) [19] 21
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [20] 7
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [21] 42
US Billboard Hot 100 [22] 24
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [23] 17

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [24] Platinum70,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [25] Gold20,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] Silver200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [27] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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