The Ringer (song)

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"The Ringer"
Song by Eminem
from the album Kamikaze
ReleasedAugust 31, 2018
Recorded2018
Genre Hip hop
Length5:37 [1]
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)"

"The Ringer" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his album Kamikaze (2018). [3] [4] The album's opener, it was not released as a single but debuted in the top 10 in Australia, Canada, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. [5]

Contents

Contents

In the song, Eminem attacks the contemporary hip hop scene, mainly artists who perform mumble rap. A few rappers he calls out on the track are Lil Yachty, Lil Pump, Lil Xan, Machine Gun Kelly, Vince Staples, NF and Iggy Azalea. He also attacks the critics who gave his previous album, Revival , negative reviews. Finally, he sends shots at U.S. president Donald Trump, similar to the presidential critiques on Revival, calling Trump "Agent Orange" and referencing Eminem's freestyle rap "The Storm" [6] from the 2017 BET Awards. [7]

Secret Service interview

On the song, Eminem references the U.S. Secret Service visiting him in response to lyrics on Revival perceived to be threatening towards Trump. BuzzFeed filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Secret Service to find out if this was true. In October 2019, the agency revealed to BuzzFeed that, in response to an email from a TMZ employee pressing the Secret Service to investigate Eminem for his "threatening lyrics" about Ivanka Trump (on "Framed"), they had conducted a background check and arranged an interview, in which the interviewers read the verse out loud to Eminem—and he rapped along. The agency subsequently decided against referring the case to a federal prosecutor. [8]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [9] 5
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [10] 14
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [11] 5
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [12] 4
Denmark (Tracklisten) [13] 10
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [14] 8
France (SNEP) [15] 36
Germany (GfK) [16] 21
Greece Digital International Singles (IFPI) [17] 3
Hungary (Stream Top 40) [18] 4
Ireland (IRMA) [19] 6
Italy (FIMI) [20] 19
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [21] 16
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [22] 2
Norway (VG-lista) [23] 5
Portugal (AFP) [24] 5
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [25] 3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [26] 8
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [27] 3
UK Singles (OCC) [28] 4
US Billboard Hot 100 [29] 8
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [30] 7

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [31] Platinum70,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [32] Gold20,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [33] Platinum80,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [34] Gold5,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [35] Silver200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [36] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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