Logic & Eminem just released their new collaboration
track together titled Homicide, and not only
did this revive me from my month long sleep
to talk about it, it also managed to revive
the IS IT GOOD? series from the grave it was
buried in with the Logic is Biracial meme.
A lot of you guys wanted to see this one come
back, so here it is.
I don’t know how often I’ll do this, if
I’ll even do them that much, but this is
a track I really want to give my fully formed
opinion on, hence this video.
My twins reaction video will be linked below
if you wanna get an idea of how I felt about
this song at first, and I will be comparing
that reaction to how I feel about the song
now a little bit.
So with that being said, this is CDTVProductions
no longer being harassed on twitter since
me and my followers decided it’s a dead
meme, here to tell you how I feel about Homicide
by Logic & Eminem.
Let’s start with the goat banger’s contribution.
When I first listened to this track, I remember
saying I quite liked what Eminem brought to
the table, but I didn’t feel like it had
a top tier Eminem guest verse or anything
like that.
It 
almost felt just like the structure to his
part on the Chloraseptic Remix, so initially
it was hard not to feel like this wasn’t
anything new or intriguing from Em.
It definitely is a rapping style we’ve heard
before from him, however, since that first
listen, Eminem’s verse has grown on me even
further.
More and more of the bars connect with me
on every re-visit to the track, and that whole
segment of baseball wordplay was just outstanding.
I caught fragments of it, but I would never
have followed it all without Crypt’s video
breaking down the lyrics because I’ve never
watched baseball once in my life, but that’s
the fun thing about lyricism, you’re supposed
to figure it out at your own pace and not
clock every single line on your first listen.
Also once you hear the Chris D’Elia skit
at the end, it becomes clear the Eminem was
replicating that rhyme scheme for significant
chunks of his verse and turning it into some
cool lines.
I will say I enjoy Eminem’s verses a bit
more now when he’s slightly slower but still
intense such as Caterpillar, but Homicide
was still incredibly good in terms of him.
Seen as I just mentioned the Chris D’Elia
thing, I wanna give my thoughts on that real
quick.
It’s something that was funny the first
time.
I still love the original video of Chris’s
skit, which is poking fun at Eminem’s rap
style 
in a non-serious way, but I also wish they
maybe only played around 10-15 seconds of
that skit.
Maybe even sample a line from Chris’s skit
in the middle of Em’s verse and have him
continue the rhyme scheme himself from there.
It doesn’t have the same comedic impact
when you know it’s coming, and not only
is it a very slight nuisance to skip the track
every time it hits that segment, but it’s
also deterring me from putting it on my playlists
because I want tracks on there to smoothly
flow into each other.
But now let’s get to the big beefy criticisms
that Logic stans probably aren’t gonna
like me for, because I think Logic severely
knocks down my rating for this track.
As a Logic fan myself, I’m so sick and tired
of hearing these tropes constantly come up
in his music.
“Busting like a semi automatic”, “hold
up, catch a vibe”, repetition and all that
stuff.
I get it, he makes fun of people who label
him
as repetitive 
on this song, but being self aware and mocking
those people doesn’t take away the validity
of their criticisms, or fix the issue of so
many of his bars sounding like pure filler.
This would be kinda lacklustre on a Logic
solo song in my opinion, but when it’s next
to Eminem there’s such a clear gap in the
quality of the songwriting.
I don’t dislike absolutely everything on
Logic’s verse, his ability to flow with
ease and find the pocket on any beat is still
as impressive as ever, and there were a couple
bars that I did think were smart, such as
the rabies bar, with Logic building up to
saying he’s so crazy that no one’s taking
him out, just like someone who had an animal
with rabies wouldn’t take it outside because
that’s just not a good idea.
But his lyrics and content overall have taken
such a downturn recently, with the exception
of Confessions of A Dangerous Mind, and I
think his lyrics should’ve been way stronger
here if he wants to be taken seriously when
he says stuff like this.
Logic clearly wants to place himself in the
category of phenomenal lyricists, but then
he comes through with 2 verses on here that
don’t really provide anything exciting.
He just responded to his haters and gave his
thoughts on mumble rap in the most predictable
and tired way.
If Logic mocking his “haters” is something
that you enjoy, all the more power to you,
but I personally don’t think he did it in
any type of inventive way.
I’ve looked into the bars, I’ve watched
Crypt’s video as so many people suggested
in the comments of the reaction, and while
I loved his breakdown, I still feel like Logic
went really surface level on this one.
It’s frustrating as a Logic fan which is
why I’m talking about this so much, but
now when I hear his music I’m not even surprised
he’s sitting on 5 unreleased albums.
It sounds like it with how mundane his writing
is getting.
I won’t knock his flow because like I said,
it’s very impressive, and fits the production,
his references to Eminem in the hook was a
really nice touch, but I can’t help but
feel he was very lacklustre on here.
Overall:
So, as a final score I’m gonna give Homicide
by Logic featuring Eminem a 5.5/10.
The Eminem verse does keep me coming back,
but I can’t help having that constant feeling
that Logic could’ve come through way harder
than he did.
At the end of the day, remember this is just
my opinion, I’m not attacking you for liking
it if you feel this track is like an 8 or
above, as always music and even what constitutes
good lyricism is a subjective thing.
So, how did you guys feel about Homicide?
Feel free to let me know down in the comments
below with your own rating out of 10 for
the track.
