Best Eminem Diss Tracks

Eminem is still running his mouth and taking names in the process.

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 hit stores this Tuesday. Fans and music critics have had a while to digest and soak in the album. The general consensus from Em’s sequel is that it embodies the nostalgia feel of his 2000 predecessor, while revisiting familiar topics—heartbreak, childhood trauma, revenge—with much more passion. Plus, it wouldn’t be an Em album if he weren’t directing rhymes at a few people. Take it from Hotstylz, who seemed pretty upset at Em’s shout-out, his disses still sting.

In concluding our extensive Eminem Week, we’ve decided to compile a playlist of his best diss tracks. Over the course of his music career, the Detroit rhymeslinger has gotten into plenty of public feuds, from former The Source editor-in-chief Benzino and Ja Rule to Canibus and Mariah Carey. Since those early days, he hasn’t shown much of a fight lately, but that doesn’t mean new targets in popular culture aren’t in his line of sight. We’re probably never going to hear another epic response like his “Hail Mary” verse, but here are a few records that show him at his most venomous. You’ve been warned.

“Armageddon”

Best Line: “Keep lickin’ these nuts you industry mutts / Keep walkin’ around sniffin’ each others butts”

“Hail Mary (Remix)”

Best Line: “Bitches wearing rags in photos, Ja’s words being quoted / In The Source, stealing Pac’s shit like he just wrote it”

“Doe Rae Me (Hailie’s Revenge)”

Best Line: “Ja quit playin’, knock it off, you’re not 2Pac / Don’t hate me, I’m too hot and you’re not”

“Canibitch”

Best Line: “You bastard, I ain’t wanna have to diss ya / Canibus, where the fuck you at? I miss ya!”

“I Remember”

Best Line: “I remember back when you had the Knack / And I remember when you had your first heart attack / I was right there laughin when I heard the news / I just wish the cardiac woulda murdered you”

“Girls”

Best Line: “They don’t hate you / They just think you’re corny since Christina played you / And how dare you motherfuckers that try to diss me back / That’s a sissy act, and don’t call me kissin my ass”

“The Warning”

Best Line: “If I hear another word so don’t go opening your jibs / Cause every time you do it’s like an overload of fibs / I ain’t sayin this shit again, ho you know what it is / It’s a warning shot, ‘fore I blow up your whole spot”

“The Sauce”

Best Line: “You gotta stay up till three in the morning to see your video played once on BET /So hee-hee-hee / Who has the last laugh/Aftermath, yeah!”