Survival (Eminem song)
October 8, 2013
Survival (English for " survival " ) is a song by the American rapper Eminem, in which the chorus by singer Liz Rodrigues is sung. The song is the second single from his eighth studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 and was released exclusively for download on 8 October 2013.
Call of Duty
Already on August 14, 2013, the song debuted in the multiplayer trailer of the game Call of Duty: Ghosts and could also be heard in several following trailers to play.
Content
The chorus is sung by Liz Rodrigues from the fact that only the strongest survived and the winner takes all. In the first verse Eminem says he never would have expected at the beginning of his career trying to be a superstar today. It was just about gone when he rap, to be able to feed his family and to stand for something. He is now back and it wants to show all the critics again. The second verse is about that Eminem was full of energy still and not think about quitting. He made it to the top 5 best rappers of all time. In the third verse Eminem raps that his whole life was geared to rap because in 9th grade he otherwise could because of his school leaving. It also calls doubters on to quietly criticize him because he can make the best success from the criticism.
How many songs Eminem also contains the text of Survival a lot of comparisons and metaphors.
Production
The beat of the song was produced by DJ Khalil and is kept quite rocky through the use of electric guitars. For the production of any samples of songs of other artists were employed.
Music Video
In the rotated to Survival video that celebrated 2013 Premiere on October 8, led syndromes Director.
Eminem slips at the beginning of the music video in the role of a sprayer, which the skull logo of Call of Duty: Ghosts sprayed on a wall. Then he raps in an abandoned building, where scenes from the game as well as Eminem's concerts are projected by video projector on a wall in the background. Furthermore, you can see other sprayer, which also spray the logo on the building and then gather with Eminem on the roof of the building, from where they consider a huge projection of the logo on a skyscraper opposite. At the end of the video Eminem standing in front of the house of his childhood, which was also used for album covers both parts of the Marshall Mathers LP.
Single
Cover design
The single cover is kept very simple. It just shows the logos Eminem in white and Survival in red on a black background. In the foreground, broken glass shards can be seen.
Chart success
Survival increased in the 43rd week of the year 2013 at No. 38 in the German charts and increased in the following weeks on the ranks of 33 and 32 before it reached the best place to position 20. Overall, the song kept 17 weeks in the top 100