Lijas of Time gave the song a positive review, stating that 'the world can expect an immortal recording' based on 'Rap God' and the album's lead single, ' Berzerk'. The official video also has received over 16 million likes, making it the 25th most liked video on the site.Д¬onsequence of Sound stated that the song is 'anything but godly', the lyricism 'falls victim to dated references and the tired technique of using other rappers' monikers to complete rhymes.' They also noted that the beat is 'pedestrian at best', and that altogether the song ' the commercial appeal' of 'Berzerk'.

On February 15, 2020, the video reached 1 billion views, making it his third video to reach this milestone. The video received three nominations at MTV Video Music Awards 2014 in the categories ' Best Art Direction', ' Best Editing', ' Best Visual Effects'. There are also references to The Matrix, The Walking Dead, Hellraiser and the video games Pong, Portal and Super Mario Bros. Eminem parodied Max Headroom in the music video. On November 27, 2013, as scheduled, the music video was released on Vevo at 12:00pm ET. On November 21, 2013, Eminem tweeted the trailer for the music video, directed by Rich Lee, and announced it would be released on November 27, 2013. The song entered the 2015 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records in which Eminem is commended for the most words in a hit single, 'Rap God', totalling 1,560 words in 6 minutes, 3 seconds. On October 14, 2013, DVLP tweeted that the beat was two years old, made in November 2011, and that Eminem recorded the song in 2012. Joe Strange also contributed additional keyboarding and programming.

The song's recording session took place at Effigy Studios in Michigan, with brothers Mike and Joe Strange working with Eminem on mixing and engineering the song. The song was co-produced with Matthew 'Filthy' Delgiorno. The song's production was handled by American hip hop producer Bigram Zayas, professionally known as Develop or DVLP he has produced songs for rappers such as the Diplomats, Rick Ross and most notably Lil Wayne. Dre, DJ Yella, Ice Cube, MC Ren, Busta Rhymes, Lakim Shabazz and the 2008 Hotstylz song ' Lookin Boy'. Fad's 1988 song ' Supersonic', Tupac Shakur, Run-DMC, Pharaohe Monch, Rakim, N.W.A, Eazy-E, Dr.

ДЄdditional references include a conflict between Fabolous and Ray J, Heavy D & the Boyz, planking, The Walking Dead, J. Eminem references the ClintonвЂ“Lewinsky scandal in order to demonstrate his longevity as a dominant force in the rap industry, thus establishing himself as an 'immortal god'. The hip hop song references a line from the first Marshall Mathers LP, on the song 'I'm Back', where he talks about the Columbine High School massacre, rapping 'Seven kids from Columbine Put 'em all in a line, add an AK-47, a revolver, and a nine.' The verse was censored when originally released, and is included in 'Rap God' to test public reaction.

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