Eminem Defends 'Music to Be Murdered By' in Open Letter

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Eminem responded to critics of 'Music to Be Murdered By' in a letter posted to Instagram, asking some to 'please listen more closely'

Eminem respond to critics of 'Music to Be Murdered By' in a letter posted to Instagram, asking some to "please listen more closely.", at times leaned heavily on one of the rapper’s time-honored attributes: a dependence on shock value. In its two most attention-grabbing moments, he raps from the perspective of the Las Vegas gunman who killed 58 people in 2017 , and throws in an off-hand line making light of the bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, also in 2017 .

On Thursday, Eminem responded to criticism of the record’s subject matter in an open letter posted to his Instagram account. It features a rivulet of blood running down the page, for those looking for additional, if unsubtle, imagery. In the letter, Eminem begins to elaborate on the themes behind the album, and stops well short of making an apology. Instead, he writes that is “not for the squeamish” and is “designed to shock the conscience.” He also suggest that many of the critics may be missing his finer points: “Please listen more closely,” he writes. “Goodnight!”

The letter came nearly a week after the mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham, responded with harsh criticism for the Grande-referencing line. “This is unnecessarily hurtful and deeply disrespectful to the families and all those affected,” he said, in a statement released

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