Jack Harlow made a bold statement in one of his songs on his newly released album Jackman.
In the song titled They Don’t Love It, he calls himself “the hardest white kid since the one who rapped about puke and sweaters” – referring to Eminem’s famous line in Lose Yourself.
The 25-year-old rapper then tastefully goes on drop bars about how he outshines his competition without naming names.
On Friday, the First Class hitmaker released his highly anticipated self-titled third studio album.
Next month, Harlow will also make his feature film debut in the Hulu remake of White Men Can’t Jump.
Confident: Jack Harlow, 25, made a bold statement in one of his songs on his newly released album Jackman
The next few lines after his bold claim, Harlow was heard listing all the reasons why he believes he deserves the silver medal for best white rapper behind the self-proclaimed Rap God, 50.
“And hold the comments because I promise you I’m honestly better than whoever came to mind at the time,” Harlow rapped as he lyrically challenged his opponents.
“They’re not cut from the same thread as he was,” he continued. “They don’t study, they don’t work to get ahead like he did.
“They don’t toss and turn in the f***in’ bed like him because they don’t like it,” the text read.
Jackman brings the Louisville native back to his Kentucky roots after his latest album – Come Home the Kids Miss You – was criticized for being too commercial.
His new album is similar to his music at the beginning of his career that eventually shot him to his level of fame.
Likewise, the cover art for his latest project is nostalgic for his past work.
On the album cover, Harlow poses shirtless with his arms folded as he stands in an alley in the rural suburb of his hometown.
Runner-up to legend: In the song titled They Don’t Love It, he calls himself “the toughest white boy since the one who rapped about vomit and sweaters” – referencing Eminem’s famous line in Lose Yourself
New Release: On Friday, the First Class hitmaker released his highly anticipated self-titled third studio album
Stripped down: Jackman consists of a total of 10 tracks with a surprising lack of features
The snapshot is stylistically designed as if it were shot with an old-fashioned film camera.
Likewise, the back cover appeared in the same tone and with a low-brightness filter, but the image showed a large tree trunk crushing a car in a more upscale suburb.
Jackman consists of a total of 10 tracks with a surprising lack of features.
The opening track is titled Common Ground.
Being after the lead-off: They don’t like it; Ambition; Is that light?; gang gang gang; Denver; No amps; It can’t be; My mistake; and questions.
“I want to be the face of my s*** – like the face of my generation – for the next 10 years,” he had told Rolling stone last year before releasing Come Home the Kids Miss You.
“We need more people of my generation trying to be the best, and you can’t do that with just ear candy and mood records,” he explained. ‘Sometimes you have to come out swinging.
“My new s*** is much more serious,” Harlow also said. ‘At the moment my message is to leave [everybody] know that I love hip-hop, and I’m one of the best of my generation.’
Bold: The next few lines after his bold claim, Harlow was heard listing all the reasons why he believes he deserves the silver medal for best white rapper behind the self-proclaimed Rap God, 50
When talking about his glowing and not at all gradual rise to fame, he explained to the publication that he had changed on the outside but is still the same person on the inside.
“It took me a while to take my glasses off,” he said, perhaps in more than a literal sense. “I literally felt tied to them because I felt like, ‘You’re the rapper with glasses who can spit really well.'”
He continues that his personality has never faltered despite becoming so famous.
“I’m just as crazy as I am. I’m as smooth as I am. I’m just as funny as I am. I’m as serious as I am. I am all those things,” Harlow said. “The totality of myself that I honor is why hip-hop embraces me.