DJ Green Lantern Told Eminem The “Cleaning Out My Closet” Beat Sounded Like “Renegade” Share:







DJ Green Lantern recently sat down with Eric and Jeff Rosenthal, known as the ItsTheReal podcast.

The veteran producer/DJ told a handful of interesting stories, including his history with Beanie Sigel, Jay-Z, Jadakiss, and Eminem.

Green Lantern explained about the first time he met Eminem, which you can hear at the 51:42 mark below.

“I feel like I might’ve dissed him, on the low, without realizing it. He was in L.A. at one of Dr. Dre’s studios finishing recording The Eminem Show. I hear ‘Cleaning Out My Closet’, and I’m like, Okay, instrumentation-wise, it sounded slightly similar, to me, to ‘Renegade.’ I’m in my producer head, side-stick snare, upright bass.”

When they finally met later that night, Eminem was like, “You got to hear some of the album?”

Green Lantern responded with “Yeah I really like that one that sounds like ‘Renegade.'”

“He looked at me almost with a scowl, like why are you saying this sounds like this other thing. But I was like It’s great though [Laughs].”

Do you think ‘Cleaning Out My Closet’ sounds like ‘Renegade’?

You can check the full podcast below, with the description as well.