About “Framed”

Eminem has released quite a few horrorcore rap songs throughout his career, most notably “3 a.m.” and “Kim”. The beat, as well as Em’s tone on “Framed”, feels of his 2009 Relapse-era.

“Framed” revolves around a fictional situation where Em is detained for a murder, on the basis of how his lyrics coincidentally matches up with a murder scene, that is under investigation. Em sums it up with these lines:

But it never occurred to me I could describe a murder scene

In a verse and be charged with first degree

Cause it just happened to match up perfectly

In an interview with Shade 45 on December 15th, Em commented on how a beat affects the content of a song: