“They Tried to Bury Us… So We Dug Up the Mic”

Opening with an eerie, distorted church bell and a haunting female vocal sample whispering “Break me…”, the beat drops like a hammer — dirty 808s, sinister strings, and a snare that sounds like it’s punching through glass.

Then Wayne steps in with a jaw-dropping opener:

“I was chained to the throne in a castle of pain / Now I’m back with the dragon, we breathing propane.”

His voice is darker, raspier — aged like firewood. He references addiction, prison, death, and resurrection all within the first 16 bars.

Eminem? A Verbal Explosion Waiting to Happen

When Em slides in at the 1:22 mark, it’s with no hook — just fury:

“You thought I retired? Nah, I reloaded / Spit so sharp, I bleed encoded / Break every mold that ever tried to fold me / Unchained — now watch who controls me.”

He raps for nearly two minutes straight, no chorus, no breaths — just layered metaphors, double entendres, and shots fired at the “plastic rappers in auto-tuned prisons.”

Lyrical Chess, Not Checkers

In the final verse, the two go bar-for-bar, tag-teaming in what fans are already calling a “lyrical prizefight.” One fan described it as:

“Like watching Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson spar with words.”

Sample line:

Wayne: “I buried my fears in a casket of flows…”
Em: “…and I danced on the grave while the industry froze.”

Visual Teaser: Handcuffs, Fire, and Freedom

A 15-second teaser for the music video, directed by Cole Bennett, shows Em and Wayne chained back-to-back in a burning warehouse — until the beat drops, the chains melt, and they rise surrounded by a riot of masked figures chanting the hook:

🎵 “You can cage the flesh / But not the flame / Unchained, unchained / Say my name.” 🎵

Fan & Artist Reactions: Hip-Hop Just Leveled Up

Kendrick Lamar: “They didn’t rap. They detonated.”

Missy Elliott: “THIS is how you show up when you’ve got nothing left to prove but everything to say.”

@RapBible: “Bar for bar? Track of the year. No debate.”

More Than a Song – A Statement

In a joint note posted to X, both artists wrote:

“We made this for the ones who’ve been muzzled. Mocked. Misunderstood. We’ve been there too. So this one’s for every voice they tried to silence.”

“Unchained” isn’t a comeback. It’s a coronation.
Two legends. No leash.
And if this track is any indication, hip-hop’s next chapter just got rewritten — in blood, fire, and truth.