Samples and Interpolations
Trivia
- In the song, Eminem criticises rappers who rely on ghostwriters. While some fans speculated the lyrics were targeted at , Eminem confirmed in an interview with that they were not.
- “Lucky You” managed to peak at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 without extensive radio play. It was mainly promoted through the release of its music video, though it was issued to radio in the UK, where it also peaked at No. 6.
Words from Eminem
“So Joyner sent two songs to Royce to get them to me. […] One was the “What If” record and the other one was “Lucky You”. […] I know at some point, probably around this time, me and [Royce] had a few conversations about Joyner already, ’cause we were like, “Bro, this guy’s the fucking truth, man.”
“Drake is always gonna be in my good graces because he did something for one of my daughters that I will never forget, and he will always be in my graces for that. And I like Drake. What I’m telling you with [the ghostwriter lines] is I don’t know what’s real and what’s not at this point because you hear this shit about this rapper, that rapper, whatever — I’m telling you that I don’t do it, never have and never will. If I ever need a ghostwriter, I need to just fuckin’ put the mic down. So that’s my personal belief. As far as anybody out here that does use ghostwriters, that’s fine. If that’s what you do, that’s fine, but I’m telling you I don’t do it.
I was always under the impression that every rapper wrote their rhymes. And when you heard about Kool Moe Dee battling Busy B, it was who’s bringing the best rhymes to the table, who’s gonna be able to say the best shit, who’s the cleverest and the wittiest. And then years later, fast forward, you hear Eazy-E saying Ice Cube writes the rhymes that I say, and I remember being a kid hearing the line, but I just didn’t really care. It didn’t really affect the way I felt about Eazy-E or the way I felt about N.W.A. […] I was pretty direct at who I was taking shots at and who I wasn’t. I wouldn’t send subliminals to Drake. There’d be no reason for me to do that.