Artist profile
Eminem is a Detroit-based hip-hop artist and producer known for his technical rap skills, complex wordplay, and commercially successful albums including The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show. He founded Shady Records and has been a central figure in mainstream hip-hop for over two decades.
Compare with another artistPlan a set with Eminem tracks scored against the rest of the catalog
Eminem is a moderate-energy and a balanced bright/warm production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Hip-Hop pocket.
Across 16 analysed tracks, Eminem averages 57% groove — groovier than 70% of individual Hip-Hop tracks — and 46% energy, gentler than 60%.
Measured against 873 Hip-Hop tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 69–158 BPM with a median of 102 · predominantly minor keys (69% minor) · most common key: 5A (C Minor) with 2 tracks.
How Eminem’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Hip-Hop tempo.
Across Eminem's catalog, tempos have eased from ~108 to ~96 BPM; warmth has receded.
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We scored every transition between Eminem’s 16 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 17 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
15 of the 256 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.5. They come from 10 different Eminem tracks.
The Real Slim Shady → Work It (feat. 50 Cent) · 5A → 5A · −2 BPM · 89 chemistry
12 of the 304 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.7. They come from 7 different Eminem tracks.
The Way I Am → Soul Survivor · 8A → 8A · −3 BPM · 83 chemistry
15 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 7 different Eminem tracks.
You Don't Know → Loyal · 3A → 2B · +13 BPM · 84 chemistry
28 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 12 different Eminem tracks.
Not Afraid → Started From the Bottom · 5B → 5B · +1 BPM · 87 chemistry
16 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 6 different Eminem tracks.
You Don't Know → First Off · 3A → 3A · −5 BPM · 84 chemistry
24 of the 384 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.2. They come from 13 different Eminem tracks.
You Don't Know → Empire State Of Mind · 3A → 2A · +1 BPM · 90 chemistry
19 of the 624 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.6. They come from 9 different Eminem tracks.
You Don't Know → Jesus Walks · 3A → 2A · +2 BPM · 88 chemistry
11 of the 176 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.0. They come from 8 different Eminem tracks.
Not Afraid → Walk Away · 5B → 4B · +4 BPM · 87 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to Eminem by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Eminem, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Eminem's tracks in our catalog range from 69 to 158 BPM, with a median of 102 BPM. Across 16 tracks, the most common range falls in the 100–105 BPM bucket.
Eminem's tracks are mostly in minor keys (69% minor across 16 tracks). The most common single key is 5A (C Minor) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Eminem's 16 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 17 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and 50 Cent, Akon, Chris Brown are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: The Real Slim Shady into Work It (feat. 50 Cent), 5A to 5A, 89 chemistry.
Eminem sits closest to D12, Bad Meets Evil, Obie Trice in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Eminem releases spanning 1999 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2000s.