"Not Alike" is a song by American rapper

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featuring

Royce da 5'9" Ryan Daniel Montgomery (born July 5, 1977), known professionally as Royce da 5'9" (or simply Royce 5'9"), is an American rapper. Best known for his association with fellow Detroit rapper Eminem, they became acquainted in 1997 and formed the hi ...

from Eminem's tenth studio album ''

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'' (2018). It reached the top 40 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United States. It was written by the artists alongside producers

Tay Keith Brytavious Lakeith Chambers, known professionally as Tay Keith, is an American record producer. He is best known for co-producing Travis Scott's 2018 single "Sicko Mode", which peaked atop the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, as well as Drake's " Nonsto ...

and Ronny J with more production credits going to Eminem and

Cubeatz Cubeatz (sometimes stylized as CuBeatz) are a German hip hop production and songwriting duo from Hildrizhausen, consisting of twin brothers Kevin and Tim Gomringer. Originally embarking on their careers within German hip hop in 2008, they have si ...

. It is a

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aimed at several artists including Machine Gun Kelly.

Composition

In the first part of the song, the

-produced instrumental that interpolates

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's " Look Alive", while Eminem imitates the flow of

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' "

Bad and Boujee "Bad and Boujee" is a song by American hip-hop group Migos featuring American rapper Lil Uzi Vert. Written alongside producer Metro Boomin and co-producer G Koop, it was originally released to the Quality Control Music YouTube channel on August ...

". The second beat was produced by Ronny J. The song disses rapper Machine Gun Kelly, who called Eminem's daughter, Hailie Jade, "hot as fuck" in 2012. At the time, Kelly was 22 and Hailie was 16. The song features co-production by

Response

On September 3, 2018, Machine Gun Kelly released "

Rap Devil "Rap Devil" is a diss track performed by American rapper Machine Gun Kelly. It is aimed at rapper Eminem. The song was produced by Ronny J and Nils. It was released on September 3, 2018, by Bad Boy Records and Interscope Records as a single fr ...

", a response to Not Alike. On September 14, 2018, Eminem responded to Rap Devil, releasing the

" Killshot".

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References

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