In a year already overloaded with rap drama and chart chaos, Eminem and DaBaby just stormed through the noise with their new 2025 single, “Run That” — and it’s pure carnage on a beat.
“Run That” isn’t a radio song. It isn’t a safe song. It’s a full-blown lyrical assault where both rappers swing heavy without a single ounce of remorse.
DaBaby: Unchained and Vicious
DaBaby wastes no time, opening the track with razor-sharp flexes and disrespectful jabs. His flow is unhinged — bouncing from playful to predatory in seconds. Bars like “plan your funeral thinking ‘bout taking my chain” and “playing mind games, planting my aim” show he’s not playing chess — he’s playing executioner.
His verses are packed with chest-puffing bravado, sly humor, and enough lethal punchlines to flatten a whole festival crowd. It’s DaBaby in full demon mode, laughing while he reloads.
Eminem: Ruthless Veteran Energy
But when Eminem enters, the whole track mutates.
Slim Shady sounds like he hasn’t slept in years and somehow weaponized his insomnia into pure destruction.
He rips through insane internal rhymes, body-slamming fake rappers, ex-lovers, and anyone dumb enough to stand in his way.
From clever lines like, “only L that I ever took was when I lost Proof,” to straight-up murder talk like, “walk to the end like a committee,” Em proves once again why you don’t want him outside and angry.
There’s also a heavy, nostalgic vibe as Eminem taps back into that relentless late-90s Slim energy — only this time he’s older, meaner, and too rich to care about fallout.
A Collision of Worlds
The magic of “Run That” comes from the pure collision of styles.
DaBaby brings that Southern chaotic bounce; Eminem brings that twisted, syllable-snapping rage. Together, they sound like they’re trying to out-evil each other — and the audience is the battlefield.
The beat itself is sinister — hard bass stabs, sirens shrieking in the background, and eerie synths that sound like something out of a horror movie. There’s no mercy built into this track. It’s a 3-minute hit-and-run.
Early Reactions: Shock and Awe
As soon as “Run That” dropped, fans exploded online:
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“This isn’t a song, it’s a weapon.”
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“Shady and Baby just nuked 90% of rappers in 3 minutes flat.”
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“This gave me flashbacks to old-school Shady…except angrier.”
Critics are already predicting “Run That” will dominate not just charts, but headlines — mainly because it’s too brutal to ignore.
Final verdict?
If you thought rap was getting soft in 2025… think again.
