B-Side Guys

Eminem’s blueprint gets the 2025 upgrade it deserves. Lanz Pierce’s latest single channels the no-holds-barred energy of “Role Model” and “My Name Is” while targeting contemporary double standards with surgical precision. “GET IT” operates as both throwback banger and progressive manifesto, proving that classic hip-hop structures can carry thoroughly modern rebellion.

Pierce’s approach to the Slim Shady template reveals sophisticated understanding of how influence works versus imitation. Rather than copying Eminem’s provocations, she’s absorbed his fearlessness and applied it to different targets—gender expectations, social media performance, the endless boxes society insists on building. Her flow carries the same conversational confidence that made Marshall Mathers compelling, but filtered through experiences he never had to navigate.

The production choices honor hip-hop’s foundational elements while maintaining enough contemporary edge to prevent nostalgic indulgence. Those classic bounce patterns provide familiar foundation for unfamiliar perspectives, creating comfort that makes the political content more digestible. Pierce understands that the most effective protest music often disguises itself as party anthems.

What distinguishes this from typical gender-focused rap is Pierce’s refusal to explain herself or justify her existence. Instead of defending her right to occupy space, she simply takes it—a more radical approach than argumentation. Her bars cut through identity politics to reach something more fundamental: the right to be complex, contradictory, uncontainable.

Her multimedia background informs this track’s conceptual sophistication. Having directed videos, launched platforms, and built creative agencies, Pierce approaches music-making with entrepreneurial understanding that artistic independence requires strategic thinking. “GET IT” sounds like someone who’s learned to play industry games while refusing their limitations.

The track’s positioning within a forthcoming EP suggests Pierce is building toward something larger than individual singles. Her recent releases “Like That” and “Loved Her” established range; “GET IT” establishes attitude. Together, they suggest an artist who’s spent years developing perspective and is finally ready to share it without apology. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is simply refuse to be what others expect, then make that refusal sound absolutely undeniable.