“Medicine Man” serves as the crescendo for Compton, re-invigorating Em and Dre’s unique relationship and delving once again in to Dre’s illustrious recording history. From their first encounters, the two have been prolific together in the studio, and Eminem’s verse is recorded in a single take in honour of their first recording session together. The tone of their verses are defiant; “we are who we are, take it or leave it”.

The song features Anderson .Paak and Candice Pillay, the latter providing MTV with an exclusive insight in to Eminem’s approach to the song:

The verses he sent? Em is just incredible. I can’t even explain. He gave us a plethora of stuff to choose from and then he went back and forth. And then we finally went with the verse that you hear.

Even though it was well received musically, the song caused a stir of controversy for Eminem’s rape lyrics. When speaking to The Guardian, Karen Ingala Smith, chief executive of the London-based charity Nia Project, which supports women and girls who have experienced men’s violence, said that “Eminem had parroted a line designed to disempower victims of sexual violence.”

This wasn’t the first time Em stirred up controversy in 2015. During his “Sway In The Morning Freestyle” to promote upcoming film Southpaw, he mentioned Caitlyn Jenner in some unsavoury terms, with his manager Paul Rosenberg chiming in: How many years does he have to fucking say those kind of rhymes and people are like “well I’m just offended.” The offending word is censored on the Apple Music version of the song.