Eminem Praise: Redman Ranks Rapper Against Jay-Z, Biggie & Nas Amid New Music/Album Hype

On Eminem's hit 2002 single "Til I Collapse," the Detroit emcee lists Redman as one of his "favorite rappers" on a list which includes hip-hop legends like Jay-Z, Tupac, and The Nortorious B.I.G. Well, apparently the feeling's mutual.

In a recent interview with VladTV, the former Def Squad hypeman simply states:

"I rank him up there with Jay Z, Biggie, and Nas."

The 45-year-old "How High" superstar then explains:

"I might not appeal to a certain amount of audience over here, but I do appeal to key people in the game like Eminem and Ludacris... They say I'm they favorite rapper and they career is still going on. They follow my pattern or they listen to me. In any way they was influenced by me or whatever, they career is still going on as mine is."

So, why do both Slim Shady and Redman deserve such longstanding respect within the industry? They care more about the actual music - not album sales:

"We take this Hip Hop culture serious. We not going by how many spins we got on the air. We're not appealing to the new audience. We're not going by that. We're going by our longevity, what we did in the game, our cornerstone. How did we hold our cornerstone of the Rap game down?"

Watch the full interview below:

The infamous "Rap God" recently released a new song entitled "Phenomenal" in promotion of the upcoming sports drama, "Southpaw" -

He also teamed-up with No Doubt songstress Gwen Stefani for a fresh track deemed "Kings Never Die."

Redman's currently busy at work, too. Fans are still awaiting the highly-anticipated release of Muddy Waters 2 and the upcoming Method Man collaboration record, Blackout! 3. The duo's also supposedly working on "How High 2" together.

Stay tuned for any further updates.