"Ass Like That", also referred to as "A** Like That", is a song by American rapper

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from his fifth

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'' (2004). It was released as the sixth and final single from the album on June 7, 2005.

Critical reception

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wrote: "Eminem is plain-spoken and literal, intent on refuting every critic from

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, who gets an entire song ("Ass Like That") devoted to him." ''

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'' editor J-23 was divided: "'Ass Like That' is gonna be a song you either love or hate. Whatever the case, it sure is surreal to hear him rap an entire song as that Triumph puppet from MTV." Scott Plagenhoef of ''

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'' was positive: "Em also shines when he spins well off his axis, as he does on ... the

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-baiting 'Ass Like That'," but he noted that the song sounds like mixtape material. ''NME'' magazine was unimpressed, calling the song a "silly, groin-levelled

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that emonstratesboth producer and rhymer aren't just on autopilot, they're having a nice snooze in the cockpit while the plane plummets towards Earth. Or to put it another way, his track isundercooked juvenile shite." ''

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'' wrote that "On the lighter side, mname-drops the likes of

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, and

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on 'Ass Like That'." RapReviews noted that "In 'Ass Like That' Slim impersonates Triumph the Insult Comic Dog for three perverse verses of ogling over the Olsen twins and booty bashing

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." Josh Love of ''

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'' was negative: "'Ass Like That', Em's 'response' to Triumph, fares better, and actually makes a pretty salient point about Hollywood's fetishization of barely legal starlets, but then you realize that it's AN ANSWER RECORD TO AN AWARDS SHOW BEEF WITH A HAND PUPPET and suddenly you're not even able to make eye contact with the album cover anymore" and he added that it does flash some Eminem's once-patented lyrical venom. ''

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'' called the song a "demented Bollywood fever dream

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manages to out-deprave R. Kelly." ''

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'' said that the song was "so sophomoric that t borderson surreal, all syncopated dis-gibberish and loony celebrity-baiting." ''

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'' said that the song was "brilliantly insane: Dr. Dre lays some curlicued sitars atop a lazy bass line, while Eminem pays tribute to Hilary Duff and the Olsen Twins, delivering his rhymes in a thick accent that's supposed to be either Triumph the Insult Comic Dog or

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(apparently, they talk the same)." ''

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'' called "Ass Like That" "a whole song devoted to Robert Smigel’s Triumph The Insult Comic Dog". ''

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'' called it "a track so muddled that it's hard to tell whether it's a song-length putdown of Triumph The Insult Comic Dog or an elaborate backhanded homage. The song backfires spectacularly, because Eminem and Triumph essentially share the same shtick—deflating celebrity egos with barbed wisecracks—and because at this point, Triumph is a lot funnier and more pointed in his putdowns than his human counterpart."

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{Eminem singles 2005 singles Eminem songs Songs written by Eminem Songs written by Mike Elizondo Songs written by Mark Batson Song recordings produced by Dr. Dre Songs written by Dr. Dre Song recordings produced by Mike Elizondo Comedy rap songs Cultural depictions of Britney Spears Aftermath Entertainment singles Interscope Records singles Shady Records singles