Ass Like That

{{Infobox song

| name = Ass Like That

| cover = Ass_Like_That.jpg

| alt =

| border = yes

| type = single

| artist = Eminem

| album = Encore

| released = June 7, 2005

| recorded = 2004

| studio =

| genre = *Comedy hip hop

| length = 4:25

| label = {{hlist|Aftermath|Shady|Interscope}}

| writer = {{hlist|Marshall Mathers|Andre Young|Michael Elizondo Jr.|Mark Batson|Chris Pope}}

| producer = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|Mike Elizondo}}

| prev_title = Mockingbird

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = Welcome 2 Detroit

| next_year = 2005

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|um4-d7VzZiE|"Ass Like That"}}}}

}}

"Ass Like That" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his fifth studio album Encore (2004). It was released as the sixth and final single from the album on June 7, 2005. The music video features Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, along with other puppets and main characters from Crank Yankers.

Critical reception

The song received generally positive reviews from critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote: "Eminem is plain-spoken and literal, intent on refuting every critic from Benzino at The Source to Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, who gets an entire song ("Ass Like That") devoted to him."{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/encore-mw0001996708|title=Encore - Eminem - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|work=AllMusic|access-date=January 8, 2015}} HipHopDX 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."{{cite magazine|author=J-23 |url=http://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.486/title.eminem-encore# |title=Eminem - Encore |magazine=HipHopDX |date=2004-11-15 |access-date=2017-05-05}}

Scott Plagenhoef of Pitchfork was positive: "Em also shines when he spins well off his axis, as he does on ... the R. Kelly/Triumph the Insult Comic Dog-baiting 'Ass Like That'," but he noted that the song sounds like mixtape material.{{cite web|author=Scott Plagenhoef |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2772-encore/ |title=Eminem: Encore Album Review |website=Pitchfork |date=2004-11-11 |access-date=2016-10-28}} NME magazine was unimpressed, calling the song a "silly, groin-levelled [doodle] that [demonstrates] both 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, [this track is] undercooked juvenile shite."{{cite magazine|author=Pete Cashmore |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-nme-7560 |title=Eminem : Encore |magazine=NME |date=2005-09-12 |access-date=2017-05-05}}

USA Today wrote that "On the lighter side, [Em] name-drops the likes of Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen on 'Ass Like That'."{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Steve|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2004-11-11-eminem_x.htm|title=Eminem's edgy 'Encore' deserves an ovation|work=USA Today|date=November 11, 2014|access-date=January 8, 2015}} 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 Hilary Duff."{{cite web|last=Corne |first=James |url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2004_11_encore.html |title=Eminem :: Encore :: Shady/Aftermath/Interscope |website=Rapreviews.com |date=2004-11-09 |access-date=2017-05-05}} Josh Love of Stylus Magazine 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 of Eminem's once-patented lyrical venom.{{cite magazine |last=Love |first=Josh |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2506 |title=Eminem - Encore - Review |magazine=Stylus Magazine |date=2004-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209065956/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2506 |archive-date=2014-02-09 |access-date=2017-05-05}}

The Austin Chronicle called the song a "demented Bollywood fever dream [that] manages to out-deprave R. Kelly."{{cite news|last=Gray |first=Christopher |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2004-11-26/239473/ |title=Eminem: Encore |newspaper=The Austin Chronicle |date=2004-11-26 |access-date=2017-05-05}} SPIN said that the song was "so sophomoric that [it borders] on surreal, all syncopated dis-gibberish and loony celebrity-baiting."{{cite journal|last=Pappademas |first=Alex |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fyLttHWpa9EC&pg=PA96 |title=Good-bye, Yellow Brick Road |journal=SPIN |date=January 2005 |pages=95–96 |access-date=2017-05-05}} The New York Times 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 Arnold Schwarzenegger (apparently, they talk the same)."{{cite news|last=Sanneh|first=Kelefa|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/15/arts/music/all-the-time-in-the-world-slim-shady-thats-scary.html|title=All the Time in the World, Slim Shady? That's Scary|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2004-11-15|access-date=2017-05-05}} Slant Magazine called "Ass Like That" "a whole song devoted to Robert Smigel’s Triumph The Insult Comic Dog".{{cite magazine |last=Cinquemani |first=Sal |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/eminem-encore |title=Eminem Encore |magazine=Slant Magazine |date=November 13, 2004 |access-date=May 5, 2017}}

The A.V. Club 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."{{cite news |last=Rabin |first=Nathan |url=http://www.avclub.com/review/eminem-emencoreem-11183 |title=Encore |newspaper=The A.V. Club |date=2004-11-22 |access-date=2017-05-05}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Digital Download{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/ass-like-that-ep/id74362175|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064551/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/ass-like-that-ep/id74362175|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|title=iTunes - Music - Ass Like That - EP by Eminem|publisher=iTunes|date=2005-07-15}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Ass Like That

| note1 = album version) (edited

| writer1 = {{hlist|Marshall Mathers|Andre Young|Mike Elizondo|Mark Batson|Chris Pope}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|Mike Elizondo}}

| length1 = 4:25

| title2 = Business

| note2 = live in L.A.

| writer2 = {{hlist|Mathers|Young|Theron Feemster|Elizondo}}

| extra2 = Dr. Dre

| length2 = 2:34

| title3 = Ass like That

| note3 = instrumental

| writer3 = {{hlist|Mathers|Young|Elizondo|Batson|Pope}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|Elizondo}}

| length3 = 4:47

| total_length = 11:46

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = UK CD Single{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ass-Like-That-Eminem/dp/B000A0XSTU/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1332668291&sr=1-1|title=Ass Like That: Amazon.co.uk: Music|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|access-date=8 January 2015}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Ass Like That

| note1 = album version) (edited

| writer1 = {{hlist|Marshall Mathers|Andre Young|Mike Elizondo|Mark Batson|Chris Pope}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|Mike Elizondo}}

| length1 = 4:25

| title2 = Business

| note2 = live in L.A.

| writer2 = {{hlist|Mathers|Young|Theron Feemster|Elizondo}}

| extra2 = Dr. Dre

| length2 = 2:34

| title3 = Ass like That

| note3 = instrumental

| writer3 = {{hlist|Mathers|Young|Elizondo|Batson|Pope}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|Elizondo}}

| length3 = 4:47

| title4 = Ass Like That

| note4 = video) (director's cut

| writer4 = {{hlist|Mathers|Young|Elizondo|Batson|Pope}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|Elizondo}}

| length4 = 4:45

| total_length = 16:31

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 7" vinyl{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=547338 |title=Images for Eminem - Ass Like That |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=8 January 2015}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Ass Like That

| note1 = album version) (edited

| writer1 = {{hlist|Marshall Mathers|Andre Young|Mike Elizondo|Mark Batson|Chris Pope}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|Mike Elizondo}}

| length1 = 4:25

| title2 = Ass Like That

| note2 = instrumental

| writer2 = {{hlist|Mathers|Young|Elizondo|Batson|Pope}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|Elizondo}}

| length2 = 4:47

| total_length = 9:12

}}

Charts

=Weekly charts=

Chart (2005) !Peak position
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{{Single chart\|Australia\|10\|artist=Eminem\|accessdate=January 24, 2019\|song=Ass Like That\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Australiaurban\|5\|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222439/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20051020-0000/issue814.pdf\|urltitle=Issue 814\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 5, 2022}}
{{Single chart\|Austria\|27\|artist=Eminem\|accessdate=January 24, 2019\|song=Ass Like That\|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart\|Flanders\|20\|artist=Eminem\|accessdate=January 24, 2019\|song=Ass Like That\|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart\|Wallonia\|23\|artist=Eminem\|accessdate=January 24, 2019\|song=Ass Like That\|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart\|Denmark\|6\|artist=Eminem\|accessdate=January 24, 2019\|song=Ass Like That\|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"\|Europe (European Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wRQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA71\|magazine=Billboard\|page=71\|date=August 31, 2005\|access-date=January 24, 2019\|title=Hits of the World - Eurocharts - Single Sales}} \| 11
{{Single chart\|Germany\|31\|artist=Eminem\|accessdate=January 24, 2019\|song=Ass Like That\|rowheader=true\|songid=67787}}
scope="row"\|Greece (IFPI){{Cite web \|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm \|title=IFPI Greece archive \|access-date=2005-10-13 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051013084126/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm \|archive-date=2005-10-13 \|url-status=dead }} \| 13
{{Single chart\|Ireland\|4\|artist=Eminem\|accessdate=January 24, 2019\|song=Ass Like That\|rowheader=true\|year=2005\|week=31}}
{{Single chart\|Dutch100\|25\|artist=Eminem\|accessdate=January 24, 2019\|song=Ass Like That\|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart\|New Zealand\|9\|artist=Eminem\|accessdate=January 24, 2019\|song=Ass Like That\|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"\|Romanian Singles Chart{{citation needed\|date=January 2019}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|17
{{Single chart\|Scotland\|5\|artist=Eminem\|accessdate=June 27, 2022\|song=Ass Like That\|rowheader=true\|date=20050911}}
{{Single chart\|Switzerland\|25\|artist=Eminem\|accessdate=January 24, 2019\|song=Ass Like That\|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart\|UK\|4\|artist=Eminem\|accessdate=January 24, 2019\|song=Ass Like That\|rowheader=true\|date=20050731}}
{{Single chart\|UKrandb\|3\|artist=Eminem\|accessdate=June 27, 2022\|song=Ass Like That\|rowheader=true\|date=20050911}}
{{Single chart\|Billboardhot100\|60\|artist=Eminem\|accessdate=January 25, 2019\|song=Ass Like That\|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart\|Billboardrandbhiphop\|93\|artist=Eminem\|accessdate=January 25, 2019\|song=Ass Like That\|rowheader=true}}

=Year-end charts=

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Chart (2005)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2005/singles-chart|title=ARIA End of Year Singles Chart 2005|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=January 20, 2020}}

|69

scope="row"|UK Singles (Official Charts Company){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/200501110/37501|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2005|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=January 20, 2020}}

|99

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2004|certyear=2024|accessdate=June 29, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|award=Platinum|artist=Eminem|title=Ass Like That|relyear=2004|certyear=2022|accessdate=December 18, 2024|source=radioscope}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|award=Gold|artist=Eminem|title=Ass Like That|relyear=2004|certyear=2024|digital=true|accessdate=July 26, 2024|id=15123-438-1}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|award=Platinum|artist=Eminem|title=Ass Like That|relyear=2004|certyear=2018|digital=true|accessdate=February 28, 2018}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}

References

External links

{{youTube|um4-d7VzZiE|"Ass Like That" Official music video}}

Category:2005 singles

Category:Eminem songs

Category:Songs written by Eminem

Category:Songs written by Mike Elizondo

Category:Songs written by Mark Batson

Category:Song recordings produced by Dr. Dre

Category:Songs written by Dr. Dre

Category:Song recordings produced by Mike Elizondo

Category:Comedy hip-hop songs

Category:Cultural depictions of Britney Spears

Category:Aftermath Entertainment singles

Category:Interscope Records singles

Category:Shady Records singles