Kamikaze

Why This Album Matters

The central hook was verified primarily through Tokyo Weekender’s direct interview with Donna Burke: she described the Tokyo recording session, the “like a dead person” direction, and her reaction to hearing her processed voice on “Good Guy.” That report also states that “Glassy Sky” had been recorded three years earlier and that Burke’s assistant confirmed the licensing with the rights holder. ([tokyoweekender.com](https://www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/singer-donna-burke-discovers-her-voice-on-eminems-latest-album/)) Independent Australian publishers The Music and Music Feeds corroborated that “Good Guy” sampled Burke’s “Glassy Sky”; The Music reported that she learned through Twitter, while Music Feeds reproduced her account of the unusual studio direction from an interview with The West Australian. ([themusic.com.au](https://themusic.com.au/news/eminem-features-perth-singer-on-kamikaze/DFEUHgEAAwI/08-09-18?utm_source=openai)) Illadaproducer’s first-hand description of filtering, chopping and processing the sample was reported from his Rolling Stone interview, although he initially confused its identity with Kingdom Hearts music. The later correction, songwriting credits and Burke reporting consistently identify the source as “Glassy Sky,” so the story explicitly preserves that correction rather than repeating the original mistake. ([asianjunkie.com](https://www.asianjunkie.com/2018/09/03/eminem-producer-says-kingdom-hearts-utada-hikaru-sample-was-used-on-kamikaze-but-was-likely-tokyo-ghoul-glassy-sky/))