Steve Miller Says Eminem Cleared “Abracadabra Sample 2 Days Before Houdini was Released

1982 it became the number one record in the world and that took about 12 months with Eminem 2 days after we signed our agreement he released Houdini at 12: 1:00 a.m. on a Friday within 30 minutes 60,000 people had watched the video on YouTube by 10:00 a.m. it was 3 million and nearly 50 million people streamed it worldwide in just the first week I'd never seen anything like that it was crazy just instantly Miller also highlighted how cool Eminem was throughout the process and expressed his appreciation for the legitimacy of the collaboration he mentioned it feels good that a whole other group of people are listening to my music through Eminem and digging it interestingly this wasn't the first time Miller's music had been sampled artists like NWA Public Enemy and Outcast have all used his tracks but none of them had the immediate success that Houdini has right now thanks for watching don't forget to like subscribe comment and share catch you next time