Month: August 2004

Fans and non fans: be prepared for Slim Shady’s return.
Will the autumn see the return of Slim Shady, more offensive than ever? Many Eminem fans hope so. Now that its has been rumored that Eminem’s album is nearly finished (www.D12world.com), we might expect its release around October/ November 2004.
If some tracks wouldn’t have been stolen and put on bid on ebay, Marshall would probably have finished his album earlier. Among those songs ‘ Bully ‘ that is aimed at Benzino and at Ja Rule’s crew, his wonderful love ballad for Kim ‘ Love You More ‘ that needs to be read under the lines to get the deep feelings that are expressed through the whole song, ‘ We As Americans ‘.
Of course, it is always a great pleasure for us fans to download exclusive Eminem songs, but I do realize how much inconvienence it caused to Eminem, who had to work even longer and harder on the impatiently awaited album:
“I was about six to eight songs deep. Now I’m about three to four. It’s so painful to have them things go; it’s all a work in progress. Choruses can be changed, lines can be changed, there are certain lines on the shit that I feel like I can hit better. Those [leaked songs] were a day in the studio, making a song, and you go home at night with it and that’s what you live with until you’re ready to mix it down. The mix from the rough version is like night and day.” (Eminem)
No doubt 50 Cent is telling the truth when he says about the upcoming album:
“Nothing is safe when that time comes around. Em is dropping a bomb.”
We also learn from 50 Cent that Eminem has ‘ gone another direction ‘, which means that we should better expect something very much different from ‘ The Eminem Show ‘
Dr Dre promises us a still crazy and offensive Slim Shady, to our greatest delight:
“I really like Slim Shady. I like him talking shit and pissing people off. That’s where he’s gonna go next, talking shit and raising eyebrows.”
Eminem fans don’t doubt it, but Paul Rosenberg confirms it: we won’t be disappointed by Marshall Mathers:
“Eminem fans will not be disappointed. He’s gonna have a lot of responses to everything that’s going on. No stones will be left unturned.”
Three different titles have also been rumored for the upcoming album: ‘ To Be Determined ‘, ‘ The Return Of Slim Shady ‘ and ‘ The Return Of The Slim Shady Show’.
Hopefully the real Slim Shady will confirm his choice for the title of his album soon.
It has been confirmed that the album will feature guest appearances of D12 and G Unit. Dr Dre will produce Eminem’s fourth album.
I am pretty sure the album will be incisive, as usual. People who think Eminem has lost his edge usually don’t get that Eminem is still offensive. Only his targets change.
Trust Eminem: the album promises to be shady. A lyrical bomb will be dropped in hip hop’s world in a few months.

Among the music videos I have watched recently, King Gordy’s ‘ Nightmares ‘ has impressed me. Of course, the Detroit rapper’s video is not aimed at an oversensitive audience, because it might shock some people.
King Gordy impersonates the master of the darkness. In other words, the devil.
Watching King Gordy’s new video is like reading an Edgar Allan Poe tale: be prepared for a succession of horror.
King Gordy takes you for a ride into what he calls his ‘ neighborhood of nightmares. ‘
As he drives in his car with his evil and devilish disguise, you can feel the dark athmosphere of the streets of Detroit’the city of crime and violence.
King Gordy invites you into the ‘ House Of Fun ‘, which should rather be called a hellhole. A hellhole where horrible monster dolls will welcome you.
‘ The House Of Fun ‘ also symbolizes King Gordy’s ill mind.
King Gordy is the master of his dolls. He also controls his human prisoners who yell ‘ Gordy, Gordy ‘ and whorship him. Among these dark worshippers, you will find Obie Trice, Swifty, Bizarre, Salam Wreck who are condemned to stay in their prison full of nighmares.
You can watch King Gordy’s video on yahoo launch. Be that courageous and explore the Entity’s dark world.

August 11, 2004 — A former college pal of Kobe Bryant’s accuser is defending the NBA star on the Internet, where she’s posted sordid allegations about his alleged victim’s past, including what she claims was a plot to have sex with the rapper Eminem:
http://www.shadybase.com/index.php?page=news_archive
In a phone interview with The Post, Laie Weatherwax, who has been informed she’ll be called to testify for the defense at Bryant’s trial, said yesterday: “I am doing this because it is right.”
The self-described former wild child, who partied with the accuser for eight months while the two attended the University of Northern Colorado nearly two years ago, said, “There is no motive here [for me]. I think that it is the right thing to do.”
The alleged victim’s attorneys have accused the defense of wrongly portraying her as a wildly promiscuous woman.
The accuser’s attorney, Lin Wood, said last week on MSNBC: “This girl is not a monster or a slut that she’s made out to be by the defense in the case. She’s a fairly typical teen and she made a mistake [by going to Bryant’s room on the night of the alleged rape].”
Citing a gag order, Wood declined to comment on Weatherwax’s allegations.
But a source close to the accuser said, “This young girl [Weatherwax] has an agenda to use the victim to advance a desire for 15 minutes of fame with her false accusations.”
Weatherwax, however, has plenty to say, much of which can be seen on the Web site Fratpack.com.
She says her former friend had once dreamed of luring rap artist Eminem into sex while he visited Vail, Colo.
“He was a big celebrity to us,” Weatherwax said of the rapper. “We had his CDs, knew his songs by heart, talked about how his wife did not deserve him and about nailing [having sex with] him.
“In December of 2002, the accuser discovered Eminem was to be in Vail over New Year’s. She wanted me to drive her up there. I said no. To me it seemed out of whack to drive six hours to get with a guy who has women falling all over him. But she really wanted to go.
“She called a friend at his hotel, found out what room he was in and where he’d sing. There was a plan to seduce him to his room, the pool or hot tub; to be in position to score one.”
She said the accuser never went ahead with the plan. Weatherwax revealed more allegations about the accuser, including:
* She slept with dozens of men during her time in Colorado.
* She slept with different men over a short period of time.
* She partied like a star and collected lovers like a wild frat boy.
Weatherwax has testified behind closed doors during one of several rape-shield hearings connected to the case after defense-team investigators located her.
She told The Post she knew very little about the case ‘ or its connection to her former college pal ‘ until investigators showed up several months ago. Court rulings have limited the scope of testimony on the accuser’s sexual history.

It is sometimes funny to see how gay artists make some assumptions when they come to talk about Eminem. Most of their assertions are based on Eminem’s false gay-bashing reputation.
Moby pushed things that far to say that Eminem was attracted to him:
‘ I’ve figured it out. He has a crush on me. And at some point he found out that I was straight and he’s so upset and hurt the fact that he has this unrequited crush on me, that’s why he’s so upset. I’m just waiting for Eminem to come out of the closet. ‘
Get over it, Moby: Eminem openly stated his aversion for you as a person and as an artist.
In 2002, Boy George – who is also gay- attended the Music Of Black Origins Awards in London with a T shirt containing the inscription ‘ Eminem screws gays ‘. His action was supposed to be a protest against Eminem’s (misunderstood) lyrics.
As long as people will take Eminem’s lyrics litterally, there will some confusion about the actual meaning of the word ‘ faggot ‘ in his songs. Boy George should have listened to Eminem’s interviews, which would have helped him to figure out he is not gay bashing at all:
‘ I’m not gay bashing. People just don’t understand where I come from. “Faggot” to me doesn’t necessarily mean gay people. “Faggot” to me just means… taking away your manhood. You’re a sissy. You’re a coward. Just like you might sit around in your living room and say, “Dude, stop, you’re being a fag, dude. ‘ (Eminem)
Of course, Eminem’s lyrics are complex, full of sarcasm and his listeners need to be weaponed with a solid sense of dark humor. They also need to understand the context of the Detroit ghetto:
‘ I come from Detroit where it’s rough and I’m not a smooth talker. I am who I am and I say what I think. I’m not putting a face on for the record. When I started saying “faggot” on record, I started getting people going, “You have something against gay people,” and I thought it was funny. Because I don’t; I really don’t. I have something against assholes, but I’m not into gay bashing. A lot of people are too stupid to understand it. ‘ (Eminem)
Because he thinks he is a ‘ closet fag ‘, Boy George makes rapid conclusions about Eminem’s sexuality:
“I think it’s time that pretty-boy Eminem stopped rattling on about gay issues because it’s a subject he has no experience of — or is there something he’s not telling us?”
Further on, he declares:
‘ He’s very pretty. Maybe that’s why he’s so paranoid. Any man that’s kind of attractive is going to be paranoid about his sexuality. ‘
‘ Pretty ‘ is a term that doesn ‘t sound very masculine and he probably used it on purpose.
But what should we think about the fantasms Boy George revealed in a former interview:
‘ You know what? I am coming over and fuck Eminem to sort him out. He probably has a small dick. I’d like to fuck him anyway. Tie him up. Fuck him and hear him moan: “Fag, do it again/Fag, do it again/Yo, Eminem.” I am going to use that line. You will hear it soon. ‘
Boy George seems to be oversensitive when he comes to talk about Eminem. He probably takes his lyrics as a personal attack.
If he had taken time to go deeper into those lyrics, he’d probably figured out that it was total sarcasm.
Boy George thinks that Marshall Mathers is gay. Matter of fact: Marshall has only been seen dating women. With the numerous papparazzi that are constantly tracking him, the public would have known if he was gay.
Don’t misinterpret the intentions of my article: I am not trying to be gay bashing nor to demean Boy George. I respect him as an artist, but, frankly I think that he totally lacks humor.
I would like to add that I have nothing against gay people. To me, they are normal people with a different sexual orientation.
But I just wish some gay artists would be less sensitive about Eminem. I wish they’d make the effort to understand Eminem’s parody of a rotten society and also to realize that he is not the first nor the last rapper to use ‘ faggot ‘ in his lyrics.
I am deeply convinced that Boy George is totally wrong when he states that Eminem is gay. But even if he was, it wouldn’t alter my deep respect and admiration for him in any case.

Three battles at the end of the 8 Mile movie made Jimmy Smith aka B. Rabbit a reputation in the rap arena. A real challenge for Jimmy Smith who was left with no voice at the beginning of the movie: a typical case of stage fright.
People who are not very much into hip hop need to realize the importance of a rap battle; rap battles can be compared to battles we have to face in real life. Words used in a freestyle or a rap battle are like a sword, they expose your opponent in a total nudity. When you get verbally ripped off, it is your turn to show your teeth and to use your verbal weapons in order to weaken your adversary. It’s a matter of honor, you have to expose and verbally annihilate your enemy in order to make him look bad or ridiculous in front of the crowd that expects your answer with impatience. You can feel this kind of fever in 8 Mile when the crowd shouts : ‘ What? What? ‘ which means that it is your turn to respond.
Eminem perfectly knows the importance of a battle:
‘ That’s one thing that I want this movie to get across, is that people who live in this world of hip-hop — how seriously we take this, how seriously we take our music and battling and the sport of it and the competition and everything.’
Losing a battle is terrible in an aspiring rapper’s mind. Since the time he was unable to spit any word on stage, Jimmy Smith had been humiliated by Alex who had cheated on him with Wink. He had been knocked out by the Free World leaders in real life.
He had to take his lyrical revenge and prove his skills – also in order to keep his honor safe.
Three battles will help Jimmy to build his reputation.
Lickety Split battles B Rabbit on the ‘ whiteness ‘ of his music. He enumerates numerous white artists like Vanilla Ice and Elvis. He wants to prove that Jimmy’s music is bad rap or even worse, no rap at all. The reference to Willie Nelson who -by the way- makes country music is intented to ridicule Jimmy. The only reference to a black artist is Tina Turner in a weak position, when she gets beaten up by her husband. He also points out his mistakes and the mistakes of his friend like Cheddar Bob!
‘ Yo, this guys a choke-artist
Ya catch a bad one
Ya better off shootin ya-self wit Popa Doc’s handgun
Climbin up this mountain, ya weak
I leave ya lost witout a paddle, floatin shit’s creek
You ain’t Detroit, I’m the D
You tha new kid on the block, bout to get smacked back to the
boone-docks
F**kin Nazi, this crowd ain’t ya type
Take some real advice
And form a group with Vanilla Ice
And what I tell ya
Ya better use it
This guy’s a hillbilly this ain’t Willie Nelson music
Trailer trash
I choke ya till ya last breath
And have ya lookin foolish like Cheddar Bob when he shot
his-self
Silly Rabbit, I know why they call you that
Cuz you follow Future, like he got carrots up his asscrack
And when you act it up, that’s when you got jacked up
And left stupid like Tina Turner when she got smacked up
I crack ya shoulderblade
You’ll get dropped so hard that Elvis will start turnin in his
grave
I don’t know why they left you out in the dark
Ya need to take your white ass back across 8 Mile to the trailer
Park. ‘
In the first battle, Bunny Rabbit battles his opponent on his sugarcoated music style that questions his masculinity and his music style that looks like it was aimed at a 100% female audience. The first sentence is hilarious:
‘ This guy raps like his parents jerked him’ ‘
The great majority of a hip hop battle audience is usually composed of men:
‘ He sounds like Eric Sermon
The generic version
This whole crowd looks suspicious
It’s all dudes in here
Except for these bitches’ ‘
He goes on making fun of the Free World leaders:
‘ That’s ok, you look like a fuckin worm with braids
These leaders of the Free World rookies
Lookie, how can 6 dicks be pussies’ ‘
He also makes himself look in a positive light, he enforces his role as a fighter and shoots at his enemy in a funny way. Lickety is too slow to follow Rabbit’s rapid flow:
‘ Ya they call me Rabbit
This is a turtle race
He can’t get wit me spittin this shit
Wickedy Lickety shot
Spicious spickety split Lickety
So I’ma turn around wit a great smile
And walk my white ass back across 8 Mile’ ‘
Bunny Rabbit conquered the crowd. But he had to battle Lotto.
Second round. Second fight.
Like his fellow Lickety Split, Lotto comes with a strong racial argument, which appears to be a bad strategy:
‘ Huhhh huhhh
I’ll spit a racial slur honkey sue me
This shit is a horror flick
But a black guy doesn’t die in this movie
Fuckin wit Lotto dog you gotta be kiddin
That makes me believe, you really don’t have an interest in livin
You think these niggas gone feel the shit you say? ‘
His hatred of Jimmy as a white man clearly appears in his whole speech. Jimmy fully counters his attack in the second part of his verse:
‘ Matta fact dog, here’s a pencil
Go home, write some shit, make it suspenseful
And don’t come back until somethin dope hits you
Fuck it
You can take the Mic home wich you
Lookin like a cyclone hit you
Tanktop screamin, “Lotto I don’t fit you”
You see how far them white jokes get you
Boys like, how Vanilla Ice gone diss you?
My motto:
Fuck Lotto
I get the 7 digits from ya mother for a dollar tomorrow’ ‘
Bunny Rabbit makes the battle become more lyrical as he criticizes Lotto’s writing ability:
‘ Matta fact dog, here’s a pencil
Go home, write some shit, make it suspenseful
And don’t come back until somethin dope hits you
Fuck it
You can take the Mic home wich you
Lookin like a cyclone hit you
Tanktop screamin, “Lotto I don’t fit you ‘
He also definitely shuts his mouth about the ‘ white jokes ‘.
Third and final round: Bunny Rabbit vs. Papa Doc.
Bunny Rabbit has managed to get rid of two of his enemies. He feels better about himself and has gained some confidence.
He now rallies the crowd from the 313:
‘ Now everybody from the 3-1-3
Put ya muthafuckin hands up and follow me
Everybody from the 3-1-3
Put ya muthafuckin hands up
Look look’ ‘
People from the Detroit ghetto are proud to belong to the 313 area calling code. People from the 313 are supposed to be cool unlike the people from the 810 area.
Jimmy’s strategy is intelligently worked out. He perfectly knows his worst enemy, who-by the way- doesn’t raise his hand:
‘ Now while he stands tough
Notice that this man did not have his hands up
This Free World’s got ya gased up
Now who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf’ ‘
He knows that he’s a gangsta wannabe. There is nothing ‘ ghetto ‘ nor ‘ gangsta ‘ in him :
‘ 1, 2, 3 and to the 4
1pac, 2pac, 3pac, 4
4pac, 3pac, 2pac’s, 1
Your Pac, he’s Pac, No Pac’s, None’ ‘
But Bunny Rabbit’s best strategy is his huge honesty and it will pay off in the end. He doesn’t hide what he is nor his mistakes:
‘ I am white
I am a fuckin bum
I do live in the trailer wit my mom
My boy future is an Uncle Tom
I do got a dumb friend named Cheddar Bob who shoots himself in his leg with his own gun
I did get jumped
By all 6 of you chumps
And Wink did fuck my girl
I’m still standin here screamin fuck the Free World! ‘
Then Rabbit reveals Papa Doc’s intimate and hidden secrets to the crowd:
‘ But I know somethin about you
You went to Cranbrook, that’s a private school
What’s the matter dog you embarrassed?
This guys a gangster? His real name’s Clarence
And Clarence lives at home with both parents
And Clarence parents have a real good marriage
This guy don’t wanna battle, he’s shook
Cuz ain’t no such things as Half Way Crooks!
He’s scared to death
He’s scared to look
At his fuckin yearbook
Fuck Cranbook”Jimmy’s great force lies in his total honesty. He is not ashamed of living in a trailer park and even proud to be ‘ white trash ‘:
‘ Fuck a beat, I go acapella
Fuck a Popa Doc, fuck a clock, fuck a trailer fuck everybody
Fuck yall if you doubt me, I’ma piece of fuckin white trash I say it proudly
And fuck this battle I don’t wanna win, I’m outtie
Here, tell these people somethin they don’t know about me’ ‘
Papa Doc is left totally unweaponed and speechless. Happy end for Rabbit who eventually wins his fight for recognition.
These 3 rap battles from 8 Mile also teach us a lesson about real life: don’t try to play yourself. Be honest, accept yourself with your imperfections, your failures, your mistakes, but always be yourself.

Xzibit is one of the most influential hip hop artists in the rap game. He has collaborated with the greatest artists such as Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Nate Dogg.
Xzibit aka Alvin Nathaniel Joiner was born in Detroit. His mom died when he was only 9.
Xzibit’s passion for rap started early. He started writing his own rhymes at 10.
He spent some time in New Mexico and in Arizona with his dad and step mom and then moved to California during his teenage years. Trying to get a deal in the music industry in California, Xzibit became a member of the Likwit Crew composed of Tha Alkaholics and King Tee. In 1995, he gained some notoriety and went on tour with them.
Xzibit’s musical style is an interesting mixture of Westcoast gangsta rap and of the typical raw Detroit sound.
In 1996, he released his debut album ‘ At The Speed Of Life ‘. The name of his first album has its story:
‘ I named the album “At The Speed Of Life” because there’s a whole lot of shit that niggas go through. I know more niggas that is off-the-wall and crazy, runnin’ guns and shit than I know regular Joes that all they want to do is feed their kids. That’s their speed. But it’s weird how everything is coinciding together, and at the same time is moving in all kinds of different directions. ‘ (Xzibit)
The offensiveness of his lyrics helps Xzibit to get rid of his negative emotions and to control his anger, as he points it out:
‘ I express a lot of anger through writing, because I’ve already been through where I put my hands on niggas and taking it there in a negative fashion,” he explains. “Instead of doing that, I just take out my hostility in my thoughts and put it down in a rhyme. And going into a studio and releasing that shit makes it all worthwhile. Instead of having a long-ass police record, I go a record on LOUD.”
‘ At A Speed Of Life ‘ was followed by ‘ 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz ‘ in 1998.
Xzibit’s third solo album ‘ Restless ‘ was released in 2000. His collaboration with Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg , featuring the song ‘ Bitch Please II ‘ gave Alvin Joiner his big break.
If you have watched 8 Mile, you know that rapper Xzibit played a minor role in the movie where he was opposed to Miz Corona and Eminem, starring as Jimmy Smith.
In 2002, Xzibit’s fourth album ‘ Man Vs Machine ‘ was released. The title of the album represents all kind of battles we may have to face:
‘ Man versus Machine, man’ I thought it was fitting because I feel as though its all type of shit we up against. It’s a corporate world, corporate machine we got to battle. It’s a social machine we got to battle. It’s all type of shit. ‘
In 2003, Xzibit has worked a lot on doing mixtapes. He also went to the Anger Management Tour 2003 in Paris, where I had the great pleasure to watch him performing on stage, introducing the concert.
Xzibit is planning to release his fifth album, ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’
around the end of 2004. You can be sure it’s gonna be a bomb: Xzibit is a respected and gifted artist in gangsta rap.

Eminem’s brother seems to be in trouble since last month.
He happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong moment.
On July the 19th, Nathan and one of his fellows were caught by the police:
http://macombdaily.com/stories/072904/loc_mathers001.shtml
Nathan was a passenger in the car of his friend who tried to sell drugs to an undercover police officer.
Nathan’s 17 years old friend was charged for trying to sell drugs.
Bad publicity for Nathan? Maybe. He appears to be more a spectator than a real actor in this story. Nathan is young. He makes mistakes, like anybody of us. Don’t judge him too severely on one mistake.
He’s got a lot of potential and the future in front of him. Hopefully we will see him start his rapping or acting career soon.

D12’s former ‘ Cock and Squeeze ‘ song from the D12 underground EP will give you a full opportunity to appreciate Bugz.
Bugz starts the hostility in D12’s war of words. Welcome to the ‘ weed house ‘. Watch Bugz start tripping while smoking his blunt and follow his clever wordplays aimed at weak rappers:
‘ battle me i keep you mad
put you in a sleeper, drag your ass to the reaper’s pad
either _
or feel the wrath of my heater that
lyric punches makin meters blast on your speaker rack
crib, club or anywhere where theres people at
they love my tape they couldnt care where they leaves yours at
your girl’s a rat
tell that ho im not gonna beep her back
dont need her black
got too many other needer-rats
who heater fat
i bet your gal aint fuckin with my gat
im holdin lyrics sendin vocals at you locals cat
gone black
your more whack
than a gold sack
you shown dat
when you flowed
that’s a known fact
clone rap
suck a MC broad
need to pick another field, go out and find you a job
or either go out and rob’ ‘
Kon Artis has got a lot of venom to spit, too. His colorful way of telling his offensive message will make you fully enjoy the sharpness of his lyrics lyrics:
‘ I should tie you up and keep cuttin u wit a knife
and sit you in the alcohol bath for the night
and watch you strugglin strainin squeal for your life
dump a radio bumpin your demo when your bad for da life
thats what i take from you
meet u in fake humble
attack your foundation until it crumble
its me and my dog be on stumble’ ‘
Whack rappers should better watch their mouth, because the D12 won’t let them play with them. That’s why they’s better listen to the refrain:
‘ Cock And, Squeeze, Bust
Dirty Dozen dont fuck wit us
Detroit niggaz roll deep
hold heat and talk slick
yea yea bitch
stay off my dick’ ‘
Proof’s fighting skills won’t leave you indifferent. Ready to knock you out of the rap game, his words spread like a storm into your ears:
‘ I turn a hard nigga yellow
and make his ass faster than a cheetah
don’t blaze no blunts
but i blaze them thangs
amaze ya gang
wit bullets i rattle your frame
whos that_
stay suburban tusslin’
playin dat 3 digits
before cusslin
bustin twin glocks
on your block
yellin my name loud puttin rhymes inside your mailbox’ ‘
The war on words is declared and the chances to win against Proof are little:
‘ You need to Hoop Up
Soup Up
for battlin war
that on the more
i spattle ur horse
got battle dates on your tour
show up on you’ ‘
Extraordinary freestyler and word player, Proof will annihilate the hater players in no time, putting fear in the game and making them look so lame:
‘ my crew mugshot D12 uglier than the green goblin
i bring fear too
horror, near u
a fact why nobody wanna hear u
your whack bitch!
what the fuck you thought would happen
when bullets start collapsin your frame
maintain or bring pain ‘
‘ Cock And Squeeze ‘ takes you into a living rap game. Three gifted soldiers have started a war of words. Offensive and colorful words aimed at their adversaries spread like bullets, ready to hit them in no time.
A song that will show no mercy to their enemies will make you travel into D12’s world. It is a matter of fact the D12 Runyan Ave soldiers have already conquered the streets of Detroit.Lyrics
[Bugz]
Gimme some hash
and when i trip nigga gimme ya mask
then after that lend me your mack and gimme your cash
that precious thing you call a life ill put an end to fast
get in your ass if you want have to leave and eagle mack (??)
you want a see-through class
dont take much to read you class
bitch
you broke as fuck and on the bus cuz your Regal smashed
this shit is lethal _
battle me i keep you mad
put you in a sleeper,drag your ass to the reaper’s pad
either _
or feel the wrath of my heater that
lyric punches makin meters blast on your speaker rack
crib, club or anywhere where theres people at
they love my tape they couldnt care where they leaves yours at
your girl’s a rat
tell that ho im not gonna beep her back
dont need her black
got too many other needer-rats
who heater fat (??)
i bet your gal aint fuckin with my gat
im holdin lyrics sendin vocals at you locals cat
gone black
your more whack
than a gold sack
you shown dat
when you flowed
that’s a known fact
clone rap
suck a MC broad
need to pick another field, go out and find you a job
or either go out and rob
because
rappin’ aint to function
you out of place,
like a 2 of heart and 2 of diamond in a game of spades
while my innovative ways
set your lyrics to a blaze
put a grimace on ur grave
im in the Guiness on a page
of history
puttin sucka niggaz out they misery
its not a mystery
my victories are bodacious
it wouldn’t matter if the judge is racist
and i was battling your aces in your bitches bassment
im un-fuckwitible
thats literal
face it, the general
with senses of a senitle
holdin on my genitals
right before i send tha fo’s (fools)
down the earth like minerals
even after centerfolds
in videos, my ego goes
in cagnito hoes
from mosquito rolls
mean and biter
i hope you niggaz catch a case of arthrita
you aint no writer
it still dont even have a spider
Idea when you need me, we gonna worst turn into fighters
yea yea bitch
ya muthaphukkin biter
Cock And, Squeeze, Bust
Dirty Dozen dont fuck wit us
Detroit niggaz roll deep
hold heat and talk slick
yea yea bitch
stay off my dick
[Kon Artis]
i should tie you up and keep cuttin u wit a knife
and sit you in the alcohol bath for the night
and watch you strugglin strainin squeal for your life
dump a radio bumpin your demo when your bad for da life
thats what i take from you
meet u in fake humble
attack your foundation until it crumble
its me and my dog be on stumble (??)
go _but stayin in tha right mind
just to blaze a track
to _or fake individuals that rap
screamin up your bootleg like they scared and shit
knowin that tha Kon Artis come prepared with clips
fuller then male scriptures
you watch u take pictures
notes and write down quotes and how i rap and get witcha
told u niggaz before we got much to gain
nothin to lose, curuptin the lives of all rules
tie em’ up and put him in situations to hurt him
tie him up to trees and shoot poisonous darts at him
with venom in it to murder him
servin’ him right
D.P. Kon Artis, swervin tonite
we rock from state to state
and city to city
you make a siss like a faggot tryin on silicon tities
and nobody wanna size D bra
_die wit side shit give it to y’all glit caught raw (??)
raw raw raw raw raw
Cock And, Squeeze, Bust
Dirty Dozen dont fuck wit us
Detroit niggaz roll deep
hold heat and talk slick
yea yea bitch
stay off my dick
[Proof]
I turn a hard nigga yellow
and make his ass faster than a cheetah
don’t blaze no blunts
but i blaze them thangs
amaze ya gang
wit bullets i rattle your frame
whos that_
stay suburban tusslin’
playin dat 3 digits
before cusslin (??)
bustin twin glocks
on your block
yellin my name loud puttin rhymes inside your mailbox
infared dots
BLAHW
caught your dreadlocks
waitin for tha cops
and tell him that ur ass had beef wit Biggie and 2pac
hot lead to flesh
shot, bled to death
like Red and Meth
You need to Hoop Up
Soup Up
for battlin war
that on the more
i spattle ur horse
got battle dates on your tour
show up on you
battle on ur encore
_ wit dis shit
on ur mic grip, you might slip
hang it up
hit like Sonny _
peace to _
rock til the early morn’
this shit is on
i got da problem fiend fiend problems
my crew mugshot D12 uglier than the green goblin
i bring fear too
horror, near u
a fact why nobody wanna hear u
your whack bitch!
what the fuck you thought would happen?
when bullets start collapsin your frame
maintain or bring pain
freestyle fanatic named Pete
fresh off the paper this one turn ur autovapor meat
MC the extrordinair
steppin on ur bunyan
screamin 7 mile bitch eastside come from Runyan
hold down your fort
snort like cocaine
Richard Pryor
i clap more clips than a liver squire (??)
yea yea bitch what the fuck you thought
y’all niggaz get caught like saught im incredible like the hulk
why settle for _nigga
P-R the letter “O”
my sex is hetero
cash checks like federal
yo hedero bitch!

Eminem’s evolution as an artist since his pre-rapping time is impressing.
Eminem’s musical evolution goes along with his personal evolution.
While listening to the Infinite LP, we can feel a young man who is in search for love and recognition. We can also feel his hard struggle for fame. He already got verbal skills (if you doubt it, just check out the lyrically rich song ‘ Infinite ‘), but he lacked experience in the music industry and the marketing of his product which explains the flop of his first album.
When Eminem speaks about his former Infinite album, he describes it as a kind of ‘ demo ‘:
“Infinite was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and present myself. It was a growing stage. I felt like Infinite was like a demo that just got pressed up.” – (Eminem)
When Eminem felt like everything was lost, the Bass Brothers came up with the brilliant concept of a ‘ shock rapper ‘. The Infinite album was too soft, maybe too common to attract numerous people. In fact, Eminem’s long term collaborators, the Bass Brothers, had just offered Marshall Mathers the first key to success:
‘ We came up with the idea of shock rap. When we went to Interscope [Eminem’s parent record company] we worked him as the Marilyn Manson of rap. Marshall was about 24 at this time, things were going a little berserk in his life, we were getting turned away by labels that didn’t want a white rapper and some of the anger started coming out of him. We said, ‘You’ve got to let this out and ride with it.’ ‘(Jeff and Marky Bass)
The idea of shock rap had just matured into their heads. But this concept needed to become reality. A reality that would be personified by Slim Shady, Eminem’s alter ego.
And this is how the entity Slim Shady became Eminem’s creation:
‘ I was takin’ a shit. I swear to God. And the fuckin’ name just popped into my head. Then I started thinkin’ of twenty million things that rhymed with it. ‘
Slim Shady’s introduction to the world appears in Eminem’s offensive and creative production, the Slim Shady EP. A production that was good enough to impress Dr Dre, who signed Eminem to his Aftermath label after listening to his demo.
The 10 tracks EP clearly reveals Eminem’s talent and widespread imagination. ‘ Low, Down, Dirty ‘ and ‘ Murder, Murder ‘ will make you appreciate Eminem’s narrative skills.
The Slim Shady EP is a masterpiece of work that will be followed by the Slim Shady LP. The provocative Slim Shady LP will open the doors to Eminem’s success. The Slim Shady LP will intelligently combine Eminem and Dr Dre’s talent.
The Slim Shady LP is Eminem’s first reality show: it exposes his frustrations, his harsh childhood, his crazy mom’s behavior, his drug addictions, his every day life and his constant struggle to become famous. Songs like ‘ Rock Bottom ‘ and ‘ If I Had ‘ can be pictured as a philosophical reflexion about life and the human condition.
The offensiveness, the sadness and the provocative content make the beauty of Eminem’s first successful album.
The Marshall Mathers LP will accentuate Eminem’s provocative’s side; it will also add some enemies to his list.
The Marshall Mathers LP is also the mirror of Eminem’s personal mistakes and exposes his time of trouble and his legal battles with his mom, who was unable to face the truth exposed to the public’s eye.
The ‘ misogynistic ‘ and ‘ homophobic ‘ content of Eminem’s lyrics in his second album- which by the way is typical to hip hop culture- has offended gay and lesbian activists from the GLAAD, who didn’t hesitate to misquote Eminem in order to prove his ‘ homophobia ”
Lyrics like the lyrics of the song ‘ Criminal ‘ were published in the form of exerpts on the GLAAD’s wesbite:
http://www.glaad.org/media/archive_detail.php?id=65
‘ My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge
That’ll stab you in the head
whether you’re a fag or lez
Or the homosex, hermaph or a trans-a-vest
Pants or dress – hate fags? The answer’s ‘yes”
Of course, the following line was completely ignored:
‘ C’mon!– Relax guy, I like gay men’ ‘
In no time, Eminem had become the ‘ icon for homophobia and misogyny ‘. Ridiculous? Certainly.
Because bad publicity is better than no publicity at all in the pop world, even those activists helped Eminem to increase his records’ sales.
The Marshall Mathers LP is hard work from a brilliant mind. It is full of dark humor and poetry. It reveals great writing skills and verbal dexterity. Songs like ‘ Stan ‘, ‘ Drug Ballad ‘ and ‘ The Way I Am ‘ are poetry. Marshall Mathers exactly knows how to put words and syllables together. His words, his syllables, his sentences are put into the right place to make you feel the sensations that are expressed at the very moment you are listening to the song.
The Eminem Show is more politically oriented. It offers much more criticism against the Bush administration. It is also influenced by the drama of September the 11th.
The Eminem Show offers us the work of a matured man who has learnt from his former mistakes.
Some people thought that Eminem had lost his edge when the Eminem Show was released in 2002. I think that his edge has just to be found elsewhere: in his political engagement against the Bush policy for instance.
In the meantime, Eminem has also shown to the world his ability to act with the release of his movie,8 Mile. The 8 Mile soundtracks features great songs like ‘ Lose Yourself ‘ and ‘ 8 Mile Road ‘ that will spread a great message of hope. It can be summarized in three words: ‘ Follow your dreams. ‘
Since 1996, Eminem has fulfilled his greatest dreams. He has even released his own cartoon. Slim Shady lovers will enjoy the ‘ Slim Shady Show ‘.
Since 2001, he has introduced his group, D12, to the world with the release of Devil’s Night that has been followed by ‘ D12 World ‘ in 2004.
The talented rapper has also proven to be a successful businessman with the release of his own clothing line, Shady Limited.
It’s been a long way for Marshall Mathers since the release of the Infinite album. A way to success that hasn’t been without struggles, controversy and a lot of pain, but that’s exactly what makes Eminem’s greatness. He is an example for anybody of us never to give up our dreams.

Ever heard about the Detroit Fat Killaz? If you haven’t, you have probably heard about underground rapper King Gordy who played ‘ Big O ‘ in Eminem’s ‘ 8 Mile ‘ movie.
He is one of the four emcees from the local scene group. His three less known fellows are Fatt Father, MarvWon, Shim-E Bango. Maybe less known in the world, but they already managed to impress the Detroit local scene and they are even successful nationwide.
In a society that counts calories, being fat is beautiful and sexy in the Fat
Killaz’ eyes:
‘ We want to be looked at as big sex symbols, with the ability to entertain and amaze crowds,’ (Fatt Father)
‘We love being fat. I think being fat is being sexy. We want to be the next fat phenomenon. ‘ (Shim E Bango)
This is how the concept of four fat artists’ collaboration came out:
“The idea for a concept about fat rappers came out of conversatio
ns after open mics. We thought about what we could do ,it was four different personalities. It’s a mixture. . . . When we get together it’s like one big meal.” (Fatt Father)
King Gordy clearly expressed it: the Fat Killaz are Detroit’s new menace in hip hop: their ambition is to ‘ annihilate the rap game ‘.
The quartett has collaborated with the greatest Detroit artists, including D12 and Obie Trice.
MarWon describes himself as the ‘ incomparable Marvin ‘:
‘ Yo, this is the incredible, incomparable Marvin Wonderful. F. K. til the death day ya know what I’m sayin. I’m the phenom of the group, ya know I’m the phenom of the group. I been rhymin bout 4 years.. I’m lyrically top 5 in the country ya know what I’m sayin.. With the other three niggas bein in my group and maybe Em… Ya know, we make up the top 5. Killahz ya know what I’m sayin… We everything right now. ‘
You will be able to admire Marvwon from the Fat Killaz aka Marvin O’ Neil’s performance in the bonus footage of the 8 Mile DVD.
MarvWon who battled about 140 other rappers, had the chance to battle Eminem, who was not supposed not respond because he started having some problems with his voice. But Eminem decided that it was worth to challenge his adversary.
Marvin recalls the event:
‘ It was a shot where I was spinning it and Eminem was supposed to just pantomime his response. But he clicked on his mic and spun it back. He must have thought what I said was worthy enough to respond… He’s the best out there, there’s none better’ ‘
What summarizes better Detroit’s Fat Killaz? The answer is clearly their love for Detroit City:
‘ First of all, we love the city of Detroit. We love our city, we love the response we gettin, we love our fans for those of you who are our fans. We love our label. No Tyze Entertainment, put it in the air… Uhh fuck all you haters, death to you. ‘ (Fatt Father