The Eminem Blog

According to the latest news, Eminem’s lyrics seem to be too vulgar for Ford executives‘ taste.
I was really amused to learn that Ford was ready to get involved in a business with Eminem and that they rejected him afterwards because of the lyrical content of his song.
The business was supposed to be fruitful and to increase Ford’s car, Ford Fusion, among young hip hop fans with the use of Eminem’s new video.
Too bad: the businessmen found out that the lyrics to the song were too vulgar and they split up with Em.
What does Ford expect from Marshall Mathers? He is known to be the full mouthed rapper.
Whether you accept him the way he is or not. But please stop being such hypocrites !
Before collaborating with him, you’d better know what Eminem is all about .

The role of hip-hop jester has always been a precarious one. Think of it: You’re the Flava Flav of your crew, the in-house comic relief, or hype man at best. Fans and listeners rarely figure you to be a bona fide emcee — there’s a certain lack of respect. D12’s resident weirdo Rufus “Bizarreâ€? Johnson wants no part of that cliché, particularly since he’s been slinging rhymes for more than a decade.
The portly goremeister hopes his latest, Hannicap Circus — his second solo album, which hits store shelves this Tuesday — will inspire fans to take him seriously.
Second solo album is correct. Back in 1998, before the world knew D12 existed, and when Marshall Mathers was still glowing in the success of his debut album, Bizarre released Attack of the Weirdos on Federation Records. Even then, he demonstrated his knowledge of hip hop, mining the genre’s underground for notable contributions from Young Zee, Pace Won and Eminem.
The album’s title fit. It was funny — weird, over-the-top coarse and purposely gross — a somewhat macabre taste of what D12 would later give the world when it hit multiplatinum status.
Bizarre’s skewered image was destined to cast a cloud over his rhyming skills and the dues he paid for the D12 gold and platinum plaques. The word emcee is rarely mentioned in the same breath as Bizarre. Fans get visions of D12’s “Purple Hillsâ€? video, of the chub in the shower cap, wearing yellow smiley face shorts and a half-T. They see the fiery red hair and the bare belly. They hear vile rap fantasies about sex with grandmothers and outdoing R. Kelly’s proclivity for underage girls.
It’s no surprise then that Bizarre’s ready to move beyond his self-created Rap Frankenstein facade. He’s eager to let fans know that there’s more to him than gore and absurdity.
There’s a lot to respect about the guy, not just because of the new album. There’s also a new label, Redhead Records, that’s all his; his stable of artists includes rock singer Sindy Syringe and rapper Young Miles. Yes, Bizarre hopes to transcend his suggestive moniker and nail that elusive r-word — “respect.â€?
“I want people to know I’m a real emcee,â€? Bizarre says. “The difference between this and my first album are the years, and the youth. I was just tryin’ to put somethin’ out [in 1998]. I got a lot of serious songs on this album. Like ‘One Shot,’ which talks about how you only get one shot in the music business. I got a song talking about coming home [from the road], a song talking about hip hop.â€?
There’s an altruistic side at play too. Bizarre says he wants to see Detroit’s hip-hop community get over its squabbling. Bizarre has been at the root of a years-long conflict between some of the city’s biggest and most respected rap celebs. Strife between Royce da 5’9â€? and members of D12 — dating back to 1997 — spilled over into several ancillary conflicts involving members of both groups’ entourages.
Metro Times has reported on many of these beefs. In recent months, people on either side of the conflicts have begun taking steps to clear the air. Bizarre says he’s in on those efforts.
“It’s too small a city for us to be beefin’,â€? he says, flatly. “We need to embrace it and work together.â€?
See, Bizarre believes that Em’ and D12 ought to have the same kind of relationship with Detroit artists that Dr. Dre enjoys with California rappers, one that’s based on mutual respect and reverence, instead of trivial animosity and jealousy.
Could it be the rappers are getting older and wiser? Maybe.
Royce da 5’9â€? told Metro Times that maturity is taking over where youthful aggression once ruled. Men, he says, are now behaving like men.
It’s not surprising there’s a burgeoning movement of hip-hop thirtysomethings declaring a need for artists to grow up.
Jay-Z, in fact, talks about getting his “grown man on� and has adopted a more gentlemanly persona — snazzy suits have replaced the tired jerseys. Andre 3000 sang openly about love and sensitivity on his Grammy-winning album The Love Below. Such sensitivity was widely considered taboo in hip hop only a few years ago.
Bizarre is following suit, creatively and business-wise. His solo deal with major-indie Sanctuary Records includes distribution of his own Redhead Records. He’s also scratching an acting itch, and has a cameo in the comedy The Longest Yard. He’ll be pulling double duty this summer, joining D12 on the latest installment of Eminem’s Anger Management Tour while touring to promote Hannicap Circus.
To further the theme of personal and professional evolution, the man who built a career on outrage and jest says he fills his spare time with family. Nope, the rock star lifestyle ain’t exactly what it seems.
The tatted tubby spends quiet days at his new home in Atlanta, where he moved a couple of years ago with his wife and kids. He says he’s a country boy at heart and loves the calm confines of Georgia living.
Hip hop, for all its machismo shtick, will grant a pass to, even respect, any man who chooses family over the blingy booty of fame. And Bizarre’s second-favorite topic of conversation is a suckerpunch to any fan who lazily judges him by image alone.
Enter the serious fisherman.
“I love to go fishing,� he says. “It runs in my family, just growing up in the Great Lakes. Around June, July, that river be filled. Got to get that fishing rod in there.�
Bizarre’s man-with-big-pole secret is getting out. Entertainment Weekly recently flew him to New York and trailed him on a bluefish expedition. It went swimmingly.
Fans should note that the fishing, the family and the release of Hannicap Circus don’t spell the end of D12. Though the guys in the crew don’t see much of each other these days, they’re lending support to their respective projects. Denaun Porter, Obie Trice, Eminem and hometown production team Sick Notes all contribute to Bizarre’s album, along with King Gordy and E-Dub. Bizarre says when he and D12ers Porter, Proof and Swifty McVay complete their solo projects, the cadre will reassemble as the Dirty Dozen.
Until then, he’ll work on balancing the evolving worlds of Bizarre and Rufus, the hype-man emcee and the fishin’ family man.
Thursday, June 30, at St. Andrew’s Hall (431 E. Congress St., Detroit; 313-961-MELT) with Hush, Paradime, Chief, Sindy Syringe and others.
Khary Kimani Turner is an area musician and freelance writer. Send comments to letters@metrotimes.com.

Rating: four stars
Let me introduce you to four cool Detroit rappers: IcekreaM aka Linkz , Mylez Mariucci, Special K, Prophecy. Who are they? They are the members of one of the coolest Detroit groups: Slay Mafia.
After years of hard work, Slay Mafia have released their « Foursaken » album. Their discography is quite impressing:
IcekreaM – Definition of War (1997)
Slay Mafia – Platinum Chrome Figgahz (1999)
IcekreaM – The ICE vol.1 (1999)
Ghetto Child – The Phenonem (1999)
Phillie Raps – The Journey (1999)
Slay Mafia – SM2 (2000)
Slay Mafia – SM3 (2001)
IcekreaM & Special K – Operation D (2001)
Slay Mafia – SM4 (2002)
Slay Mafia – The Perfect Description (2003)
Prophecy – Tip of My Tongue (2003)
Prophecy – Shape Shiftin (2003)
Slay Mafia – Reconstruction (2003)
Mylez Mariucci – Underdevelopment (2004)
IcekreaM – Underpressure (2004)
Prophecy – Lucid Dreams (2004)
Slay Mafia – Foursaken (2005)
Linkz – The Birth of Linkz (2005)
Prophecy – The Jazz Theory (2005)
Influenced by Eminem, D12, Royce da 5.9 and other rappers like Jay-Z and 50 Cent, Slay Mafia come up with an original style of their own. Armed with incisive words, catchy beats and a rapid flow, Slay Mafia introduce you into their world with their first track Sick And Demented. Definitely offensive, determined to punch you with their lyrical bullets, Slay Mafia is taking over with some ill lyrics and sounds. The streets of Detroit are present in The Beginning, a track that will make you understand what underground rappers are going through in their daily lives. Keyboards, chord instrument, violins and a mad flow will make you feel the harsh and nostalgic atmosphere of the song.
Run Out will teach you not to fuck with Slay Mafia. DatWatzUp brings a lighter note to the album. The track is more about chilling with some hoes and drinking a couple beers. Rhythmic and well written, track Nr 4 is one of my favorite songs of the album. Wanna chill out, smoke some weed and drink a couple of beers? Track Nr 4 will be perfect for a total chill-out atmosphere. WelcomeToDaLakes reps Detroit. You gotta love the song!
The themes of the album are various: from typical hood themes to political engagement against Bush that is expressed in The Draft. Being myself engaged as a writer, I fully support Slay Mafia’s political engagement against a man (Bush) who acts the wrong way. Globally, Foursaken is a well written and well handled album from the beginning to the end. I highly recommend my readers to download Slay Mafia’s album on their official website.

I bet you have already seen this pic of Lil Maxso, the youngest rapper in the world if you have been to my personal website:

Here are two other pics I received today from Maxso’s dad himself via email:


You gotta discover this little talented young man! A new website is in the making…check out the older one in the meantime.

I had downloaded Soulseek (a free musical files sharing feature, the equivalent of Morpheus or Emule) a few days ago-for professional reasons. It is always useful to download albums that are not in your library when you’re a music journalist. I was really happy to find some rare musical files and everything seemed to be so perfect.
I want to warn all of my readers, because several days after downloading my so much desired files, my computer started messing in a very strange way. My programs started interrupting in a strange way, showing up an “abnormal interruption” message. Sometimes, my computer refused to read some of my files.
All of a sudden, I noticed that somedody had logged into my yahoo account before me.
My antivirus Norton refused to work too.
I accepted to share one folder on soulseek…and you know what happened? I have been hacked and have caught a bad virus in the “My Documents” folder.
Today i had no other choice but reformating my computer. I have lost my whole data. So think twice before you choose to download a feature like Soulseek or Kaaza or anything similar. I had to learn it the hard way!

Rating: Four stars and a half
Cypress Hill’s album was released in 2000. It is Cypress’ fifth album.
Skulls and Bones is a combination of rap and metal. Despite the fact I am not a big fan of metal, I fully enjoyed Cypress Hill’s well made album that is intelligently handled from the beginning to the end.
Another Victory starts in a very rapid rhythm. Lyrically powerful, enhanced with catchy beats and keyboard sounds. You cannot fuck with the Soul Assassins.
I particularly enjoyed the well written lyrics to track Nr2. Enjoy B Real’s lyrical offensiveness:
«… I slay rappers with precision
I got vision like Anakin
You panicin’ I’m leavin you stiffer than a mannequin
My high lyrics constantly brain damagin’
Brandishin’ a fire arm, still managin’
Hurt niggas, bandagin’ who give my lyrics
That play like a mandalin
I hold my mic like my dick, but you handlin’
I kill flows on tracks who abandonin’
I eat you like pussy, then take a sample,
Then spit fire in the places you standin’ in
I take a fool to the Hill
Light a candle then you in the dark stuck part in the scandalin’
Now I see your whole brain’s scramblin’
Don’t like what you hear, change the channel then nigga… »
Rap Superstar featuring Eminem and What U Want From Me raise problems that are so typical to superstardom. Average people often envy superstars, because they only see the fame, wealth and big advantages of being a VIP. But have you ever tried to see stardom from the perspective of a megastar? Have you tried to feel the pressure put on his shoulder? Have you ever thought that an artist has to play it cool and to smile in front of his public even when he is in the mood of crying?
Have you ever thought that an artist has barely true friends and that he constantly questions the reasons why people are approaching him? Face it: it is very lonely at the top!
Chrome Valley is a track obviously mixed up with metal. Heavy electric guitar and drum sounds will make you feel the dark atmosphere of the track.
Cerfified Bomb is another example of B-Real and Sen Dog’s lyrical ability.
B- Real’s style is incisive:
« Call me the serial rhyme killer
Mic-cord strangling, mangling, tangling, you in the web nigga
Your head is dangling off of your shoulders
Cause my mic told me to do it cause you wasn’t a true soldier
Fake bustas get hit with the clusterbomb
You’re a hotdog with no mustard, you’re flusterd, I’m calm
Spit heat like a fucking dragon, bagging you up
Tagging you toe, zipping you up
Clipping you up, mic-cord tripping you up
You’re in the dark with no light
and wishing a nigga had lit you up
So much for wishful thinking, you’re body’s stinking
You’re sinking into the hole and I’m at the top winking at ya… »
Sen Dog’s response is offensive and well written too:
« Call me superior showstopper, your hiphop legacy
Claim us to remember we break you off proper
Oh you got a short memory? You wanna render me?
Harmless and surrender me for the fucking enemy?
I won’t let ya I bet ya I reign supreme
Make your fans forget ya search ya in front of your team
Make a nigga smoke a ounce and bounce over the rhythem
And hit em and get another suck and hit em with venom
Nigga my name is Sen and I’m real while you’re pretending
Suckers with no style I hope you get offended
So I can lock your ass up with my jawclutches
Then my rhymes will catch you cause they’re sharp like Tony Touch’s… »
Globally, the album is an intelligent mixture of different styles and collaborations. Some tracks like Get A Hit are all about the guilty pleasure of weed smoking.
I’d give it four stars and a half.

My name is Isabelle Esling. I live in Metz, France. I teach English and German at public schools. I am also an Eminem biographer and a freelance music journalist. I’m a single mom of two kids.
I have a real passion for rap music and foreign languages.
Black music and black culture have influenced me for a large part.
My long term goals are:
-to meet Marshall Mathers and thank him personaly for he has changed my life positively
– getting my book published- possibly with Eminem’s authorization
– emigrating to an English speaking country
– getting a deal with a rap magazine as a freelance music journalist
Thanks to all the people who support me.
Contact me at: mathildeesling2000 AT yahoo DOT com

EMINEM’s D12 bandmate PROOF has slammed reports the singer is ditching his rap career – insisting “he’ll never quit”.
Earlier this month (JUL05), reports claimed the WITHOUT ME rapper – real name MARSHALL MATHERS III – was planning to hang up his microphone following his current Anger Management Tour.
But Proof believes the 33-year-old will never stop recording material, hinting Eminem may even make another solo album in the near future.
Proof says, “I keep on telling people, Em will be 50 or 60 years old, and will be about to be an old man still playing with MCs.
“I don’t think he’ll ever quit. He might even drop another solo album. I can’t see him not rapping – he’s too crazy.”

July 28, 2005, 6:17 AM
HONG KONG (AP) — Electronic musician Moby says he has a newfound respect for Michigan rap star Eminem — who once mocked him in a song — because the rapper criticized President Bush and the war in Iraq in his last album.
“I found myself respecting him for doing that,” Moby told reporters during a promotional stop in Hong Kong for his latest album “Hotel.”
Moby and Eminem have a long-standing feud. Moby has criticized Eminem’s lyrics as misogynistic. Eminem lashed out at Moby and electronic music in “Without Me” and spoofed him in the song’s video. He called Moby a girl at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards.
“Honestly, if he retired, I think the world of music would be a poorer place. He’s a really fascinating public figure,” Moby said.
Moby said he still has qualms about some of Eminem’s lyrics but praised him as talented, saying, “I’d much rather have public figure musicians like Eminem because at least he’s exciting.”
Moby said he welcomed Eminem’s public criticism of him, calling it free publicity.
“To have the most successful musician in the world dress up like you in a video and sing about you in a song — it was honestly some of the best publicity I’ve ever had,” he said.
Eminem bashed Bush and Iraq policy in his song “Mosh,” which said, “Let the president answer on higher anarchy/Strap him with an AK-47, let him go fight his own war.”