8 Mile
Текст песни 8 Mile - Eminem


[Eminem]
Sometimes I just feel like, quittin I still might
Why do I put up this fight, why do I still write
Sometimes it's hard enough just dealin with real life
Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and just kill mics
And show these people what my level of skill's like
But I'm still white, sometimes I just hate life
Somethin ain't right, hit the brake lights
Case of the stage fright, drawin a blank like
Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my fault
Great then I falls, my insides crawl
and I clam up {*wham*} I just slam shut
I just can't do it, my whole manhood's
just been stripped, I have just been vicked
So I must then get, off the bus then split
Man fuck this shit yo, I'm goin the fuck home
World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile Road
[Chorus]
I'm a man, I'ma make a new plan
Time for me to just stand up, and travel new land
Time to really just take matters into my own hands
Once I'm over these tracks man I'ma never look back
(8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin
Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone
And go follow the footsteps I'm makin my own
Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
[Eminem]
I'm walkin these train tracks, tryin to regain back
the spirit I had 'fore I go back to the same crap
To the same plant, and the same pants
Tryin to chase rap, gotta move ASAP
And get a new plan, momma's got a new man
Poor little baby sister, she don't understand
Sits in front of the TV, buries her nose in the pad
And just colors until the crayon gets dull in her hand
While she colors her big brother and mother and dad
Ain't no tellin what really goes on in her little head
Wish I could be the daddy that neither one of us had
But I keep runnin from somethin I never wanted so bad!
Sometimes I get upset, cause I ain't blew up yet
It's like I grew up, but I ain't grow me two nuts yet
Don't gotta rep my step, don't got enough pep
The pressure's too much man, I'm just tryin to do what's best
And I try, sit alone and I cry
Yo I won't tell no lie, not a moment goes by
That I don't pray to the sky, please I'm beggin you God
Please don't let me be bitchin holdin no regular job
Yo I hope you can hear me homey wherever you are
Yo I'm tellin you dawg I'm bailin this trailer tomorrow
Tell my mother I love her, kiss baby sister goodbye
Say whenever you need me baby, I'm never too far
But yo I gotta get out there, the only way I know
And I'ma be back for you, the second that I blow
On everything I own, I'll make it on my own
Off to work I go, back to this 8 Mile Road
[Chorus]
[Eminem]
You gotta live it to feel it, you didn't you wouldn't get it
Or see what the big deal is, why it was and it still is
To be walkin this borderline of Detroit city limits
It's different, it's a certain significance, a certificate
of authenticity, you'd never even see
But it's everything to me, it's my credibility
You never seen heard smelled or met a real MC
who's incredible upon the same pedestal as me
But yet I'm still unsigned, havin a rough time
Sit on the porch with all my friends and kick dumb rhymes
Go to work and serve MC's in the lunchline
But when it comes crunch time, where do my punchlines go
Who must I show, to bust my flow
Where must I go, who must I know
Or am I just another crab in the bucket
Cause I ain't havin no luck with this little Rabbit so fuck it
Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt shit
I'm feelin a little skeptical who I hang out with
I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about shit
if the Salvation Army tryin to salvage an outfit
And it's cold, tryin to travel this road
Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in this battlin mode
My defenses are so up, but one thing I don't want
is pity from no one, the city is no fun
There is no sun, and it's so dark
Sometimes I feel like I'm just bein pulled apart
I'm torn in my limbs, by each one of my friends
It's enough to make me just wanna jump out of my skin
Sometimes I feel like a robot, sometimes I just know not
what I'm doin I just blow, my head is a stove top
I just explode, the kettle gets so hot
Sometimes my mouth just overloads the ass that I don't got
But I've learned, it's time for me to U-turn
Yo it only takes one time for me to get burned
Ain't no fallin no next time I meet a new girl
I can no longer play stupid or be immature
I got every ingredient, all I need is the courage
Like I already got the beat, all I need is the words
Got the urge, suddenly it's a surge
Suddenly a new burst of energy is occured
Time to show these free world leaders the three and a third
I am no longer scared now, I'm free as a bird
Then I turn and cross over the median curb
Hit the verbs and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile Road
[Chorus]

Soldier
Eminem Текст песни "Soldier"

I'm a soldier, i'm a soldier, i'm a soldier, i'm a soldier...

Yo', never was a thug, just infatuated with guns,
never was a gangsta, 'til I graduated to one,
and got the rep of a villain, for weapon concealin',
took the image of a thug, kept shit appealin',
willin' to stick out my neck, for respect if it meant life or death,
never live to regret what I said,
when you're me, people just want to see,
if it's true, if it's you, what you say in your rap's, what you do,
so they feel, as part of your obligation to fulfill,
when they see you on the streets, face to face, are you for real,
in confrontation ain't no conversation, if you feel you're in violation,
any hesitation'll get you killed, if you feel it, kill it,
if you conceal it, reveal it, being reasonable will leave you full of bullets,
pull it, squeeze it, till it's empty, tempt me, push me, pussies,
I need a good reason to give this trigger a good squeeze...

[Chorus:]
I'm a soldier, these shoulder's hold up so much, they won't budge,
i'll never fall or fold up,
i'm a soldier,
even if my collar bone's crush or crumble,
I will never slip or stumble,
i'm a soldier,
these shoulder's hold up so much, they won't budge,
i'll never fall or fold up,
i'm a soldier,
even if my collar bone's crush or crumble,
I will never stumble...

I love pissin' you off, it get's me off,
like my lawyer's, when the fuckin' judge let's me off,
all you motherfuckers gotta do is set me off,
i'll violate and all the motherfuckin' bet's be off,
i'm a lit fuse, anything I do bitche, it's news,
pistol whippin' motherfuckin' bouncers, six-two,
who needs bullets, soon as I pull it, you sweat bullets,
an excellent method to get rid of the next bully,
it's actually better cause instead you murderin',
you can hurt em' and come back again and kick dirt at 'em,
it's like pourin' salt in the wounds, assault and get sued,
you can smell the lawsuits soon as I waltz in the room,
everybody halts and stops, calls the cops,
all you see is bitches comin' out their halter tops,
runnin' and duckin' out the Hard Rocks parking lot,
you'll all get shot whether its your fault or not, cause...

[Chorus]

I spit it slow so these kids know that i'm talkin' to 'em,
give it back to these damn critics and sock it to em,
i'm like a thug, with a little bit of Pac influence,
I spew it, and look how I got you bitches rockin' to it,
you motherfuckers could never do it like I could do it,
don't even try it, you'll look stupid, do not pursue it,
don't ever in your life, try to knock the truest,
I spit the illest shit, ever been dropped to two inch,
so ticky-tock listen as the sound ticks on the clock,
listen to the sound of Kim as she licks on a cock,
listen to the sound of me spillin' my heart through this pen,
motherfuckers know that i'll never be Marshall again,
full of controversy until I retire my jersey,
'til the fire inside dies and expires at thirty, and
Lord have mercy on any more of these rappers that verse me,
and put a curse on authorities in the face of adversity, i'm a...

[Chorus]

Yo' left, yo' left, yo' left,
right, left,
yo' left, yo' left, yo' left,
right, left,
yo' left, yo' left, yo' left,
right, left,
yo' left, yo' left, yo' left,
right, left...

Stan
Текст песни Stan - Eminem


feat. DIDO

(Chorus)
My tea's gone cold, I'm wonder why I got out of bed at all
The morning rain clouds up my window and I can't see at all
And even if I could it'd all be gray, but your picture on my wall
It reminds me that it's not so bad, it's not so bad
Dear Slim, I wrote you but you still ain't callin'
I left my cell, my pager, and my home phone at the bottom
I sent two letters back in Autumn, you must not have got them
There probably was a problem at the post office or somethin'
Sometimes I scribble addresses to slobby when I jot them
But anyway, fuck it, what’s been up man? How's your daughter?
My girlfriend's pregnant too, I’m 'bout to be a father!
If I have a daughter, guess what I’m gonna call her? I'm gonna name her Bonnie
I read about your uncle Ronnie too, I’m sorry
I had a friend who killed himself over some bitch that didn't want them
I know you probably hear this everyday, but I’m your biggest fan!
I even got the underground shit that you did with scam
I got a room full of your posters and your pictures man
I like the shit you did with druckis too, that shit was bad
Anyway, I hope you get this man
hit me back, just to chat, truly yours, this is your biggest fan...
this is Stan
Chorus
Dear slim, you still ain't called or wrote,
I hope you have a chance…
I ain't mad, I just think it’s fucked up you don't answer fans.
If you didn't wanna talk to me outside the concert, you didn't have to
But you could have signed an autograph for Mathew,
That’s my little brother man, he's only six years old
We waited in the blistering cold for you for four hours and you just said no.
That’s pretty shitty man, your like his fuckin' idle
He wants to be just like you, man! He likes you more than I do!
I ain't that mad though, I just don't like begin lied to
Remember when we met in Denver?
You said if I write you, you would write back!
See I’m just like you in a way...
I never knew my father neither, he used to always cheat on my mom and beat her!
I can relate to what your saying in your songs!
So when I have a shitty day, I drift away and put them on cause I don't really got shit else so that shit helps when I’m depressed
I even got a tattoo with your name across the chest!
Sometimes I even cut myself to see how much it bleeds,
Its like adrenaline, the pain is such a sudden rush for me,
See everything you say is real, and I respect you because you tell it
My girlfriend's jealous because I talk about you 24/7
But she don't know you like I know you slim...no one does,
She don't know what it was like for people like us growing up
You gotta call me man, I’ll be the biggest fan you ever lose!
Sincerely yours, Stan
P.S. We should be together too
Chorus
Dear Mr. I'm too good to Call or Write My Fans!
This will be the last package I ever send your ass!
It\'s been six months and still no word!
I don’t deserve it!
I know you got my last two letters, I wrote the addresses on them perfect!
So this is my cassette I’m sendin' you, I hope you hear it!
I\'m in a car right now...I'm doin' 90 on a freeway!
Hey slim, I drank a fifth of vodka, dare me to drive?
You know the song by Phil Collins, "Through the Air of the Night"?
About that guy who could have saved that other guy from drownin' but didn't?
And Phil saw it all and at a show he found him?
That's kind a how this is, you could have rescued me from drownin'!
But now it's too late, I’m on a 1000 downers now, I’m drowsy
And all I wanted was a lousy letter or call
I hope you know, I ripped all your pictures off the wall
I love you slim! We could have been together!
Think about it, you ruined it now, I hope you can't sleep and you dream about it!
And when you dream I hope you can't sleep and you scream about it!
I hope your conscience eats at you and you can't breath without me
See Slim
Shut up bitch I’m trying to talk!
Hey slim, that's my girlfriend screamin' in the trunk!
But I didn't slit her throat! I just tied her up!
See I ain't like you! 'Cause if she suffocates, she'll suffer more then she'll die too!
Well, gotta go, I’m almost at the bridge now!
Oh shit, I forgot! How am I supposed to send this shit out?!
Chorus
Dear Stan,
I meant to write you sooner, but I've just been busy!
You said your girlfriend's pregnant now...how far along is she?
Look, I’m really flattered that you would call your daughter that!
And here's an autograph for your brother, I wrote it on a starter cap.
I'm sorry I didn't see you at the show, I must have missed you,
Don't think I did that shit intentionally, just to diss you!
What's this shit you said about you like to cut your wrists too?
I said that shit just clowning dog, come on, how fucked up is you?
Your guys will miss you Stan, I think you need some counseling to help your ass from bouncing off the walls when you get down some!
And what’s this shit about us meant to be together? That's like the shit that will make me not wanna meet each other!
I really think you and your girlfriend need each other,
but maybe you just need to treat her better!
I hope you get to read this letter, I just hope it reaches you in time...before you hurt yourself!
I think you'll be doing just as fine if you just relax a little.
I'm glad I inspire you but Stan, why are you so mad?
Try to understand that I do want you as a fan! I just don't want you to do some crazy shit!
I seen this one shit on the news a couple weeks ago that made me sick!
Some dude was drunk and drove his car over a bridge and had his girlfriend in the trunk and she was pregnant with his kid and in the car they found a tape but it didn't say who it was to.
Come to think about it, his name was...It was you! DAMN.. 
 

One Shot 2 Shot
Текст песни One S hot 2 Shot- Eminem


[Intro]
I told ya'll mothafuckas I was comin back (oh shit)
What now nigga what now (what are you doin'?) what
Proof, the projects nigga
[Chorus- Eminem]
One shot two shot three shots four shots
All I hear is gunshots this is where the fun stops
Bodies drop hit the floor music's off
Party stops, everybody hit the door
somebody's lickin' shots off
[Verse 1- Bizarre]
Security's gone I'm dropped in the club
And I'm tryna run and get my muthafuckin gun
(Nigga what about your wife)
Nigga fuck my wife I'm tryin ta run
and save my muthafuckin life
Oh shit the shooter's comin
Bitches hollerin' niggas runnin
People shot all over the floor
And I'm tryin ta make it to the St. Andrew's door
(shot) Thats the sound of the glock
Even DJ House fucked around and got shot
I done messed around and forgot my tec
I don't see nobody but Fab Five and Hex
[Verse 2- Kuniva]
(Kuniva you aight)
These niggas is trippin'
(Where's Bizarre at?)
I'm tryna slip through the exit
and get to where my car is at
Bitches screamin everywhere and niggas is wildin'
Two minutes ago we was all jokin and smilin
This chick is clingin onto me sobbin and sighin
Sayin she didn't mean to diss me earlier and she cryin
But it's real and it's on and cats is gettin killed
So I hugged her and used her body as a human shield
And she got hit now she yellin
(Don't leave me!)
I told her I'd be right back
and the dumb bitch believed me
I squeezed through the back door and made my escape
I ran and got my .38 I hope it's not too late
[Chorus- Eminem]
One shot two shot three shots four shots
All I hear is gunshots this is where the fun stops
Bodies drop hit the floor music's off
Party stops, everybody hit the door
somebody's lickin shots off
[Verse 3- Swifty]
(I been tryna call you all day
mothafucka where you at?)
I'm on seven mile what the fuck was that
Damn somebody hit me from the back
(With they car?)
With a gat nigga and my tire flat
And I just hit a pole, them niggas some hoes
(Is you hit?)
I don't know but I can tell you what they drove
It was a black Mitsubishi
(Shit that's the clique we beefin wit)
Man (I swear) and I was on my way there
Believe me I'm leavin a carcass today
I'ma park my car and walk the rest of the way
I'm in the mood to strut, my AK ain't even tucked
I'ma meet you at the club we gon' fuck these hoes up
[Chorus- Eminem]
One shot two shot three shots four shots
All I hear is gunshots this is where the fun stops
Bodies drop hit the floor music's off
Party stops, everybody hit the door
somebody's lickin shots off
[Verse 4- Eminem]
I never seen no shit like this is my life before
People are still camped out from the night before
Sleepin outside the door waitin in line
Still tryna get inside the club to see D12 perform
The fire marshalls know, the venue's too small
People are wall to wall
three thousand and some odd fans
And some cum-wad from out the parkin lot
Gets in an argument over a parkin spot
Decides to pull his gun out and let's a few of 'em off
Missed who he's aimin for six feet away's the door
Into St. Andrew's hall
now the strays flyin' all over the place
Sprays one bitch in the face
another one of 'em came through the wall
Before anyone could even hear the first shot go off
I'm posted up at the bar havin a mazel tov
Bullet wizzed right by my ear damn near shot it off
Thank god I'm alive I gotta find Denaun
And where the fuck is Von he usually tucks one on him
Wait a minute I think I just saw Bizarre
No I guess not, what the fuck oh my god it was
I never saw him run so fast in my life
Look at him haulin ass I think he left his wife
There she is on the ground bein trampled
I go to grab her up
by the damn hand but I can't pull her
God damn there just went another damn bullet I'm hit
My vest is barely able to handle it, it's too thin
If I get hit again I can't do it, I scoop deep
Follow Bizarre's path ran through it
And made it to the front door
and collapsed on the steps
Looked up and I seen Swift shootin it out
But I can't see who he's shootin it out with
But Denaun's right behind him squeezin his four fifth
[Chorus- Eminem]
One shot two shot three shots four shots
All I hear is gunshots this is where the fun stops
Bodies drop hit the floor music's off
Party stops, everybody hit the door
somebody's lickin shots off
[Verse 5- Kon Artis]
It's Friday night came to this bitch right
Big ass to my left and Desert Eagle to my right
I ain't come in this bitch to party
I came in this bitch to fight
Although I can't stay here to fight
cuz I'm poppin niggas tonight
Thats right bitches I'm drunk with revenge
Shot a bouncer in the neck
for tryna check when I get in
Swift told me to meet him here
so its clear that the schmuck that
Shot out the back
of his truck is up in this mothafucka
So one shot for the money two's to stop the show
Third's for the bartender
there's plenty of shots to go
(I just wanna know who's drivin a black Mitsubishi)
He tried to run so Proof shot him
in the knee wit a three piece
[Chorus- Eminem]
One shot two shot three shots four shots
All I hear is gunshots this is where the fun stops
Bodies drop hit the floor music's off
Party stops, everybody hit the door
somebody's lickin shots off

Lose Yourself
Текст песни Lose Yourself - Eminem


[Intro]
Look.. if you had.. one shot, or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted.. in one moment
Would you capture it.. or just let it slip? Yo..
[Verse 1]
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
to drops bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
what he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth but the words won't come out
He's chokin, how? Everybody's jokin now
The clock's run out, time's up, over - BLAOW!
Snap back to reality, OHH - there goes gravity
OHH - there goes Rabbit, he choked
He's so mad, but he won't
Give up that easy nope, he won't have it
He knows, his whole back's to these ropes
It don't matter, he's dope
He knows that, but he's broke
He's so sad that he knows
when he goes back to this mobile home, that's when it's
back to the lab again, yo, this whole rap shit
He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him
[Chorus]
You better - lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go (go)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime
You better - lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go (go)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime
You better..
[Verse 2]
Soul's escaping, through this hole that is gaping
This world is mine for the taking
Make me king, as we move toward a, new world order
A normal life is boring but superstardom's
close to post-mortem, it only grows harder
Homie grows hotter, he blows it's all over
These hoes is all on him, coast to coast shows
He's known as the Globetrotter
Lonely roads, God only knows
He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose cause here goes the cold water
These hoes don't want him no mo', he's cold product
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows
He nose-dove and sold nada, and so the soap opera
is told, it unfolds, I suppose it's old partner
But the beat goes on da-da-dum da-dum da-dah
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
Tear this motherfuckin roof off like two dogs caged
I was playin in the beginning, the mood all changed
I've been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
But I kept rhymin and stepped right in the next cypher
Best believe somebody's payin the pied piper
All the pain inside amplified by the
fact that I can't get by with my nine to
five and I can't provide the right type of
life for my family, cause man, these God damn
food stamps don't buy diapers, and there's no movie
There's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life
And these times are so hard, and it's gettin even harder
Tryin to feed and water my seed plus, teeter-totter
Caught up between bein a father and a primadonna
Baby momma drama screamin on her too much for me to wanna
stay in one spot, another day of monotony
has gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail I've got
to formulate a plot, or end up in jail or shot
Success is my only motherfuckin option, failure's not
Mom I love you but this trailer's got to go
I cannot grow old in Salem's Lot
So here I go it's my shot, feet fail me not
This may be the only opportunity that I got
[Chorus]
[Outro]
You can do anything you set your mind to, man

Kill You
Текст песни Kill You - Eminem


[Eminem]
When I just a little baby boy,
my momma used to tell me these crazy things
She used to tell me my daddy was an evil man,
she used to tell me he hated me
But then I got a little bit older
and I realized, she was the crazy one
But there was nothin I could do or say to try to change it
cause that's just the way she was
They said I can't rap about bein broke no more
They ain't say I can't rap about coke no more
(AHHH!) Slut, you think I won't choke no whore
til the vocal cords don't work in her throat no more?!
(AHHH!) These motherfuckers are thinkin I'm playin
Thinkin I'm sayin the shit cause I'm thinkin it just to be sayin it
(AHHH!) Put your hands down bitch, I ain't gon' shoot you
I'ma pull +YOU+ to this bullet, and put it through you
(AHHH!) Shut up slut, you're causin too much chaos
Just bend over and take it like a slut, okay Ma?
"Oh, now he's raping his own mother, abusing a whore,
snorting coke, and we gave him the Rolling Stone cover?"
You god damn right BITCH, and now it's too late
I'm triple platinum and tragedies happen in two states
I invented violence, you vile venomous volatile bitches
vain Vicadin, vrinnn Vrinnn, VRINNN! [*chainsaw revs up*]
Texas Chainsaw, left his brains all
danglin from his neck, while his head barely hangs on
Blood, guts, guns, cuts
Knives, lives, wives, nuns, sluts
[Chorus: Eminem]
Bitch I'ma kill you! You don't wanna fuck with me
Girls neither - you ain't nuttin but a slut to me
Bitch I'ma kill you! You ain't got the balls to beef
We ain't gon' never stop beefin I don't squash the beef
You better kill me! I'ma be another rapper dead
for poppin off at the mouth with shit I shouldn'ta said
But when they kill me - I'm bringin the world with me
Bitches too! You ain't nuttin but a girl to me
.. I said you don't, wanna fuck with Shady (cause why?)
Cause Shady, will fuckin kill you (ah-haha)
I said you don't, wanna fuck with Shady (why?)
Cause Shady, will fuckin kill you..
[Eminem]
Bitch I'ma kill you! Like a murder weapon, I'ma conceal you
in a closet with mildew, sheets, pillows and film you
Buck with me, I been through hell, shut the hell up!
I'm tryin to develop these pictures of the Devil to sell 'em
I ain't "acid rap," but I rap on acid
Got a new blow-up doll and just had a strap-on added
WHOOPS! Is that a subliminal hint? NO!
Just criminal intent to sodomize women again
Eminem offend? NO! Eminem insult
And if you ever give in to him, you give him an impulse
to do it again, THEN, if he does it again
you'll probably end up jumpin out of somethin up on the 10th
(Ahhhhhhhh!) Bitch I'ma kill you, I ain't done this ain't the chorus
I ain't even drug you in the woods yet to paint the forest
A bloodstain is orange after you wash it three or four times
in a tub but that's normal ain't it Norman?
Serial killer hidin murder material
in a cereal box on top of your stereo
Here we go again, we're out of our medicine
out of our minds, and we want in yours, let us in
[Chorus (first line starts "Or I'ma kill you!")]
[Eminem]
Eh-heh, know why I say these things?
Cause lady's screams keep creepin in Shady's dreams
And the way things seem, I shouldn't have to pay these shrinks
this eighty G's a week to say the same things TWEECE!
TWICE? Whatever, I hate these things
Fuck shots! I hope the weed'll outweigh these drinks
Motherfuckers want me to come on their radio shows
just to argue with 'em cause their ratings stink?
FUCK THAT! I'll choke radio announcer to bouncer
from fat bitch to off seventy-thousand pounds of her
from principal to the student body and counselor
from in-school to before school to out of school
I don't even believe in breathin I'm leavin air in your lungs
just to hear you keep screamin for me to seep it
OKAY, I'M READY TO GO PLAY
I GOT THE MACHETE FROM O.J.
I'M READY TO MAKE EVERYONE'S THROATS ACHE
You faggots keep eggin me on
til I have you at knifepoint, then you beg me to stop?
SHUT UP! Give me your hands and feet
I said SHUT UP when I'm talkin to you
YOU HEAR ME? ANSWER ME!
[Chorus]
[first line starts "Or I'ma kill you!", ninth line starts "Bitch I'ma kill you!"]
[Eminem]
Hahaha, I'm just playin ladies
You know I love you

Evil Deeds
Текст песни Evil Deeds - Eminem


(Chorus)
Father please forgive me for I know not what I do
I just never had the chance to ever meet you
Therefore I did not know that I would grow to be
My mother's evil seed and do these evil deeds…
(1st verse)
Mama had a baby and its head popped off (*Echo*)
But mama don't want me next thing
I know I'm getting dropped off (*Echo*)
Ring Ring Ring on the doorbell
of the next door neighbors
on their front porch (*Echo*)
But they didn't want me neither
so they left me on someone else's lawn (*Echo*)
Till someone finally took me in my great
Aunt and Uncle Edna and Charles (*Echo*)
They were the ones who were left in charge
My elementary they'd gang up on me
and sing this song (*Echo*)
It went a little something like
Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb
Debbie had a Satan spawn, Satan spawn
Mama why do they keep saying this
I just don't understand understand
And by the way where's my dad?
(Chorus)

(2nd Verse)
Predominately, predominately,
everything's always predominately
Predominately white, predominately black,
well what about me?
Where does that leave me?
Well I guess that m between predominately both of ‘em
I think if I hear that fuckin word again I'ma scream
While I'm projectile vomiting
what do I look like a comedian to you?
Do you think that I'm kidding?
What do I look like some kinda idi…?
Wait a minute, shit don't answer that
Why am I so misunderstood?
Why do I go through so much bullshit,
it's such bullshit, it's tush mull bish
Woe is me, there goes poor Marshall again
Whining about his millions
and his mansion
and his sorrow he's always drowning in
And the dad that he never had
and how his childhood was so bad
And how his mom was a dope addict
and his ex-wife how they go at it
Man I'd hate to have it as bad as that Mr. Mathers
Claims he had it, I can't imagine it
That little rich poor white bastard needs to take
some of that cash out of the bank
and take a bath in it.
Man if I only had half of it,
shit if you only knew the half of it…
(Chorus)
(3rd verse)
Evil deeds, while I plant these evil seeds
Please release me from these demons
I never had any of this shit
planned mom please believe
I don't wanna be Satan's spawn,
never got the chance to say I'm sorry
Now look at all the pain I caused
Dear Santa Claus
why are you not coming this year again
What did I do that was so bad to deserve this?
Everything could have been so perfect
but life ain't a fairy tale
I'm about to be hoisted up in the air
Forty feet below me there's people everywhere
I don't even know but who feel like they know me
cause I'm in this Ferris wheel
And all I wanna do is go to the mall
and take Hailie on the carousel
Without this crowd everywhere I go
But life is like a merry go round
Here we go now, do-si-do now,
curtains up the show must go now
Ring-around-the-rosy the show's over
you can all go home now
But the curtains just don't close for me
This ain't how fame was supposed to be
Where's the switch I can just turn off and on,
this ain't what I chose to be
So please god give me the strength
To have what it takes to carry on
Till I pass 50 back the baton,
the camera's on, my soul is gone
(Chorus)

Ass Like That
Текст песни Ass Like That - Eminem


Ohh Beeby, The way you shake it
I can’t believe it,
I ain’t never seen an ass like that
The way you move it,
you make my peepee go DOING DOING DOING
I don’t believe it,
it’s almost to good to be true
I ain’t never seen an ass like that
The way you move it,
you make my peepee go DOING DOING DOING
The way she moves, she’s like a belly-dancer
She shakin that ass to the new Nel ly jams
I think someone’s at the door
but I don’t think Imma answer
Police saying, FREEZE... DOING DOING DOING
What do you mean freeze? Please I’m a human being
I have needs,
I’m not done, not til I’m finished peeing
I’m not resisting arrest,
I am agreeing Mr. Officer
I’m already on my knees,
I can’t get on the ground any further
It’s impossible for me,
And do not treat me like a murderer
I just like to pee, pee, pee, Yes, I make R&B
I sing song,
it Ring-a-Chong-a-Ching-Chong-Chong-Ching
Syke, I joke I joke, I kid I kid.
If offend, I’m sorry
Please, Please forgive,
for I am Triumph, the puppet dog
I am a mere puppet,
I can get away anything I say and you will love
The way you shake it
I can’t believe it,
I ain’t never seen an ass like that
The way you move it,
you make my peepee go DOING DOING DOING
Jessica Simpson, looks oh so tempting
Nick, I ain’t never seen an ass like that
Every time I see that show on MTV
my pee pee goes DOING DOING DOIN
Mary Kate and Ashley used to be so handsome
Now they getting older,
they’re starting to grow bum-bums
I go to the movies and sit down with my popcorn
Police saying, FREEZE... DOING DOING DOING
What do you mean freeze? JEEZ I just got my seat
I have ticket, look I put away, my zipper’s zipped
Please do not remove me
from this movie theatre, please
I did not even get to see Mary Kate’s shower scene
I didn’t mean to be obscene or make a great big scene
And don’t treat me like I’m Pee-Wee Herman
This movie’s PG, Mr. Officer,
I demand to see my attorney
I will simple plead innocent,
cop a plea, and be free
Free, yes free, right back on the streets
What you mean my lawyer’s with Michael, He’s too busy?
I am Triumph,
Britney Spears has shoulder’s are like man
And I could say that and you laugh
cause there’s a puppet on my hand
The way you shake it
I can’t believe it,
I ain’t never seen an ass like that
The way you move it,
you make my peepee go DOING DOING DOING
Hilary Duff is not quite old enough
so I ain’t never seen a butt like that
Maybe next year I’ll say ass
and she’ll make my peepee go DOING DOING DOING
The way she moves she dances like a GO-GO
In that video she sings get out your puzzle
I need a new boyfriend, Hi my name is Jo-Jo
Police saying, FREEZE... DOING DOING DOING
What do you mean freeze?
My computers will be seized
And my keys to my ranch. I just bake cookies
Mr. Office, lookie, take a woof of this
Here, I make Jesus juice, take a sip of this
Nobody is safe from me, no not even me
I don’t even know if I could say the word peepee
Pee on the radio but I think I did
Janet is that a breast? I think I just saw a tit
Syke, I joke I joke, I kid I kid.
I don’t think my joke is working
I must flea quick, get to the chopper,
everybody get out
I am not Triumph, I am Aronld, get down
The way you shake it
I can’t believe it,
I ain’t never seen an ass like that
The way you move it,
you make my peepee go DOING DOING DOING
So Gwen Stefani will you peepee on me, Please
I ain’t never seen an ass like that
Cause the way you move it,
you make my peepee go DOING DOING DOING

Criminal
Текст песни Criminal - Eminem

[Eminem]
A lot of people ask me.. stupid fuckin questions
A lot of people think that.. what I say on records
or what I talk about on a record, that I actually do in real life
or that I believe in it
Or if I say that, I wanna kill somebody, that..
I'm actually gonna do it
or that I believe in it
Well, shit.. if you believe that
then I'll kill you
You know why?
Cuz I'm a
CRIMINAL
CRIMINAL
You god damn right
I'm a CRIMINAL
Yeah, I'm a CRIMINAL
[Eminem]
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"
Homophobic? Nah, you're just heterophobic
Starin at my jeans, watchin my genitals bulgin (Ooh!)
That's my motherfuckin balls, you'd better let go of em
They belong in my scrotum, you'll never get hold of em
Hey, it's me, Versace
Whoops, somebody shot me!
And I was just checkin the mail
Get it? Checkin the 'male'?
How many records you expectin to sell
after your second LP sends you directly to jail?
C'mon!-- Relax guy, I like gay men
Right, Ken? Give me an amen (AAA-men!)
Please Lord, this boy needs Jesus
Heal this child, help us destroy these demons
Oh, and please send me a brand new car
And a prostitute while my wife's sick in the hospital
Preacher preacher, fifth grade teacher
You can't reach me, my mom can't neither
You can't teach me a goddamn thing cause
I watch TV, and Comcast cable
and you ain't able to stop these thoughts
You can't stop me from toppin these charts
And you can't stop me from droppin each March
with a brand new cd for these fuckin retards
Duhhh, and to think, it's just little ol' me
Mr. "Don't Give A Fuck," still won't leave
Chorus: Eminem (repeat 2X)
I'm a CRIMINAL
Cuz every time I write a rhyme, these people think it's a crime
to tell em what's on my mind - I guess I'm a CRIMINAL
but I don't gotta say a word, I just flip em the bird
and keep goin, I don't take shit from no one
[Eminem]
My mother did drugs - tar, liquor, cigarettes, and speed
The baby came out - disfigured, ligaments indeed
It was a seed who would grow up just as crazy as she
Don't dare make fun of that baby cause that baby was me
I'm a CRIMINAL - an animal caged who turned crazed
But how the fuck you sposed to grow up when you weren't raised?
So as I got older and I got a lot taller
My dick shrunk smaller, but my balls got larger
I drink malt liquor to fuck you up quicker
than you'd wanna fuck me up for sayin the word ...
My morals went thhbbpp when the president got oral
Sex in his Oval Office on top of his desk
Off of his own employee
Now don't ignore me, you won't avoid me
You can't miss me, I'm white, blonde-haired
and my nose is pointy
I'm the bad guy who makes fun of people that die
in plane crashes and laughs
As long as it ain't happened to him
Slim Shady, I'm as crazy as Em
-inem and Kim combined - *kch* the maniac's in
Replacin the doctor cause Dre couldn't make it today
He's a little under the weather, so I'm takin his place
(Mm-mm-mmm!) Oh, that's Dre with an AK to his face
Don't make me kill him too and spray his brains all over the place
I told you Dre, you should've kept that thang put away
I guess that'll teach you not to let me play with it, eh?
I'm a CRIMINAL
[Interlude Skit]
Aight look (uh huh) just go up in that motherfucker
get the motherfuckin money and get the fuck up outta there
[Em] Aight
I'll be right here waitin on you
[Em] Aight
Yo Em
[Em] What?!
Don't kill nobody this time
[Em] Awwright... god damn, fuck...
(whistling) how you doin'?
[Teller] HI, how can I help you?
[Eminem] Yeah I need to make a withdrawl
[Teller] Okay
[Eminem] Put the fuckin money in the bag bitch and I won't kill you!
[Teller] What? Oh my god, don't kill me
[Eminem] I'm not gonna kill you bitch, quit lookin around...
[Teller] Don't kill me, please don't kill me...
[Eminem] I said I'm not gonna fuckin kill you
Hurry the fuck up! {*BOOM*} Thank you!
[Eminem]
Windows tinted on my ride when I drive in it
So when I rob a bank, run out and just dive in it
So I'll be disguised in it
And if anybody identifies the guy in it
I'll hide for five minutes
Come back, shoot the eyewitness
Then fire at the private eye hired to pry in my business
Die, bitches! Pass this brass pest(?)
Cause Puffy's lucky I didn't blast his ass yet
If I ever gave a fuck, I'd shave my nuts
tuck my dick inbetween my legs and cluck
You motherfuckin chickens ain't brave enough
to say the stuff I say, so this tape is shut
Shit, half the shit I say, I just make it up
To make you mad so kiss my white naked ass
And if it's not a rapper that I make it as
I'ma be a fuckin rapist in a Jason mask
(Chorus 2X)

Amityville
Текст песни Amityville - Eminem


(kill kill kill)
Dahh-dum, dahh-dum.. dum
Dahh-dum, dahh-dum, duh-da-da-da-da
(kill kill kill)
Dahh-dum, dahh-dum.. dum
Dahh-dum, dahh-dum, dumm..
(kill kill kill)
Chorus: Eminem
Mentally illll from Amityvilllle (ILLLL)
Accidentally killll your family stillll
Thinkin he won't? God-damnit he willll (HE'SSSS)
Mentally illll from Amityvilllle
** {HE'SSSS} - on repeats only **
[Eminem]
I get lifted and spit until I'm half-twisted
Feet planted and stand with a grin full of chapped lipstick {*SMACK*}
Pen full of ink, think sinful and rap sick shit
Shrink pencil me in for my last visit
Drink gin till my chin's full of splashed whiskers
Hash whiskey and ash till I slap bitches {*smack*}
Ask Bizzy, he's been here the past six years
Mash with me you'll get in imagine this
Chorus 2X
[Bizarre]
I fucked my cousin in his asshole, slit my mother's throat
{*AHHHHHHHH!*} Guess who Slim Shady just signed to Interscope?
My little sister's birthday, she'll remember me
For a gift I had ten of my boys take her virginity
{*Mmm mm mmm!*} And bitches know me as a horny ass freak
Their mother wasn't raped, I ate her pussy while she was 'sleep
Pissy-drunk, throwin up in the urinal (YOU FUCKIN HOMO!)
That's what I said at my dad's funeral
Chorus 2X
[Eminem]
That's why the city is filled with a bunch of fuckin idiots still (still)
That's why the first motherfucker poppin some shit he gets killed (killed)
That's why we don't call it Detroit, we call it Amityville ('Ville)
You can get capped after just havin a cavity filled (filled)
Ahahahaha, that's why we're crowned the murder capital still (still)
This ain't Detroit, this is motherfuckin Hamburger Hill! (Hill!)
We don't do drivebys, we park in front of houses and shoot
and when the police come we fuckin shoot it out with them too!
That's the mentality here (here) that's the reality here (here)
Did I just hear somebody say they wanna challenge me here?? (huh?)
While I'm holdin a pistol with this many calibres here?? (here??)
Got some registration and just made this shit valid this year? (year?)
Cause once I snap I can't be held accountable for my acts
and that's when accidents happen,
when a thousand bullets come at your house
and collapse the foundation around and they found you
and your family in it (AHHHHH!)
GOT DAMNIT ADMIT IT WHEN HE TELLS YOU

 Всей этой истории было положено начало 17 октября 1974 года с первым пронзительным криком Маршала Брюса Матерса III. И хоть по слухам кричал он долго и пронзительно, и родители его были рады появлению сына, детство его никак нельзя назвать безоблачным - семья постоянно кочует - в Детройте он живёт до 5-ти лет. А с 5-ти до 9-ти в Канзасе. Когда юному Маршалу исполняется 12 лет, его семья окончательно поселяется в Детройте. В 1983 году Дядя Ронни (единственный дорогой человек Эму) даёт ему кассету Ice T 'Reckless'. В этот день Маршал решил, что будет рэпером. C 1986 до 1989 год Эм учиться в Линкольской Высшей Школе. В 1987 году Брюс фанатеет от 2 Live Crew и NWA, не подозревая, что через десятилетие будет работать с Дре. В 1988 году Слим пишет стихи, в которых опускает LL Cool J, хотя это - один из его любимых рэпперов. В этом же году талант Эма был замечен двумя Детройтскими продюсерами, которые называли себя FBA (Funky Bass Team). Услышав его на ночном радиошоу, они позвонили на радио и попросили МС прийти в их студию. 1989 год. Эминема неоднократно избивает школьная братва. В четвертый раз его так сильно отпинали на игровой площадке, что понадобилось 12 докторов и $500, чтобы привести его в порядок. "В "Brain Damage" описываются реальные события (за исключением выпадения мозгов). Эти пацаны без конца били меня. Они запинывали меня до потери сознания. Я учился в четвертом классе, а он в шестом. Песня является отражением реальных событий: Однажды он вошел в туалет, я писал, и он выбил из меня все дерьмо." Но это не самая страшная история. Однажды зимой парень по имени Ди'Анжело Бэйли, пробегая по двору, ушатал меня ТАК сильно, что я упал в сугроб и вырубился. Из моего уха непереставая шла кровь и меня отправили в больницу. Там я 5 дней не приходил в сознание. "Ха Ди'Анжело Бэйли никогда не забуду этого чувака." В 1990 году Эминем учавствует в перестрелке с соседней бандой. В этом же году Эминем начинает регулярно посещать место под названием 'Hip Hop Shop'. "Первый раз в жизни меня начали уважать, когда я добрался до микрофона на Hip-Hop Shop. Я сказал что-то и народ сначала молчал, но потом на меня обрушилась стена из аплодисментов и оваций, она становилась все громче и громче... Я начал ходить туда каждую субботу. Они через каждые несколько месяцев объявляли битвы по фристайлам, и каждый раз я побеждал." (Эминем) В 1990 году застрелился Дядя Ронни. Через 3 года Эм делает себе имя на Детройтской рэп арене. В 1995 году Eminem и DJ выпускают "Soul Intent". В этом же году выходит его малоизвестный альбом 'Infinite'. Одни обвиняют его в копировании NAS, другие коляться над его антивоенными песнями о событиях в заливе. 25 декабря 1995: Его подруга (теперь уже бывшая жена) Кимберли Скотт рожает ему дочь Хэйли Джейд (Hailie Jade ). 1996: 'Infinite' расходится тиражом в 1000 копий. С 1996 по 1998 год Слим работает поваром. В 1997 -ом Рэп - Олимпиада в Лос Анжелесе, Эм занимает второе место. "Когда я проиграл рэп-олимпиаду я был готов убить кого-нибудь. Был приз в $ 500 и ролекс. Меня выселяли из дома и мне были нужны эти бабки" В 1997 году Eminem хочет бросить рэп. "В '97 я наверняка бы бросил рэп, если бы не Дре. Моей дочери был год. Я даже не мог себе позволить купить ей пеленки. У меня не было работы. Меня без конца увольняли. У меня не было диплома. Мне было некуда идти. Когда я выпустил Slim Shady EP я сказал продюсерам: "Если это не станет популярным я уйду из рэпа и постараюсь найти себе нормальную работу". Мы уже собирались переезжать в Лос Анжелес. Я опустился на самое дно. У меня началась депресуха и я конкретно присел на наркоту. Но Дре услышал копию моего альбома и позвонил мне. ТАК Дре спас мне жизнь. Я ему многим обязан" (Эминем). Через год Эм и Дре записывают 3 трека за первые 5 часов в студии. Они готовят альбом 'Slim Shady LP'. 23 февраля 1998 года выходит Slim Shady LP. Благодаря песне 'My Name Is' Эминем становиться всемирно популярным. Эминемомания охватывает весь мир и теперь все знают его имя. Альбом становится трижды платиновым. Удача везде преследует Эма. В 1999 -мо Эм получает 2 премии Грэмми - Лучший рэп композиция (My Name Is) и лучший рэп альбом (Slim Shady LP) 2000 -ый год: Выходит альбом Дре 'The Chronic 2001'. Эм присутствует на 2-х трэках, 'Forgot About Dre', и 'What's The Difference'. 23 Мая 2000: Выходит новый альбом 'Marshall Mathers LP', который в первую неделю расходится тиражом в 1.76 миллиона экземпляров. 7 октября 2000 -ый: Альбом MMLP становится 7 раз платиновым. Сейчас Эминем - самый популярный репер, дико популярный среди тинейджеров. Человек, которому нравится эпатировать публику не только своими песнями, но и поведением, отношением к матери и выходками "в общественных местах". Более того, по его личному признанию, подобное поведение помогает ему писать и петь - "Так я чувствую, что я - это я" - говорит он в интервью, данном одной из Американских газет. На сегодняшний день для Эминема настали тяжелые времена: 30 января концертом в Гамбурге началось европейское турне Эминема. Но и тогда Эминем не изменил себе, и смог крупно удивить всех: в качестве прелюдии зрителям продемонстрировали коротенький фильм о двоих смельчаках, проникших в дом Эминема, за что их лишили жизни с помощью цепной пилы. После чего на сцену выскочил Сам с этой самой цепной пилой и исполнил «I’m Back». Во время исполнения песни «The Way I Am» на сцену вместе с рэппером поднялся Мэрилин Мэнсон. Все декорации шоу были выполнены в виде внутренних комнат дома, где Эминем провел свое детство, потом они превратились в тюрьму. Рэппер сам усадил себя на электрический стул и собственноручно привел приговор в исполнение... Если верить слухам, то все дальнейшие выступления будут не менее шокирующими, а финал - просто убойным. Но его сюжет держится в строжайшей тайне. Но даже после такого начала турне неудивительно, что религиозные круги активно возражают против творческого самовыражения этого прирожденного мастера эпатажа. После откровенных угроз со стороны протестантов, которые были возмущены его текстами, Эминему пришлось увеличить число сотрудников охраны. Теперь он – самая охраняемая звезда. По сообщению газеты «This Is London», вместе с музыкантом, который прилетит в Лондон на следующей неделе, прибудут 50 охранников. В связи с этим артист заказывает во всех трех залах, где он будет выступать, гигантские VIP-комнаты. Для сравнения: у Рики Мартина 30 телохранителей, у Майка Тайсона - 15, а у Леонардо Ди Каприо - 10. В 2002 году вышел последний на сегодня альбом "The Eminem Show". В целом, Eminem остался верен себе: его хип-хоп частушки - это пересказ его же жизненного пути со всеми сопутствующими подводными камнями (ненависть к отцу, проблемы с матерью, женой, полицией, безумная любовь к дочери). Он пошл, но честен в своих высказываниях - что, безусловно, достойно уважения. В сугубо музыкальном плане пластика вышла гораздо сильнее предыдущих работ, поскольку помимо искрометного хип-хопа особого внимания удостоилась инструментальная часть. Каждый трек, благодаря простым гитарным или оркестровым сэмплам, обрел приятные мелодичные очертания, что иногда смотрится довольно обманчиво на фоне внутреннего тестового содержания. Что из представленных композиций станет хитом - угадать сложно: все будет зависеть от рвения цензоров, решающих, пускать ту или иную песню в эфир... а в случае Эминема эта ситуация становится архисложной. Если абстрагироваться от американской цензуры (нам-то что до их проблем), то особого внимания достойны следующие треки: мощный антиобщественный боевик "White America"; грустное послание-извинение Эминема собственной матери "Cleaning Out My Closet", агрессивный рэп "Soldier", трагическое жизнеописание "Say Goodbye Hollywood" (тот самый случай, когда Эминем набил кому-то лицо из-за своей жены); уже раскрученная песня-комикс "Without Me". Конечно, нельзя пройти мимо потенциального хита номер один "Sing For The Moment" c проигрышем из "Dream On" Aerosmith, и вышеупомянутого "Superman". Очень неплохо смотрится дуэт Эминема и его дочери на забавной игре "My Dad's Gone Crazy", ей же посвящена композиция "Hailie's Song". Хотя Эминем на пластинке периодически постреливает из пистолета, глумится и отмачивает невероятно циничные и сатирические непристойности, общее настроение альбома пронизано какой-то уж излишней серьезность и грустью. Львиная доля треков - медленные композиции, что наводит на мысли на постепенном взрослении музыканта. Глядишь, вскоре переквалифицируется и начнет петь какой-нибудь R&B-соул, или еще хуже - рок-н-ролл, и не станет у нашей страны такого надежного союзника в борьбе с пентагоновскими ястребами. Так или иначе, "The Eminem Show" - одно из самых значимых событий в мировой музыкальной индустрии, последствия которого будут будоражить общественность еще долгое время с момента выхода альбома. Eminem Эминема называют «самым известным белым рэппером». Урожденный Маршалл Мэтерс (Marshall Mathers), Eminem появился на свет в городке Сент-Джозеф (недалеко от Канзас-Сити). Свое детство он провел, мотаясь взад и вперед между своим родным населенным пунктом и городом Детройтом, в котором он наконец и обосновался. Ранние годы Эминема трудно считать благополучными – мальчик часто менял школы, а затем и вовсе бросил учебу, чтобы начать зарабатывать деньги. Рэп стал для него средством, с помощью которого можно было бороться с этим миром. В 14 лет Эминем сам начал исполнять рэп, а чуть позже добился определенной известности как участник дуэта Soul Intent. Сольный дебют Эминема состоялся в 1996 году, когда на независимой фирме вышел его альбом «Infinite». Сам Эминем сейчас рассматривает его скорей как демо, но в тот период он был весьма расстроен тем холодным приемом, который получила эта запись. Только для себя самого он начал работать над следующим EP «Slim Shady». Смело вставив в тексты композиций несколько зубодробительных пассажей по поводу местных музыкальных знаменитостей, как, впрочем, и сдобренные отборной матерщиной рассуждения о жизни вообще, Эминем не ожидал, что в сердцах почитателей хип-хопа это найдет такой отклик. Как утверждает Эминем, его «телеги», прочитанные от лица персонажа по имени Слим Шэйди, не были автобиографическими, они просто рассказывали о жизни обычного белого парня в Детройте. Но все, конечно, поняли, что так рассказать об этой жизни можно, лишь пережив подобное самому. Как-то раз, почти случайно, Эминему удалось подсунуть запись «Infinite» представителю организации Rap Coalition. Эта встреча решила все. Рэппера пригласили поучаствовать в проводимом коалицией конкурсе Rap Olympics (1997) в Лос-Анджелесе, где он занял второе место в категории «фристайл». Вдохновленный Эминем взорвался новой порцией текстов. Его композиции зазвучали на радио, а сам он отправился в первый тур. Легенда гласит, что именитый темнокожий рэппер Др. Дрэ случайно обнаружил демо-пленку Эминема в гараже у шефа Interscope Джимми Айовина и сразу заинтересовался молодым талантливым новиком. Однако, согласно фактам, Доктор не подписывал контракт с Эминемом до тех пор, пока тот не победил в «лос-анжелесской битве». Тогда пара начала работать вместе. Др. Дре счел, что композиции со «Slim Shady EP» необходимо переиздать. Так появился на свет «Slim Shady LP» (1999), ставший бестселлером. Популярности диска особенно способствовал успех видеоклипа на «My Name Is», часто крутившегося по MTV. Противоречивые и острые тексты Эминема начали вызывать повсеместные споры. Одни считали, что рэппер вскрывает язвы общества, другие – что он разжигает ненависть к отдельным категориям общества (женщины, геи) и человеку вообще. Одни находили его остроумным и дерзким, другие – грубым и недалеким. Сам же артист по этому поводу высказывался следующим образом: «Я говорю вещи, которые шокирую людей. Но я не делаю вещей, которые шокируют людей. Я не стараюсь стать вторым Тупаком, но я не знаю, сколько я собираюсь пробыть на этой планете. Так что пока я здесь, я стараюсь сделать как можно больше». Между первым и вторым альбомами Эминем успел отметиться на диске у своего учителя – «Dr. Dre 2001». Вторая полнометражная работа Эминема «The Marshall Mathers LP» появилась весной 2000 года и вновь вызывала массу споров. Как явствует из названия, здесь рэппер говорил уже не от лица выдуманного персонажа, а от своего собственного имени. Высокая популярность сопутствовала таким вещам, как «The Real Slim Shady» и «Stan». Последняя (спетая с певицей Дайдо и вышедшая в виде сингла в 2001 году) рисовала как бы «две половинки» Эминема: самого артиста и его среднестатистического поклонника, которому напрочь «срывает крышу». Шокирующий видеоклип на эту песню вновь вызывал массу нареканий. Своим поведением артист только подогревал разгоравшиеся вокруг него страсти: то он набил физиономию мужчине, с которым, как ему показалось, целовалась в баре его жена, то нелестно отозвался о собственной мамочке в тексте одной из композиций (за что родительница подала на него в суд). Против Эминема выступили многочисленные общественные организации. Ассоциация геев и лесбиянок заявила, что будет бойкотировать номинирование Эминема на премии Grammy. Тем не менее, на Grammy-2001 Эминем получил аж три награды, поблагодарив всех, кто воспринял его альбом именно как музыку, а не как повод для скандала.Сейчас занимается продюсированием группы 50 Cent.
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