First Time Hearing Eminem - "The Way I Am"

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  • @justjsse8917
    @justjsse8917 Рік тому +3752

    Now you know why us "old " guys just aren't impressed by most this generations rap. Love these throwbacks

    • @dr.manhattan7313
      @dr.manhattan7313 Рік тому +155

      yeah its just underwhelming but there are a few bright spots

    • @incredible8310
      @incredible8310 Рік тому +83

      Agreed, but give JID a try. He impresses me every time I hear him

    • @gallupswon
      @gallupswon Рік тому +84

      Haha best comment ever. Eminem definitely ruined other rap for us.

    • @stevonwhite8933
      @stevonwhite8933 Рік тому +47

      Can’t forget Joyner Lucas or Logic for lyrical work today💪🏼

    • @arbelomusic5724
      @arbelomusic5724 Рік тому +27

      You couldn’t of said it better! We are not impressed after we grew up with this 🔥 🔥 🔥

  • @billylarson2974
    @billylarson2974 Рік тому +474

    “Radio won’t even play my jam” is a legendary bar for Eminem because his record label threatened to drop him because his songs weren’t “radio appropriate”. Two days later him and dr Dre dropped this without telling the record label

  • @Jdecook2008
    @Jdecook2008 Рік тому +619

    The opening verse of this song is absolutely epic. His rhyme scheme, cadence, raw emotion, and overall delivery is unmatched. This song gives you the rage he feels in his words, and brings you into his world.

    • @dcg590
      @dcg590 Рік тому +16

      No one has ever matched his cadence

    • @Makaveli13Xroy
      @Makaveli13Xroy Рік тому +9

      So this is one of his earliest songs i heard when i was about 13 years old .... im 35 now and this is still one of the hardest eminem songs to me hands down , the flow the lyrics the anger and raw emotion in his voice will never be matched

    • @Jdecook2008
      @Jdecook2008 Рік тому

      @@Makaveli13Xroy fuck yes, man.

    • @LED816
      @LED816 10 місяців тому +2

      This is probably my favorite song. It’s not his best but I just love it

    • @Escorpio123PS
      @Escorpio123PS Місяць тому

      I feel it

  • @GunplayZae
    @GunplayZae Рік тому +736

    Man if only this younger generation knew about that classic Em. Man’s was so controversial they weren’t playing him on rap radio stations. Em is definitely the reason they enforced the parental advisory on CD’s

    • @hippychick7638
      @hippychick7638 Рік тому +10

      😂Facts✌

    • @basketcas3717
      @basketcas3717 Рік тому +9

      Hell yeah. There are very few white rsppers I like today. Like chris webby is pretty good but he's always talking in his music like their trying to cancel him or about his freedom of speech like it's in jeopardy but literally no ones trying to cancel him or really gives a shit about the content he's putting out as far as being controversial. He's just trying to be infamous like eminem

    • @mr.m42
      @mr.m42 Рік тому +21

      Actually the parental advisory on music was due to Tipper Gore's advocacy back in the 80s. In response to hearing her daughter playing, "Darling Nikki," by Prince

    • @thetej1098
      @thetej1098 Рік тому +4

      @@mr.m42 i came here to say this

    • @topspot4834
      @topspot4834 Рік тому +8

      them parental advisories started with 2 Live Crew

  • @BogMez77
    @BogMez77 Рік тому +861

    “And i rest again peacefully” (RAP) one of the most slept on bars Em has ever said

    • @KarriSimone
      @KarriSimone Рік тому +80

      Damn glad you commented I was asleep lol

    • @rapgod8990
      @rapgod8990 Рік тому +53

      Deym!🤯 Ure a legendary for catching dat bar😮

    • @BogMez77
      @BogMez77 Рік тому +30

      Just doing my part 😂

    • @kaithvision
      @kaithvision Рік тому +43

      🔥🔥🔥🔥 fuck, I’m a die hard fan of em and this bar is craaaaazy, THANKS!

    • @vtrmrl
      @vtrmrl Рік тому +15

      for real man!! I have never seen any reaction channel catching this one, maybe its too obvious, but i've always thought it was one of the best of this track.

  • @jayintee
    @jayintee Рік тому +773

    One of greatest rhyme schemes and flow ever, he went in on this song. He's not only rhyming ON beat but WITH the beat🔥🔥🔥

    • @markmac2206
      @markmac2206 Рік тому +25

      kind of like "Im Back" on this same album. sounds like his words ARE the beat.

    • @careless-minds
      @careless-minds Рік тому +31

      Thats whats so interesting about him. It's like he plays instruments with his words

    • @nicholasheuermann9221
      @nicholasheuermann9221 Рік тому +4

      For real. Used to play this song so many times when the album came out

    • @jeyzeus
      @jeyzeus Рік тому +1

      He produces this beat, so it was easier to create the beat that fits his flow.

    • @jayintee
      @jayintee Рік тому +2

      @@jeyzeus true but he did the same thing with the grinding beat on Friday Night Cypher and forever and countless of others. He just got a good ear

  • @paddyk9632
    @paddyk9632 Рік тому +208

    People don’t realize that back in 99’ 00’ even up to 02’ Eminem was legit censored.
    They wouldn’t play him on radio stations.
    People legit protested him in the streets.
    Congress had a session about him.
    This dude is the best rapper ever. Not only are his bars the hottest, he introduced white people to rap, which in turn made all the black rappers richer.
    🐐

    • @Wickytb
      @Wickytb Рік тому +10

      I feel old that 20something people don't know this :( Eminem is just excellent at his craft. It's ultimately a devil's bargain, nobody has it all.

    • @devankey8498
      @devankey8498 11 місяців тому +3

      White kids were bumping hip hop and gangster rap in the burbs before em was big

    • @paddyk9632
      @paddyk9632 11 місяців тому +10

      @@devankey8498 while that is true, you are making an argument for the exception.
      Before Eminem, if you lined up 100 white kids and asked them what they are listening to, 10% (random number) would say hip hop
      After Eminem if you lined up 100 white kids and asked them what they are listening to 50% (random number) would say hip hop
      I’m not saying you aren’t correct…but what I am saying…is that Eminem exponentially increased the hip hop fan base. He made everyone else more money, thats why people would beg him and pay him millions of dollars to be on tracks with them
      So yeah…I get it….a small population of whites were listening to hip hop….but Eminem is the GOAT because he got middle America kids AND parents to listen, and won them over forever.

    • @TheThugNasty
      @TheThugNasty 2 місяці тому

      They don’t get it… people were in the streets PROTESTING. I still remember all the Karen mothers on the news

  • @WillVrealty
    @WillVrealty Рік тому +205

    33 years old here.. I remember listening to this album at 11 years old and it provided an outlet of everything I was thinking and feeling and couldn't say. It was an experience, therapeutic and rawness that was needed at that time. If you know, you know.

    • @eatmyshorts3147
      @eatmyshorts3147 Рік тому +8

      He was doing shit that no other rapper did before, let alone a white rapper..Em is just a legend lol

    • @judemusyoki7052
      @judemusyoki7052 Рік тому +2

      34 here, it's so warm hearing all these stories that show we were going through the same experience with this music

    • @user-yz4dq4fk1b
      @user-yz4dq4fk1b 11 місяців тому +1

      🤜🤛

    • @gdoubler81
      @gdoubler81 10 місяців тому +1

      I was 18 when this came out. Just started university and was mad stressed. It helped get me through those first 2 years.

    • @xeranu8960
      @xeranu8960 10 місяців тому +1

      Don't know how mom let my big sister get this album, we were going through a rough childhood and we were blasting this shit all the time, Eminem helped me through alot of pain.

  • @thatguyshaq7053
    @thatguyshaq7053 Рік тому +592

    Just to give context, back in Em's prime, the media blamed Em for damn near everything that was wrong with kids at the time. They were on his ass heavy. Politicians came at that man trying to get him banned,

    • @markmac2206
      @markmac2206 Рік тому +24

      thankfully Dre went through the same shit so he could at least lean on him a bit.

    • @413.
      @413. Рік тому +31

      And when he speaks about cocky Caucasians at rock n roll stations asking him those dumb questions hes talking about his infamous howard stern interview

    • @jefflambricks
      @jefflambricks Рік тому

      Yea. It’s art. You go to an art museum and see vaginas painted. Do we say it’s the cause of rape?

    • @Moses255337
      @Moses255337 Рік тому

      Its cus the white suburban parents were getting upset that their little kids were listening to him, and then the government listened to the parents.

    • @TamTranTriZzle
      @TamTranTriZzle Рік тому +41

      And when he's referencing the Columbine Shooting and how Politicians were blaming it on Marilyn Manson (and they blame it on Marilyn) saying the shooters were heavily influenced by Manson's music to the way he dressed etc..."but where were the Parents at? "Middle America, NOW it's a tragedy, NOW it's so sad to see..." Such a great bar referencing the hypocritic nature of society in that shootings happen all the time but no one cares cus it's in poor neighborhoods, black neighborhoods, poverty areas etc... but Columbine was in Suburbia, white middle class neighborhood, so NOW all of a sudden, everyone cares.

  • @manzelllyles1804
    @manzelllyles1804 Рік тому +589

    You all gotta realize both "The Way I Am" and "Stan" came out on the same album, The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000, his 3rd album after his nationwide debut in 1996. He quickly went from rags to riches, but was having issues with his family, with the labels & the government about the content of his songs, and his fans.
    It's no surprise he sounds angry in this song. "Stan" wasn't a true story, but it was based on real experiences Em had. He was one of the first White boys to kill the mic in hip-hop in a big way, and his Caucasian fan base were crazy and happy to have a representative. But think, you'd be upset too if you couldn't take your 5-year old daughter out to eat or you have people sliding notebooks for you to sign while you're trying to use the bathroom. Eminem's early music was crazy, and it produced some crazy fans. He wrote "Stan" about how far some of those fans would go, and wrote "The Way I Am" to tell EVERYONE, _"Look, I appreciate the love, but I am still a real person. Give me some space, or don't be surprised if I pop off on you. Call me what you want; that's the way I am."_ it was a newly-famous guy asking for respect.

    • @theburnout8715
      @theburnout8715 Рік тому +10

      Eminem show was 3rd this was his sophomore lp

    • @JC-hw5en
      @JC-hw5en Рік тому +16

      He dropped Infinite and an album with D12 in 1996 but was relatively unknown to the public. He was on some compilations as well. His nation wide debut wasn’t until Slim Shady LP in 1999 (Aftermath/Interscope)

    • @bend4852
      @bend4852 Рік тому +15

      He's the only rapper I know of to ever diss his own fans. Granted he wasn't dissing his entire fanbase just the overzealous types AKA stans

    • @Thawhid
      @Thawhid Рік тому +4

      Yea I was a lil annoyed when they thought it came out in 2011

    • @brcage
      @brcage Рік тому +3

      @@JC-hw5en infinite was official...

  • @seanhutt4621
    @seanhutt4621 Рік тому +101

    So some of the backstory specifically of the song they'd already wrapped the album and the studio came back saying that they needed a single that he should make another song like my name is and after a 20 minute argument he yelled just f*** it went and sat down in the hallway outside angry and wrote this song in less than 10 minutes
    It came from somewhere real and in my opinion is one of the hardest tracks ever recorded by anyone of any era you feel this man's soul on this track

    • @GreenDope1
      @GreenDope1 Рік тому +8

      If I’m not mistaken he wrote this while on a plane. He had headphones on and it was only the piano loop. Notice how he’s flowing to the piano loop.

    • @dmar5714
      @dmar5714 2 місяці тому

      Yep agreed but I would also put lose yourself In There

  • @4Everlast
    @4Everlast Рік тому +87

    The level of flow, consistency and the amount of flows he gave us thus far is beyond insane. There'll never be another M.

  • @azraelfaust487
    @azraelfaust487 Рік тому +334

    the song wasn't released on 2011, it was in 2000 on his album "MMLP" it's one of the best selling rap albums of all time, the whole album is CRAZY

    • @xbox360gamertag8
      @xbox360gamertag8 Рік тому +30

      It actually is the best selling rap album of all time with over 21 million copies sold. 1.78 million in the first week

    • @marcodelgadilloii5308
      @marcodelgadilloii5308 Рік тому +3

      @@xbox360gamertag8 isn't it the eminem show

    • @tomfoolerey
      @tomfoolerey Рік тому +5

      Used to lay with my head next to the radio speakers and play this album on repeat for months after I got it

    • @jamiebell3965
      @jamiebell3965 Рік тому +3

      Marshall mathers LP 2000 crazy album 🔥

    • @mikeg4960
      @mikeg4960 Рік тому

      @@xbox360gamertag8 I thought OutKast Speakerboxxx was but regardless it’s up there in top 3

  • @anthonylambraia8749
    @anthonylambraia8749 Рік тому +156

    I will never understand if someone says eminem is overrated, its fine if you do not PERSONALLY like his music but his longevity speaks for itself at this point

    • @kalebguidroz5339
      @kalebguidroz5339 Рік тому +4

      Not over rated. Just became really corny.

    • @anthonylambraia8749
      @anthonylambraia8749 Рік тому +7

      @@kalebguidroz5339 that’s fair, not everyone likes all things. I guess it’s more why do people need to attack things that they don’t like personally

    • @kalebguidroz5339
      @kalebguidroz5339 Рік тому +7

      @@anthonylambraia8749 yea I get that. I literally grew up listening to all of his shit. Scouring the internet for unheard or unreleased music. I was definetely a Stan at one point but I just grew out of it. I love pretty much love every album starting at recovery going backwards but anything since recovery has been hard for me to get behind. MMLP2 had its good songs as well.

    • @HowlingWolf518
      @HowlingWolf518 Рік тому +3

      @@kalebguidroz5339 If nothing else, Venom and Survival are pretty tight.

    • @kalebguidroz5339
      @kalebguidroz5339 Рік тому +2

      @@HowlingWolf518 survival was alright venom is pretty much the embodiment of the Eminem I don’t like

  • @tiffanycurtis4794
    @tiffanycurtis4794 Рік тому +48

    ONE OF EMINEM MOST POWERFUL SONGS 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @ChamberedElite77
    @ChamberedElite77 Рік тому +47

    One of the reasons Eminem is so good, is he came up in a time when white rappers, no matter how good they were, were deeply disrespected. Now, Eminem is so good, even those that hated him, had to give him recognition, and admit that he had skill. in my opinion, there will never be an MC again like Eminem. He is in his own class. No MC currently even comes close.

    • @onepunchflan3071
      @onepunchflan3071 Рік тому +2

      I agree he was truly special. He didn't take his own advice though and stop when he started losing his skill.

    • @leon94753
      @leon94753 6 місяців тому

      You are very right

    • @colbywalker5301
      @colbywalker5301 27 днів тому

      @@onepunchflan3071he never lost his skill. It’s still there he lost his substance. I don’t really listen to anything after relapse outside of maybe 5 or 6 songs. The skill is still there though but he’s just not saying nothing, or he’s saying something he’s already said, like rap god,

  • @onpoint315
    @onpoint315 Рік тому +579

    It’s hard…I appreciate their reaction….but man I was front and center when this dropped..this album changed everything. These young cats can never understand…music just ain’t the same the impact back in the day carried me and so many others through real life and a war…. This that shit!

    • @DaDefense08
      @DaDefense08 Рік тому +8

      The dude that keeps saying he didn't know how Eminem like he can't be a fan of Hip hop and not know about Eminem I know he probably young but learn your history bro lol

    • @versatilitymills8620
      @versatilitymills8620 Рік тому +5

      Music still has major impact to people today.

    • @devilinthedarkness4830
      @devilinthedarkness4830 Рік тому +8

      Alot of the younger generation dont even know what MTV is or was, they've only known the reality shows, they don't remember coming home from school with TRL and buzzworthy songs being dropped, even BET was good back then.

    • @kellygriffin8232
      @kellygriffin8232 Рік тому +4

      I remember when this dropped, I was a sophomore in high school and this went like “viral”…. Well if we would’ve had ‘viral’ back then…. 😂

    • @SuperDanman25
      @SuperDanman25 Рік тому +4

      Preach man, preach! When this album came out bro.........bro!!!!

  • @MrSquadup2
    @MrSquadup2 Рік тому +183

    “We All Die One Day” is a MUST!!! Eminem, 50, G Unit and Obie… they absolutely kill Ja Rule and Irv Gotti… it also has one of the hardest verses by Em

    • @marklaprade7705
      @marklaprade7705 Рік тому +1

      Please!!!!!! This song is so hard

    • @FayesFood
      @FayesFood Рік тому +7

      But Banks may have the best verse overall.

    • @marklaprade7705
      @marklaprade7705 Рік тому +1

      Banks was so hard back in the day, bars for days!

    • @gregbrancwash
      @gregbrancwash Рік тому +1

      Wow I just commented this!

    • @MrSquadup2
      @MrSquadup2 Рік тому

      @@FayesFood Banks was EXTREMELY underrated. That whole song is just a verbal annihilation of Ja and his people. The album Invasion pt. 2 Conspiracy Theory from DJ Green Lantern is nothing but Em and G Unit going after Ja’s throat. One of the hardest albums I’ve ever heard. If any of you haven’t heard that album and you’re an Em/G Unit fan you’re missing out

  • @AD-pd3ov
    @AD-pd3ov Рік тому +24

    This is one of his first songs. He performed live at the MTV awards show I think in 2000 and he did this song with Marilyn Manson. They were always getting blamed for teens shooting schools. It was ridiculous!

  • @unintelligentlifeform7180
    @unintelligentlifeform7180 Рік тому +242

    This came out in 2000. It was probably the hottest album that year. I was a kid (middle school) and remember how much heat Marshall got for his music. Politicians, news organizations, and parents were blaming him for all kinds of issues. this song was just an awesome summary of his career up until then. He wanted to be a great rapper...But not famous. He had people trying to set him up for lawsuits. He had family members taking him to court over lyrics. He had radio stations not playing his songs. He was very polarizing and really brought a new crowd into the rap genre. Don't forget...he was a "white" guy trying to make it in rap during a time when gangster rap was still dominating. So this song was just him unleashing and obviously people related to the anger and frustration of the song.

  • @hailsatn6669
    @hailsatn6669 Рік тому +97

    My children, don't know how hard this song hit when it came out. It shocked us to this day!!

  • @jamesspencer6222
    @jamesspencer6222 Рік тому +70

    My favorite bar on here is when he said "I can't top "What My Name Is" the record label was pushing him to make another hit that would top his major track What My Name Is and yet this track did in fact top it. The man seems to reach new limits every time he's pushed into a no way out spot. He adapts but yet never seems to change. 33 now and I remember his first major album slim shady lp and I remember having to hide it from my parents haha

    • @bend4852
      @bend4852 Рік тому +10

      Facts. He was viewed as a gimmick rapper who wouldn't last very long but he proved everyone wrong. He can rap about totally off the wall crazy stuff and he can also rap about some real shit and make motivational music

    • @TonyMontana-ys5xz
      @TonyMontana-ys5xz Рік тому +3

      Slim shady lp haha very strong album
      Destroys most of what is released in the last 10 years for example

    • @MrMaximum91
      @MrMaximum91 Рік тому +4

      Hahaha had multiple Eminem cds smashed by my parents when I was a kid good times lol

    • @marieneu264
      @marieneu264 Рік тому +1

      Yes! I love when artists write songs against their labels. Who’s the girl that sang “I’m not gonna write you a live song”??? She wrote that to protest against her label and it probable became the best song she ever had on the charts.

  • @johnnyTimothyRokket
    @johnnyTimothyRokket Рік тому +10

    Regardless of what people feel about Eminem , this song shows you why he is a legend

  • @royalbry
    @royalbry Рік тому +210

    Love seeing this new generation revisiting classic Eminem

    • @elijahhernandez221
      @elijahhernandez221 Рік тому

      yuh nba yb the new em with the way ppl hate them or love them

    • @bbranco01
      @bbranco01 8 місяців тому

      41 year old over here...I am feel very very old..lol

  • @RobertJ890
    @RobertJ890 Рік тому +242

    You need to react to the whole Marshall Mathers LP it’s probably the greatest rap album of all time, Remember Me and Bitch please 2 are fire

    • @ralphlindie5230
      @ralphlindie5230 Рік тому +6

      drop the likes for this

    • @williamhall3236
      @williamhall3236 Рік тому +1

      Yo bitch please 2 is fire

    • @Sylintlyfe
      @Sylintlyfe Рік тому +2

      Definitely! If they did a live cast running through the album, I'd hella tune in!

    • @RemingtonSteel
      @RemingtonSteel Рік тому +7

      I'd take Eminem Show

    • @kaliboyy7163
      @kaliboyy7163 Рік тому +7

      I have a tough time deciding between the Eminem show in the Marshall Mathers LP. I love them equally I think, and God bless the Slim Shady LP. Those first three albums for the public were absolutely insane. I hate being in my 40s now, but I lived in the best area of hip-hop and I got to see this new man come out the gate, piss off the world, seen him live numerous times, never disappointing me once, loved watching all of the different Politicians and Activists trying to ban him, trying to ban his music from being played, slim prevailed.

  • @samdubb01
    @samdubb01 Рік тому +22

    Eminem had so many hits because he came up in a day where; if you wanted to hear him, you had to buy the whole CD and then you would just stumble onto one gold hit after another. That man is a legend! I remember his first CD that I bought at CD Warehouse.. I had to have my older brother purchase it because it had a “Parental Advisory- Explicit” warning on the front of the album. Lol

    • @ianjohnston8057
      @ianjohnston8057 9 місяців тому

      CDs were big for sure, but Napster was pretty damn big too

    • @samdubb01
      @samdubb01 9 місяців тому

      @@ianjohnston8057 yeah, I never used Napster.. but I did use LimeWire and FrostWire.. is that the same thing?

  • @kzimmerer1
    @kzimmerer1 Рік тому +12

    I remember hiding his CDs from my parents when I was in grade school, specifically after “Cleaning Out My Closet” came out when I was 10 and my mom caught me listening to it. Parents were RAGING because us kids were listening him rip his mom apart in that song.

  • @ocsmo5650
    @ocsmo5650 Рік тому +86

    Fun fact: Eminem’s beginning flow when he comes in is known as an anapaestic tetrameter.
    Whether he did this intentionally shows how knowledgeable on literature he is, or if he did it by accident by just going with the flow is equally as impressive.

    • @goofyahhh254
      @goofyahhh254 Рік тому +20

      he likely knows, but his knowledge of rhyme schemes is the best there is IMO because he obsesses over them. whether he knows what it is called or not, in practice it's all the same. FIRE

    • @FiryaFYI
      @FiryaFYI Рік тому +12

      When writing the song he only had the piano sample on a loop on a tape. and he wrote it while traveling. so he wrote the entire song just by the piano and rhymed to match it.

    • @matthewhyndman88
      @matthewhyndman88 Рік тому +7

      Bro is modern day Shakespeare

    • @mitchelltyler5972
      @mitchelltyler5972 Рік тому +2

      @@matthewhyndman88 He was arguably more partial to iambic pentameter, but I see what you did there.

  • @spursbucswhitesoxfan
    @spursbucswhitesoxfan Рік тому +119

    "And they blame it on Marilyn." He's referring to Marilyn Manson. He even appears for a second or two in the video. Manson was an extremely controversial rock star back then who was blamed for the Columbine school shooting because the shooters were such huge fans of his.

    • @markmac2206
      @markmac2206 Рік тому

      i was just gonna say this was back when school shooting were starting to pop up and here we are still goin through this.

    • @ViNNYDICEnice
      @ViNNYDICEnice Рік тому +10

      The shooters weren't even fans of Marilyn Manson lol, they just blamed him because he had a weird look and the shooters were considered gothic because they wore trench coats.

    • @spursbucswhitesoxfan
      @spursbucswhitesoxfan Рік тому +1

      @@ViNNYDICEnice you may well be correct. Read 2 different articles about it. One said they wore Manson t shirts and the other said they detested Manson's music. I could very well be incorrect about them being fans. I just know that Manson got blamed for it and he said it basically ruined his career.

    • @ViNNYDICEnice
      @ViNNYDICEnice Рік тому +1

      @@spursbucswhitesoxfan Yeah, it was basically the media making shit up because at the time Marylyn Manson was extremely popular and parents were starting to question "what are we letting our kids listen to? Why are we letting them look up to and dress like these freaks" and MM was basically the poster child for it. All the sudden two kids create a plan to shoot up/set bombs off in their school and they were wearing trench coats, so the media and ignorant parents just ran around and tried to blame anything they could and MM was a good headline/scapegoat. The shooters were actually fans of a german heavy metal/rockband called KMFDM. BTW, I'm not trying to blame you for thinking that because it is a wide spread false narrative. I just wanted to let you know the truth.

    • @richiegreen9907
      @richiegreen9907 Рік тому

      Eminem and Manson are actually real good friend

  • @BehindtheBlindz
    @BehindtheBlindz 6 місяців тому +6

    I’m still smiling like a proud parent!! Em is in my top 2 and to see a younger generation… Em is a beast! I’m loving all their Em reaction videos.

    • @kingpiece5705
      @kingpiece5705 27 днів тому

      who's the other one in your top 2

  • @susanconstable2113
    @susanconstable2113 Рік тому +11

    The man is a master at lyrics. He is just insanely good.

  • @tobyfrazier1543
    @tobyfrazier1543 Рік тому +75

    To help y’all understand some history the hook comes from Eric B and Rakim’s song “As the Rhyme goes on” Rakim says “I'm the R the A to the K-I-M ..If I wasn't, then why would I say I am?” He made the I-M sound like I Am which is where Em may have started to learn how to bend words? Maybe?

    • @realvictator3658
      @realvictator3658 Рік тому +4

      Not maybe....Definitely...most def

    • @erickcardena8488
      @erickcardena8488 Рік тому +9

      Em saw Ra spell Kim and had to go in! 🤣

    • @thekiddy4263
      @thekiddy4263 Рік тому

      The geeza’s been manipulating the English language way before that son lol

    • @Hideotic
      @Hideotic Рік тому +2

      And then Eminem’s song inspired Nas on “You’re Da Man” off Stillmatic

    • @aurawolf664
      @aurawolf664 Рік тому +1

      Rakim is the Godfather of Rap. If you want to understand how its done, you start by studying him.

  • @normal-potato05
    @normal-potato05 Рік тому +69

    Absolutely my favorite track by Em, if it’s not, definitely the best track in the *Marshall Mathers LP*
    That Marilyn line, that was a reference to *the Columbine High School massacre controversy.* The media needed a scapegoat to take the blame, and they blamed *Marilyn Manson* for poisoning the mind of the *two teens* (the two shooters) with his music.
    Which is relatable to Eminem
    he also said in the track *Renegade*
    “Or is he the latter, a gateway to escape?
    Media scapegoat, who they can be mad at today”

    • @johnkramer295
      @johnkramer295 Рік тому +1

      Just like the media wanna blame any non-Democrat for school shootings, and not the lack of mental health systems in America.

    • @beetlemondapowerful1542
      @beetlemondapowerful1542 Рік тому +1

      Eminem became my favorite rapper after this song came out

    • @markmac2206
      @markmac2206 Рік тому +2

      and they actually censored his line on Im Back about Columbine. i think thats the only time he had a lid put on him. we know what he said and he did repeat it on Rap God but still its crazy he got censored 1 time even.

    • @neillscott4192
      @neillscott4192 Рік тому

      Well, in all honestly. Marilyn Manson did create a lot of weirdo teens at the time.

    • @normal-potato05
      @normal-potato05 Рік тому +1

      @@neillscott4192 that’s probably true, and I don’t think he’s a very nice person considering all the domestic abuse thing, but I believe he had nothing to do with the Columbine shooting

  • @damian9o7
    @damian9o7 Рік тому +7

    i’m 23 now and i remember when i got my first ipod touch, i bought all of Em’s albums and that’s all i listened to in middle school. I’m glad ppl can still appreciate his music

  • @MonsoonGeek
    @MonsoonGeek 9 місяців тому +4

    The palpable rage that’s seething through in this song still gives me goosebumps.

  • @hyp3rsora
    @hyp3rsora Рік тому +48

    Fam, the chorus “I am whatever I say I am, if I wasn’t then why would I say I am!” … is a shoutout to Rakim’s “As The Rhyme Goes On”: “I'm the R the A to the K-I-M
    If I wasn't, then why would I say, I am”
    Also, this song was dropped in 2000. He’s been this ill for almost 3 decades and he’s ONLY GETTING BETTER! 🙌

  • @Sylintlyfe
    @Sylintlyfe Рік тому +35

    should definitely do "Forgot about dre" eminem wrote the whole song before Dre even made the beat!

    • @ashleyadams5902
      @ashleyadams5902 Рік тому +10

      I was just upstairs listening to my Will Smith CD hahahahha love the video!!!

    • @Sylintlyfe
      @Sylintlyfe Рік тому +1

      @@ashleyadams5902 🤣🤣🤣🤣 classic!!

    • @daniellemcfarland3659
      @daniellemcfarland3659 Рік тому +2

      Agreed! The music video though! Lol

    • @Sylintlyfe
      @Sylintlyfe Рік тому

      @@daniellemcfarland3659 the video is forever classic!!

    • @geraldinekaramjit1850
      @geraldinekaramjit1850 Рік тому +2

      The video is so funny, makes me lol everytime I watch it

  • @chrishaugh1655
    @chrishaugh1655 Рік тому +12

    I feel so blessed to grow up with this music. This is why we "old" people always say no one can ever touch this man.

  • @brandonshifflett7808
    @brandonshifflett7808 Рік тому +14

    This song gives me chills everytime

  • @Thats.So.Trish57
    @Thats.So.Trish57 Рік тому +28

    I got the chance to see Eminem during the tour for the first album and he was amazing then. They gave away the “Hi, my name is” stickers. He jumped in the crowd and doused me with a bottle of water. It was a great experience.

  • @chidorikev
    @chidorikev Рік тому +31

    The Way I am and Stay Wide Awake are definitely not on the same album they are 9 years apart. Y’all should check what album each song y’all react to is off of so you can draw comparison or just peep the similarity in style between songs of the same albums or I mean it would just be good to know lol

  • @r.g.9610
    @r.g.9610 Рік тому +36

    Alright, now I feel old. Because I remember buying this CD and playing this song over and over again. For the record, "The Way I Am" was released back in 2000 and was part of the Marshal Mathers LP. So, to be fair you wouldn't have known the song because you weren't in the 6th grade, you were in a crib or in utero. 😏

    • @lea88pu
      @lea88pu Рік тому +2

      Yeah, we are old for them, but actually we are still young.

  • @m00nchxld8
    @m00nchxld8 Рік тому +8

    Eminem was BIG worldwide back in the early 2000s he blew up so fast INTERNATIONALLY he just connected with all of us youngsters he's the only one who ever dared to diss his wife and mom on a song lol I was 10 when I first discovered his music he got me through some dark times..

  • @timmilligan5264
    @timmilligan5264 Рік тому +2

    As a 54 white guy,I grew up during the beginning of HIP hop and I've been blessed for 42 years of all the greatest rappers ever and its refreshing to see u guys give slim shady his due. Much love

  • @cheezytacos
    @cheezytacos Рік тому +35

    Three songs you have to checkout by Eminem: Darkness, Soldier, and No Apologies. MUST LISTENS

  • @onlyangel7
    @onlyangel7 Рік тому +19

    i was so excited for this reaction omg thank u sm .. i think yall would really like "my darling" "darkness" & "cleaning out my closet"

    • @onlyangel7
      @onlyangel7 Рік тому +4

      wait we should get them to react to fack 😭

    • @jamirys
      @jamirys Рік тому

      Yes really want to see them react to darkness

  • @Eric-ni7po
    @Eric-ni7po Рік тому +5

    It’s fun watching you guys react to these songs. Brings back memories of when I heard them the first time. Keep it up, fellas.

  • @SabrinaLWilliams
    @SabrinaLWilliams Рік тому +9

    This is from 2000 and I can't explain what this meant when it was released. His lyrics and his take on events at the time were real, raw and controversial, nothing like mumble cr@p today

  • @sara.s.s1827
    @sara.s.s1827 Рік тому +49

    ,,Solider” and „Square Dance” are AMAZINGGGG, The bit is crazy as well as lyrics, u will love it i promise

    • @jamiereamer6954
      @jamiereamer6954 Рік тому +2

      Yes!! Business and Say Goodbye to Hollywood are two of my other favorites on that album! The Eminem Show is 🔥🔥🔥

    • @muhammadfadinajib2355
      @muhammadfadinajib2355 Рік тому

      Yes please react to those two songs

    • @NeverNotHoopin
      @NeverNotHoopin Рік тому

      Nothing can top Till I Collapse and White America

  • @ronturner3533
    @ronturner3533 Рік тому +35

    80's Baby Blessed To Witness This In That Current Moment Of 2000. 🤯... I Hope The Kids Understand Some Day How Epic This Is. 🔥

    • @jblue04
      @jblue04 Рік тому +2

      Yes this is real time was amazing. If you weren’t there at the time, new kids don’t understand why he has such loyal fans of ALL races. I say that because people seem to think that black people don’t fck with Em and that’s a major lie.

  • @ohmyDahliasxx
    @ohmyDahliasxx Рік тому +5

    There will never be anyone better lyrically.

  • @eyezpitched
    @eyezpitched Рік тому +4

    It's cool to see you guys discovering these classics. It reminds me of the first time I heard them.

  • @truejohnsolo
    @truejohnsolo Рік тому +11

    I'm a white dude from the suburbs and my older sister was listening to this when it came out in like 2001 and she let me listen to it even though I wasn't allowed to listen to it. I was mind blown at like age 11 and been a fan of Eminem ever since. Even as a kid, I could see the massive impact he had on pop culture.. Like it's hard to appreciate if you didn't live through it. But he was BIG, like probably one of the biggest superstars in the world at that time if not the biggest. He's not kidding when he said they talked about him in the news all the time.
    I love all hip-hop but you can never sleep on Em.. He's undeniably one of the hardest and greatest rappers of all time!

  • @paulius7328
    @paulius7328 Рік тому +41

    If you want some real, raw Eminem you must listen to Soldier by Eminem

    • @matheusgoebel8577
      @matheusgoebel8577 Рік тому +1

      This song is HARD!!!!

    • @vtrmrl
      @vtrmrl Рік тому +2

      facts.. Soldier is my top3 Em tracks, along with the way i am and till i collapse

    • @favoriteofalltimefoat
      @favoriteofalltimefoat Рік тому +2

      The whole slim shady album is as raw as he get thrs no need to skip on that lp lol

    • @aurawolf664
      @aurawolf664 Рік тому +1

      listen to the sound of me spilling my heart with this pen/mfers know that ill never be marshall again/ full of controversy until i retire my jersey/ til the fire inside dies and expires at 30/ lord have mercy on any of these other rappers adverse me/ and put a curse on authorities/ in the face of adversity im a soldier 😤😤😤

  • @thearianmandalorian
    @thearianmandalorian Рік тому +2

    when this track came out back in the day, i was instantly hypnotized by his flow. that shit was and still is an insane track, everything in that track is epicness it self

  • @dayatatime01dengan25
    @dayatatime01dengan25 Рік тому +2

    Legend!!! Thanks for the post guys! Respect is earned which he has done! OG✌️

  • @user-ly7zl9gb7m
    @user-ly7zl9gb7m Рік тому +30

    ALFREDS THEME - EMINEM (Official video). So much word play. Bars for dayssssss
    Edit: just make sure Russ or Ross or whatever his name is, is there. The kid that said Eminem would “disappoint” on Gospel. Em blows Wayne out the water with the word play.. and I’m a Wayne Stan.

    • @lasith747
      @lasith747 Рік тому +1

      THIS YES!

    • @inamfcbb262
      @inamfcbb262 Рік тому

      Naah i don’t like alfred’s theme man

    • @DinkLink
      @DinkLink Рік тому +1

      Yep

    • @Settiis
      @Settiis Рік тому +1

      Definitely something you need your ears tuned in!

    • @inamfcbb262
      @inamfcbb262 Рік тому +1

      @PrynceJ yeah you’re right it has bars but i just don’t like that song , probably my least favorite song of the album

  • @smartjunayd
    @smartjunayd Рік тому +5

    Eminem is literally the king of rhyme schemes, nobody does it better

  • @Sir_blanco1
    @Sir_blanco1 Рік тому

    You guys have a endless catalog of different flows,pockets you never knew of, and the cadences omg!!

  • @cliffmiller2896
    @cliffmiller2896 Рік тому +8

    Bro. Watching this video really gives me the feels. I remember hearing this for the first time when he dropped this and I was like holy shit this is amazing. And all these years later it still bangs. This is good music that will last forever. Eminem is a goat

    • @cliffmiller2896
      @cliffmiller2896 Рік тому

      Also, if you like this song listen to “soldier”

  • @k.h1365
    @k.h1365 Рік тому +21

    Do as the world turns it's nasty! It's Kool watching y'all get excited as I did when I was a kid buying these cds when they came out🔥🔥 I still have every em CD and record

  • @jamesevans7277
    @jamesevans7277 Рік тому +19

    I was 21 when the Slim Shady LP came out and we grew up with Eminem, it's cool to see the younger generations discover the greatness of Eminem ....keep killing it fellas !!

    • @kimreed4468
      @kimreed4468 Рік тому +1

      James. I wasnt 21. But my wedding reception was on 8 mile across from the trailer park when Marshall was 2.

    • @Arabemessi
      @Arabemessi Рік тому

      Bruh ur old af

    • @kimreed4468
      @kimreed4468 Рік тому +1

      @@Arabemessi We're not old.
      We are well versed in classic rock music that came out well before most of you were even born. Need lessons?
      We know lyrics from songs that you've never heard.

    • @jamesevans7277
      @jamesevans7277 Рік тому +1

      @@Arabemessi 🤣🤣 Hey Thanks!

    • @Arabemessi
      @Arabemessi Рік тому

      @@kimreed4468 I pretty much dont care about music tho,it mostly bothers me

  • @TheMathMax
    @TheMathMax Рік тому +1

    #CartierFamily Man you guys freaking rock! I'm in Nova Scotia Canada and the contractor that was here yesterday, we had a discussion about the Cartier Family! Keep it up young men, yall rock!

  • @Snipuh
    @Snipuh Рік тому +5

    What made these songs great is we got to see him getting criticized live over time no matter what he did and accomplished, while he still poked fun at the irony of the others they didn't criticize, so he kept firing at whoever in these songs. They all have a meaning from what was going on. It was fun to watch and so is. Em is that savage champion and he just kept getting better & better 🔥 he literally has NO ceiling. Love it. By the way another really good underrated song was Wale featuring Wiz Khalifa & 2 Chainz called "Rotation" 🔥🔥🔥 I love that song

  • @Sunny-jz3dy
    @Sunny-jz3dy Рік тому +76

    This mans pen is unmatched!!! 🐐 This song is a classic! The way he uses his voice in this...dang!!! Eminem is a student of the game! He was influenced by many rappers! Rakim, Redman, Biggie, Tupac...etc!! I dont remember the whole list he gave...but there were a few!

    • @vtrmrl
      @vtrmrl Рік тому +6

      "it goes Reddie, jayz, tupac and biggie, andre from outkast, jada, kurupt, nas and then me."

    • @willmolina7395
      @willmolina7395 Рік тому +2

      KURUPT , BABY ..I LOVE WHEN HE MENTIONS HIM..KURUPT HAS HAD SOME CLASSICS..

    • @Sunny-jz3dy
      @Sunny-jz3dy Рік тому +1

      @@willmolina7395 💯 at the same time...thats not a complete list either! LL Cool J...& a few others!

    • @inmycreativity5762
      @inmycreativity5762 Рік тому +1

      And Jay-z

    • @kiewe
      @kiewe Рік тому

      "im a product of Rakim, Lakim Shabazz, 2Pac, N.W.A, Cube, Doc, Rey, Yella, Eazy..."

  • @llcoolj8569
    @llcoolj8569 Рік тому +7

    this track was the beginning of Eminem vs the Cheneys, that was crazy. He was the first one to diss them in mainstream and everyone fucking loved it

  • @Lokahi-fo-life
    @Lokahi-fo-life Рік тому +6

    To me he is the greatest lyricist rapper ever. That’s saying a lot, because I’m old and have lived through all the rap eras.

  • @huntercox5000
    @huntercox5000 Рік тому +1

    Love y’alls videos! Thanks for brightening our days fellas

  • @austindowney5581
    @austindowney5581 Рік тому +17

    React to “Darkness” & “Never Love Again” if you want to see master class lyricism on display by both of those entire songs being double entendres.

    • @goofyahhh254
      @goofyahhh254 Рік тому +1

      Darkness and all that are fine they're the newer songs but I feel like they should explore eminem's older catalogue because there are so many songs on there that are slept on and fire that would never make into the mainstream, I believe Darkness was a single too. So yeah, I'm requesting wicked ways ft x ambassadors.

  • @carolyn_kim
    @carolyn_kim Рік тому +81

    You should react to the official music video of “Darkness.” The double meanings and story telling are insane. It literally gave me goose bumps the first time I saw and heard it.

    • @Jaze1618
      @Jaze1618 Рік тому +12

      Yea I hate that they added that disclaimer to the beginning of it now, it ruins the surprise. Hopefully people tell them to skip the first 6 seconds of the video if they react to it.

    • @TheMetallicDr
      @TheMetallicDr Рік тому +3

      Yes!!!

    • @PamelaQuinto
      @PamelaQuinto Рік тому +2

      Yea for sure you have to do the song darkness but the official video
      You have to watch the video so you understand the song.the entire song is
      Double meaning its crazy 🔥 its a must

    • @carolyn_kim
      @carolyn_kim Рік тому

      @@Jaze1618 I didn’t know they added a disclaimer. Ruins the surprise!

    • @nofame688
      @nofame688 Рік тому

      @@carolyn_kim what's the surprise

  • @blarggomatic
    @blarggomatic Рік тому

    I legitimately forgot how great this song was lyrically. Thanks for the nostalgia and eye-opening video!

  • @iGoOLey
    @iGoOLey Рік тому +1

    No doubt 🔥 I remember that "I've got this bullet in this chamber.." was straight fire at that ti.e but eminem is the only rap I can listen to years later with a new perspective 👊 keep up the great work

  • @rebeccalebeck9180
    @rebeccalebeck9180 Рік тому +10

    This is on Marshall Mathers LP, released in 2000 guys....... Still a BANGER! That's crazy. The definition of a classic!💙

  • @jameskavanagh6447
    @jameskavanagh6447 Рік тому +5

    Loving these eminem reactions guys the progression from your bar catching is fast tracking now. .brilliant channel guys🔥🔥🔥

  • @rachelkoiks
    @rachelkoiks Рік тому

    Yessss!!! I love this Eminem period. Brings me back to middle school/high school days

  • @aussie-filo7249
    @aussie-filo7249 Рік тому +4

    I remember Eminem's concert being banned in Australia when I was in highschool!!! Love your reactions, guys!!

  • @Lubenica224
    @Lubenica224 Рік тому +5

    Marshall Mathers LP from 2000 is a Masterpiece this was his rise to the elite rappers that made him to a superstar at this time i remember this like it was yesterday, crazy times back then

  • @Mazinojr
    @Mazinojr Рік тому +10

    No apologies - Eminem reaction please

  • @some_oldsoul1129
    @some_oldsoul1129 9 місяців тому +1

    I grew up with EM, and just want to sincerely thank you 4- Awesome Catz for reviewing this Classic Track. Everyone in that room just ''got it'' , and there's no mistaking it. Take care and stay Blessed ⚡⚡✨✨

  • @katherinenoll9732
    @katherinenoll9732 11 місяців тому

    You guys are so funny!!! It's so fun to watch y'all REALLY hear these things for the first time and react the way we did when were y'alls age!! Thanks so much for this!!! 😍😍😍❤❤

  • @michaelsaylor4903
    @michaelsaylor4903 Рік тому +5

    This song came out in the year 2000. 22 years ago

  • @ryanmichael457
    @ryanmichael457 Рік тому +4

    This is still one of his best songs between the beat & the verse’s! Brings me back to when I first heard this

  • @johnnywishbone1349
    @johnnywishbone1349 Рік тому +1

    Been listening to this many years ago when I was a kid. Seeing youth see how hard this hits still reminds me how great record was

  • @kidchrist35
    @kidchrist35 Рік тому +1

    Love that y'all found this after all this time, this is the song that sold me on Em

    • @mikearon1970
      @mikearon1970 Рік тому +1

      Same... I actually hated him at first, thought he was a joke... then I heard this and was blown away at his lyrical ability and cadence and raw emotion and realized he was something special

  • @jubapxakadze630
    @jubapxakadze630 Рік тому +15

    this is a certified em classic and one of the best songs he has ever done and every one knows it. im glad u will know it too.

  • @danielschnapp6737
    @danielschnapp6737 Рік тому +3

    This was the very first Eminem song I can remember hearing, in the year 2000, I was 8 years old. It was like nothing I ever experienced and this will always be a top song by Eminem. The flow and passion in his delivery is top tier

  • @upchuckslingabinga
    @upchuckslingabinga 8 місяців тому +2

    This song brings old and new raps fans together the raw flow and hard verses and hook the beat is perfect and timeless. It’s a masterpiece I wish he would flow like this more often instead of tryna be fast all the time

  • @bwizzle4194
    @bwizzle4194 Рік тому +1

    I still know every word to this song. I was 17 when this came out I've always been a fan. This kinda solidified him as a great rapper.

  • @jonahxsmitty
    @jonahxsmitty Рік тому +5

    Y’all are slowly becoming my favorite reactors haha

  • @Makaveli13Xroy
    @Makaveli13Xroy Рік тому +3

    this is one of hiis best flows and lyricism to this day, So this is one of his earliest songs i heard when i was about 13 years old .... im 35 now and this is still one of the hardest eminem songs to me hands down , the flow the lyrics the anger and raw emotion in his voice will never be matched

  • @jackiejuarez7595
    @jackiejuarez7595 Рік тому

    Goat 🔥 I will never get tired of his songs been a fan as long as i can remember i have hella respect for him . Hes a real one

  • @rovi.burton.music.
    @rovi.burton.music. 29 днів тому

    this is the first song i remember hearing in my life. i was walking into a Kohl’s… about 7 years old. my friend had his brother’s cd and we were taking turns listening. this song came on and i remember looking down and all the hairs on my arms were standing up. i never knew music could cut through you like that. my life truly has never been the same. music continues to save my life, over and over again, 20 years later. this reaction brought me right back to that Kohls parking lot. haha thank you guys.🪶🎶

  • @blitznac
    @blitznac Рік тому +24

    Amazing reactions this is how I felt 20 years ago listening to it when the Marshall Mathers LP dropped. Would love to see yall react to SOLDIER, RABBIT RUN (No chorus EM just goes in for 3 minutes) from the 8 mile soundtrack and MUSIC BOX (Very similar to 'Stay Wide Awake') murderous Em. All 3 absolute fire tracks

    • @mikeydudek2885
      @mikeydudek2885 Рік тому +1

      His first few albums were the best by far imo

  • @astroplayer74u
    @astroplayer74u Рік тому +3

    one of the hardest flows ever laid. through out the entire song too. crazy

  • @danielschneider3114
    @danielschneider3114 8 місяців тому

    Story behind the music: this song was almost never made! He actually finished the album and turned it into the label, the executives listened to the album and loved it… But said it didn’t have a lead single for the radio. They wanted him to do another “H,i my name is“
    Eminem got pissed off and went in and did this track… turned that in, and the studio love the song, but still said they needed a lead single for the radio!
    He went back into the studio with Dre one more time, and they came out “ the real Slim Shady”

  • @laurih.t.8723
    @laurih.t.8723 2 місяці тому +1

    This is prob one of my favorites of Ems... All his songs, he makes it so lyrically perfect, and his timing and all is like classical music is. There's a style, a progression, changes in rhythm patterns, flutuations in tone and volume and feeling. He's a genius. I finally got my Mom convinced & she's almost 80 years old. But she gets him. Thank you Jesus ☺️😉👍🎶💛

  • @aaronmorton71
    @aaronmorton71 Рік тому +4

    One of the most under appreciated Em songs is Rabbit Run. Y’all need to listen to that!

  • @waltnicholas3291
    @waltnicholas3291 Рік тому +4

    That's the Em we grew up with. He used to stand for Freedom of Speech, independent thought and pushing back against the establishment. I miss that guy.
    "...push this generation
    Of kids to stand and fight for the right to say something
    You might not like this white hot light
    That I'm under no wonder I look so sunburned
    Oh no I won't leave no stone unturned..."

  • @johndymond4596
    @johndymond4596 Рік тому +2

    Middle school was insane when em first came on the scene. Tottaly destroyed a whole generations respect for society lmao . I loved it

  • @joshheadley8976
    @joshheadley8976 Рік тому +15

    If you enjoyed the flow and beat of this song, I bet you'd really enjoy "'Til I Collapse" and "Soldier". Some other fun ones; "Run Rabbit Run", "W.T.P" (White Trash Party), Cinderella Man, just to name a few. Enjoy the ride!