Eminem was HUUUGE when this came out. The height of his career. Kids after school would rush home to watch TRL just to see his new music video. (There was no KZfaq) Compared to others, 2001 Eminem was bigger than 2008 Lil Wayne, or 2011 Drake, or 2017 Migos. He was at the front & center of the rap industry from 2000 to 2003. 💯

Marshall Mathers LP sky rocketed his fame. Top 5 albums of all time. The articulation, chameleon of flows, intricacy of patterns, top tier schemes..... made emcees fear this mans pen. You may not like Eminem, but you HAVE to respect this mans craft and love for hip hop.

For Em to release this song at the time was magnificent !! Major respect for Em for being real 🫶

I heard this song for the first time on the underground radio station that played on Sat nights. They always dropped new hip hop before the official release and I recorded it on cassette.

Fun Facts: Eminem Becomes First Artist to Have 2 Albums Sell Over 11 Million Pure Copies Each Eminem Is The Only Rapper To Have Platinum Selling Albums In 4 Decades, He’s Also The First Artist Since Michael Jackson To Achieve This Feat. 1. 90s Decade Slim Shady LP 2. 2000s Decade Marshall Mathers LP Eminem Show Encore Curtain Call: The Hits Relapse 3. 2010s Decade Recovery Marshall Mathers LP 2 Revival Kamikaze 4. 2020s Decade Music To Be Murdered By

Eminem has bars for days....top 3 rapper of all time.

Eminem’s lyric has gotten even better as long as he has been in the business and with his age… This man is the g.o.a.t. period.. argue about it,cry about it,but he is period… And people complain he’s too fast or his style has changed…. Dude is dropping lyrical atomic bombs and no even realizes the puns,punch lines and triple innuendos… Eminem is far above any other rapper like he said on the chorus in his song zeus.. He smashes anyone who steps too him with barely any effort r.i.p. too anyone who pisses that man off

I will ALWAYS LOVE this song. It has aged wonderfully. He could release this shit today and it would still be fire. I’m sure people told him he would lose fans over this song but for me it had the opposite effect. I respected him even more for his honesty. Keep going down the Eminem rabbit whole. It’s all 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Portugal here for the Goat Eminem always since day one and forever. Thanks for reacting. Salutes. This song is a massive classic. Worldwide recognizable forever, iconic, legendary. The flow, beat, rhyme schemes etc are crazy. Eminem is raw, true and transparent since day 1.

This is the first song I ever felt emotions through lyrics, and the tone in his voice, such pain. (I literally cried.) I remember sitting in class my freshman year with my headphones on and the Marshall Mathers LP playing in my cd player. 🎶🙏

Im a huge eminem fan and this is one of my favorite songs of his shout out that bro Marshall mathers

I heard a country singer say in an interview one time and I quote “If you can make the consumer feel what you’re feeling, then that’s where great music comes from, the heart!”

Well done. Thanks for finding the unedited versions.

TRL WENT NUTS WHEN DIS DROPED FAM

Em and manson back in the day like late 90s and early 00s were the 2 reigning kings of shock in the music industry.

This is my favorite song of all time not just favorite Em song, favorite song of all time... I love the emotion and constant rhyme pattern he kept and of course that iconic finger scheme 🖕

This song always be in greatest rap songs of history 🔥. Srry for me all em's songs 😂 are greatest

Damn! What an amazing track. This really takes me back to that hype feeling from back in the day.

I started listening to em from when he 1st dropped my name is bk in 1999 still a fan to this day and i still catch bars from bk them that I missed because i was to young to understand the references I’m 35 now and ems took me on one hellava ride big respect from here in 🇬🇧 keep it up

Yall both describing what it's like be a mature rap (eminem) fan. As kids we could rock with the beat and hook but now we can understand and feel the lyrics aswell. It becomes more emotional. Respect frome Ireland 🇮🇪 ✌

I literally can’t hear this song enough. The flow, the emotion, the verbal precision on the beat, lyrical content…next level stuff.

This song shows why em is considered the greatest rapper of all time

This was one of the first tracks by em i heard when i was 13 years old (im 33 right now) ....., to this day its still one of my favourites, the beat, the flow, the lyrics, the rawness, you can just feel this dude's anger on this one ; he fucking went off, not to mention the chorus goes hard

Fun fact...this is the first song that eminem made the beat and produced the song entirely by himself

the hook was a homage to Rakim line from Eric B and Rakim's song "As the Rhyme Goes on" It's Rakim's line "I'm the R, the A, to the K-I-M, if I wasn't then why would I say I am"

And not just what he’s saying but even the tone of his voice you could tell he was pissed;}>

I remember being in high school and going to Hastings at midnight to get this cd. The parking lot was packed with everyone going to get this album. 21 years ago. This album has aged very well. Still holds the record for most units sold by a rap album in the first week. 1,750,000.

I feel like it's rare to see BJ so charged and animated. You were feeling it man, and it's good to see the energy you bring bumped up a bit! Both your reactions were rad! I just realized that if we were to ascribe a celebrity couple name to you two, it could possibly be "ABJ". How funny is that!? PS: Just playin lol. Thanks!

This is when Eminems angry level was 15 out of 10

My favorite Eminem track of all time. The subject matter, the intensity of the tone in the vocal performance, the insane rhyme pattern, the awesome backing instrumental w/ piano (I played piano), sick cadence and flow, and above all else, the powerful, meaningful, razor sharp lyrics (especially referencing kids getting bullied and taking their peers out, and NOW it’s a tragedy because it’s in middle America, when for decades inner city school kids had been dealing with in school violence and no one paid much attention. And the media tries to shift the blame for it onto drugs and controversial artists and their music. BUT WHERE WERE THE PARENTS AT?). Brilliance. Sheer brilliance. A perfect track. It was a brave song to make then, and remains so IMO. And to this day, it still hits as hard and is as fire as the day it dropped. Thanks for doing it. EDIT: the “cocky caucasian” he references is widely believed to be Howard Stern. If you’ve not heard the interview he did with Stern right before The Slim Shady LP dropped and he’d just been signed by Dre, but before he was regarded as an incredible rapper and was still kind of underground, you should give it a listen. It’s cringeworthy. And very apparent that it’s Stern he references in The Way I Am. Eminem did that one interview with him, and Never. Went. Back. In Stern’s most recent book, he sights much regret in how he conducted the interview which resulted in Eminem never returning to the show.

Eminem is the only rapper that has dissed everybody the government, his parents, his fans, and the WHOLE RAP GAME!

Y’all nailed this

It’s not just the lyrics but the flow too…tight

One of my favorites by Em... He just gets better each album

Younger years. Eminem on his prime back then. Well he is on the A list now. Gaining respect now. Lets just acknowledged how great he is as an artist. And still alive in this life time.

this takes me back to 8th grade,.. he was always one of my favorite rappers.. his words stuck with me til this day.

🥰🥰🥰 I remember when it came out

this is my fave em song ever till this day

When I was in highschool this rap video would always get me so pumped to lift or go crazy on people on the football field. It gets you in the zone.

this is my favorite Em song🔥🔥🔥

This song is a classic and he performed this song at the MTV Awards calling out his critics.

I’m right there with you Asia! I didn’t really listen to the lyrics when I was younger either. What’s crazy is that I even remember the words but yet didn’t ever pay attention to what was being said, weird! I was hypnotized 😵‍💫

You guys are awesome! Love the reactions

One of my favorite lines. "Radio won't even play my jam." Haha so he made his own station.

This is evolution. In the late 90s/early 2000s people had a voice and speaking on issues. Stifled and suffocated by main stream and industry. No one is a sell out. We're all trying to get ahead. Ahead of what though? Now we have that real. Tom, Calhoun, Mesus, Topher, Brodnax,...the list goes on and on. Female and male alike! There is more truth now than ever before in 2021. Pick it up people's! #surviving snowstorms. Hahaha

Great answer!!! And you got that black and gold representing da burgh

Man I really wish 2pac and Biggie were still around to do some collabs with EM 🤘

First one here 😃.. Kenya loves you 🇰🇪🙏💞

My favorite KZfaq couple. Love the reaction. Keep doing y’all. From trucking across country. Live the dream.

IMO this video is one of Em's most iconic. People love his Slim Shady videos, but this one to me just hits so hard. Shows all the frustration and drama in his life. Also you hit it on the head. He's a person. And Em wanted to be a rapper to feed his family and have money to get by on. He didn't want to be MEGA famous where he couldn't walk out of his house without being hounded by people. And to this day, he still cannot walk out of his house without being hounded by people, over 20 years later. Because he is THE guy to this day when you think about rap in culture. To me Em was mad at a lot of things. He thought money would fix his problems probably, or at least most of them. Instead it added 100 more problems on his plate it seems like at times. Especially towards the start of his career when he blew up. Plus he's an introvert by all accounts, so it's probably even harder him being in the spotlight that would damn near make anyone break and give up.

I think one reason why he blew up was because he was always 100% real and true to himself. It was a breath of fresh air in comparison to all the fakeness that permeates the industry. He was truly relatable to so many people from all walks of life. And that is something that he has always held on to. He is still humble, even as the best-selling rapper in history. I'm personally tired of all fakeness (just look at whats happening with Diddy), which is why I'm drawn to artists like him, of which there are very few. Anyways, I love your reactions guys, I know im kind of late to the party but I'm glad I found your Eminem reactions.

Got that chorus from Rakim I’m the R the A to the K I M if I wasn’t, then why would I say I am.

There's a good story behind this song too, I don't remember it all that well though. But it was something like this : The Label wanted him to record another song like "My Name Is" because they thought that it will blow up again like the original. Wanted him to do something "pop-ish" I guess. But he was so pissed off about it and all the controversy that was circling him at that time, that he recorded this song instead. And he wrote it on the way to the studio too I guess. Song go hard AF 🔥

You guys deserve more subs. For sure. Keep going.

This is what i miss from Em, the emotion. You can hear the anger in his voice, and the beat goes right along with his anger. Dont get me wrong, the new Em got even better at rhyme schemes, cadence, wordplay, etc.... The only thing hes missing today is the emotion behind his cadence.

Every time I jump ahead to see the music playing and you listening😂😂😂 always ends up on yall talking. Guess ill just sit n watch. 👼🏾

I saw Janet Jackson when I was younger. Could not really miss her in the crowd of fans screaming around her. She was so respectful to them, signing and taking a picture with whoever had a camera (no cellphones with cameras in the 90's) I for some reason could not move towards her. But the excitement was definitely on my face my friend said. I waved when her eyes went across and mouthed "I love you Janet". She walked over to the little group I was in, and gave us all a hug and autograph. Still framed in my office. I think she was more moved over our respect for space, that led her to coming to us. Boys and girls out there......he is speaking the truth. There is a time and place for admiration and asking for an autograph. You show respect to the artist (As I did) it goes a very long way.

Bro your girl is amazing bro. Beautiful inside and out with that amazing smile. All respect bro! You guys are great.

I just subscribed coz I am Stan That's who I'm 😁 eminem reactions everywhere I am Every second , ever minute everyday I am . Till the end we will stay by em .

Respect to the GOAT 👑 🐐

Now when I listened this song I respect this rapper because he is not afraid of saying his word. Now he will be legend in future 🙌👏

@I’m Still Asia congrats on your own channel. Keep Eminem reactions coming

eminem-- sing for the moment please

Same I remember when certain songs of eminem came out and I didn't pay close attention to the lyrics now I'm blown away like wow he is literally a lyrical Kinggg💅🏽🔥🔥

No one talking about the line about the school shootings though. That truth he spit in it about it (was) only covered when it happens in upper class white cities but not when its in the hood

The Goat 🎶🐐👑

The best rapper alive 🔥🔥🔥

Ems songs never gets old. Cant even choose a favorite. ❤️

This is beautiful. It cemented him as, arguably, the greatest emcee.

GOAT. I know that word gets thrown around a lot but em is for real the GOAT when it comes to straight up rapping.

Classic song

Yea I think also with the part about not coming up to him while he's feeding his daughter was a message to the weird fans but also sort of like a way of him trying to put himself on his fans' levels and put himself in their reality, the way they see the world. Going to a regular diner type restaurant may be seen as an every day thing for an average person whereas most people never see them as doing that. I think he was also speaking for a lot of celebrities, even though Eminem was probably one of the most popular figures in early to the mid 2000's, every celebrity deals with this, he just spoke out about it so bluntly in this song. The other side I think he's trying to paint here is that "Look, im just like you, i go out and eat food like a normal person and have a child who I take care of also, why do you bother me and treat me above you, just let me eat in peace like you would with another normal person." I get the nature of being a celebrity, and he knows by being so popular it's going to happen, but I feel like he's also trying to articulate that with this part of the song also. I think he in a way is trying to relate to his fandom, to the average person because like I mentioned, your average person doesn't ever think of Eminem or any celebrity just going out to random places to eat, its almost unheard of. You immediately go to "well he has a personal chef and he never leaves the house" or that he always goes to 5 star restaurants. This song I feel also heavily resonates with Stan, another of his songs, where he wants people to not put celebrities so high on a pedestal and worship and idolize them and treat them like human beings, and the way Eminem does that in this song while also calling out his weird fans has 2 meanings to it.

We get this classic album in audio cassetes and bumpin around,what a classic

That cadence though🖤🖤🖤

Shotout to Eminem for being a real dude and recognizing Marilyn Manson's struggle. They practically ruined his career by using the Columbine shooting to blackball him. That was just criminal.

Everyone knows Em is an asshole fr but thats why most of us love him!!! His talent is undeniable. Great reaction guysss!! God bless you both always. 😘🌹🙏💖💯

That was great how you finish your sentence band directly address her laughing 🤣 that was funny as hell 🤣🤣🤣

Em came up with the beat and idea for this song on an airplane. Wrote the lyrics then went straight to dre when he landed to get the beat out of his head before he forgot. I think this was the beginning of Em producing

A fun reaction is Christina Aguilera song “Will the Real Slim Shady Please Shut Up”. Christina uses The Real Slim Shady beats. This was in response to Eminem’s The Real Slim Shady song when he slams Christina after she put him on blast on MTV.

Eminem's flow in this might be the best I've ever heard. His word play is next level

I think the ending of the MV when Em landing on mattress its like when you tired with constant BS everyday you stand on the edge of your bed and pooof lie down with you face...

this is cool you guys, I never knew there was a video, good job you guys!!

Unending relevance- Look where it’s at Middle America Now it’s a tragedy

One of my favorite songs by him

Y'all should bring out the nostalgia now and then, and go over a bunch of this album...possibly his best album.

The boy that he took the picture with outside the toilet is his little brother Nathan, great reaction 👍

I bet celebrities Fuckin had this song on repeat when it dropped. This and STAN

The where are the parents line hits me the hardest! The biggest problem with today's youth! Where are the parents? What are they doing? It's looking like nothing...kids need structure!

I love all the Em reactions!

My favorite song by him..

*#Eminem** (When I'm Gone)*

@AsiaandBJ Eminem wrote this song for his Stans, critics and media. He debut this song at the MTV VMA’s after he performed The Real Slim Shady song

This beat is amazing I used to have this cd em went crazy on this song

I don't know about it now, but I remember back when this video first came out, at the time I was a freshman in high school and a lot of people I knew didn't get why Marlin Manson was in this music video. I had to tell people at the time both Eminem and Marlin Manson were at the top of the controversy, just for different reasons. this whole verse: "When you don't give a fuck, when you won't just put up With the bullshit, they pull, 'cause they full of shit too When a dudes getting bullied and shoots up his school And they blame it on Marilyn (on Marilyn)... and the heroin Where were the parents at? And look where it's at." I had to remind the people that Marylin Manson was blamed for The Columbine Massacre because of his "violent music" according to the politicians at the time(even though it wasn't the case) and this Album by Eminem came out not that long after the shooting. Both artists were at the top of people's lips and wanted to blame music once again for why a horrible thing happened(because it clearly wasn't the responsibility of parents to be parenting). This wasn't the first time and won't be the last time either music or another form of media to be blamed for something that the entertainer never intended to do by politicians.

This shit still give me chills,damn eminem did that beat too,sheesh

Fun fact: Eminem completed his album then brought it to the label and they said nope you need a single. So he wrote The Way I Am and brought it back to them and said take this s*** b****. They said nope still not taking it so then he made The Real Slim Shady and finally got the album out.😂 He even tried put his finger up at his own label lol

eminem 25 to life. i look at the whole song as a double

This is literally my favorite song of all time

this is my favorite eminem song of all time

Shock value he means ever word. He screams it. Watch the award show of 100 of him walking in singing