EMINEM WEEK#7 - SOLDIER - EM WAS A THUG?

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4 жыл бұрын

Shocked the hell outta me, Em was in them streets huh?
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@zebrion5793 3 жыл бұрын

Eminem was absolutely about that life back when this was released. He was known for carrying multiple guns around with him because of multiple death threats he was getting. He did a lot of his shows with bullet proof vests under his shirts. This was also around the time he started riding with 50 Cent, and you know 50 was definitely about that life. Em famously caught a case for running up on a bouncer at a club when he caught Kim kissing the dude. The bouncer says Eminem pistol whipped him, but Em said that he punched him and the gun never hit the guy. Either way, he had multiple assault charges, was on probation for a good long time. There are also interviews with people Eminem knew growing up, and he was known for having hands. He grew up as one of the few kids in a mostly all-black area. He got in a lot of fights, and by the time he was in his late teens he had enough respect from people to stop getting beat up just for trying to walk home. As an adult, Em trained in boxing with the same guy who trained Mike Tyson. Eminem knows how to fight.

@ComplexWork 3 жыл бұрын

Love this comment.

@saadsaood7192 3 жыл бұрын

He was also initally supposed to star in southpaw, but the role later went to jake and he just did the music.

@luukdejong4776 3 жыл бұрын

I remember that on the album, this song is being introduced with an interlude of em sitting in a car with his friend and then catching his gf kissing another dude. He them grabs his gun and runs up on them yelling motherfuckerrr! And then the tunes of the song kick in. I even remember the # on the album. Interlude was on #5 and #6 was soldier. Back in the days, the albums you had was the only music you had. Must've listened to that album legit a 1000 times as a kid. Good memories, good music.

@joshuaha7661 3 жыл бұрын

In the early days, and before he blew up with the Slim Shady LP he was known for fighting the fan's. Literally jumping off stage into the crowd to throw hands with someone talking shit/disrespecting him. Dude was wild in his youth lol no joke

@aKaCrowley 3 жыл бұрын

wsnt he in entourage with trick trick also? the gangster from deroid, there`s a story that trick killed someone for eminem wihtout em knowing

@dracosengir 4 жыл бұрын

Eminem changed his perspective when Proof was killed, you don't hear alot of these style raps after that happened.

@TNTYOD 4 жыл бұрын

It's why he went into crazy ass wordplay

@trippleglacks2663 4 жыл бұрын

Em always Had crazy wordplay Before and after proof died.

@hakeemdidas3803 4 жыл бұрын

You hear Tupac in this his last verse I feel like he was singing about pac

@corylyonsmusic 4 жыл бұрын

That's what life and age does...it changes your perspective over time. Even Eminem isn't immune to it.

@d1zturbed221 4 жыл бұрын

Yup, Proof was in my opinion the second best rapper in D12. After he’s death he pulled away from that hardcore gangster, thug, come get me type of life but Eminem was about it. He just didn’t want more of his people dying “when the music stops”.

@barryadcox2710 3 жыл бұрын

Ya'll Must Be Young People. Talking about "he used to be about that" what you think, he sold em all?

@proneinabush882 3 жыл бұрын

Love the forgot about dre reference. Take this thumbs up

@dutchess5753 3 жыл бұрын

Huh?

@jeffrhodes8103 3 жыл бұрын

Cause I been in the lab with a pen and a pad?

@thomstark2473 3 жыл бұрын

Well now he can provide his family with groceries.

@stevemerenu6116 3 жыл бұрын

@@thomstark2473 plaques hanging all through his office and in the back of his house like trophies.....

@Tenchu_87 3 жыл бұрын

"You can smell the lawsuit soon as i waltz in the room." Underrated verse.

@Beau1990 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!

@workieplaysguitar1243 3 жыл бұрын

Who has underrated any verse in this song lol

@xMr_Sebax 3 жыл бұрын

Line

@williswms22 2 жыл бұрын

Everybody halts and stops and calls the cops

@rethabilemogapi8170 2 жыл бұрын

For real😂❤️

@anna-qz5xk 4 жыл бұрын

think Genius explained Soldier pretty well: "Despite his bizarrely violent lyrics, Em never once labeled himself as a “thug” or a “gangsta.” He just had a thing for guns. It was only when his gun altercations of 2000 arose that the media began to apply those stigmas to his reputation." He just accepted that the media would always give him that image. He had always been getting in fistfights & carrying guns, but never claimed to be a gangster. But when he got famous, some ppl took the "slim shady" lyrics too literally & expected him to rly be a murderer Then he was arrested twice & convicted on weapons & assault charges twice in 3 months & the media ran w/ it. Always getting sued or arrested, the police trying to stop his shows, & probably the constant beef w/ other rappers, reached a boiling point. So he's like, I never pretended to be a gangster, but here's how I feel rn. bc u don't have to literally be a gangster to have a "kill or be killed" mentality or to not back down from a fight

@eddude7949 4 жыл бұрын

word

@baronberrat6730 4 жыл бұрын

Em is a real one

@Bond91Swe 4 жыл бұрын

Well it is the first words of the song, it not very hard to comprehend... "Never was a thug, just infatuated with guns"

@anna-qz5xk 4 жыл бұрын

@@Bond91Swe lol..well you'd be surprised @ how many people misunderstand

@porkyorcy1715 4 жыл бұрын

Put it perfectly, gj

@danielolivieri8545 4 жыл бұрын

Em was a wild boy back in the day, now he's a calm storm.

@brandonayong752 4 жыл бұрын

He use to be absolutely wild and carried guns around and have gun problems . That wasn't even his nature though . Just felt forced to act that way because of his celebrity status . I think When proof got shot dead he changed a lot in relation to that

@MonkeyDLuffy60073 4 жыл бұрын

Maturity

@lewisdawson3761 4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure hanging around with 50 had some sort of influence on him

@brandonayong752 4 жыл бұрын

@@lewisdawson3761 no need to go that far . Dr Dre was a real gangster back in the day

@7rueop1n1on5 4 жыл бұрын

Now he's a snowflake

@hunterlawson8889 3 жыл бұрын

It’s not shocked value. “Pistol whip a bouncer 6.2” this is what almost got him a assault with a deadly weapons charge. He had to fight this in court.

@dranzer2545 3 жыл бұрын

Bouncer wasnt 6'2, Guerrera was like 5'4 and stocky and fat

@crimsonsimeon4092 3 жыл бұрын

@HiiiPower lmaoooooooooooo another one

@chris_breezy4961 3 жыл бұрын

@@dranzer2545 different situation bro, not his first time lol

@blessings1015 3 жыл бұрын

Haters are gonna doubt

@haddingtoniangcp2464 3 жыл бұрын

@@dranzer2545 was it the same guerra he referenced in Sing for the moment? "You full of shit too Guerrera. That was a fist that hit you."

@orderofcaligula9716 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that was Eminem. He was about that shit. That's why they took away his rights to bare arms. He was wildin out in his youth but that same energy is what made the youth of that time and to this day gravitate towards him. As he grew older he matured, that maturity you can see reflected in his albums. Plus loosing Proof and nearly dying of a drug over dose pushed him to change. To never be that person again a person who was toxic and he himself hated being. Which is part of the reasons he took what critics did to revival so personally because he had really open himself up and put himself out there on that album. But neither Fans nor the mainstream media gave it a chance they spit on it before listening to it or listen to a few songs and called it garbage. I listened to it and iit wasnt bad but it wasnt his best body of work either it was an okay album. But it also contain two songs which I believe are the crown jewels of his entire career on that album. Castle and Arose are two songs that can't be listen to just by themselves they must be listened to together and you will see what I'm talking about. Anyways yeah that was what young Eminem was about.

@annette2892 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@murdamuzik9962 Жыл бұрын

yea em rolled deep we has down like that before but a lot of his homies were getting killed and we lucky em never got hit

@AGfrom83 4 жыл бұрын

The thing is. This actually isn't a metaphor... He means everything he is saying literally.

@brandonayong752 4 жыл бұрын

And this was on the heels of him actually shooting a club bouncer who was kissing Kim . Even though he was smart enough to take the bullets out of that gun . He will say on cleaning out my closet that it was the smartest thing he did. And that acting that way was dumb and stupid

@lytiabrooks 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely.

@Shadydan05 4 жыл бұрын

Brandon Ayong pistol whipped* but in “sing for the moment “ he said it was his fist, not a gun and yeah he took the bullets out as said in “cleaning out my closet””

@smalltrashman4227 4 жыл бұрын

@@brandonayong752 He didnt shoot him. The bouncer lied and said he had been pistol whipped but eminem just punched him.

@mattkinsman272 4 жыл бұрын

CoDGplays Royce would’ve been fucked up by D12

@Hieillua 4 жыл бұрын

Man Stevie still has a lot to discover about Em.

@kennethflaglerjr3843 4 жыл бұрын

He did say back then he didn't listen to Eminem like that back in the day

@gdvlogz6089 4 жыл бұрын

@@kennethflaglerjr3843 yea but he only listens to the music so he has no context on why he says what he says

@saharawalker500 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the durags and baggy clothes weren't just an image, it REALLY WAS him. He grew up with black people and that's what his friends wore, so of course he did too. And Em comes from the hood, like for real, I wish people didn't forget that so much (that's not directed at Stevie, just in general outside of fans and stans). I just listened to the LL Cool J interview, from Kamikaze, and he said that he would answer the door with a gun pointed in the face of whoever was on the other side. Sorry for the semi-rant :)

@oussamafbilive6456 4 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m810eJShp5nPhWQ.html Eminem WIDE walking 😂😂😂😂

@paudieokeeffe6036 4 жыл бұрын

I knowwww it's great that he like somehow missed Eminem being Eminem getting to watch someone go through what I did growing up as an adult piece by piece song by song is a treat

@alexanderandrew2080 3 жыл бұрын

The Eminem Show is my favorite album! Soldier is definitely one of his most underrated songs

@mante626 2 жыл бұрын

what’s the hardest songs on the album ?

@mante626 2 жыл бұрын

@@Squeekysquid what’s the hardest songs on the mmlp ?

@JoeMama-ci9bd 2 жыл бұрын

@@mante626 the way I am

@mante626 2 жыл бұрын

@@JoeMama-ci9bd gimme 4 more

@grayb8747 2 жыл бұрын

@@JoeMama-ci9bd or Amityville

@BestLoLPlaysDay 4 жыл бұрын

“The Kiss” , "Soldier", "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" from The Eminem Show are all conected. They are all part of a story that starts with "The Kiss" , "Soldier" is the middle one and then finishes with "Say Goodbye to Hollywood"

@kevinli3550 3 жыл бұрын

Snitram360 never knew this.

@Kinobambino 3 жыл бұрын

Really!?

@MeccaVai519 3 жыл бұрын

Yea. Absoluty

@janzenweyi3536 3 жыл бұрын

True

@garyraffa5515 3 жыл бұрын

I nvr put that together. This song wasn’t really a story though. The kiss was made long after, i gotta relisten to them now

@TheKarthikms 4 жыл бұрын

FUN FACT: this track was produced by EMINEM himself.

@sonicsaints1542 3 жыл бұрын

Almost the whole album was produced by him

@Kinobambino 3 жыл бұрын

@@sonicsaints1542 one of my favorite beats too!

@PacMan888 3 жыл бұрын

@@Kinobambino he’s produced hundreds of famous rappers actually

@Kinobambino 3 жыл бұрын

@@PacMan888 I think you replied to the wrong guy

@googol181 3 жыл бұрын

Eminem is one of the best producers ever I ain’t gone lie I like his beats better than Dre some times

@FNAR308 4 жыл бұрын

People forget early 00’s Shady was wild Multiple gun charges, pistol whipped a dude He wanted ALL the smoke

@kollincarpenter4909 4 жыл бұрын

I thought that he actually punched him and the bouncer said that he pistol whipped him

@jamesdoakes4956 4 жыл бұрын

Of course he said that. He caught a felony charge. He was trying to get it reduced that’s why he said in sing for the moment it was a fist...but it wasn’t. I also read a blog back in the day...like 2010...The stans actually tracked down Guerrero online and started clowning him and he told everything that happened trying to make himself look better. He called Em crazy if you search it you can prolly find the whole thread

@kollincarpenter4909 3 жыл бұрын

@Chris Jones OH SHIT YEAH. damn I forgot about that

@2108HD 3 жыл бұрын

FNAR308 big facts

@alexn6060 3 жыл бұрын

@stevie knight

@Thanos1908 3 жыл бұрын

Dog needs to do "Go to sleep" , Em was all about the smoke back then.

@sneakymob8599 3 жыл бұрын

@christian1648 3 жыл бұрын

You gotta think, if you come from the gutter, even if you’re not a “gangster” you have this typa anger and grit and real-ness to you that’ll never leave. This typa music probably came way more natural to Eminem then you’d think 💯.

@theascended8272 3 жыл бұрын

Real shit, don't have to be a Gangster to handle your shit lol

@dutchess5753 3 жыл бұрын

@@theascended8272 EXACTLY!!!!

@emyf9197 3 жыл бұрын

An old interview he said back when he and the D12 crew was so poor. He Had to share one burger w kuniva and while eating he would get so mad he punched the wall bcuz he couldn't get a record deal only bcuz he was white n after he blew up everyone kept saying he was selling records bcuz he was white..

@AutomaticDuck300 2 жыл бұрын

@@emyf9197 that's partly why it's demotivating for people to succeed in their field these days. Because there will always be someone ignorant who says "You only go to where you are because of what you look like." No, I struggled and went through hell to get here.

@emyf9197 2 жыл бұрын

@@AutomaticDuck300 aside from this topic. A lot of times ppl do succed bcuz of certain privileges. Nepotism, race etc When it comes to hip hop n Eminem. I barely see him as a regular white person. The way he talks n carries himself feels different. Bizarre once said tht em is black with white skin. Dre thought em was black until he met him in person. This is why no other white rapper hasn't come close to his level.. They either feel to try hard or tryna imitate him.. Well, R.A rugged man is actually pretty damn good n doesn't come off as wannabe hood. But Em is part of hip hop royalty n only white rapper in it. And he really busted his ass off n in his case white privilege didn't work for him... Only once he started selling under a big label n to get noticed like a light bulb

@Gunit867899 4 жыл бұрын

This is the classic old eminem. No crazy schemes or triples but flow as nasty as ever.

@slomo6054 4 жыл бұрын

Wish he would go back to doing that. It becomes tiresome with a double or triple in every line. Sometimes simple is better.

@pjaoobanderasimali 4 жыл бұрын

@@slomo6054 HE CAN DO THAT WITH CRAZY FLOWS, GODZILLA EXAMPLE LOL, JUST NEED GOOD BEATS NOT LIKE IN BELIEVE, THAT SONG WITH SOME ANGRY GOOD FLOW AND BEAT WITH THAT WORDS WOULD BE MASTERPIECE

@anthonykuykendall4207 4 жыл бұрын

Chill with the caps but Godzilla was garbage

@Deckib 4 жыл бұрын

@@anthonykuykendall4207 nice joke bro

@WarrenGdog28 4 жыл бұрын

Agree Sergiy

@MyWORDisntGospel 4 жыл бұрын

If Stevie’s Eminem horizons are being broadened, we need to get him to listen to Rock Bottom. Em before he was rich. One of the best songs of all time in my opinion. Edit: The drums and production are outdated but the words still hold up. Timeless to be honest.

@robert_5974 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed...I forget about it sometimes but when it pops into the playlist, I'm reminded and it hits a little harder than when I first heard it as a teenager

@adrianfortmoviereviewsbook9821 4 жыл бұрын

Haha. I just left a comment like this. Rock Bottom might be the perfect song. It won't be everybody's favorite, but if you've "been there" you don't forget that song.

@StrangeMuseSick 4 жыл бұрын

That is the song that made me pulled me in!

@adrianfortmoviereviewsbook9821 4 жыл бұрын

@@StrangeMuseSick ...I'd like to see more Tech on here too...

@kennethflaglerjr3843 4 жыл бұрын

That song and if I had one of my favorite em songs

@NKWTI 3 жыл бұрын

Stevie Knight: "Em was a thug??" Eminem, first line of Soldier: "NEVER WAS A THUG, JUST INFATUATED WITH GUNS..."

@jamesyahn 3 жыл бұрын

"Never was a Gangster until I graduated to one."

@washingtonmontenegro7862 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesyahn he literally missed the second line trying to show the first one😂😂

@jasonpietersen8385 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesyahn is it not "graduated through one"? Graduated through Dr Dre

@jamesyahn 2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonpietersen8385 "Never was a thug, just infatuated with guns Never was a gangsta 'til I graduated to one" You can literally just google this shit man...

@jasonpietersen8385 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesyahn what is Google?

@jerryh.7839 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of my all-time favorites from Em. The lyrics are dope. The rhyme scheme is what made me appreciate rap on a whole other level. And the way he rode the beat was next level.

@fcknzs7640 3 жыл бұрын

My favourite Em cadence oat

@doomtho42 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll start by saying that I admit I get incredibly annoyed by all the Eminem stans and the over-the-top circlejerk about how great of a rapper he is - don’t get me wrong, he is absolutely among the top-10, maybe top-5, most technically skilled emcees to ever do it, but he’s not on some godlike level that no one else has ever reached (speaking of others on that same level, I’d start by mentioning Royce - who I would say is the best to ever do it - as well as Black Thought, Aesop Rock, Elzhi, King Los, Andre 3000, Canibus, and Rakim, just to name a few). Having said all that, Em’s performance on Soldier is quite possibly the single-best and most comprehensively flawless of all-time. From the rhyme schemes, syllable placement, and meter to the flow and overall vocal performance, every single aspect could be cited as a textbook example of that technique or skill. The thing I’ve always found most enjoyable and impressive is something he does with the flow, which is how at numerous points throughout the song he uses this alternating dactylic, reverse-dactylic (which has a name of its own but I can’t think of it) meter while rapping in triplets (i.e. each syllable comes as a 1/4-note triplet), which has this really amazing effect of reinforcing both the power and rhythm of the vocals. What I’m referring to can be heard in instances like when he says “got the rep of a villain, for weapon concealing / took the image of a thug, kept shit appealing.”

@w4976. 10 ай бұрын

@@doomtho42i aint readin allat 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@ChrisMiller-oc1hc 7 ай бұрын

I read it fookin fire assessment

@Shady00018 4 жыл бұрын

This is a good gym-workout song too

@tomob5715 4 жыл бұрын

100%

@tmad273 4 жыл бұрын

LOL...This is my Gym-Workout song...sh!t gets you pumped bra!!

@lellienicole 4 жыл бұрын

Yess

@jerretkirouac7038 3 жыл бұрын

Str8 up

@Oldschoolrap91 3 жыл бұрын

Defintely..The whole Eminem show album fits to a good hard workout.

@dsmh1608 4 жыл бұрын

Before this song on the album there’s a skit called “the kiss” It’s him and his mate in his car watching Kim and he sees her kissing a bouncer, so he jumps out the car and runs over to him. The skit finishes there but what happened is MM pistol whipped him with the gun they talk about in the skit. He nearly went to prison for it. He wasn’t a thug but he wasn’t scared to throw fists And back up his friends. Growing up where he did and his situation I’m sure he got into plenty of scuffles

@smalltrashman4227 4 жыл бұрын

He punched him

@tander101 4 жыл бұрын

@@smalltrashman4227 Yeah, that's what Eminem says in Toy Soldiers I think.

@Whyamiherexd 4 жыл бұрын

@@tander101 sing for the moment 👍

@nakibsayyed4999 3 жыл бұрын

Still the most underrated song of Eminem.

@a.k2412 3 жыл бұрын

No apologies too bruh

@HUSTLATHATREPENTED 2 жыл бұрын

I think also “Bad Guy”and “Evil Twin” are the most underrated Em songs

@hotwheelz3643 2 жыл бұрын

@@HUSTLATHATREPENTED untouchable

@Sagnasty17 2 жыл бұрын

And square dance

@ACarter87 3 жыл бұрын

This def ain’t a metaphor or shock value lmao 😂, em had like 3 assault charges during this album lol

@gazman6536 2 жыл бұрын

All Stevie ever says is ‘shock value’

@mante626 2 жыл бұрын

what’s the hardest songs on the album ?

@thiccboii5487 2 жыл бұрын

@@mante626 till i collapse

@jessicamarie42503 2 жыл бұрын

@@mante626 id say my personal favorites are This one, Superman, my dads gone crazy, business and for his softer songs hailies song and sing for the moment.

@k3lv1np97 4 жыл бұрын

This is why nick's "I was looking for him in Detroit" was so hilarious.

@jessicapolce1560 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂forgot about that shit!!! Big facts!!!!💕🎶💯

@stevieb274 4 жыл бұрын

This was definitely real. He got a charge for pistol whipping like he said in a song. Also Jay-z talked about when he gave em a hug in the studio that he felt that em was carrying a gun

@billionsclout7014 4 жыл бұрын

COULD YOU REACT TO THIS TRACK HERE EMINEM FT 50 CENT 50 BE TROLLING LIVE kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZsimZryD0L7cY2g.html

@bmpetrov 4 жыл бұрын

Get him to reacto to DJ Who Kid story in Japan with Eminem.

@dragonofthewhiteflame4987 4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a bulletproof vest?..

@tristant5274 4 жыл бұрын

Bulletproof vest, not a gun

@stevieb274 4 жыл бұрын

Tristan T ok might of been that. I haven’t heard that story since 03. Sorry guys my mistake

@scottydoo29 3 жыл бұрын

This song still gives me chills

@BoredInTheComments 3 жыл бұрын

Me to bro the end of the 3rd verse is legendary!

@dcarroll3686 2 жыл бұрын

@@BoredInTheComments and it's exactly happened !! Full of controversy til I'm 30 til they retire my Jersey !

@grayb8747 2 жыл бұрын

@@BoredInTheComments same bro i get chills everytime i use that part to get my PR's in the gym lol

@-_-thisnameiscreativeasfuc4734 3 жыл бұрын

I just love how Em does his raspy voice

@lance6752 4 жыл бұрын

Em used to be like that but as he got older he became chill. But he used to carry a gun with him everywhere he even beat a bouncer with his gun

@cmoorePB 4 жыл бұрын

It was a fist that hit the bouncer, the bouncer lied and said it was gun. He even address it in a song, "You're full of shit to Guerra, that was a fist that hit you"

@alexlee6995 4 жыл бұрын

@@cmoorePB wow! Makes sense, I never understood that line till now.

@smokeyliver5736 4 жыл бұрын

Alex Lee shit me 2 first notice now

@mattkinsman272 4 жыл бұрын

Chris Moore those are different situations. In one of them he emptied the gun and pistol whipped, and another time was just a punch

@davidrodriguez4291 4 жыл бұрын

after proof got killed he changed

@michaelc3106 4 жыл бұрын

I was in the marine Infantry when this came out...it was such a pump song. I took that to Iraq and back!

@melissaharris6210 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your service, Michael! You’re a true American hero 🇺🇸

@cjdayne3033 4 жыл бұрын

Me too brother. Iraq for me. Till I collapse and this song whenever I was scared or tired

@strong-islandny7799 4 жыл бұрын

Respect 🇺🇸

@azzah771 3 жыл бұрын

Love this tune. I’ve been playing this on repeat lately. I love how he sounds when he delivers the lines he sounds angry. Great driving track

@giusepperesponte8077 3 жыл бұрын

First rap song I truly loved right here. 4 years old my dad played this Eminem show album on cassette in the Cadillac, whenever he let me choose the song I would always stop on this one. The first days of the rest of my life. Birth of a life long rap obsession.

@tiwalterite 11 ай бұрын

Your dad let you listen to this at 4? Lmaooo

@HypaXLink 4 жыл бұрын

Stevie back when he made this song, this is after he pistol whipped a bouncer that he saw kissing kim. The skit before this on the album kinda reenacted it too

@iitalix 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. This actually made big news back in the day cuz he was facing jail time.

@smalltrashman4227 4 жыл бұрын

He didnt pistol whip him he just punched the bouncer.

@mattkinsman272 4 жыл бұрын

Small TrashMan that’s a different situation.

@smalltrashman4227 4 жыл бұрын

@@mattkinsman272 No. Eminem talks about this specific thing in another song

@mssclaudine7397 4 жыл бұрын

Yea he didn’t pistol whip him... the bouncer claims he did... Em says “that was a fist that hit you”.

@anna-qz5xk 4 жыл бұрын

when he says "like my lawyers when the judge lets me off" he's talking about when he was facing 5 yrs in prison & got 2 yrs probation...& so "set me off & I'm violating"..talkin bout violating his probation

@tylersix5956 2 жыл бұрын

His line"spill my life through this pen, mFCKAS know that i will never be Marshall again" I dont care what anybody says thats probably one of his hardest lines to date.🔥🔥🔥

@alysiashunstrom8039 11 ай бұрын

The hardest 2 bars i have ever heard from Eminem (or anybody for that matter) "We don't do drive by's, we park in front of houses and shoot/ and when the police come we fuckin shoot it out with them too!" That shit makes me want to slide on soim (but I don't want to see anybody to get hurt)😂😂😂

@CRGtx325 4 жыл бұрын

This stuff is pretty accurate. I know he’s got gun charges, assault charges, and he did pistol whip a bouncer like he says I’m this song.

@Misslola044 4 жыл бұрын

no this was real hahah I remember like a week after mmlp was released he was arrested for two gun charges! And before he got famous he went to jail with proof but got lucky and the charges were dropped

@mjiles85 4 жыл бұрын

on that album, it is pretty much a story and on the song say goodbye to Hollywood he talks about the situation the led to him almost going to jail. He pistol-whipped the bouncer

@ErmelindoBarreto 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of my workout songs. Portugal here for the Goat Eminem always since day one and forever. Thanks for reacting. Salutes.

@devmarine 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Stevie, I am so glad you did this video. I have been binge watching the hell out of all of your react videos and a few weeks ago I think I watched a video where you said you didn't see much of his old stuff from The Eminem Show. I was going to try to ping you to check out Soldier I use to rock this song all the damn time around 2007-2008 during my workouts while I was in the military. Shit kept me so pumped during my 5 mile runs. I thrived off the energy in this song.

@lisam7951 4 жыл бұрын

This is Em, he is super real and wears everything on his sleeve. Everything changed after Proof was murdered

@isitonpc5299 4 жыл бұрын

Em: "I need a good reason to give this trigger a good squeeze" Stevie: *surprised pikachu face* that reaction was perfect

@zachwatson3954 3 жыл бұрын

Yo homie night I didn't know you was so small you gained muscle my guy .. I didn't know your show back then .. You are one of the best bar breakdown .thanks for being so passionate about music

@OldForrester 2 жыл бұрын

Been vibing with Stevie for a minute, but missed this one. This track stays on my gym list...it just goes so fucking hard. Easy classic.

@JoeMama-ci9bd 2 жыл бұрын

Facts. One of his most underrated and under appreciated songs

@JohnSmith-pg9ns 2 жыл бұрын

There's not any other rapper that I've ever heard that can express himself with so much emotion like anger and artistic talent at the same time as Eminem. Just legendary. A masterpiece

@danielson5182 4 жыл бұрын

“What he say? Listen to the sound the camera makes when?” ...no not quite 🤣🤣

@dedragun 3 жыл бұрын

We knew more about Kim back then than any Kardashian now

@garyraffa5515 3 жыл бұрын

Lol. That was great

@shiskeyoffles 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@unfilthy 3 жыл бұрын

lmao

@majafarkhani87 4 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind this came out when EM was beefing with Benzino and Ja Rule(both of which he destroyed literally ended Ja Rules career). Tupac and Biggie had both been murdered a few years before, plus we didnt have social media so shit seemed more serious.

@omefea8501 3 жыл бұрын

Who needs bullets? When I pull it you sweat bullets. This album/song is so fire.

@zigzac1650 3 жыл бұрын

There's a reason he flipped off the way he did. Flip it upside down and youll see a Detroit sign. Street King's, joy road, exit 9 shit. He's deeper than a lot would think.🤷

@jolenepetersen1685 3 жыл бұрын

My man grew up on joy road and evergreen

@Thorin1300 4 жыл бұрын

Em was on the street. He likes guns. Was in a lot of fights. And was in trouble with the law. But he wasn't like in a gang or selling dope I dont think. I think the closest to that life was when he was hanging out with 50 cent a lot.

@thekiddy4263 4 жыл бұрын

EMINEM FT XZIBIT - DONT APPROACH ME🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@Be_Careful_Bro 3 жыл бұрын

duuuuude

@trutheretic Ай бұрын

this is my favourite hip hop track, nobody spits this raw with that sort of lyrical talent

@ifuckingh8you195 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact. Eminem actually pistol whipped a bouncer 20 years ago or so- it was an event that was covered back in the day. it’s in his lyrics even.

@Blakedecker092 4 жыл бұрын

Listen to “Say Goodbye Hollywood” it’ll explain things pretty well

@Blakedecker092 4 жыл бұрын

He caught a felony charge for assault and a gun charge, he pistol whipped a bouncer Bc he was messing around with Kim at a night club.

@brodieduff9111 4 жыл бұрын

you cant do solider and not do say goodbye to hollywood bruh! They go hand in hand

@bigface834 4 жыл бұрын

That last verse is SUCH an adrenaline rush. I get chills every timeee. Em at his best

@joshuaeason3426 3 жыл бұрын

He was like that for real until Proof was killed, after that his perspective switched up. He didn't wanna lose anyone else

@emyf9197 3 жыл бұрын

I mean being involved with all the thug life shit.. Actually also meant putting his daughter in risk.. And ppl did go far n name her in their diss tracks but u never know ja send ppl after 50 cent n he got shot. Similar could been with ppl going after his kid..

@lazytrav5433 3 жыл бұрын

First it’s was BUGZ

@YourBioDad 3 жыл бұрын

Straight fire! Still bumps in 2021! Transcends time! He’s the king of controversy! He comes after everybody’s throat in the game even back then

@WeabeOfficialMusic 4 жыл бұрын

In 99 a fan kept knocking on his door, so Eminem answered it and put a gun in his face He also put a mask on, kicked down his tour members hotel door and shot blanks all over the hotel at like 3am He also pistol whipped a bouncer he saw kissing Kim Shady was literally crazy back then. He's so calm these days.

@ahmedhamatto6711 4 жыл бұрын

Eminem - legacy Eminem and d12 - quitter Eminem - run rabbit run Eminem - cinderella man Eminem - evil twin TI ft. Eminem - all she wrote Eminem - fack (eminem said it's one of his favourite songs , it's different and hilarious but not bar heavy , but you'll enjoy it)

@solamente8233 4 жыл бұрын

All but fack lol

@ToxicBottledOstrichNostrils 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I don’t see him liking Fack either

@ToxicBottledOstrichNostrils 4 жыл бұрын

But good list!

@charlesroberts8838 4 жыл бұрын

You settin him up with fack 😂😂

@tristant5274 4 жыл бұрын

Em hates Fack

@josephpepe3138 3 жыл бұрын

Yo youre my boy bro...love your reaction videos and youre hilarious

@YaThat. 2 жыл бұрын

" I spit the illest shit ever been dropped in a two inch" might be the most underrated line in the history of music

@dannygoodlet8840 4 жыл бұрын

"Never was a gangsta till I graduated to one" He didn't start out with that shit, but being around it so much, turned him fast. Not a literal gangster, but a badass. Everything else, is either true or he sincerely believes it.

@mookiestewart3776 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a great way to show white people how circumstances can lead to certain outcomes, I’ve been trying to explain to my white friends for years and they didn’t get it until I used em in context

@Hussman493 2 жыл бұрын

@@mookiestewart3776 Yeah. I grew up around this and I learned how to defend myself fast after getting roughed up a few times. I didn't take that path in life like my dad. I got the hell out when I got older. Many people will never understand growing up like that.

@FiryaFYI 4 жыл бұрын

Before Proof died, Em was a gangsta.. even the law took a shot at him lol

@widdsyb9380 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of my best em songs

@RieeBellaHoney 2 жыл бұрын

I've been a fan of Eminem since 1998/1999..I was like 13/14 years old. Still a fan. So being a fan since the beginning, I've lived through his wild years, arrest, beefs, growth, etc...just about all of it as it was going on at the time. I know his discography, and I'm glad you're getting to know it too. The different types of songs he has. Did you hear all of the songs for his daughters?. Ems softer side as a father who loves his daughter Hailie is one of the reasons I love Eminem. It got better when he included her cousin Alaina (who is Kim's sisters child) and Whitney (who is Kim's from a relationship after him). Has custody of them. He's a father to all 3. I just love that. And his songs for them are some of my favorite..gets me emotional. He also had legal custody of his younger half brother Nathan.

@gamerclips1882 4 жыл бұрын

There’s videos on KZfaq’s with interviews of people who used to be around EM. All of them say the same thing of how EM was about it and didn’t fuck around. Obviously he grew up and changed how he acted and got out of that life

@lance6752 4 жыл бұрын

I knew he was gonna love the beat lol

@ALCALIN26 3 жыл бұрын

Best song.. my favorite. Still listening

@sonnykamu3640 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite songs to this day

@JPFitnessPro 4 жыл бұрын

EVEN ROYCE SAID EM USED TO BE CRAZY. HAD A TEMPER AND SHIT. EM WILL THROW DOWN IF HE HAS TOO

@AnthonyfromtheD 4 жыл бұрын

Beat is fire on this song! Em produced it too which is crazy..

@caligreen4208 2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad to see someone like you speak on em and how gangster he be , he’s a genius

@jacobberry3149 3 жыл бұрын

Mr..Stevie Knight and syllable hollic are the best at actually breaking down bars!

@mikelangelo5022 4 жыл бұрын

Em: “Full of controversy until I retire my jersey / 'Til the fire inside dies and expires at thirty” Me: Well that went out the window!

@boooozeed 3 жыл бұрын

@Mr.OLiVER Not sure about getting better! He's definitely got better when it comes to technique-metaphors. but in other aspects, it didn't get better! like when it comes to content and beat selection. I should mention the beats on MTBMB were 🔥🔥

@AndreiSaulea00 3 жыл бұрын

@@boooozeed he did got better, he improved his wordplay (marsh, you gon learn), got crazy ass flows(little engine and also marsh), fast rap like crazy(godzilla) and still got that deep content(no regrets, darkness). He is better than ever, but people won´t give him credit nowadays bcz they either feel to nostalgic about his old stuff or they just can´t catch the bars bcz tbh his new stuff it´s pretty complex

@TheAbstracteD 3 жыл бұрын

@@AndreiSaulea00 couldnt havre said that better myself, and the comment above you is the proof. Downplaying a goat like that casually.

@pjbpiano 3 жыл бұрын

@@boooozeed what other aspects did he not get better?

@boooozeed 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheAbstracteD lol Eminem is my fav' and I believe he's the best! it's just I'm not a "yes man" and like everything he puts out 😉

@adrianfortmoviereviewsbook9821 4 жыл бұрын

Royce tells stories that Em used to hop off stage into an audience just to beat someone down.

@hechpee 4 жыл бұрын

his ex body guard said it was standard for EM any time he is having a concert lol

@CaddyJim 3 жыл бұрын

The *Yo, Left, Yo, Left, Yo, Left, Right, Left* that you like was also at the beginning of *(Till I Collapsed)*

@allycat2836 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I was trying to remember which other em song I heard this on.

@AnthonyfromtheD 2 жыл бұрын

CLASSIC BEAT/SONG!

@kconrad83090 4 жыл бұрын

yup this is a two parter (well 3 counting the skit "Kiss"), Say Goodbye to Hollywood is the second part

@phillyphil7786 4 жыл бұрын

He was about that life back then and his team. Like everyone we all grow as the years go by

@joshfreeman5488 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think anyone truly grows up man, I think our circumstances just change a little. We have more to fight for but more to lose.

@jessegreenberg8042 3 жыл бұрын

Dude watchin you react to this gave me chills like I got the day this album dropped.

@VMX8658 2 жыл бұрын

I use to listen to this before wrestling matches. Definitely put me in the right mood.

@noerivas4343 4 жыл бұрын

“Gangsta? Nah. Courageous balls!”

@mikelangelo5022 4 жыл бұрын

‘Had to change my style, they say I’m way too soft.’ 🔥

@mrsandilemafuba3338 4 жыл бұрын

Reference from "guts over fear" Eminem ft Sia

@aGChaos1 4 жыл бұрын

Bless! Stevie thanks for all the vids man. You’re always on point with posting & just dope!

@stevie.knight 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you man, we working!

@readytoscratch7275 3 жыл бұрын

Eminem is as real as they come. When a stalker broke into his house last year and his security was asleep, he went to face the man himself no body guards. The song was about when he pistol whipped someone that was hooking up with Kim in which he caught a case for weapon possession.

@xxxod 3 жыл бұрын

false! Eminem woke up to the home invader standing over him and he thought it was his nephew. He asked why he was there and the home invader said he was there to kill him. Eminem knew he was mentally disturbed so he escorted him outside to security. It was nothing major.

@G-Doyle 3 жыл бұрын

@@xxxod false! Eminem was actually sleep walking and was found by his security team but they escorted him back to bed and tucked him in.

@Kinobambino 3 жыл бұрын

@@G-Doyle False! Eminem ate too many choco buddy's the night before and dreamed it all 🍫

@vilifyahuman 3 жыл бұрын

@@Kinobambino false, Eminem does not sleep.

@georgeioskay2022 3 жыл бұрын

Rahhhh never seen anyone break down eminems songs the way you do! Keep it real fella!

@mikemontana1990 4 жыл бұрын

Stevie knight. Glad I found your channel. You’re my favourite breakdown channel. Keep up the good work my dude!

@Porter81 4 жыл бұрын

He was living that life at the time. Check out his court cases. He really cracked that bouncer.

@superse245 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite gym songs. Dope dope dope

@LurqN- 3 жыл бұрын

This song just shows that Eminem is a perfect example of “you become the environment around you” this isn’t a shot at anyone or race or whatever. It’s true you become by what’s surrounded by you. When proof died ems perspective changed. God bless him.

@jamessenz5372 4 жыл бұрын

We As Americans - Eminem Square Dance - Eminem 25 to Life - Eminem

@zoranthian2901 4 жыл бұрын

I love it when he just lets rappers know yall better lace up those boots and get to walking because to see me you have a long road ahead. Your going to take what I have to give kinda attitude.

@xoswatson351 4 ай бұрын

Ahhhhhhh one of my fav em songs -

@mariomanov8453 8 ай бұрын

Love Angry Em flows + great lyrics, beats(here he is constantly good),True story song..😊

@jxstified7558 4 жыл бұрын

There is a story of eminem shooting a gun in a hotel room in japan when he was around the yakuza. Look it up.

@romanpapec6735 4 жыл бұрын

It was an airsoft gun.

@jxstified7558 4 жыл бұрын

@@romanpapec6735 yeah mb it was an airsoft gun apparently

@romanpapec6735 4 жыл бұрын

It is still a fucked up thing to do in a hotel 😅

@shirairyu4209 4 жыл бұрын

Bro come on Get that psychopath killer reaction

@MalculmX 4 жыл бұрын

This whole album is full of bangers. You should do Square Dance. This was the song that made Em my favorite rapper.

@DarrenHalesing 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite mnm songs

@Shaolinmike1994 4 жыл бұрын

This one is a gym banger

@GIZZLEon6s 4 жыл бұрын

Been a minute since I’ve heard this one! Stevie diggin in this week.. 💪🏽💪🏽

@MrTyler189 3 жыл бұрын

I have a bad memory but I think this was back when eminem was beefing alot so I'd say he did carry a gun on his person at all times

@jmpoutalakazam2006 3 жыл бұрын

Em was around some pretty serious guys for a bit there I know he got caught packing a few times