Fiction? The couple are happy to see each other tonight, but songs like 97 Bonnie and Clyde make it clear that times are not always this tranquil. "But I don't want it. alum-turned-producer who is regarded as a deity in hip-hop circles. Mit mir willst du dich nicht wirklich anlegen, glaub's mir, Der einzige, dem ich vertraue, bin ich selbst, [Snoop] Das macht der Teufel, die wollen es immer drauf anlegen, Ich bin hier der Oberboss, ich schau genau was du machst, Dich findet man tot in deiner Garage, das kommt dann in den 10-Uhr-Nachrichten, Das ist doch toll, denn ich schaue hinter die Kulissen, Deine winzigen Lungen sind zu klein, um mit Gott zu hotboxen, Jetzt mal im Ernst, wenn du uns quer kommst, Steh ich ber dir mit 'ner Pumpgun, den Finger am Abzug, Mich kriegst du hier vielleicht im Leichensack raus, aber niemals in Handschellen, Also wem willst du vertrauen? I'm gonna be a rapper one day, you know. He had never enjoyed The love they got is so genuine, its ridiculous. From new Composers Corner contributor, Steven Bruno: -Steven Bruno is a 22 year I was walking home from my boys house, through the Bel-Air Shopping Center, he recalls. Mathers told the magazine that her son was telling tales "for publicity." I thought thats what they wanted. But they didnt when Mathers returned the next day, his shoes were still stuck in the mud. So he checks out--blows off school and gets wasted with whatever drug he can get his hands on. An autographed glossy of Dre that reads, Thanks for the support, asshole (mirroring Shadys autograph in My Name Is) is on a wall, as is the album art from the Shady EP. I like working out in L.A., but I wouldnt want to live there. Pissed all over myself. Translations (c) by me. Fine. I'm just a criminal makin' a livin' off of the world's misery What in Its not how I feel in general, its how I feel at that moment. After the first round, he yells, Just give it to the white boy. The call was a life saver. Marshalls father moved to California. "You listen to the record and you hear 'bitch' on the record, it's like obviously this guy's been through some [expletive]. The guy who gets beat up in the bathroom, keeps flunking the same grade and can't even keep a $5.50-an-hour job. Hi, Marshall, answers his former manager, Pete Karagiaouris. "As twisted as it may be or as imaginative as I want to put my stories, there's always truth in what I say. You've got to live it. He thought his friends were expletive-ing with him. He came in wearing just his socks and. Sales were boosted by the hype: Eminem is the protege of Dr. Dre, the N.W.A. We was having fun. But what happened depends on whom you ask. A stray bullet flying through the kitchen window and lodging in the wall while Kim was doing dishes wasnt the worst of it they had been adopted by a crackhead. I dealt with a lot of shit coming up, a lot of shit, he says. Like its predecessor, "The Marshall Mathers LP" is packed to bursting with sturdy hooks and infectious beats. He really looked like he was going to cry, Rosenberg says, nodding thoughtfully. ", These days, the phrase "country pop" is usually taken to mean "country that sounds like rock." Much has been made of the color of Eminem's skin--whether it matters, whether it explains why MTV played his "My Name Is" video so much or why his debut album has sold more than 2 million copies. The 50 Worst Decisions in Music History Was geht, Cousin? Timothy White, the youngest victim and last survivor of a notorious California kidnapping saga whose rescue offered hope to parents of missing children, has died. This issue is available online in Rolling Stones digital archive. Were he just some cartoon monster, his albums would be easy to dismiss and ignore. Me and Proof used to skip school together because we always was, like, you know, all we wanted to do is rap. I didnt talk for days, he says. Their relationship has been volatile all the more so since their daughters birth. Eminem is already a bona fide star, the type not likely to play a club this small again. They might be right. Im going to jail tonight! He launches into Scary Movies, the B side to the independently released Bad Meets Evil single, and the audience raps right along. Soon enough he was ready to test his skills by sneaking into neighboring Osborne High School with his friend and fellow MC, Proof, for lunchroom rap throw-downs. But theres always gonna be conflict there., Em says Hailie has heard his record and loves it, but he knows shes too young still to get much more than the beats. Fuck him., The single mother and her sons (Ems younger half-brother, Nathan, was born in 1986) were one of three white households on their block. He left the peanut butter, jelly all the shit out and didnt steal nothing, Em says. And now, three months later, despite the fact that hes never headlined for any length of time, the rapper has been offered slots on every summer tour except CSNYs. ', Their first day in the studio, the pair knocked off My Name Is in about an hour, and as much as that song proved that Em is a brother from another planet, they were just warming up. Then youre dead for three days. Following Timmy's month-long abduction, he was able to move on and start fresh. Timothy White (January 25, 1952 June 27, 2002) was a noted American rock music journalist and editor. ", "Brain Damage," for example, revisits the time Eminem took a beating in the school bathroom. He is a Baltimore Ravens fan and loves movie theater popcorn. The neighborhoods we lived in fucking sucked, Kim says. "How many of you are more [expletived] up than I am? Ems shot of Bacardi arrives; he slams it, gets another and goes off to talk to the Gilberts former co-workers. MTV couldn't get enough of the video for the album's first single, "My Name Is," and repeatedly aired a short promo in which such established hip-hoppers as Missy Elliott talked him up. Thats what we do when Im in the studio with Dre. Dr. Dre on E? ", Not exactly good taste, but when was the last time pop culture's edgier provinces were defined by civility? He signed his first major-label record deal in 1999, and has since released countless albums, and starred in multiple Hollywood films. He had a cerebral hemorrhage and was in and out of consciousness for five days, his mother reports. and Shady with Doggy from Long Beach, Came a long way to makin' these songs play, It'll be a wrong move to stare at me the wrong way, Sometimes it's like a nightmare just bein' Andre, Hello nigga, you know about Dogg-ay (Snoop Dogg), And show 'em where the fuck I'm comin' from, I get the party crackin' from the shit that I be spittin', son, Hit-and-run, get it done, get the funds, split and run, And I love all of 'em the same, bang-bang (Word up), Damn, baby girl, what's your name? People are gonna stop relating to me. In fact, that pop appeal is part of the reason Eminem gets away with so much, since even the most outre comments seem a little less noxious when greased by a smooth groove and hummable chorus. Trending At the top of the shit list was his grade-school nemesis, DAngelo Bailey. Hes also the only artist to have nine albums consecutively debut at #1 on the hit charts. As soon as I grabbed the mike, Id get booed, Eminem recalls. We were fuckin fucked.. I say some funny [expletive], but take me serious as an artist and as a human being.". On a chilly Friday night in New York, he emerges bleary-eyed from the bathroom in his managers office. Man, everything can be going so right, Rosenberg says, sipping his beer. Permission granted for use in documentaries and non-commercial / educational / charity productions with proper attribution (see my profile for details). Downstairs awaits Eminems partner in rap, Royce the 59, who looks to be about that and has seven people of his own in tow. Eminem and his on- and off-stage sidekick Proof exchange glances and shake their heads. I'm gonna rap. When Eminem heard that "some guy who calls himself a doctor" called, he couldn't believe it. In a Rolling Stone profile this past spring, Eminem and his mother, Deborah Mathers, presented conflicting versions of his upbringing. Hey, nice to meet ya, he says. It was like White Men Cant Jump, says Proof, now an account executive for hip-hop clothier Maurice Malone. The above is an article from the April 29, 1999 issue of Rolling Stone. Especially considering how catchy the song is. He didnt say that! ' Ems mom denies all of the above. He gonna end up marrying her. "She's probably gonna go, "Yeah, Dad' when I put her in a Lamborghini, a Mercedes when she's 16. Eminem has similarly conquered MTV: Since the January release of the wise-ass video for My Name Is, he has been on the network more than Carson Daly. Eminem was stone-cold broke, and the struggle to make it in hip-hop had been daunting--he had to be twice as good because he's white, he says. He frequently accuses his mother of neglect, but someone raised him to excuse himself. On his new album, 'Jackman,' Jack Harlow says he's 'striving to be the hardest white boy' since Eminem. "I need years of therapy," he says. These predominantly white kids know every word, every nuance, and cant get enough. But I never knew if he was any good at it I listen to Greek music., You know what, Paulie? Em says, smiling mischievously. So here is Eminem in all his obnoxiousness, which is bad--but not half as bad as you might think. (Hehe) Willst mir was antun? It's kind of like, I might need this, but [expletive] it. Eminem surveys the sweating mass before him. A minute later theres a knock on the window and one of Royces posse gives Em the first of the three hits of ecstasy he will consume over the course of the night. You shitted on these niggas two times, Dr. Dre? Thats how I knew it was racial. Em was saved by a white guy who pulled over, took out a gun and drove him home. On a wall near the kitchen is a flyer titled Commitments for Parents, which lists directives like I will give my child space to grow, dream, succeed and sometimes fail., Hailie settles down on the floor with a stuffed polar bear as Kim prepares her bed. Ich bin blo ein Krimineller, der sein Geld verdient, Mit dem Elend der Welt - was auf der Welt gibt mir das Recht, Zu sagen, was ich mchte und rumzulaufen und allen den Stinkefinger zu zeigen, Das Stadtleben zu leben wie ein weies Kind aus der Vorstadt, Das nachts davon trumt, mal seine Mutter anzuschreien und Plne schmiedet, davonzulaufen, Lauf von zuhause weg und sei irgendwann so fies wie ich, Ich will nur, dass ihr alle mir Aufmerksamkeit schenkt und dass die Leute sehen, Dass irgendwo tief in mir ein anstndiges menschliches Wesen steckt, Man kann's nur nicht finden, deswegen ist der Grund dafr, dass ihr dieses Ich von mir seht, Der, dass dies so ist, wie ich jetzt bin, derjenige, der seit neuestem gemein ist, Also wenn ihr mich seht, wie ein Nerd gekleidet im Fernsehen, Oder hrt, wie auf der CD das Wort "Schwuchtel" so freimtig verwendet wird. Have a [expletive] tape.