Lose Yourself writer: New Zealand ad is ‘blatant rip-off’
Bass, who wrote the guitar riff for Eminem’s Lose Yourself, testifies in the High Court in Wellington about the development of the song with co-writer Luis Resto, who replaced some of the guitar elements with keyboards in order to remove some of the rock feel of the song without losing the hip hop tone.
I picked up a guitar and started playing that opening guitar chord. At that time, I didn’t know if it was a song or not. It took [Eminem] a number of months to author the perfect lyrics that were just right for the beat…It really developed in a little studio we had set up in his trailer [when he was filming 8 Mile].
He denies the chords sound like Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir and says that while he’d heard the chords played before, he’d never heard them in that particular rhythm– by putting an accent on the third beat he says it was as if he was playing guitar and drums at the same time.
The intention was to create a tense, hypnotic feeling. It starts playing, and never goes away. Along with that drum beat, it actually will hypnotize you, where you are feeling that something’s going to happen.
When asked about the National Party’s song:
It’s a blatant rip-off…[It sounds like] Lose Yourself Lite…It doesn’t taste so good, though.
Eminem lawsuit against New Zealand political party begins
A New Zealand court hears opening arguments in a copyright trial taken by Eminem’s music publishers against the National Party, the county’s largest political party. A judge and nine lawyers listen to Lose Yourself, the track that the publishers claim was used on a 2014 political ad without permission. The party has previously said it purchased the track through an Australian-based supplier and doesn’t believe it has infringed anyone’s copyright. Eminem’s lawyers tell the court that the National Party had wanted a song that was edgy and modern but showed the party was dependable, and quoted from National Party emails, which described the song as an Eminem “sound-alike,” and said:
I guess the question we’re asking, if everyone thinks it’s Eminem, and it’s listed as Eminem Esque, how can we be confident that Eminem doesn’t say we’re ripping him off?
Eminem’s lawyers say that the artist does not allow his music to be used for political purposes of any kind. The trial is expected to last six days.
Farrakhan, Eminem meet
In an over 2 1/2-hour dinner in Eminem’s Detroit hotel room, Farrakhan talks about the responsibilities that stars like Eminem have toward society to influence people positively. Spokesperson:
It was a beautiful discussion. Eminem was engaged. His manager (Paul Rosenberg) was engaged. It was a great time and experience…[Farrakhan talked to Eminem about] using his influence and using his power through rap music and hip-hop culture to influence people positively, so our children, our youth, can grow into more positive humans.
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‘It just breaks my heart’
1 CommentsEminem apologizes for his offensive lyrics in his new single Guts Over Fear, less than a week after a preview of his single Vegas, where he raps about raping Iggy Azalea, leaks. Guts Over Fear lyrics:
It just breaks my heart to look at all the pain I caused. The pain spawns all the anger on, but it wasn’t until I put the pain in song, learned who to aim it on, that I made a spark.
Responds to Eminem lyrics
Azalea responds to lyrics in the song Vegas which apparently refer to raping her:
‘It’s especially awkward because my 14-year-old brother is the biggest Eminem fan and now the artist he admired says he wants to rape me. nice!
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Responds to Eminem’s ‘rape whistle’ lyrics
Iggy Azalea responds via Twitter to a leaked snippet of Eminem’s new song Vegas, which asks her to put away ‘the rape whistle’. Leaked lyrics:
Unless you’re Nicki/grab you by the wrist let’s ski/so what’s it gon be/put that s**t away Iggy/You don’t wanna blow that rape whistle on me.
Iggy Azalea’s Twitter response:
its especially akward because my 14 year old brother is the biggest eminem fan and now the artist he admired says he wants to rape me. nice!
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) November 20, 2014
Guts Over Fear
0 0 Rhonda Rhonda2014-11-01 15:40:032014-11-14 19:26:22Guts Over FearIce Bucket Challenge: Eminem, Mr. Porter, Rihanna
Eminem accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and nominates Mr. Porter and Rihanna, both of whom accept the challenge on stage as well as Rick Rubin.
Ice Bucket Challenge: Eminem
Eminem accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on the last night of his and Rihanna’s Monster Tour. He nominates Rihanna, Denaun Porter, and producer Rick Rubin.
I knew this shit was coming, but—tonight?
A** Like That (Explicit)
0 CommentsThe artist releases his single, A** Like That, from the album, Encore.
The Monster MTV Awards performance
Rihanna performs The Monster, live at the MTV Video Music Awards, with Eminem.
Stan Grammy performance
Eminem and Elton John perform Stan during the 48th Annual Grammy Awards show to promote Eminem’s album The Marshall Mathers LP.
Headlights (Explicit)
The artist releases his single featuring,Nate Ruess, Headlights, from the album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2. Eminem after being asked why he decides to apologize to his mother in the song:
What I said on that record is what I have to say about it and I put it out there and that’s pretty much all I’m gonna probably say about that,. Everything I needed to say and get off my chest I said it. So there’s no need for me to even elaborate on it. Headlights is a really personal song for him that he doesn’t want to say any more.
Grammy nomination
0 0 Jamie Jamie2014-08-27 00:10:042014-08-27 00:10:04Grammy nominationLike Toy Soldiers
The artist releases his single, Like Toy Soldiers, from the album, Encore. The song is about feuds in the rap community. It is common practice for rappers to sling insults at each other in their songs, and this often leads to violence. Eminem compares the rappers to toy soldiers, who are being controlled by someone else, which in many cases is a record company that sells albums and profits from the controversy.
Rolling Stone cover
Eminem appears on the cover of the December 2013 issue of Rolling Stone magazine. He talks about how hip-hop saved his life and channeling the Beastie Boys.
I knew we were about to show the ‘Berzerk’ video, so I was doing what I call the Berzerk face. The whole song to me feels like vintage Beastie Boys. And you know the ‘Pass the Mic’ video where Ad-Rock is making that face, kind of not looking the camera? I was doing my own version.
Rap God
0 CommentsEminem releases the music video for the Rap God single from MMLP2 album.
Beserk
0 0 Rhonda Rhonda2014-11-01 14:19:462014-11-14 19:26:22BeserkBerzerk performance
Eminem performs his single Berzerk on Saturday Night Live from his album Marshall Mathers LP2
The Monster
Rihanna and Eminem collaborate on The Monster from Eminem’s album, Marshall Mathers LP 2.
Marshall Mathers LP 2, is not necessarily a sequel, as much as it is a revisitation. So there’s not gonna be, like, continuations of every old song on there or anything like that. To me, it’s more about the vibe, and it’s more about the nostalgia.