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87 postsEminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers III) is an American rapper and producer born in 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He was the number one selling artist in the United States during the 2000s. Eminem. He has released the albums Infinite, The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show, Encore, Relapse, Recovery, and The Marshall Mathers LP 2. Eminem also starred in the films 8 Mile and The Wash. Awards he has attained include13 Grammy Awards, 10 American Music Awards, and 17 Billboard Music Awards. He was formerly married to Kim Mathers and has three children.
The artist releases his single, Rap God, from the album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2. The six minute long track finds Em spitting frenzied rhymes about reigning in Rap over DVLP’s Trap beat. He references and pokes fun at several celebrities, mentioning the kerfuffle between Fabolous and Ray-J, and also the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky’s affair. He even gives a nod to the superhero Thor.
Eminem chats about his rap flow, rap influences, respect from his peers, goals and the next generation of rappers.
My number one goal getting into hip hop would be just to get the respect from other MC’s.
Eminem performs I’m Back and The Real Slim Shady during the Brit Awards show to promote his album The Marshall Mathers LP.
The rapper speaks on his past drug addiction, rehab, relapse and being introduced to the drug Ambien.
When I came out of rehab I was clean for three weeks total. I only stayed in rehab for two weeks because when I went to rehab it felt like everyone else was ready for me to go but I wasn’t ready myself.
Eminem speaks on respect, his childhood, his passion for metaphors and the English language.
I just felt like I want to have all these words at my disposal in my vocabulary at all times whenever I needed to pull them out.
Eminem chats about being back in the spotlight, early studio sessions, past drug addiction and sobriety.
The rest of the year I am going to focus on putting out Relapse 2 and go back and help Dre with whatever he needs for his record input or whatever and make sure 50’s album comes out right.
Eminem chats about rapping over Tupac tracks and setting a standard in the music industry.
I got a bunch of Tupac acapella’s and went crazy with them. I banged out a bunch of tracks.
The artist releases his single, Space Bound, from the album, Recovery. Producer and songwriter Jim Jonsin produced the track. Jonsin about the artist:
He was open to ideas. He was real respectful to my craft. He let me do what I do. He asked me ideas on some of the lyrics. We had ideas for lyric changes. Certain words may or may not work on radio. We talked about that. He had a setup outside of the room to do production, but I’d rather be in the room where he was at, and he was cool with that. And I knocked out a couple of joints in there while he was in there with me. He was pretty open and he let me do my thing. He did his thing. It was a pretty good experience.
Eminem wins Grammys for Best Rap Solo Performance for Not Afraid and Best Rap Album for Recovery.
This is crazy. I just want to thank everybody who helped me put the record together.
The artist releases his single, No Love, featuring Lil Wayne, from the album, Recovery. Eminem:
I did a song with Wayne called ‘Drop the World for his album and we had just agreed to do an even swap, so I wanted him on my album. I kind of waited, and when [producer] Just Blaze had finished that beat we jumped on it.
Drake, Lil Wayne, and Eminem perform Forever at the Grammy Awards from Eminem’s album Relapse.
Eminem ft Jay-Z perform Renegade and Not Afraid during The Late Show with David Letterman to promote Jay-Z album The Blueprint.
The rapper speaks about his influences, doing more movies and changing his direction toward writing.
I love music so much this is my passion, this is what I want to do. Not saying that I won’t do a movie ever again but this is me.
The artist releases his single, Love The Way You Lie, featuring Rihanna, from the album, Recovery. Rihanna:
They reached out to us directly and they just said, ‘We have this song and we just think Rihanna would be perfect to sing it, And, of course, I was like, ‘OK, if I love it, I’ll definitely do it, because I love Eminem.’ And I love the song. It’s really beautiful, and it really stands out. It’s a really unique record. I’m really excited about it.
50 Cent, Dr. Dre, and Eminem wins the Grammy for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group for Crack A Bottle.
The artist releases his single, Beautiful, from the album, Relapse.
One of the only reasons that I put that track on there is that I feel like it’s the best song out of that batch that I did when I wasn’t sober. At the time I felt like, ‘This is it for me.’ I wrote the first verse and a half in rehab, and when I came out, I finished it. It was the only song that marks that period without bringing me back to that place. Every other track not only didn’t fit with the album, but when I listened to it, it would bring up bad memories.
The artist releases his single, 3 a.m., from the album, Relapse.
In that song I relapse in a rehab facility or something like it. I just black out and f–king kill everybody. I was trying to create a triple entendre with the [album] title: relapsing literally, going back to the old days – just blacking the f–k out and killing everyone. I wanted to paint a picture for the listener, to make them feel like they are in the story and part of it as each line progresses.
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