“The Ringer” sees Eminem continuing his criticism of the state of hip-hop in 2018, focusing especially on mumble rappers, some of whom he calls out by
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Marshall Bruce Mathers known professionally as Eminem (/ˌɛmɪˈnɛm/; formerly stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.
Eminem is among the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of more than 220 million records. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in Middle America and is critically acclaimed as one of the greatest rappers of all time.
Eminem’s global success and acclaimed works are widely regarded as having broken racial barriers for the acceptance of white rappers in popular music. While much of his transgressive work during the early 2000s made him hugely controversial, he came to be a representation of popular angst of the American underclass. He has been influential for many artists of various genres. After his debut album Infinite (1996) and the extended play Slim Shady EP (1997), Eminem signed with Dr. Dre‘s Aftermath Entertainment and subsequently achieved mainstream popularity in 1999 with The Slim Shady LP.
Aftermath debut, The Slim Shady LP, Eminem reaffirms that he does not give a fuck on a track laced with vivid imagery and inventive wordplay. As Em explained
The name of this song “Bad Meets Evil” would be applied to the duo themselves in future releases.
Eminem raps about his life as a white trash drug dealer and helps introduce the Slim Shady character to the masses. Off The Slim Shady LP,
The title of this song is a reference to the soap opera As the World Turns, where characters have to deal with most of the trials
A skit from The Slim Shady LP which parodies soap operas and acts as a segue into the next track, “As the World Turns”, establishing the soap
Eminem details his writing process for this track in his lyrics book Angry Blonde: “Just Don’t Give a Fuck” was a song that I wrote when
The song “Rock Bottom” was written during a depressing point in Eminem’s life, around December 20, 1996. Furthermore, we find out from the book Eminem:
Eminem’s official dance song from the Slim Shady LP in 1999. Some of the lyrics bear a resemblance to legendary comedian Groucho Marx’s misanthropic, self-effacing style of humor. In the clean version
Eminem himself talked about this song in the book “The Angry Blonde” saying: “I was just fucking around when I made this song. To me