First Time Hearing Eminem "Like Toy Soldiers"
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Eminem wrote this song after one of the members (Bugz) from his group D12 was killed. The CRAAAQZY part about this is that Em's best friend since forever, Proof, who played "Bugz" in this video actually ended up shot to death too, about 2 yrs after this song was released. RIP Big Proof!!! He was the one who helped Eminem to get on stage in the rap-battles in Detroit and stuff. Without Proof I seriously doubt Eminem would have become who he is today. For real. His death devestated Em, leading to him overdosing and all sorts of crazy shit...... This video is rough to watch actually, song is dope af tho
I'm sayin.. I hadn't seen this in a long time and it gave me chills.
And in his book, Em wrote about how for so long after Proof died he kept thinking back to this video and thinking "did I cause it somehow by putting that out into the universe?" So sad.
Good explanation, pretty much the jist of it. The creepy part is how proof played his homie who got shot and killed and that ended up really being his fate in the end. R.I.P Proof
good friend of his but i dont “seriously doubt” he’d be where he is today. he’s talented
@@mjgoat5978 who said he wasnt talented? 🤔🤔🤔
This song has so much history in it. For the ppl who heard it when it dropped… if you knew you knew.
Tense times
Definitely
From Butler pa 30 miles north of the burg. 9th grade man when this dropped Mac imo so much more talented than wiz. I miss him my dude Mac had so much more gas in the tank.
Facts!
RIP proof 🙏🏼
"I'm not gonna let someone else's coffin rest on my conscience".. and then he lost proof..can only imagine the amount of pain he felt
Well 2 years later and not linked to the beef
Why he went on them pills
It’s absolutely crazy cause proof is the one on the table who was shot… absolutely love Eminem
I feel so old coz when we grew up with this everyone knew what the history was. To me its hard to imagine people not knowing. Time goes so fast. Its insane.
I know right especially hearing dude talk about eminems paints saying he wld never wear them...you know dam well he wld be wearing that just like everyone else that wanted to be in the loop. lol
Lol 😆 🤣
I totally agree, these young ones make me feel old. 🤣
Righti remember thinking it was wildhe actually put a song out laying out his side and I didn't even know the whole thing
Yo, I feel the exact same way.
You can't judge other people's clothes when you're wearing a ski mask indoors 😂
lol
😆
I still wear those pants … better than skinny jeans and shit
And being hella annoying the whole song
If they woulda worn they shit they wear now back in the early 2000s....."fruity" would be in front of their name wherever they go.
Eminem had beef with Benzino, he was co-owner of Source Magazine at the time, they called him a culture vulture and shit, 50 Cent had beef with Ja Rule and Murder Inc., Eminem, D12, 50 Cent, G-Unit, Dr. Dre, Aftermath all had a huge beef with Benzino and his Made Men, Ja Rule, Murder Inc.
The reference for "Toy Soldiers" is a song by Martika that released in 1988 a song using the Nursery Rhyme lyrics, Eminem sampled the 1988 song in the Chorus of this hence the name.
Eminem's song Like Toy Soldiers released in 2004, the song was basically him telling a story of winning the beef against the other groups mentioned but him wanting to end it before anyone else in his Camp died, they lost a long time friend Bugz. in the video Proof plays the part of their friend being shot and killed over rap beefs, the crazy part is two years later in 2006 Proof was shot and killed in an eerily similar way to this music video.
we had new albums from Eminem in 2002, 2004, 2006, then nothing for 3 years after Proofs death, he stopped tours, for those three years and a lot of people thought he was walking away from the rap industry.
after 2009 we had the albums relapse, relapse/refill, recovery, and this is the time where he got sober and starting making music again, a few years later we got MMLP2 in 2013 and he vanished again until revival in 2017, and ever since then he's been on a tear ripping the industry apart which brings us to Kamikaze, and MTBMB 1 AND 2.
when I say he disappeared from the industry I mean he wasn't putting out his own music, he had a lot of features in between and was still making good music but we all awaited his return and wanted more of his personal projects to drop but people said he fell off, he wasn't slim shady anymore he was just Eminem and lost his edge. but he's proved time and time again he's not the one to fuck with lyrically.
If you start a lyrical beef whit Em you have already lost ! ezz game for em
this was a great history lesson. thanks :)
He wasn't really anonymous between 2013 and 2017, he dropped Hell the Sequel with Royce, ShadyXV, The Southpaw tracklist and a couple of other features like Medicine man and Best friend.
Not benzino from love n hip hop?
And proofs last concert was on the Gold Coast in Australia and he got shot the next weekend back in Detroit never forget when he was in town I was off guts that weekend
“You never seen em daughter?” That boy whipped out his phone like a switch blade hahaha
haha Em's gonna come for their throats now
@@sanitarac94 His
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Beyond pedo
@@matthewgenyas4454 she is damn near 30 years old lol
This song has a deeper history to it. This was back in the days when Em had so many beefs. RIP Big Proof!
RIP Bugz
The moral of the story: although he runs with soldiers, he didn’t want to see any blood shed. Too many hip hop artist died because of the beef. Do some research guys, you’ll find his beefs and stories behind it interesting. The guy on the operating table was a his best friend Proof who was actually killed not too long after this song came out.
Being young when this came out, I didn't pay attention to the lyrics. But now, I get it. I remember hearing about the drama between the rappers. Now this song brings me to tears... 😥
I was on like third or maybe fourth grade and bought it into school since we had this everyone bring a song and everyone rates everyones picking contest. I got the lowest score eeasily of us all and suddenly when my classmates started to see the music video of this song from old mtv kinda channel that showed just music videos, then suddenly I heard everyone saying how they love the song 😂 Other thing was funny when the teacher was reading the whole time the little booklet with cd where was lyrics and was looking a bit angry but let the song play out in the end and just said it wasn't completely on the rules but ok. Because there wasn't supposed to be any cursing, it's still weard for me how listening to Em was (I guess is) controversial for well kids but Britney and her music videos just a ok for most parents back then (I don't really see the difference with this video and Britney dancing on schoolgirl outfit, licking lollipop or whatever if people are guarding what their kids listen to)(my parents saw music just as music tho, there wasn't any boundaries). I was sure the teacher was going to stop the song at any minute even tho I chose the song that had the least cursewords and the more artistic mood so she could maybe let it pass.
I'm finnish and was a kid so I got the concept but didn't know about the specifics and now know really about every altercation and references... and just every english words simply 😂 Just noticing the mood, certain words and knowing about such thing as 50 getting shot 9 times etc atleast it's quite clear cut overrall what he was talking about even as a kid
crazy to think this shit was played on TRL as well. Lol.
This song saved many lives...
At this point both sides were threatening violence against each other... and yes, this song helped calm everyone df down
Yeh I chose to not kill anyone because of this song
@@dwaynedibley997 okay bud💀
@@dwaynedibley997Wait whattttt?
@@dwaynedibley997lmao tf
no tf it didn't
if you pay attention he's flowing perfectly to the drums in the beat during the entire song.
Eminem discovered, signed and promoted 50, he was a product of Shady
He signed and promoted Jam Master Jay from Run DMC discovered 50
Actually Em didn't discover 50....50 had already put put music in NYC that was fire 🔥 but after getting shot his sound changed...and record executives weren't messing with 50..but Em heard his music and put him on....creating that G-UNIT Era that smashed the Industry Tony Yayo, Young Buc, Lloyd Banks, and 50 noone could touch them.....there's only a few rap legends who've come on to the scene like Em was one..Jay Z...Cash Money...Outkast
Markita had a song called toy soldiers in the 80s ,, step by step heart to heart is from her song
Lol its Martika. No offense. But I wore my parents cassette tape out jammin this and most of the 70s and 80s and older. But yeah she did a great job on that song. 😊
Man y'all make me feel old ASF and I'm only 33 😂. I remember every single bit of this beginning with Em's first LP!
Edit: thanks for all the likes and comments 😀😊😊💯
I'm 24 and remember all this so idk why these foos don't know
Right, I was singing this and felt like em. How have you not heard this..?
Same here I'm 32, been listening to him since I was 9
Same here 👋 seems like we were this young yesterday 😆
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Snoop said it best when he said "Don't get it fucked up, right now Marshall is dormant but if ya'll push the wrong buttons the beast Slim Shady will appear out of nowhere".
The beef he's talking about in this was with Ray Benzino about 15 years ago. Benzino owned The Source magazine (the magazine Biggie was talking about in Juicy when he said "now my face is all up in The Source"), 1 of the only 2 hip hop magazines out there back then. Benzino disrespected Eminem because he was a whiteboy, only gave his album like 1 out of 5 mic's.. and the beef started. The other beef he's talking about is between 50 and Ja Rule about 20 years ago.
That part 💯
Also his friend who died and he blamed his self
the whole eminem and benzino thing was 20 years ago in 2002
and ja rule and 50 was around 23 years ago in 1999 if I'm not mistaken it was over a number of different issues. ja rule getting robbed and he apparently saw 50 cent a few weeks later with the dude that robbed him but 50 claims it went back even further than that over ja rule not showing him love when he turned up to ja rules video shoot when ja rule was just blowing up and 50 wasn't even signed at the time 50 was just an up and coming underground rapper at the time and he turned up at ja's video shoot and he felt ja didn't acknowledge him or something of that nature so it was just a bitter back and forward from around that time.
Thank you, i dont know what they hearing, they dont listen to the lyrics, everyone knows about his beef with ja and benzo and murder inc
20 years ago makes me feel really old 😂💀
Your lack of knowing the story is amazing, I grew up with this and the lack of y'all not knowing just hurts my heart.
Bruh EXACTLY
Eminem is an absolute lyrical legend.
I’m the “I know every single word” guy as well. Love this shit. Throw back.
I love that you young cats are trying to understand old school it puts a smile on my face! Keep it goin fellas
I remember this being on MTv everyday. Ja Rule mentioned Hailey in a song and Em lost it and he helped bury Ja and Murder Inc. with 50 Cent who already was gunning for them. Hailey was really young at this time, not even a teenager I believe. The sad thing is, the video shows his best friend Proof being shot and killed and a cpl yrs later Proof was shot and killed in real life! The song is not only about beef with Murder Inc., but how the record companies make money off of beef and and don't care if their artists die as they will make even more money. He says they are like toy soldiers.
Goosebumps every time I hear this. Every time.
This song still gives me chills. It’s like Em predicted Proof’s death. Shitts crazy
This video haunts Eminem...he feels it created a negative energy that helped cost Proof( the bf dying) his life for real.
Sweet sweet Proof.
I cried a lot when he died
Didnt proof die before this song
@@morgangreen2601 bugz died, that's what the video is about. But proof died a few years later almost identical to how the video was shot.
I wonder if that’s why he puts himself on the ER table in future videos. Not wanting to jinx anyone.
@@morgangreen2601 yeh and they got him to die in the video
Massive Eminem fan from Australia , you guys crack me up , loving the reactions . Have a listen to best friend by yellawolf and Eminem
Broke my heart to see this video after Proof got murdered. So glad i got to see Eminem live with Proof next to him on stage. Their chemistry was amazing
This song just hits different when you know the full history of it.
Y’all don’t realize how cold that bar was “I went my whole career without ever mentioning ____”. Cuz he still ain’t say Suge
Wow I remember when this song came out, I was little but still I never knew that. Thank you stranger
I thought it was either censoring “without ever mentioning shit” or “just without ever mentioning…” and letting the beat take over which always sounded strange but I guess that’s why lol
It was censored lol, he did say it
EXACTLY!!! Also, “Suge” rhymed with the line prior to it.
Eminem has soooooo many bangers
The rap wars were extremely bloody in the 90's. Everyone in the pictures disappeared in the end because they were all casualties of gun violence. And sadly, as Eminem wrote in the beginning, all of this shit could have been solved on the phone through reason and words, but instead they are filling in graves.
Damn watching y'all react to the song makes me feel so damn old because I was in my early teens when the original Ja Rule and 50 Cent beef happened and then the Benzino and Eminem shit was going on that's pretty much what he's talkin about .
I think I was 15. I knew there was so much going on but didn’t get it at the time. We didn’t have social media to find shit out back then.
Portugal here for the Goat Eminem always since day one and forever. Thanks for reacting to this legendary masterpiece. Salutes and respect.
Em is that nigga,that dude, solider, real rapper, beast, monster, real g and the best who could ever do it.
Salute y'all fr! Love the content and that is for reawakening my youth! Grew up on EM, Dre, and Wayne
Dude over here talking about “big ass pants” while wearing a whole ass ski mask indoors with a wife beater and 2 others are wearing sunglasses inside 😂🧐
Y’all’s Eminem reactions are the fucking best!!!! I am a Slim Shady stan! ❤️
Same
For me this is the best song Eminem ever did. Utter perfection. 🔥🔥
First love your channel you guys crack me up. Second em has been in the rap game over 20 years there's a lot of history. That's a deep rabbit hole I look forward to seeing you explore it. So much great music.
Love you guys much love from the u.k havent heard this song and also cleaning out my closet my friend was murdered so wanted to react to you guys first kinda worried but all of you are amazing so wanted to brave it out em is the goat 100% never will be another not in my eyes meanings have so much when it comes to this man best wishes all have a wonderful new year 2022 is almost over and 2023 is nealry here hope all your wishes come true in 2023 xxxxx
"Look like lil bow wow" 😂had me laughing .. keep the eminem reaction videos coming!
Thanks for the vids! I’ve been stuck inside with covid but watching your vids helps me through i!
I can't believe how amazing you guys are. Just so much fun watching you as much as the film clip. Sorz. I mean that in a normal way.
baggy clothes still is doper than todays clothes.
This song & video always gets me emotional just being alive & following the story as it was happening and the proof dying as well. Sad times
I've watched about 20 of y'alls videos and the guy standing up has my energy. That's like me watching these with y'all.
This is in my top 3 favorite songs of Eminem. I used to listen to this everyday when I was 7 playing cod zombies. Something about this song hits different. Now that I’m older I realize the true meaning
Now you've really need to go and do mockingbird or cleaning out my closet cuz this song is called toy soldiers
Such a memorable time in music love this song the message the power the video. I don't need to say much else the comments say it all lol I'm totally late 😃 great comments great reaction Happy Thanksgiving guys to
Marching drumline thru the whole song , haunting. The meaning of the song title, quote by Em in 04, "The battles they wage are so meaningless that they might as well be fought for toys."
Rest IN Peace PROOF
✌🏾🙏🏽
the lyrics that they wrote back then grew with me , to this day his words and many other artist at this time still reseanant with me people hear the swearing the negitive words but had need to sat back and listen to the story. 100 % shady fan to this day white boy that made it though the barriers and got respect purely on his talent . 100% living legend this is just opinion im sorry if it affends anyone xx
Watching the next gen appreciate what we grew up with, it’s dope.
Brandon in da back doing the drums!! Hell yeah
Mad respect to you guys
If you was in that era you'd be wearing what everybody else wearing home boy
Knowing all the story, damn this video gives me chills
I feel old watching this and I'm only 30, wow I lived this Era, I literally heard these albums as they came out,
I love you guys ❤ This song makes me emotional though... 💔
Now y'all need to watch his song Difficult....its a tribute to Proof❤😔
I love this song, it's part of my phone playlist that I always listen to 🇧🇷🇧🇷
This takes me back to my childhood. My brother joined the military. It was a really hard time for us.
yall make me feel old AF , but im loving your reactions!
After what went down w/ Proof, this video just makes me depressed AF. It's crazy to see his old music being revisited by a younger generation and them not knowing the whole back story behind the beef.
Would love to see ur reaction to eminems Despicable and Bully! He goes hard on them
This is such an eerie song with that knowledge that Proof went through this almost the exact same way. Except it was a parking lot when his own cousin shot him in the back twice and once in the head. All over a game of pool.
This gets me so emotional every time I hear it. Powerful song!!!
R.I.P. - BUGZ, Big Proof, Freaky Ta, Big L, Jam Master Jay, Pac, Biggie and all of the others we lost to gun violence!! Too many to count! This violence needs to stop!!! You don't need to kill anyone over petty shit. Embrace your fellow rappers.
Share a kind word for a complete stranger today and if they thank you, tell them it's their turn to do the same for another complete stranger. This will create a tidal wave of LOVE for all involved. Spreading all around the world!
Have a great day to those who read to the end of my comment!!!
❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍💓
Eminem is by far the best his flow was so easy and in his peak was telling story's that we'll yoh forget hes even rapping
its was proof that got shot eminems best friend
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True but in this case it was bugz, proof played his part as an actor in the video but little did they know, proof died the same way bugz did about a year or 2 after this video was released. Eminem can't watch this ever because of how much of a coincidence it is. It's like em was portraying the future
Proofs in the music video lmao he died afterwards
@@jeffhardytributes1125 :D I laughed when I read your comment. No shit right.
@@miketaylor1824 lmao
EM is the Goat!!!! 🔥🔥🔥
He compliments the snare PERFECTLY. 💯🐐
you guys crack me up good shit keep it up 👊
get your full crew together, sit down, put on Dave "black" at the brits (live version only) and have your mind blown. THIS IS A MUST.
Note to self: These teenagers are talking about my music that's now considered a classic... I'm officially old 🤣🤣🤣🤣
haha love your videos. you guys are so genuine
Y’all are funny with you real reactions love it 😂
I'm very happy with all reactions.. I became one of your subsciber..
Trust me slowly but surely your youtube will be big..
Keep reacting to old school hip hop like this..
Greetings from me, from Indonesia..
Marhsall Mathers: Makes you cry
Sometimes his dark life story is very much related to us in the real life (about love, family, children, about the cruelty of the world, or about whatever it is)
Like the songs Mockingbird, When I'm Gone, Your Never Over, Going Through Changes, Sing For The Moment, Like Toys Soldiers, Rock Bottom, and many more..
FYI: That the Rock Bottom song was made when he had not met Dr. Dre & was not well known, it was said that when he made the song Em had thought about suicide but Em did not give up and Rap saved him so he can become what he is now
Slim Shady: Makes you laugh
Slim Shady is cast with a blonde man who is grumpy & sometimes makes us laugh but a little crazy, controversial words and the diss song is very cruel
Like the songs Nail In The Coffin & Bully (Diss Benzino & Ja Rule), Superman & The Warning (Diss Mariah Carey & Nick), The Real Slim Shady & Without Me (Diss Christina Aguilera, Limp Bizkit, & Moby), Cleanin Out My Closet (Diss his Mother), Leaving Heaven (Diss his Father)
FYI: The song Leaving Heaven was made by Em because he was very disappointed and hated his father because until his father died he did not give a good impression since Em was a child and Em also said he was too fucking coward to never see his grankids, Hailie and the other kids
Eminem: Make you Think
Eminem often makes songs to motivate many people or people who have felt like the life that Em lived
Like the song Lose Yourself, Not Afraid, Guts Over Fear, Beautiful, Beautiful Pain, Till I Collapse And More
FYI: Many people feel helped or excited after hearing the songs
Ohyaaa.. And one more thing, Marshall Mathers, Slim Shady, and Eminem It lives in the same body
Best rap group ever in history bone thugs n Harmony
No
Just 👎
Nah
Top 5- UGK ,outkast , do or die ,dayton family , bone
@@bigwillysgarage2301 dayton family 👌👍
Yo these dudes are one of the best reviewers. Dont get too technical with the songs and just wanna listen to good music. Cheers boys
Every word em says goes along with the snare drum of the beat.
Crazy my man in the back is the biggest "stan" now. I wasn't an em fan at first either
If you knew the story the song would be so much more meaningful
i feel like you guys need me in a call there so i can give you guys backstory to every bar you dont get lol. one reason i love old Em is because it all had substance. it all meant something. Now he raps to rap and that's cool, he's earned it to showcase his skill, but old Em literally kept me from being my father.
Your like 30.. calm down
Young cats dont know but Eminem never rapped fast in his prime on any of his first 5 albums, it wasn't until his feature on Drake's debut track "Forever" in like 08' (like 10 years into his career) that he went semi-fast and still didnt use the fast style until only like 7 years ago.
Eminems prime is a polar opposite sound than "New Eminem".... He reinvented himself to flex more, which worked.
Y'all are are lit keep me laughing for real 🤣 you guys need your own show
This is "Like Toy Soldiers" not "Mockingbird"
Need some bone thugs reaction
I agree I want them to do The Weed Song by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Got chills listen to this it’s so sad now knowing what hasn’t to people in the video as well
bro y’all are so funny
Grew up with this song this is one of my favorites
this is Andre,living in Montreal ,..i just came across your vids and cant get enough ,..im 62 ,..nevertheless i envy your being together to chill in vids ,...peace to you all ,..take care..
This song is DOPE!!!! Word for word
Toy soldier was a huge song back then, his era ( used to play it a lot) I remember this song. (80’s hits run over and over 89’),they mixed it a lot club music , and rap was rap but battles had no guns. In time all this changed.
Helped me through some hard times . Lost in a time when the world couldn't help. A long night that night.
When the rap beefs were going off there was so much drama.
If you were around for it you knew how many levels deep these bars went
That was a premonition. In the video, Em's childhood friend Proof is fatally shot in front of a nightclub in Detroit. And a year later, Proof is actually shot dead in exactly the same club where the video was filmed a year ago!
Imma Stan too and Ik this song to heart and this is my brothers favorite song along with Not Afraid
This song was tm these song back in the Day. It hits hard
Bruh with the mask on makes these videos...he brings out everyone's personalities...I love y'all videos
You guys should listen to more old eminem. The eminem show is one of my favorite albums ever. Soldier, white America, Square dance, business, till I collapse, when the music stops. The whole album is dope.
RIP Proof ! You guys are awesome!
I like your videos. Keep rolling!