White America was his response to multiple things, mostly his place in hip-hop as a white artist, the hypocrisy of white america ignoring black artists and not acknowledging hip-hop properly before him and then the targeting of him specifically even though he is just staying true to the genre at the time "Surely hip-hop was never a problem in Harlem, only in Boston After it bothered the fathers of daughters startin' to blossom" and pretty much stating that freedom of speech was a joke since they censored his explicit album (not once, THREE TIMES, on the song "I'm Back" , "Kim" and "Marshal Mathers" and the things that were censored were a rhyme scheme based around Columbine shooting, the mention of a 4 year old in the Kim horrorcore, and his mother's laywers name, actually not just the name the entire bar was removed.)
The "shoots up his school" and the "blame it on Marilyn" parts are referencing the Columbine school shooting back in 1999, where the media was blaming the rock artist Marilyn Manson for the actions of the shooters. Idk if you're old enough to recall the event.
Yeah at some point I recall ooh right iirc it was bc coem to think lol of a comedic fg episode where Chris Griffin is wantign to be like MM.. well Marolyn not eminem... just realized they both have two m in their initials. However I am not quite old enough to have been around at that point in time..
And the inner class city line only points out the hypocrisy of the media. As the city has been dealing with drugs and gangs for decades, and rural suburban areas only care about gun violence once it starts affecting them.
He’s actually so famous now that he doesn’t leave his house unless he had a whole team of security with him and he can’t just leave his house to do normal activities similar to what happened to Michael Jackson. He talks about being a prisoner in his own home in the song “Fine Line”. It’s really sad.
There are much worse things: people who aren't even famous and don't stick their nose out the window. ...or people who are neither famous nor make a lot of money and are the target of gossip and slander. ...and people who live in very dangerous places and there are few times when they can go out safely, even without being famous.
@@tabloidefast5890 There's really not. Yeah, he's rich, but he can't do anything with his children alone, he can't just go eat lunch with his daughters without having security around them to keep freaks away. His daughters are constantly being targeted by creeps like MGK just because their dad got famous.
@@tabloidefast5890ok and there’s much worse things than that? Doesn’t make it any less relevant, there’s always someone going through something worse but that doesn’t mean you don’t have empathy for them still
but even farther is that he’s like ‘i’m white and this shit is happening, now you’re worried? now you wanna blame everything except skin color? ok bet, let me point out why this shit is fucked up’
Released 2000. Probably got that by now. Anyways thank you for the vid. This one has stayed with me and to this day gives me hope to pick my ass up and get at it.
So glad I grew up on THE G.O.A.T.S music, there will NEVER be another like him 🙌 I'm 49 yrs old so I'm excited to see this younger generation be put onto his music, a little jealous though lol. I feel angry for Em bc you can feel his frustration in this song FR 💯 He conveys every emotion brilliantly, rap savant 🐐👽
I believe I was in 7th grade when this album came out, I'm 35 now. What a time to be alive then. I rode the bus to school and this cd and song was on repeat on my Walkman! Still know it word for word and I haven't heard this song in a few years
Fun Fact: When Em turned this album into the Record company they sent it back and said it wasn't finished because it didn't have a catchy hit single like "My name Is" to release with the album. So he went home and wrote this, and then wrote "the real slim shady" and they released the real slim shady as the single.
Yeah, funny shit is that he just blown up worldwide before this song. The previous single from the same album was The Real Slim Shady which was played on radio stations like hourly... The same with Without Me from 2002. But basically every single of his was played on the radio in those years. Oh, and this one is from 2000.
They still play those songs on the radio every couple of hours. I work for a dental clinic so the radios always going and they play The Real Slim Shady, Lose Yourself and Without Me every single day and often multiple times a day.
This was played on the radio in metro Detroit , back in the early 2000s when it came out but I grew up in Detroit and moved to the suburbs , he was played here but when his first album dropped only 89x played him , which is a rock and alternative station, the main hip hop station 97.9 wjlb refused to play him and that’s who he’s dissing at the time. In multiple songs too. Channel 9.55 played him mainly but he got a lot of hate locally.
Yeah! It immediately triggered rage in him to be asked to do another commercial radio-friendly hit and he says he was only able to make 'The Real Slim Shady' because he got all of this off his chest in 'The Way I Am.'
Being famous is like having kids. You want to appreciate the love and attention they shower on you, but you also just want some dang space. And then feel guilty when you get frustrated when they’re just expressing their love and admiration.
No joke this was the one that got me into Em. This album was his best one and everything was feeding from here. Literally and lyrically the best ever. Who else can ramp with this?
I heard My Name Is on the radio before the album dropped in early 99. After that, I MIGHT have heard him on the radio, but I'm not certain at all. My Name Is I distinctly remember hearing on the radio and that was only one time. Wanted to hear it again, but didn't get to until the day SSLP dropped months later.
Having lived through all this, I can tell you this man was public enemy number one. He was actually opening eyes and white America was hearing a message they'd never experienced before. Politicians hated him. They tried so hard to shut him down, and it only added fuel to his fire. It woke up masses of people and was a new way for so many to get into hip hop and rap they'd never had before. Parent's were beside themselves. Can't stop the signal.
@@michaelpurdon7032 I know but Kezzy said he never heard Em on the radio and he’s been on the radio a lot. He didn’t say “before this song”, he said period!
In my country, some songs always played on the radio, but with some words cut. I remember hearing a lot Cleanin' Out My Closet, Without Me and Just Lose It.
funny thing is i remember being 9 years old riding back of my step dads car listening to 97.9 and hearing this song played all the time... looking back on it, its like he called the radio out for not playing him, then this is the only song they played all the time... when the track was brand new... they dont play this now.
I'm 36 been a eminem fan from day one ..he hit the radio a few times but everytime they shut him down...people can say what they want to but I think it's because his content and lyrics was too much to handle..everyone says he made it because he was white ..NO! He made it because he was different
I don't need photos or signature of a celebrity to feel better with myself. I treat all celebrities with respect and give conversation if accepted. My wife will be star struck but I don't care who you are but will respect you for the respect I receive. Thank you, celebrities, for your dedication but please remember it wasn't me ;). You are all great in my eyes!
Another good reaction man. Few more good ones I’m sure have been mentioned “Brain Damage “ “97 Bonnie and Clyde” “ Rock Bottom” “ I just don’t give a fuck” “I still don’t give a fuck”
Ngl man fwiw I should be checking the ones besides Rock bottom you mentioned there fww.. lol ngl fwiw am kind of impressed to think the last two ya mention are actual songs but then if Fack is then fwiw ig not tooo suprising.
I did lol I was in high school when Eminem came out lol makes me feel old when the younger guys hear his older songs and not getting what he is talking about lol my age is showing lol
This song came out less than a year after Columbine... The media cooked Em for weeks for blaming parents, but I'll NEVER forget the first time I heard the 2nd verse. It was so raw, so emotional, & a middle finger to the 'proper-whites' of America.. now school shootings are a norm in the US...
You should watch the video of 5 facts how they tried to cancel Eminem in the early 2000's, it is crazy! It also explains why he feels like this in this masterpiece of a song!
I know a lot of people might disagree but he should be able to walk among us without being constantly bothered. Especially when he was out with hus children. We don't own him, we shouldn't act like we do.
The beat in the beginning was from a song by Eminem called kim , if u haven't done that one it must be done. that one is crazy crazy. Scariest song out btw.
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Wish i could listen to old eminem for the first time again
lol, that’s why I watch reactions
Das denke ich über , King of Queens,, 😂
I just made the same comment on a different channel. He was responding to SOLDIER
This dropped in when I was 14. It's still some of his best work.
Think I was 19 or 20
I wasn’t alive yet it is definitely a classic thoigh
I was 32😂❤😊
Old angry eminem is best eminem
Ppl sleep on Eminem they say he's washed he will forever be a rap genius
the god who helped us through our own shit through his own raw relatable lyricism
Sleep on Em all yall want, he doesn’t sleep, he doesn’t blink, he doesn’t even nod to the beats, he doesn’t even close his eyes when sneeze.
@@ccormx witty comment
This album solidified ems place in hip hop greatest of all time. Idcidc. Nobody alive raps better than him. 2000 was a time to be alive.
Nobody ever has rapped better.
Lyrics 🔥
Cadence / delivery 🔥
Visuals 🔥
All around masterpiece
Nate Diaz used this in his walk out song against Tony Ferguson 2 years ago and the crowd were rapping along to it.
I remember. Legendary!
White American was Eminems response after the government tried to censor him back in the day. Check it out its one of my favorite em song
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But make sure to watch the video of the song. Otherwise, it's easy to miss the whole meaning
WHITE AMERICAAAA!!!
White America was his response to multiple things, mostly his place in hip-hop as a white artist, the hypocrisy of white america ignoring black artists and not acknowledging hip-hop properly before him and then the targeting of him specifically even though he is just staying true to the genre at the time "Surely hip-hop was never a problem in Harlem, only in Boston
After it bothered the fathers of daughters startin' to blossom" and pretty much stating that freedom of speech was a joke since they censored his explicit album (not once, THREE TIMES, on the song "I'm Back" , "Kim" and "Marshal Mathers" and the things that were censored were a rhyme scheme based around Columbine shooting, the mention of a 4 year old in the Kim horrorcore, and his mother's laywers name, actually not just the name the entire bar was removed.)
The "shoots up his school" and the "blame it on Marilyn" parts are referencing the Columbine school shooting back in 1999, where the media was blaming the rock artist Marilyn Manson for the actions of the shooters. Idk if you're old enough to recall the event.
Yeah at some point I recall ooh right iirc it was bc coem to think lol of a comedic fg episode where Chris Griffin is wantign to be like MM.. well Marolyn not eminem... just realized they both have two m in their initials.
However I am not quite old enough to have been around at that point in time..
the trench coat mafia was born
And the inner class city line only points out the hypocrisy of the media. As the city has been dealing with drugs and gangs for decades, and rural suburban areas only care about gun violence once it starts affecting them.
Yes sir correct
@@xxfaerietalesxxA bunch of fuckin dorks
Im 48 and happy to see this younger generation of reactors taking in greatness
Yea I'm 47 wish I could hear it for the first time again
Heard this track like million times still get goosebumps the passion and anger just wow
He’s actually so famous now that he doesn’t leave his house unless he had a whole team of security with him and he can’t just leave his house to do normal activities similar to what happened to Michael Jackson. He talks about being a prisoner in his own home in the song “Fine Line”. It’s really sad.
That song was fire 🔥
There are much worse things: people who aren't even famous and don't stick their nose out the window.
...or people who are neither famous nor make a lot of money and are the target of gossip and slander.
...and people who live in very dangerous places and there are few times when they can go out safely, even without being famous.
@@tabloidefast5890 There's really not. Yeah, he's rich, but he can't do anything with his children alone, he can't just go eat lunch with his daughters without having security around them to keep freaks away. His daughters are constantly being targeted by creeps like MGK just because their dad got famous.
@@tabloidefast5890ok and there’s much worse things than that? Doesn’t make it any less relevant, there’s always someone going through something worse but that doesn’t mean you don’t have empathy for them still
You described his situation so perfectly. But I'm also going to steal it for myself when people want me to leave my house hahah
Watching from France 🇫🇷 Eminem is the goat goat
Watching from Moscow , and think so too xD
I just realized I was 9 when this came out. I had no business rapping this song word for word… but I DID 😂
🥰
Forever will be one of my favorite songs in existence 💯
this mans reaction was the same as ours back in 2001 lmaoo
Probably my favourite Eminem-song of all time and that in it self says alot.
The Way I Am has always been my #1 favorite of Ems tbh he said it with his whole chest and meant every word.
EM always spits truth ❤😊 that's why I love him 🔥🐐
his wordplay/cadence/flow is off the charts simply the goat
The man’s brilliant. There will never be another like him
he’s basically saying if you don’t want your kids ending up ‘like this’ then stop treating your kids like shit
but even farther is that he’s like ‘i’m white and this shit is happening, now you’re worried? now you wanna blame everything except skin color? ok bet, let me point out why this shit is fucked up’
This is my ALL TIME FAVORITE song.
Mine to. Nobody alive is better than him rappin
one of the greatest hip hop songs ever , no cap
This is the song that made me an em fan.
Ong
Real
My nr 1 eminem song! Been listening to this dude for 24 years!
This is one of his hardest flows ever
This song is a testament to how off the charts Em’s rapping ability is
the iconic flow
Haven't seen the hole reaction but when he said let's let the chorus flow and immediately pauses it after 3 words lol that's what eminem does😅😅
em is the GOAT!! No cap!!
This is my fav video of urs bro no cap keep the fire coming
Thanks bro 💪🏾 all heat coming and Ems new album soon 🔥🔥
"I'm taking a walk" 🤣 this song is so fire. One of the best Eminem has ever released.
Eminem the best.
That’s my go to song every morning on my way to the university 😂❤ never stopped loving Em
This is an all time fire flow. Love this shit Keezi
Anyone who says em isn’t in the top 3 all time have just forgotten how crazy talented he is
The "ill buy you a wardrobe" line is great.
Released 2000. Probably got that by now. Anyways thank you for the vid. This one has stayed with me and to this day gives me hope to pick my ass up and get at it.
“Rest Again Peacefully” = RAP
wtf how did i never catch that
@@skyt3265 No matter how many listens, there’s always something else hidden away
Love this song and love your reaction!
So glad I grew up on THE G.O.A.T.S music, there will NEVER be another like him 🙌 I'm 49 yrs old so I'm excited to see this younger generation be put onto his music, a little jealous though lol. I feel angry for Em bc you can feel his frustration in this song FR 💯 He conveys every emotion brilliantly, rap savant 🐐👽
I believe I was in 7th grade when this album came out, I'm 35 now. What a time to be alive then. I rode the bus to school and this cd and song was on repeat on my Walkman! Still know it word for word and I haven't heard this song in a few years
The funny thing is, the current generation, will be wondering what a Walkman is!
Rock stations used to play Eminem. He’s one of the few rappers who truly belongs in the rock and roll hall of fame
Marshall the Rapper = Mozart the Composer ❤🎶
no bs lol
love this song❤
COLD WIND BLOWSSS!!!!💪💪💪
This has been my favorite Em song since it dropped. Any time I was mad, I'd crank this up in my car. Eminem = Greatness
What a great review! Keep doing your thing bro
This has to be one of my top favorite songs I like from him.
Fun Fact: When Em turned this album into the Record company they sent it back and said it wasn't finished because it didn't have a catchy hit single like "My name Is" to release with the album. So he went home and wrote this, and then wrote "the real slim shady" and they released the real slim shady as the single.
They played em on 100.1 the beat, down here in Louisiana. I was still riding the school bus. So it had to be, 2000, 2001 kinfolk.
A lot of people saying Em gets played on the radio but I think what the chorus really means is a couple of specific stations.
One of my favorites Eminem's song
Yeah, funny shit is that he just blown up worldwide before this song. The previous single from the same album was The Real Slim Shady which was played on radio stations like hourly... The same with Without Me from 2002. But basically every single of his was played on the radio in those years.
Oh, and this one is from 2000.
They still play those songs on the radio every couple of hours. I work for a dental clinic so the radios always going and they play The Real Slim Shady, Lose Yourself and Without Me every single day and often multiple times a day.
This was played on the radio in metro Detroit , back in the early 2000s when it came out but I grew up in Detroit and moved to the suburbs , he was played here but when his first album dropped only 89x played him , which is a rock and alternative station, the main hip hop station 97.9 wjlb refused to play him and that’s who he’s dissing at the time. In multiple songs too. Channel 9.55 played him mainly but he got a lot of hate locally.
This is one of the most fire songs by Em
Great reaction my guy 🙌🏼🔥
My absolute favorite EM song ❤❤
You always make my day my friend
So wtf only 20.000 subs, no way..
Appreciate you 🖤💪🏾 and yea we going to get there just gotta keep working 💯
Lyrical genius
The label asked him for another My Name Is so he did this… then The Real Shady
Yeah! It immediately triggered rage in him to be asked to do another commercial radio-friendly hit and he says he was only able to make 'The Real Slim Shady' because he got all of this off his chest in 'The Way I Am.'
This was early Em. He was a beast back in that time. He flows and rhymes were fucking crazy.
My favorite song 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Eminem is the Goat 🐐 🔥
Eminem 😎 👍
Eminem killed it 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I like the song video 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This is probably his best cadence ever.
Amen 🙏🎶🎶🎶🔥💛💛
Being famous is like having kids. You want to appreciate the love and attention they shower on you, but you also just want some dang space. And then feel guilty when you get frustrated when they’re just expressing their love and admiration.
No joke this was the one that got me into Em. This album was his best one and everything was feeding from here. Literally and lyrically the best ever. Who else can ramp with this?
EPIC SONG❤
Funny thing is...most of his songs weren't being played in the radio, but we knew every word to most of his songs
Eminem-Mosh 🔥🔥
I heard My Name Is on the radio before the album dropped in early 99. After that, I MIGHT have heard him on the radio, but I'm not certain at all. My Name Is I distinctly remember hearing on the radio and that was only one time. Wanted to hear it again, but didn't get to until the day SSLP dropped months later.
Having lived through all this, I can tell you this man was public enemy number one. He was actually opening eyes and white America was hearing a message they'd never experienced before. Politicians hated him. They tried so hard to shut him down, and it only added fuel to his fire. It woke up masses of people and was a new way for so many to get into hip hop and rap they'd never had before. Parent's were beside themselves. Can't stop the signal.
Impeccable
Slim shady was telling the truth legendary song love the video Kezzy stay motivated dream big 1 mill on the way
Also, they played plenty of Eminem songs on the radio FYI including this one
Not that much before this song. My name is.. got those pop spins but that is part of what he's saying.
@@michaelpurdon7032 I know but Kezzy said he never heard Em on the radio and he’s been on the radio a lot. He didn’t say “before this song”, he said period!
@@Jamalz1289Henderson-xw5ikI never heard em on the radio either tbh, u wanted to hear him u needed a CD player most the time.
In my country, some songs always played on the radio, but with some words cut.
I remember hearing a lot Cleanin' Out My Closet, Without Me and Just Lose It.
funny thing is i remember being 9 years old riding back of my step dads car listening to 97.9 and hearing this song played all the time... looking back on it, its like he called the radio out for not playing him, then this is the only song they played all the time... when the track was brand new... they dont play this now.
Great reaction! Should Check out Em's performance of THE REAL SLIM SHADY & THE WAY I AM live at the VMAS 🔥🔥🔥😎👍
I'm 36 been a eminem fan from day one ..he hit the radio a few times but everytime they shut him down...people can say what they want to but I think it's because his content and lyrics was too much to handle..everyone says he made it because he was white ..NO! He made it because he was different
MTV gave him love..not radio, so you're right. That's why he has his own station..no funk flex freestyle etc.
He made it cuz he was different, real and spoke truth to BS.
this came out in 2000
I don't need photos or signature of a celebrity to feel better with myself. I treat all celebrities with respect and give conversation if accepted. My wife will be star struck but I don't care who you are but will respect you for the respect I receive. Thank you, celebrities, for your dedication but please remember it wasn't me ;). You are all great in my eyes!
Another good reaction man. Few more good ones I’m sure have been mentioned
“Brain Damage “
“97 Bonnie and Clyde”
“ Rock Bottom”
“ I just don’t give a fuck”
“I still don’t give a fuck”
Ngl man fwiw I should be checking the ones besides Rock bottom you mentioned there fww.. lol ngl fwiw am kind of impressed to think the last two ya mention are actual songs but then if Fack is then fwiw ig not tooo suprising.
@@bsanchez3563 yeah all the ones I mentioned are off The Slim Shady Lp. Hopefully he reacts to the full album.
That's not Em, that's Shady.
36 yo here. Enjoying watching the younger generation see the GOAT in action.
hell yeah gang, true gang, no cap gang, feel me gang? ye gang.
Slim Shady LP listen to that whole album. My mom used to listen to it in the car. That's why we're so fucked up at 30 😂
I did lol I was in high school when Eminem came out lol makes me feel old when the younger guys hear his older songs and not getting what he is talking about lol my age is showing lol
This song came out less than a year after Columbine... The media cooked Em for weeks for blaming parents, but I'll NEVER forget the first time I heard the 2nd verse. It was so raw, so emotional, & a middle finger to the 'proper-whites' of America.. now school shootings are a norm in the US...
одна из любимых мной композиций у Эминема
Certain songs were on the radio at times.
You should watch the video of 5 facts how they tried to cancel Eminem in the early 2000's, it is crazy! It also explains why he feels like this in this masterpiece of a song!
bro wtf!!!!!! FIRE!!!!!!
"I wouldn't have been mad at u if u slapped him" was my favorite comment u made 😂
Jr the first thing you do ❤❤
Stan since 99' can still karaoke this and not heard it in years lol
line...the'y blame on Marylin... Marylin Manson
This came out in the year 2000…
dam i was 1 years old maybe months old depending when lol
How can this be your first time hearing this, bro? Anyone who loves hip hop / rap should have listened to this by now
i was young asl bro i was never introduced.
@@KezzyBoii That being said, it was a dope reaction - as always. Cheers!
@kezzyboii I think you should do a whole album reaction when he drops the next album.
you should check out the award show where he does this and the real slim shady live, its a great video
EM Always Spittin 🔥🔥
I know a lot of people might disagree but he should be able to walk among us without being constantly bothered. Especially when he was out with hus children. We don't own him, we shouldn't act like we do.
The beat in the beginning was from a song by Eminem called kim ,
if u haven't done that one it must be done.
that one is crazy crazy.
Scariest song out btw.
Kim needs to come with a trigger warning it’s rough 😳