The best line in this song is “I laid awake and strapped myself in bed with a bullet proof vest on and shoot myself in the head.” It just completely sums up how fucking nuts he was and perfectly incapsulates the chaotic energy that this song gives off. Also it’s just incredible writing.
100% agree. Ever since the first time I heard it, that one line stuck with me. Delivered almost like it's a throw away line, but then it comes full circle. Like some kind of symmetry in the syllables. Then the contrast with the meaning. It's beautiful like a joke with a great unexpected turn at the end.
whole 3rd verse is absolute bars but personally my favorite is “i’m not ready to leave it’s too scary to die i’ll have to be carried inside the cemetery and buried alive”
I did, I was 27 and loved it from the very beginning. Very catchy tune, as well. Bear in mind, I´m not from an english speaking country, so we hade to sit with the CD and stop it after every sentence and check out the words and expressions that we didn´t understand immediately. That is how all we non english speakers (by birth) dived into texts back then. Great times :)
@Rheumattica You just proved me right LMFAO you're a fukn cry baby. And it does, just like he said idiot, and he listens obviously is what I meant because 99% of people who told people to listen to this song, said to react to this version. So... Suck it
@Rheumattica Remember, tip to grip, only the string should hang out when using your tampon. And also, I can say the same thing to you lol Like your opinion matters right now? Exactly, go ahead and reply, if you want my "Comeback" just wipe it from your pa's chin. #Muted
GOAT Eminem moment for me was the kamikaze ad he ran in publications that gave it negative reviews. “#1 in 103 countries…thanks for the support, assholes”. I appreciate it so much both for the throw back to this song and the sheer pettiness.
Note that this is called the banned version because the artist he was sampling for the music found the lyrics offensive and he had to replace lines in order to get approval to use his song for the album.
To give you the backdrop, at this time Will Smith's song Miami was on the charts along with Juvenile's Back that Ass Up, Jay Z's Hard Knock Life, Ice Cube's You Can Do It. If Hip Hop were a pool party, Eminem is the guy that shows up and yells, "Cannonball!" And splashes everyone. LOL
It's the raping lesbians line that got this version banned they remixed it to "Extraterrestrial, running over pedestrians in a space ship While they screamin' at me "Let's just be friends!" Even on the explicit versions released after the first run of the album
This is the track that started it all. I remember being in high school when the song dropped. People that didn't even mess with hip hop had this album on repeat.
Set the scene! It’s 1999 I have a 1 year old. I live in Southern Ireland. I’m 19. I get to go out finally. I’m in a club and I hear this song and I just stand there making sure I soak it up as I want to feel how good this song was making everyone feel! Now go to 2021 I’m 41 and I still am a die hard Stan. He has saved my life a few times ❤️🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
@@Riverpresley22 in the song he says "i told her ill grow up to become a famous rapper, make a record about doing drugs and name it after her" cleaning out my closet and marshall mathers aren't named after his mother.
@Rheumattica To who? People that don't like lyricism? I just noticed you cried on my comment too lol all that crying and being mean to me for no reason at all lol just because you're pathetic and on your period, doesn't mean you should come online and take it out on everyone. "They say music can alter moods and talk to you, but can it load a gun up for you and cock it too? Well if it can and the next time you assault a dude, just tell the judge it was my fault and I'll get sued" we all have opinions, but bad song? lol
This is the song that introduced the world to Eminem, EVERYONE my age (40) was freaking out over this lil white kid that Dre signed!!!!! U should do an Eminem week, 3 a day for a week….u wouldn’t regret it!!!! 🔥 🐐 NOBODY is safe if Em ever puts u in a song 😂
"i smoke a fat pound of grass and fall on my ass faster than the fat bitch who sat down to fast" -- they had the same reaction i did in 99 when this shit dropped. just cracking up with friends repeating it. love y'alls channel!
Yo, y’all don’t know, Slim Shady changed my life man. His raps were so ahead of their time when he first dropped! It’s nothing big now but he was the FIRST at this shit! Back when this song was out he was sooooo unique and different
Yeah can’t wait!!! Do the interviews and get to know the monster. He’s funny AF but will end people’s career. Waiting for your EM ears to grow a bit still…you can do it. You’ll know when you’re there. Right now you’re 2/10. I’m enjoying this so please keep going 👍🏻💪🏻
I remember the first time seeing this music video on MTV! Also, he was always a party when he was on TRL. (I'm showing my age. 😂) Leaving Heaven! Em addresses his father more than he ever has in his entire career, combined, on one song.
This man has 3 personalities. Slim shady who does this and slim shady, Eminem who does the relapse stuff that’s mad but sober and proving he’s still got it, and Marshall who is too lyrical for you to get the song the first time😂bearded em is untouchable lyrically but this version of him is the so in your face there’s no one beating him I’m a battle lol
This reaction is the reason Eminem gained international acclaim lol. Those of us who listened to this as kids and young adults were literally shocked into laughter because we had never heard anyone who just didn’t give a FUCK like em
Really hoping you get into some more songs from this album, like Rock Bottom and Just Don’t Give a Fuck. Def some of my personal favorites. Thanks for the reaction!
Eminem dusn't like Shim Shady but the industry and a lot of fans only whant Slim Shady. So he had to do that because he did get only one opportunity. He refers he dusn't like Slim Shady in a lot of songs and even did that back in the day. One thing is sure and that is that Shady is hilarious and there is almost nothing he won't say.
Shows I'm just getting old. The idea that its anyone's "first time" hearing this is almost unbelievable because everyone alive at the time heard this song. Guess I'm now just realizing how many people now actually weren't alive when this was released... ugh.
What a song to debut yourself with. I bet when Dre heard this for the first time he was just as shocked as we are at what we hear come from his mouth lol.
Looking forward to this. By the way, I've just found the full Anger Management and Eminem Show tour concerts on 4k remastered recently uploaded on youtube, about 1:15h each, the quality is soo crisp, you should check those out, maybe a multipart series. I had those downloaded and could put em up on a drive or smth if you have troubles with playing it from yt on full res. Oh, you want to be slippin on Em's swag juice? Try "My Band" with video, that shit is hilarious, or The real slim shady or Just lose it, some of the classics, or maybe Ass like that or Shake that ass, same w video, Em's videos are legendary
Yo that's sick. I gotta look for that. I remember my friend won tickets on a radio phone to see eminem and Dr dre at Brixton academy in 2000. He straight away phoned me because he said he knew I'd never speak to him again if he took someone else hahaha. Shit was so good!
Since we on the funnies u gotta do guilty conscience uncensored version u gotta do as the world turns and brain damage no double entendres just super funny great rapping lol
I saw the debut of this song on MTV AFTER DARK or whatever it was maybe BET, looked at my cuz and said THIS DUDE IS GUNNA B A STAR and he out of all emcees WAS THE VOICE OF MY HOLE GENERATION
I wish I had the words to describe how effing rad it was to be in my twenties when this came out. Em is one year older than me. There wasn’t anything out like him. Some local outrageous raunchy ish, but not on tv. It was like watching an asteroid blow up the earth. 🔥
Finally best reaction yet. I guess you need to go review the whole Slim Shady LP. Tried to react to Low, Down, And Dirty by Eminem. Is Slim Shady first appearance.
Oh my gosh!! KRIS KROSS?!? You’ve got me back in middle school. ….."And everything is to the back with a little slack 'Cause inside out, it's wiggida wiggida wiggida wack!” I rocked that song and the Beastie Boys so hard! I had RUN DMC and “The FAT BOYS” on rotation always. I L💙 VE that you know them! I had all their tapes! Yes kids, I said “tapes” right along with my Sony Walkman.
Yes please uncensored video. It’s brilliant, you get to see inside Dre & Em’s relationship, & Skyler Grey is on the hook. What more could anyone ask for?
You have to listen to the whole album, which is the first one. This is the album where the blamed him and Marilyn Manson for the Columbine Massacre, which he mentioned in the second album, with songs, such as The Way I am and Never Knew. The first album is 🔥.
This is different from the original dirty version that's actually on the album. In the original, he says "my English teacher wanted to flunk me in junior high, thanks a lot, next semester 35".
After the Beastie Boys, it was a long time before a white dude got my attention. Marshall was it. His sht is fire from day one. Keep in mind I'm old school. Grandmaster Flash was my sht when it dropped, and I heard Sugar Hill Gang way back too. Can't forget Big Daddy Kane. Have a great day.
6:21-The funniest thing about this line is this the first song Slim made knowin Dre, and he’s insulting Dre in the song. “Dr Dre, dont just stand there (you lazy son of a btch) Operate.”
On his Relapse album he has a song called "My Mom" where he's talking about drugs and how his mom got him addicted to it at a very young age.
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Banger
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The best line in this song is “I laid awake and strapped myself in bed with a bullet proof vest on and shoot myself in the head.” It just completely sums up how fucking nuts he was and perfectly incapsulates the chaotic energy that this song gives off. Also it’s just incredible writing.
100% agree. Ever since the first time I heard it, that one line stuck with me. Delivered almost like it's a throw away line, but then it comes full circle. Like some kind of symmetry in the syllables. Then the contrast with the meaning. It's beautiful like a joke with a great unexpected turn at the end.
Feels like a great joke from some dark British comedy. Really cool.
I think about that line twice a week minimum :D
whole 3rd verse is absolute bars but personally my favorite is
“i’m not ready to leave it’s too scary to die
i’ll have to be carried inside the cemetery and buried alive”
😂😂😂😂 bare in mind this is how he introduced himself to the world, could only imagine hearing this for the first time back then man 😂
our heroes were committing suicide and OD-ing under bridges left and right, when this came out it was happy music lol
I did, I was 27 and loved it from the very beginning. Very catchy tune, as well. Bear in mind, I´m not from an english speaking country, so we hade to sit with the CD and stop it after every sentence and check out the words and expressions that we didn´t understand immediately. That is how all we non english speakers (by birth) dived into texts back then. Great times :)
I remember hearing this and running to my older brother like “bro, come check this dude out!!”
I was instantly hooked.
It was awesome I remember his first album.
"I smoke a fat pound of grass and fall on my ass faster than a fat bitch who sat down too fast" for me is one of the funniest lines on this album 😂
Finally, someone who reacted to the Right version lol
@Rheumattica It's only sick if you're a cry baby PC leftist
@Rheumattica You just proved me right LMFAO you're a fukn cry baby.
And it does, just like he said idiot, and he listens obviously is what I meant because 99% of people who told people to listen to this song, said to react to this version. So... Suck it
@Rheumattica Remember, tip to grip, only the string should hang out when using your tampon.
And also, I can say the same thing to you lol Like your opinion matters right now? Exactly, go ahead and reply, if you want my "Comeback" just wipe it from your pa's chin.
#Muted
@Rheumattica it is the” right “ version
GOAT Eminem moment for me was the kamikaze ad he ran in publications that gave it negative reviews. “#1 in 103 countries…thanks for the support, assholes”. I appreciate it so much both for the throw back to this song and the sheer pettiness.
Note that this is called the banned version because the artist he was sampling for the music found the lyrics offensive and he had to replace lines in order to get approval to use his song for the album.
The English Teacher and the Lesbian line were changed for the album.
I like the new English teacher line
To give you the backdrop, at this time Will Smith's song Miami was on the charts along with Juvenile's Back that Ass Up, Jay Z's Hard Knock Life, Ice Cube's You Can Do It. If Hip Hop were a pool party, Eminem is the guy that shows up and yells, "Cannonball!" And splashes everyone. LOL
Eminem is the guy that shows up with acid lol.
@@sarahcampbell1115 Yeah, and then jumps into the pool with it
It's the raping lesbians line that got this version banned they remixed it to "Extraterrestrial, running over pedestrians in a space ship
While they screamin' at me
"Let's just be friends!" Even on the explicit versions released after the first run of the album
Also the teacher that wanted to have sex, they switched it to “my teacher flunked me in junior high
This is the track that started it all. I remember being in high school when the song dropped. People that didn't even mess with hip hop had this album on repeat.
Set the scene! It’s 1999 I have a 1 year old. I live in Southern Ireland. I’m 19. I get to go out finally. I’m in a club and I hear this song and I just stand there making sure I soak it up as I want to feel how good this song was making everyone feel! Now go to 2021 I’m 41 and I still am a die hard Stan. He has saved my life a few times ❤️🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
He really did make that song about his mother 10* years later, “My Mom” off of Relapse. Check that album out. It has some amazing songs
He did say, though, "make a _record_ about doing drugs and name it after her."
Are you new lmfao never heard cleaning out my closet or marshal Mathers lmao
@@Riverpresley22 in the song he says "i told her ill grow up to become a famous rapper, make a record about doing drugs and name it after her" cleaning out my closet and marshall mathers aren't named after his mother.
you will get a whole understanding of eminem if you listen to "sing for the moment"
@Rheumattica To who? People that don't like lyricism? I just noticed you cried on my comment too lol all that crying and being mean to me for no reason at all lol just because you're pathetic and on your period, doesn't mean you should come online and take it out on everyone.
"They say music can alter moods and talk to you, but can it load a gun up for you and cock it too? Well if it can and the next time you assault a dude, just tell the judge it was my fault and I'll get sued" we all have opinions, but bad song? lol
@Rheumattica you are trippin
@Rheumattica This kid needs to be locked away!
@Rheumattica hey its your opinion, but doesnt matter how the song sounds to you but you CANT deny that the message is SO POWERFUL.
Eminem- As the world turns. Funniest story telling ever
+flowing effortlessly
Back in 1997/8 maybe 1999 this was our first introduction to Eminem...and we were fascinated...because at the time it was limp Bizkit and kid rock
This is the song that introduced the world to Eminem, EVERYONE my age (40) was freaking out over this lil white kid that Dre signed!!!!! U should do an Eminem week, 3 a day for a week….u wouldn’t regret it!!!! 🔥 🐐
NOBODY is safe if Em ever puts u in a song 😂
"i smoke a fat pound of grass and fall on my ass faster than the fat bitch who sat down to fast" -- they had the same reaction i did in 99 when this shit dropped. just cracking up with friends repeating it. love y'alls channel!
Yo, y’all don’t know, Slim Shady changed my life man. His raps were so ahead of their time when he first dropped! It’s nothing big now but he was the FIRST at this shit! Back when this song was out he was sooooo unique and different
Theirs a endless Playlist of Eminem hits that you will feel that you never finish.
Yeah can’t wait!!! Do the interviews and get to know the monster. He’s funny AF but will end people’s career. Waiting for your EM ears to grow a bit still…you can do it. You’ll know when you’re there. Right now you’re 2/10. I’m enjoying this so please keep going 👍🏻💪🏻
I remember the first time seeing this music video on MTV! Also, he was always a party when he was on TRL.
(I'm showing my age. 😂)
Leaving Heaven! Em addresses his father more than he ever has in his entire career, combined, on one song.
This man has 3 personalities. Slim shady who does this and slim shady, Eminem who does the relapse stuff that’s mad but sober and proving he’s still got it, and Marshall who is too lyrical for you to get the song the first time😂bearded em is untouchable lyrically but this version of him is the so in your face there’s no one beating him I’m a battle lol
This song was dope when it came out and still is till this day
22 years later and i still can’t listen to this song without doing the dj scratch hand thing at the “chicka chicka slim shady” part 🤷🏼♀️
Lolll y’all’s reaction makes me so happy. Imagine hearing this shit at 7… oh the 90’s.
You should do “Without Me” and “The Real Slim Shady if you haven’t heard it already. Thats peak Slim Shady
This reaction is the reason Eminem gained international acclaim lol. Those of us who listened to this as kids and young adults were literally shocked into laughter because we had never heard anyone who just didn’t give a FUCK like em
Really hoping you get into some more songs from this album, like Rock Bottom and Just Don’t Give a Fuck. Def some of my personal favorites. Thanks for the reaction!
Rock bottom is my favourite
Without Me would be another song to review. MTV tried to ban him so he wrote a song.
Now you gotta react to MY FAULT, it’s one of his funniest songs
Eminem dusn't like Shim Shady but the industry and a lot of fans only whant Slim Shady. So he had to do that because he did get only one opportunity. He refers he dusn't like Slim Shady in a lot of songs and even did that back in the day. One thing is sure and that is that Shady is hilarious and there is almost nothing he won't say.
The only rapper that makes you laugh at serious shit
It's crazy I grew up with this song and never heard this version. It's already a super explicit song never knew it could be worse lmao
Shows I'm just getting old. The idea that its anyone's "first time" hearing this is almost unbelievable because everyone alive at the time heard this song. Guess I'm now just realizing how many people now actually weren't alive when this was released... ugh.
What a song to debut yourself with. I bet when Dre heard this for the first time he was just as shocked as we are at what we hear come from his mouth lol.
If you wana hear him talk about his dad its called "leaving heaven" its a banger
Do “the real slim shady” it’s another song like this one. You’ll like it.
this is how he opened...
THIS IS HOW HE OPENED
Looking forward to this.
By the way, I've just found the full Anger Management and Eminem Show tour concerts on 4k remastered recently uploaded on youtube, about 1:15h each, the quality is soo crisp, you should check those out, maybe a multipart series. I had those downloaded and could put em up on a drive or smth if you have troubles with playing it from yt on full res.
Oh, you want to be slippin on Em's swag juice? Try "My Band" with video, that shit is hilarious, or The real slim shady or Just lose it, some of the classics, or maybe Ass like that or Shake that ass, same w video, Em's videos are legendary
Yo that's sick. I gotta look for that.
I remember my friend won tickets on a radio phone to see eminem and Dr dre at Brixton academy in 2000. He straight away phoned me because he said he knew I'd never speak to him again if he took someone else hahaha.
Shit was so good!
Since we on the funnies u gotta do guilty conscience uncensored version u gotta do as the world turns and brain damage no double entendres just super funny great rapping lol
@@johnfischer_2bruhhh u talking to a long time em fan brain damage still gives me goosebumps I rap it like I wrote it lol
I saw the debut of this song on MTV AFTER DARK or whatever it was maybe BET, looked at my cuz and said THIS DUDE IS GUNNA B A STAR
and he out of all emcees WAS THE VOICE OF MY HOLE GENERATION
Would be cool if you watch the video next. So you can see how different it is from this Explicit/Uncensored one
Im so glad you are reacting to the uncesored songs. You would have missed on soo much if you played the clean one. Subbed bro.
5:25 and yes he did, there is a track of Eminem called MY MOM on the album RELAPSE 2009 he recorded it while he was high
Man y'all pause and rewind way too much.
for real holy fucking shit
It’s a reaction for a reason if you don’t like it don’t watch reaction videos bro simple
Mac daddy make ya wanna jump jump.Kris Kross make ya wanna jump jump.Entire dance floor jumps ,back in your moms and my day. Eminem speaks for itself.
If you liked this one, you’ll love “As the World Turns. Its a story and funny as hell to. Also “Evil Twin” 🔥
I remember when this song came out... banger still
I wish I had the words to describe how effing rad it was to be in my twenties when this came out. Em is one year older than me. There wasn’t anything out like him. Some local outrageous raunchy ish, but not on tv. It was like watching an asteroid blow up the earth. 🔥
As the world turns and my fault are also two songs on this album that have really funny storytelling
He took a shot at n9ne inch nails on that bar, lmao 🤣
"As the world turns" by em that joint is just as comical as this song. Listen to it
You should do eminem Darkness music video. All I'll say is the whole song is a double entendre.
This whole album 🔥 his best album he ever did. Facts
Mmlp >
Finally best reaction yet. I guess you need to go review the whole Slim Shady LP. Tried to react to Low, Down, And Dirty by Eminem. Is Slim Shady first appearance.
So many 🔥 Em joints to react to - can’t wait
His songs "as the world turns" and "role model" slaps
you guys need to do "As the world turns - Eminem" it's a funny story telling record
Another classic song by em is As the World Turns. Think youd guys find it funny and also dope, keep grinding and keeping the hits coming!
Eminem after 3 sec Made Hook for this Song when he heard beat from Dr.Dre on first Together Studio session
He did some prank calls around this time. Look it up😜
Oh my gosh!! KRIS KROSS?!? You’ve got me back in middle school. ….."And everything is to the back with a little slack
'Cause inside out, it's wiggida wiggida wiggida wack!”
I rocked that song and the Beastie Boys so hard! I had RUN DMC and “The FAT BOYS” on rotation always.
I L💙 VE that you know them! I had all their tapes! Yes kids, I said “tapes” right along with my Sony Walkman.
Nothing beats young still pissed at the world Em… shit was so raw.
React to Eminem ft. Dr. Dre- I Need a doctor
Yes please uncensored video. It’s brilliant, you get to see inside Dre & Em’s relationship, & Skyler Grey is on the hook. What more could anyone ask for?
Please react to more old school Eminem like this.
This was most people's intro to Slim Shady
How has one never heard this song? I’d be embarrassed
If you reverse the chorus “my name is” it says “it’s Eminem” so it’s actually fucking genius😂
This is the worlds introduction to Slim Shady and the rest was history.
The real slim shady song reaction Plz.. Do the uncensored version
No fucks given. Let's all try to be more like Shady in 2022.
Can you react to criminal, im back, Marshall mathers
Bro, you want hype ?
React to Em's "Phenomenal". Shit is waaaaay too 🔥🔥🔥
You do a good job on this reacting thing ! Keep it up !
Peace
You guys should check out the song leaving heaven by eminem , song dedacated directly at his dad.
You have to listen to the whole album, which is the first one. This is the album where the blamed him and Marilyn Manson for the Columbine Massacre, which he mentioned in the second album, with songs, such as The Way I am and Never Knew. The first album is 🔥.
This is different from the original dirty version that's actually on the album. In the original, he says "my English teacher wanted to flunk me in junior high, thanks a lot, next semester 35".
Next "when I'm gone" Eminem
This shit changed everything
yeah Kris Kross they were my first rap cd that i bought the album totally crossed out with the world famous track Jump, you got to react to Jump
The original song this sample is from is called "I Got The... by Labi Siffre" and its a banger R&B song.... Definitely worth listening to....
After the Beastie Boys, it was a long time before a white dude got my attention. Marshall was it.
His sht is fire from day one.
Keep in mind I'm old school. Grandmaster Flash was my sht when it dropped, and I heard Sugar Hill Gang way back too. Can't forget Big Daddy Kane.
Have a great day.
I love Australia music, they got mad when they played the clean version
I was in 5th grade when this came out😂. Played it all day long
I’ve heard this song 1000 times and even on the 1001th time, my reaction is just like the first time I heard it.
Eminem “drug ballad” 🤘🏾
His song leaving heaven I what he wrote after his dad died
I feel old watching y’all sometimes. I’m 35 but sometimes one of y’all or the other doesn’t get a reference. It’s wild 😛
6:21-The funniest thing about this line is this the first song Slim made knowin Dre, and he’s insulting Dre in the song.
“Dr Dre, dont just stand there (you lazy son of a btch) Operate.”
Love the reactions man, keep me coming
Appreciate ya!
The Way I Am and Role Model next please :)
Listen to 'As the World Turns' off the Slim Shady LP, I promise you will be laughing the whole song
I remember bumping this when i got my new surround sound from rip you off rent a center 😂😂
You need to show the video to this it is funny AF 😄 much love to you and your family 💕Brandi Modrak 💕❤
You should react to brain damage by Eminem
The greatest eminem song ever 💯💯💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Chris Cross was big when I was going, their little run
it's so strange to realize this song isn't just part of everyone's childhood
Imagine when the album get avalable on the stores, and all cars in it rolled this song.. .xD xD xD
Can you imagine if slim shady was now and not 15-12 years ago??? He would be canceled so fast and no one would want to sign him.
You should do As the World Turns and Role Model