I have to tell this story about this video. Back in 1998 I went to San Jose California from Houston Texas for a week. While I was there I stopped at a music store. I saw this Sway and Tech in the morning videotape that had a bunch of rappers rapping on it so I bought it. This is something that wouldn't be in Houston. I brought it back and let everybody watch it. I remember fastforwarding over Eminem without ever listening to him. That just shows you how people thought of white rappers back then. My friend Nick Tuskowski asked to borrow it for a night. I let him borrow it and he called me and ask me if I listened to the white dude that was rapping on the tape and I said no, I just fast-forward through him. He said he wasn't giving me the tape back until I watched him. I went over there and watched this performance here and was like "Dog, that shit was crazy" Nick told me "I promise you this dude is going to blow up in a few years" I was like we'll see. Then a year later Hi my name is came out and I remember being with Nick when it came on the radio. He looked at me and smile and said "I told you"
He's telling everyone that has words will cut them like they can't imagine and they're just laughing and appreciating the sound while totally missing the threat hahaha
@stevesand8845 showing off skills in battle rap/underground rap scene is threatening people... it's literally all aggresive, attacking people lyrically
@@wolfysnack13 I understand that is IS threatening, i’m just saying that in that moment right there i don’t think that being threatening is his main priority…. i think it’s just coming up with sick lines
Eminem set the game on fire. White boys trying to rap at this time was laughable and he stepped in and showed mfs he was not to be played with. To step into a genre controlled by black folks and do what he did has to respected
@@LoneStoneLive impossible. He was just too good man 😂 7billion people in the world and I bet at least half would like his music and that’s a hard thing to do when it comes to the world and agreeing with something
@@grump9283 Facts. Kendrick, Hopsin, 50 Cent, Juice Wrld (RIP), & countless others I can’t even think of. I only mention white, cause during the time he came out, people only associated Rap & Hip Hop with black people. He came in & basically eradicated that stigma with his music. Definitely an important figure in Hip Hop & he acts as if he’s not.
@@Spacetheprodigy rapping isn't only about rapping about something specific that "makes sense". The cadence, flow, rhyme schemes, and lyrical improvisation is a major part of rap as well, Eminem is a master of all of these. He doesn't always need to say something meaningful because he makes up for it everywhere else
So this man can rhyme entire sentences with each other on the spot over and over without stopping, and still have them form a coherent narrative. Not only that, but the fact that he delivers it so smoothly means that he's doing all this faster than he can speak.
@@BTotty_Music_Reviews it was a freestyle. Freestyle doesn't ONLY mean coming up with words that rhyme on the spot. It can also mean rapping on a beat with no hook about random shit and it is written. Two different things with the same name
Got possible placement as a hospital patient. That’s a five syllable rhyme. That’s super difficult to create and making it work with a beat. He did that effortlessly in a freaking freestyle. That’s insane talent
As fire as it was and as much as I love Eminem, not a freestyle....he actually used that line in several verses.....written but still nice...just fyi, "freestyle" refers to it not being an official track/song....just a verse or verses on different beats
Yes. You can hear it from the crowds reactions that they do. Plus millions of people on RUclips watching. It’s not difficult to spot a good MC. If the HIPHOP Community didn’t think he was dope Em wouldn’t have made it. He broke barriers with his rhymes. Em can be heard from the worst part of town to the best part of town. That’s what made him special.
It’s crazy the Hip Hop community been rocking with EM since the 90’s. The audacity to even question the understanding of the people in the room is blasphemous.
What’s your contribution to Hip Hop that makes you feel so special that only you and a few people can see that Eminem is a GREAT MC? HE literally sold millions of records......
@@00maniacmanny00 doubt it, regardless though...he freestyles off the dome constantly. Also, his writing is flawless and tier...same with delivery...so who cares? It's still him lol
@@daisysabashed9661 His Freestyles off the dome are called the "Eminem any word Freestyles" on RUclips. They're good too, but they're nowhere near this level. Also, like I said, he's said this exact freestyle on multiple radio stations, so it's obviously written.
Eminem is one of the few rappers with worldwide notice that can actually freestyle! This modern version of freestyle, with practiced lyrics on an instrumental is bull****. #bringbackfreestyle!
It's... like he raps so clean and sixth sensibly. He's weirdly so knowledgeable with terms and metaphoric experience. He formulates bars way ahead of time in his head before he even says them. It's like a electric current with a rechargeable battery.
@@tma4137 Yeah for real. Who cares if he mispelled a word we STILL know how dope of a line that was 😂👌🏼🔥 People be too deep about little shit nowadays gotdamn 💔
I love how you can hear him lock himself into a corner and juust about scrape his way out with "20% chance of living". Like he almost lost it, kept his cool, and navigated out of it like a boss. Also shows its all genuinely freestyle, no cheeky written segments
If you actually believe any of this is not written 😂 you are mentally deranged. Everything here was written before but he remembered the lines and connected them together 😂 that's also a form of freestyle. No, he did not come up with any of that off the dome, it is impossible to do any of that.
I knew Eminem was something special when I first heard him back in the 90s. What I didn’t fully understand was how smart, clever, and QUICK he really was/is. The creativity of his style is immediately apparent, as well as his unique rhythm, but some of his lines are so smart and offer all kinds of interesting perspective. Like, imagine sitting down and writing some of his better lines…it definitely takes a special kind of mind to do. I’m no expert on hip hop or rap whatsoever, but there’s no denying clever wordplay and smart writing
This man is really too good 😭 he wants to rap so fast and his tongue, and mouth and kind are all on the same pace! No breathe, no warm up, no hick up, nothing. Just smooth bars from beginning to end
and through all the footage of him, you rarely ever see him falter. And he recovers so well even his worst mistakes probably go unnoticed by most people. He's so coinsistent. His brain was made for this!
Yeah like didn't Dre hear one of his tapes then he flew him out and when he started coming up with the hook for my name's is on the fly just from listening to the beat and he knew he had to sign him
@@randyestrada6224 The Slim Shady EP did. Infinate was his first album and it didn’t sell at all really. He was pissed and started rapping about rediculus shit cause he didn’t care anymore. Anyways some dude asked em for his demo at a concert. Em threw it “like whatever, here” you know? Well the fucking dude brought it to Jimmy Iovine, and jimmy brought it to Dre. Dre imediately flew em out to Cali and on the first day they made my name is. Rest is history
@@agentmma Why does everyone who knew Em in the day brag about it at the end of their message? Buttafingaz of Soul Intent does the same thing. "I know because I'm doing the scratches on this track..." you're real proud!
@@JackTal0s as far as I know the first part over biggies beat is written. Itd from his slim shady LP EXTENDED VERSION. Theirs an acapellas called "Greg" and it's the exact lyrics. You can look up the history of it if you look up the lyrics on genius.
The lyrics t's only fair to warn I was born with a set of horns And metaphors attached to my dang umbilical cord Warlord of rap that'll bash you with a 2 by 4 board And smash into your Honda Accord with a four door Ford But I'm more toward droppin' an acapella To chop a fella to Mozzarella worse than a helicopter propeller Got you locked in a cellar With your skeleton showing Developing anorexia while I'm standing next to ya Eating a full course meal watching you starve to death With an IV in your vein feeding you liquid Darvocet Pumping you full of drugs Pull the plugs on the gunshot victims full of bullet slugs Who were picked up in an ambulance and driven To Receiving with the asses ripped out of they pants And given a less than 20 percent chance of living Have a possible placement as a hospital patient Storing the dead bodies in Grandma's little basement Doctor Kevorkian has arrived To perform an autopsy on you While you scream "I'M STILL ALIVE!" Driving a rusty scalpel in through the top of your scalp And pulling your Adam's apple out through your mouth Better call the fire department I've hired an arson to set fire to carpet And burn up your entire apartment
The second is my all time favourite freestyle. I used to listen to it age 12 breaking it down visualizing it and it sticked. It's was a perfect blueprint for how I wanted to rap and write
He's the goat of rap idc what anyone says. Who tf else you heard spit like this. Not Nas, not Rakim, not Slick Rick, LL, Biggie none of them could do it like Em. N not to be that dude, but if Eminem was a black man, ppl woulda been comparing him to 2Pac the second My Name Is dropped but nOoO bc a white man doing a black genre better than another black men was unfathomable at the time. Still kinda is today. Eminem needs more respect.
🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 you can’t argue that he’d destroy anyone in a rap battle, and you can’t argue that any rapper most Gen Zs listen to would even half a chance of surviving a rap battle against him.
@@corywiedenbeck1562 lmao no one is better than em lyrically these days and if u talking about "these days" rappers you'll only get mumble rappers dumb
Thats the thing I feel like people forget - eminem was FUNKY. Like he had a super clean, laidback flow back then. Somewhere along the way he lost that or gave it up. And so people will say ‘you cant bump em tracks in your car’, which is true for anything hes made the last 20 years. But before that, plenty of bangers
I wonder if he could even find this old flow within himself again if he wanted. This sound is so iconic everyone would go wild if he tapped into his old flow on a new single.
Im a big shady fan but its not that complex of a rhyme. Hes done whole sentances that rhyme and so have i and plenty of rappers. That rhyme only has one and two words that rhyme. Btw em is in my top 5 im just saying
These freestyles are even more insane if you remember this time. There was basically no rap that sounded like this, let alone from a white boy, let alone spouting shit about beating up a special needs kid with his wooden leg, and stuff like "coming back to get your foster mommas". You can hear the genuine laughs in the studio. Eminem was (and is) so good at flipping between making jokes and talking serious shit. In a time where rap was pretty hard/gangster/whatever, he could be goofy asf and be respected. Just an unbelievable artist, still killing it decades after this video was taken.
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You know it's real rap when the rapper is louder than the beat
facts! 😂
That or the song was just not mixed 😐
@@thisismynamethisismyname5956 do you mean boom bap?
@@jaidenarias5912 ok
Whats the name of the 2nd beat ?
That look in his eyes. He ain’t looking at anything in our reality. He’s watching the words his mind produces. Fucking genius.
and the picture come after the words.. genius
Apparently this was scripted and not improvised
@@SuperMaDBrothers source?
@@SirCheffUA9 em made mix tapes of these exact lyrics at the time he made this FS. Three headed dragon was fire
@@SirCheffUA9 You really asking for a source? These are his acapella lyrics from his Shady LP, go listen you might learn something.
Rhyming "ambulance" with "they ass ripped out of they pants" is fuckin wild
😂😂😂
Young Em was a menace.
Em's always been a master at word bending
He rhymed “ambuLANCE and DRIVEN” with “PANTS and GIVEN” and “CHANCE of LIVING”, not what you said there
Where did he say tghat
Back in this time no one was rappin like this.
Billyshead133 still no one is Royce is the closest right now
@@yunngmelt1858 Big L....
why does everybody act like canibus didn't exist?
@@michaelangst6078 because em murdered that guy
Big Pun and Canibus were better in 97-98
I have to tell this story about this video. Back in 1998 I went to San Jose California from Houston Texas for a week. While I was there I stopped at a music store. I saw this Sway and Tech in the morning videotape that had a bunch of rappers rapping on it so I bought it. This is something that wouldn't be in Houston. I brought it back and let everybody watch it. I remember fastforwarding over Eminem without ever listening to him. That just shows you how people thought of white rappers back then. My friend Nick Tuskowski asked to borrow it for a night. I let him borrow it and he called me and ask me if I listened to the white dude that was rapping on the tape and I said no, I just fast-forward through him. He said he wasn't giving me the tape back until I watched him. I went over there and watched this performance here and was like "Dog, that shit was crazy" Nick told me "I promise you this dude is going to blow up in a few years" I was like we'll see. Then a year later Hi my name is came out and I remember being with Nick when it came on the radio. He looked at me and smile and said "I told you"
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Very cool story my guy
Awesome friend that Kick Buttowski
Inspiring
That's actually a really good story. I did the same thing with Shia Labeouf on the first episode of, Even Steven. Your stories a little edgier though
"But Im more towards dropping an acapella to chop a fella into mozarella worse than a helicopter propeller" is an earth shattering bar
😅
He's telling everyone that has words will cut them like they can't imagine and they're just laughing and appreciating the sound while totally missing the threat hahaha
@@wolfysnack13 lol i doubt that was the point, he was showing off his skills, not threatening the people in that room
@stevesand8845 showing off skills in battle rap/underground rap scene is threatening people... it's literally all aggresive, attacking people lyrically
@@wolfysnack13 I understand that is IS threatening, i’m just saying that in that moment right there i don’t think that being threatening is his main priority…. i think it’s just coming up with sick lines
Eminem set the game on fire. White boys trying to rap at this time was laughable and he stepped in and showed mfs he was not to be played with. To step into a genre controlled by black folks and do what he did has to respected
Brothaman
He definitely was a big influence on white rappers in Hip Hop. Imagine how it’d be if he never made it.
@@LoneStoneLive impossible. He was just too good man 😂 7billion people in the world and I bet at least half would like his music and that’s a hard thing to do when it comes to the world and agreeing with something
@@LoneStoneLive he is an influence to Every lyrical rapper/lyricist And most of them are black
@@grump9283
Facts. Kendrick, Hopsin, 50 Cent, Juice Wrld (RIP), & countless others I can’t even think of. I only mention white, cause during the time he came out, people only associated Rap & Hip Hop with black people. He came in & basically eradicated that stigma with his music. Definitely an important figure in Hip Hop & he acts as if he’s not.
This is real rap..hands down the best.😈😈😈
He is literally talking about random shit. I mean it sounds cool but he ain’t talking about shit.
This is extremely true
@Buffalo Billions trueeee this mumble rappers assss
GoDAshhh that’s the point man that’s what Emcees do is talk shit
@@Spacetheprodigy rapping isn't only about rapping about something specific that "makes sense". The cadence, flow, rhyme schemes, and lyrical improvisation is a major part of rap as well, Eminem is a master of all of these. He doesn't always need to say something meaningful because he makes up for it everywhere else
So this man can rhyme entire sentences with each other on the spot over and over without stopping, and still have them form a coherent narrative. Not only that, but the fact that he delivers it so smoothly means that he's doing all this faster than he can speak.
This is still my shit...I'm come back to this post til dis day.... but this ain't no freestyle
I have a strong feeling most of it is prewritten but idk shit about it
It definitely wasn't a freestyle, this Is written but improved in a similar beat
@@BTotty_Music_Reviews it was a freestyle. Freestyle doesn't ONLY mean coming up with words that rhyme on the spot. It can also mean rapping on a beat with no hook about random shit and it is written. Two different things with the same name
@@asapmikey916the composition of the song is sure he goes back to some pre thought verses but a lot of it is improvised
A style never heard before .. dude a living legend
Listen to cage
@@ρακούν505-λ6ψ eminem bought his tape opened it and dubbed over it
Youve obvs never heard Pace Won or the Outsidaz eh
It’s like he’s rapping around, over, & under the beat. Rather than on it. & it’s still on point.
YOU haven’t heard!!! Look up BIG L
Fuckinh insane flow.. we all miss this em...
scott comyns this ain’t em it’s the real slim
Listen to Kamikaze goofy
Buddy William lol duh fuck you talking about
Giovanni Di Stefano so bad
Giovanni Di Stefano If you think kamikaze is goofy then you seriously need to stop smoking spice🤷🏻♂️
Got possible placement as a hospital patient. That’s a five syllable rhyme. That’s super difficult to create and making it work with a beat. He did that effortlessly in a freaking freestyle.
That’s insane talent
As fire as it was and as much as I love Eminem, not a freestyle....he actually used that line in several verses.....written but still nice...just fyi, "freestyle" refers to it not being an official track/song....just a verse or verses on different beats
“Go to bed with a keg wake up with a 40, mix it with alka seltzer and formula 44D” one of the dirtiest bars ever
Dyum!
What do he mean with „wake up with a 40“? Sorry but I’m not an native English speaker
Eule 443 pretty sure it means 40 ounce bottle so alcohol
How does this rhyme?
Listen to it again....wake up with a 4...dee. Formula 4..d. That's how he connected it. Wow
It was a demo tape that Dre heard,... you title is for views and is incorrect
eleven38 Your right
What's the name of the demo tape that was presented to dre
What tape?
ruclips.net/video/VNemzXR-Gn4/видео.html
It's true eminem explains it all in this interview in 1998
not a demo tape it was a recording of a rap battle i thought
Bro Em didn’t even blink. That’s how focused he was
Lol bro was high bruhh
Hes a rap bot xd
He was fucked up on drugs back then
Cause he smoked crack today yesterday and the day before
Do you think any of the people there actually realized what they were witnessing... the last minute of the video is insane.
yea ive seen this 5 million times throughout my life and it still blows my mind
He was signaling the camera to stop too😂
Yes. You can hear it from the crowds reactions that they do. Plus millions of people on RUclips watching. It’s not difficult to spot a good MC. If the HIPHOP Community didn’t think he was dope Em wouldn’t have made it. He broke barriers with his rhymes. Em can be heard from the worst part of town to the best part of town. That’s what made him special.
It’s crazy the Hip Hop community been rocking with EM since the 90’s. The audacity to even question the understanding of the people in the room is blasphemous.
What’s your contribution to Hip Hop that makes you feel so special that only you and a few people can see that Eminem is a GREAT MC? HE literally sold millions of records......
1:19: _"But I'm more toward dropping an acapella to chop a fella to mozzarella worse than a helicopter propeller"_ 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
"better call the fire department and find the arson who set fire to your carpet and burned down your entire apartment"
that one gets me too
Got you locked in a cellar.
@DeSoto Hybrid89 bro u crazy
I thought it was like too much rhyming for a second and then my brain caught up to my ears and my entire head exploded
brooooooo 😂😂😂😂😂
It’s amazing when you can watch someone enter the zone as seamlessly as Eminem while he’s rapping
Idk how his brain processes these words this fast
Damn had no idea this comment had this many likes lmaoo i thought it was only like 10
This freestyle was written, he's said it on like 3 different radio stations.
@@00maniacmanny00 woah ok man🤓idk this shit
@@00maniacmanny00 he didn't
@@00maniacmanny00 doubt it, regardless though...he freestyles off the dome constantly. Also, his writing is flawless and tier...same with delivery...so who cares? It's still him lol
@@daisysabashed9661 His Freestyles off the dome are called the "Eminem any word Freestyles" on RUclips. They're good too, but they're nowhere near this level. Also, like I said, he's said this exact freestyle on multiple radio stations, so it's obviously written.
The look in his eyes while he raps is so fascinating
Tunnel vision
That thousand yard stare of focus. Artist literally turn into different people when they perform or record music.
It’s called cocaine and crystal meth mixed with alcohol LOL
@@LoneStoneLive that's the genius , the word genius comes from the word jinn which means demon , he's basically possessed like all geniuses
I can't even see his eyes.
The second beat is: Wordplay by The X-ecutioners
gigachad
Was looking for this comment, thanks mate
The first one is kick in the door by biggie
Young Eminem had more imagination and creativity than 99% of all hip hop rappers will ever attain their entire career.
99% of all hip rappers!!?? Idk about all that , you dream about slim shady LoL
This is why Dre signed him, though, he saw a lot of potential
@@nikkipacheco6835He a top 5 rapper him being better than 99% of rappers isn’t that hard to believe
Eminem is one of the few rappers with worldwide notice that can actually freestyle! This modern version of freestyle, with practiced lyrics on an instrumental is bull****. #bringbackfreestyle!
@nikkipacheco6835 you don't know how percentage works.
It's... like he raps so clean and sixth sensibly. He's weirdly so knowledgeable with terms and metaphoric experience. He formulates bars way ahead of time in his head before he even says them. It's like a electric current with a rechargeable battery.
Yea
You do realize that he was spitting pre-writtens 99% of the time he was on showcase radio shows? Like any good rapper should.
It’s like when you watch Jimmi Hendrix riff. You’re witnessing a human conduit.
@@Rio_skhow do you say it’s pre written?
@@Hip-HopStateOfmind some of it was definitely written, but its possible that some of it was freestyled.
I keep coming back to this clip. Unmatched flow, unmatched lyrics. Pure fire.
“I’m doin drive byes in tented corvettes on Vietnam war vets “ omg
Thats one of the sickest lines like ever
Vintage Em 👌🏼🔥
Maestro One look at you being a little bitch
@@tma4137 Yeah for real. Who cares if he mispelled a word we STILL know how dope of a line that was 😂👌🏼🔥 People be too deep about little shit nowadays gotdamn 💔
Maestro One dude it’s fine calm it
I love being able to listen to em's freestyles over and over again and seeing new rhymes I haven't seen before every time
ruclips.net/video/NA8e2dv8U-I/видео.html
Seeing new rhymes while listening to Eminem.........
Are fucking high?
It’s bizarre how great it is. It’s not only versatile and mad groovy, it’s like written, catchy, insightful poems delivered by the second.
"You better call the fire department I've hired an arsen to set fire to carpet and burn up your entire apartment"
Its almost unreal how lyrical this man is! My favorite line!
95 dislikes from a kid named Greg
Slug 1 loml😂😂😂☠️
Slug 1 who got beat over the head with the peg from his wooden leg
Na Kyle
With a wooden leg
Actually for the fake title
I love how you can hear him lock himself into a corner and juust about scrape his way out with "20% chance of living". Like he almost lost it, kept his cool, and navigated out of it like a boss. Also shows its all genuinely freestyle, no cheeky written segments
If you actually believe any of this is not written 😂 you are mentally deranged. Everything here was written before but he remembered the lines and connected them together 😂 that's also a form of freestyle. No, he did not come up with any of that off the dome, it is impossible to do any of that.
In his prime he truly was the punchline god. Truly incredible.
Still is
He still is.. 🙌
He didn't' just spell prime without the p did'he ?
This is incredible I give this a 10/10
ruclips.net/video/NA8e2dv8U-I/видео.html
I knew Eminem was something special when I first heard him back in the 90s. What I didn’t fully understand was how smart, clever, and QUICK he really was/is. The creativity of his style is immediately apparent, as well as his unique rhythm, but some of his lines are so smart and offer all kinds of interesting perspective. Like, imagine sitting down and writing some of his better lines…it definitely takes a special kind of mind to do. I’m no expert on hip hop or rap whatsoever, but there’s no denying clever wordplay and smart writing
Proof that Em has been kicking ass since the dawn of time
‘97 is the dawn of time?! Damn I’m getting old 🥴
Oooh you do not wanna hear how he sounded in late 80s, it’s unrecognizable. He was still in highschool tho unless he’d dropped out by that point
Look at his eyes, this man is zoned into a whole new world you aren't ready for🔥
what beat is that in 1:05 ?
This is the realest and most refreshing shit ive seen in years
It's so cool that Eminem was making the crowd laugh while freestyling
“Storing their dead bodies in grandmas little basement”
Lmfaoo
I dont get it why was that so funny
@@frostbite585 eminem was referencing the tv show "Rap City Basement" that was huge at this time.
I need this Eminem back.
Do you feel like he’s back now??
He's better now wachu mean 😂
@@anthonydiaz4803renaissance and brand new dance were good otherwise nah
This man is really too good 😭 he wants to rap so fast and his tongue, and mouth and kind are all on the same pace! No breathe, no warm up, no hick up, nothing. Just smooth bars from beginning to end
and through all the footage of him, you rarely ever see him falter. And he recovers so well even his worst mistakes probably go unnoticed by most people. He's so coinsistent. His brain was made for this!
Fake title, lmao.
.
Eminem got Dres attention with, "Hi! My name is... " ... But this is still og footage after he was signed.
Xor rd I swear my name is was the first song made WITH dre
@@saucejohnson9862 I think Eminem didn't have money to make my name is pretty sure dre put money for that
Yeah like didn't Dre hear one of his tapes then he flew him out and when he started coming up with the hook for my name's is on the fly just from listening to the beat and he knew he had to sign him
His vocabulary is incredible. The way he rhymes words together is crazy
This is a good example of Ems skills early on but this is not the part that got him noticed by Dre
Than what did?
@@randyestrada6224 his demo.
@@rmfd2587 This freestyle caught Dre's attention, the demo tape sealed the deal.
@@rmfd2587 this is his from his demo
@@randyestrada6224 The Slim Shady EP did. Infinate was his first album and it didn’t sell at all really. He was pissed and started rapping about rediculus shit cause he didn’t care anymore. Anyways some dude asked em for his demo at a concert. Em threw it “like whatever, here” you know? Well the fucking dude brought it to Jimmy Iovine, and jimmy brought it to Dre. Dre imediately flew em out to Cali and on the first day they made my name is. Rest is history
He's freestyling on 92.3 the beat, a major radio station inn LA especially back in the day so he was already signed with Dre.
No... this was before he was signed. I know cuz I was there.... hubpages.com/entertainment/Eminem-Before-the-Fame
Jason Mallory haha you were totally there
@@agentmma Why does everyone who knew Em in the day brag about it at the end of their message? Buttafingaz of Soul Intent does the same thing. "I know because I'm doing the scratches on this track..." you're real proud!
Galaxi it’s on hubpages. If you would’ve actually read the article you’d know he was there
@@joshfaye3300 Anybody, Butta Fingiz, Jason Mallory, all are like "I know because I was there". It's all I'm pointing out.
He should just do this old shit again
He to old for ts 😂
Now that's freestyles. Wow!
@Erim Ozata ur pressed cuase he said the "r slur"? ur just soft buddy boy
@Erim Ozata show me better then
@@JackTal0s as far as I know the first part over biggies beat is written. Itd from his slim shady LP EXTENDED VERSION. Theirs an acapellas called "Greg" and it's the exact lyrics. You can look up the history of it if you look up the lyrics on genius.
I love how old school and lofi it feels!
There’s nothing lofi about this, boom bap oldie shit pffff... he said lofi
@@C3001-s8g I meant lofi in the literal sense, as in Low Fidelity. Like the recording quality, G.
@@C3001-s8g You're thinking of Lofi Hip-Hop beats, homes!
@@nog0dsnomasters ah ah my fault g
what beat is that in 1:05 ?
This freestyle alone would kill today's rap 💯💪🏾🔥
this man takes random words that rhyme and creates a story we can all follow, but on a superior level
That's pretty much true of any form of story in entertainment... you made a very vague statement.
@@ejkk9513 eminem does it on a superior level
This is after Dre signed him thats why he mentions Dre's record label aftermath
He’s not referencing Aftermath Records, he’s just saying “leaving you in the aftermath of Holocaust and traumas.” Different thought altogether
@@TylerRayJohnson Yeah I've seen it a few times where he'll reference something early in his career and go back to the word or idea later
Those first lines killed me 🤣🤣🤣 he’s a lyrical genius, imagine a life without Eminem! No thanks 🙏❤️
"I'm as good at keeping promises as nostrdamus" very intelligent bar right there kids
Who is nostrdamus?
@@dontsaymynameunlessyouknow8775 research
‘.. but I’m more towards droppin’ an acapella to chap a fella to mozzarella worse than a helicopter propeller’. Well by damn...
This guy's flow is fire I bet he will blow up in a few years
😂
Man the early slim shady was nasty, and with time and experience he became even better with his lyrics and timing
Em is on an entirely different realm. jesus
D12 live back in the day RIP
The reason why he will always be the greatest 💯💪🏼
How about those before him?
2020 and still fire
I knew I heard that "born with horns" line in Houdini before
same
“I’m as good at keep a promise as Nostradamus” , that shit clever as fuck how does he even come up with that
I know who Nostradamus is now I have googled it, but could you explain?
@@TheLoading12 basically Nostradamus made several predictions that came true hundreds of years after he made them
@@oogs9114 thanks!!
@@oogs9114 it's the the other way around, he wrote books full of predictions, basically none of them came true
0:24 we know where Logic took his line in Under Pressure lol
Nice catch
Glad I'm not the only one who heard it
He’s paying homage to this freestyle
Exactement
Thanks to whoever recorded this dope moment in hip-hop history-
"And I'm as good as keepin' a promise like nostradamus". Goodness MC Em
The lyrics
t's only fair to warn
I was born with a set of horns
And metaphors attached to my dang umbilical cord
Warlord of rap that'll bash you with a 2 by 4 board
And smash into your Honda Accord with a four door Ford
But I'm more toward droppin' an acapella
To chop a fella to Mozzarella worse than a helicopter propeller
Got you locked in a cellar
With your skeleton showing
Developing anorexia while I'm standing next to ya
Eating a full course meal watching you starve to death
With an IV in your vein feeding you liquid Darvocet
Pumping you full of drugs
Pull the plugs on the gunshot victims full of bullet slugs
Who were picked up in an ambulance and driven
To Receiving with the asses ripped out of they pants
And given a less than 20 percent chance of living
Have a possible placement as a hospital patient
Storing the dead bodies in Grandma's little basement
Doctor Kevorkian has arrived
To perform an autopsy on you
While you scream "I'M STILL ALIVE!"
Driving a rusty scalpel in through the top of your scalp
And pulling your Adam's apple out through your mouth
Better call the fire department
I've hired an arson to set fire to carpet
And burn up your entire apartment
Thx bro
Thank you! I knew most of them, but it is cool to see in words
Yo, preciate you
With acid ripped out of pants, its lsd, therefore 20% chance of living, he is saying something like they OD, although you cant die from acid
@@voodoo3445 With they asses ripped out of they pants
The second is my all time favourite freestyle. I used to listen to it age 12 breaking it down visualizing it and it sticked. It's was a perfect blueprint for how I wanted to rap and write
When it dropped at that time it was the dopest rhyme I ever heard in my life. Still ridiculous to this day.
I replayed this 15 times!!!
Dr Dre & Eminem together in the studio is world destruction.. 👍🔥🔥🔥
He's the goat of rap idc what anyone says. Who tf else you heard spit like this. Not Nas, not Rakim, not Slick Rick, LL, Biggie none of them could do it like Em. N not to be that dude, but if Eminem was a black man, ppl woulda been comparing him to 2Pac the second My Name Is dropped but nOoO bc a white man doing a black genre better than another black men was unfathomable at the time. Still kinda is today. Eminem needs more respect.
The amount of confidemce he gained after getting,signed was,outrageous! He was just different before
Once he was signed, he was in👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿DJ Stork dropped a lovely baby on Dre’s HipHop doorstep👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿
Being different is what got him signed
eminem top 3 lyricist of all time.
1
@@okeythegoat2332 nah not 1 I'd say top 3 is fitting tho
This dude shows a lot of promise. Hope he becomes successful
I think he will be
greatness can come from any where
@@ricktripathi8082 i think he should start rapping. he would be a great singer
Yeah he should make a movie about hes life when hes famous
He could use 50 cent of his brain and still outrap people today. Somebody sign this man asap
His rhyming skills are freakin' insane !
The reason em worked is because 3 things . He ACTUALLY came from the gutter and wasn’t a poser . He had (has) the SKILLS . And lastly dr dre .
How he can freestyle and tell a complete story from beginning to end is insane!!!!
🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 you can’t argue that he’d destroy anyone in a rap battle, and you can’t argue that any rapper most Gen Zs listen to would even half a chance of surviving a rap battle against him.
Big L
@@DreErdna Big L the best punchliner fr but like idk if he could beat em in a rap battle
Battle rappers are leagues above this lyrically these days
@@corywiedenbeck1562 lmao no one is better than em lyrically these days and if u talking about "these days" rappers you'll only get mumble rappers dumb
@@kenma5483 lyrically and punchlines, battle rappers these days are more clever in their wordplay, way ahead of em. Check yourself
Once em starts using his hand with the beat, its game over 😂
Indeed. That’s how you know he’s caught the beat and can go forever.
BARSSS
It's spontaneous human combustion 🔥🔥🔥
Thats the thing I feel like people forget - eminem was FUNKY. Like he had a super clean, laidback flow back then. Somewhere along the way he lost that or gave it up. And so people will say ‘you cant bump em tracks in your car’, which is true for anything hes made the last 20 years. But before that, plenty of bangers
The way eminem still keeps going even when everyones laughing. He was pretty focused.
I wonder if he could even find this old flow within himself again if he wanted. This sound is so iconic everyone would go wild if he tapped into his old flow on a new single.
Those freestyle been on my Em playlist since I can remember. 🔥
Not only is he internal rhyming at an insane level, but he's also continuing a narrative as he does it. This is insane.
He was already with Dre when this happened.
"im doin drive bys in tinted corvettes on Vietnam war vets" OH MA GAWD NEVER HEARD SOMETHING LIKE THAT!!!!!
XFG Chxse yeah rap that sentence everyday its insane
Im a big shady fan but its not that complex of a rhyme. Hes done whole sentances that rhyme and so have i and plenty of rappers. That rhyme only has one and two words that rhyme. Btw em is in my top 5 im just saying
@@pureblood90 if 2pac or bigge then stf
Greatest MC of all time
Six nine be shittin' his pants hearing this
He's just a screaming skittle
So true
“Warlord of Rap”
-Eminem
This is sickkkk bro said I’m doing drivebys in tinted corvettes on Vietnam war vets 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
Eminems style is phenomenal.
Allows to spit thousand rhymes and words
And he owns it
THIS WAS THE BEST VERSION OF EMINEM
something about the old school record sounds is just so satisfying
These freestyles are even more insane if you remember this time. There was basically no rap that sounded like this, let alone from a white boy, let alone spouting shit about beating up a special needs kid with his wooden leg, and stuff like "coming back to get your foster mommas".
You can hear the genuine laughs in the studio.
Eminem was (and is) so good at flipping between making jokes and talking serious shit. In a time where rap was pretty hard/gangster/whatever, he could be goofy asf and be respected. Just an unbelievable artist, still killing it decades after this video was taken.
How he says that many syllables and manages to stay on beat is mind boggling
This might be my favorite Eminem video. Perfect combination of clever and playful
You can hear the inspirations from the greats whilst putting his own style forward, i miss this time in music man it was different
I burst out laughing on the very first line, I'm not mature enough for this
I've seen this guy before, he was at the Rap Olympics in Detroit. He's got mad talent, I hope he goes far.
The last time something this hard dropped Japan surrendered