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  • Shocked the hell outta me, Em was in them streets huh?
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  • @zebrion5793
    @zebrion5793 4 года назад +2085

    Eminem was absolutely about that life back when this was released. He was known for carrying multiple guns around with him because of multiple death threats he was getting. He did a lot of his shows with bullet proof vests under his shirts. This was also around the time he started riding with 50 Cent, and you know 50 was definitely about that life. Em famously caught a case for running up on a bouncer at a club when he caught Kim kissing the dude. The bouncer says Eminem pistol whipped him, but Em said that he punched him and the gun never hit the guy. Either way, he had multiple assault charges, was on probation for a good long time.
    There are also interviews with people Eminem knew growing up, and he was known for having hands. He grew up as one of the few kids in a mostly all-black area. He got in a lot of fights, and by the time he was in his late teens he had enough respect from people to stop getting beat up just for trying to walk home. As an adult, Em trained in boxing with the same guy who trained Mike Tyson. Eminem knows how to fight.

    • @ComplexWork
      @ComplexWork 3 года назад +123

      Love this comment.

    • @saadsaood7192
      @saadsaood7192 3 года назад +138

      He was also initally supposed to star in southpaw, but the role later went to jake and he just did the music.

    • @luukdejong4776
      @luukdejong4776 3 года назад +66

      I remember that on the album, this song is being introduced with an interlude of em sitting in a car with his friend and then catching his gf kissing another dude. He them grabs his gun and runs up on them yelling motherfuckerrr! And then the tunes of the song kick in. I even remember the # on the album. Interlude was on #5 and #6 was soldier. Back in the days, the albums you had was the only music you had. Must've listened to that album legit a 1000 times as a kid. Good memories, good music.

    • @joshuaha7661
      @joshuaha7661 3 года назад +147

      In the early days, and before he blew up with the Slim Shady LP he was known for fighting the fan's. Literally jumping off stage into the crowd to throw hands with someone talking shit/disrespecting him. Dude was wild in his youth lol no joke

    • @aKaCrowley
      @aKaCrowley 3 года назад +60

      wsnt he in entourage with trick trick also? the gangster from deroid, there`s a story that trick killed someone for eminem wihtout em knowing

  • @dracosengir
    @dracosengir 4 года назад +2338

    Eminem changed his perspective when Proof was killed, you don't hear alot of these style raps after that happened.

    • @TNTYOD
      @TNTYOD 4 года назад +168

      It's why he went into crazy ass wordplay

    • @trippleglacks2663
      @trippleglacks2663 4 года назад +227

      Em always Had crazy wordplay Before and after proof died.

    • @hakeemdidas3803
      @hakeemdidas3803 4 года назад +63

      You hear Tupac in this his last verse I feel like he was singing about pac

    • @corylyonsmusic
      @corylyonsmusic 4 года назад +112

      That's what life and age does...it changes your perspective over time. Even Eminem isn't immune to it.

    • @d1zturbed221
      @d1zturbed221 4 года назад +83

      Yup, Proof was in my opinion the second best rapper in D12. After he’s death he pulled away from that hardcore gangster, thug, come get me type of life but Eminem was about it. He just didn’t want more of his people dying “when the music stops”.

  • @Tenchu_87
    @Tenchu_87 3 года назад +759

    "You can smell the lawsuit soon as i waltz in the room." Underrated verse.

  • @hunterlawson8889
    @hunterlawson8889 4 года назад +445

    It’s not shocked value. “Pistol whip a bouncer 6.2” this is what almost got him a assault with a deadly weapons charge. He had to fight this in court.

    • @dranzer2545
      @dranzer2545 3 года назад +3

      Bouncer wasnt 6'2, Guerrera was like 5'4 and stocky and fat

    • @crimsonsimeon4092
      @crimsonsimeon4092 3 года назад +5

      @HiiiPower lmaoooooooooooo another one

    • @chris_breezy4961
      @chris_breezy4961 3 года назад +34

      @@dranzer2545 different situation bro, not his first time lol

    • @blessings1015
      @blessings1015 3 года назад

      Haters are gonna doubt

    • @haddingtoniangcp2464
      @haddingtoniangcp2464 3 года назад +1

      @@dranzer2545 was it the same guerra he referenced in Sing for the moment? "You full of shit too Guerrera. That was a fist that hit you."

  • @anna-qz5xk
    @anna-qz5xk 4 года назад +916

    think Genius explained Soldier pretty well:
    "Despite his bizarrely violent lyrics, Em never once labeled himself as a “thug” or a “gangsta.” He just had a thing for guns.
    It was only when his gun altercations of 2000 arose that the media began to apply those stigmas to his reputation."
    He just accepted that the media would always give him that image.
    He had always been getting in fistfights & carrying guns, but never claimed to be a gangster. But when he got famous, some ppl took the "slim shady" lyrics too literally & expected him to rly be a murderer
    Then he was arrested twice & convicted on weapons & assault charges twice in 3 months & the media ran w/ it. Always getting sued or arrested, the police trying to stop his shows, & probably the constant beef w/ other rappers, reached a boiling point.
    So he's like, I never pretended to be a gangster, but here's how I feel rn. bc u don't have to literally be a gangster to have a "kill or be killed" mentality or to not back down from a fight

    • @eddude7949
      @eddude7949 4 года назад +26

      word

    • @baronberrat6730
      @baronberrat6730 4 года назад +15

      Em is a real one

    • @Bond91Swe
      @Bond91Swe 4 года назад +18

      Well it is the first words of the song, it not very hard to comprehend...
      "Never was a thug, just infatuated with guns"

    • @anna-qz5xk
      @anna-qz5xk 4 года назад +12

      @@Bond91Swe lol..well you'd be surprised @ how many people misunderstand

    • @porkyorcy1715
      @porkyorcy1715 4 года назад +1

      Put it perfectly, gj

  • @Hieillua
    @Hieillua 4 года назад +419

    Man Stevie still has a lot to discover about Em.

    • @kennethflaglerjr3843
      @kennethflaglerjr3843 4 года назад +6

      He did say back then he didn't listen to Eminem like that back in the day

    • @gdvlogz6089
      @gdvlogz6089 4 года назад +4

      @@kennethflaglerjr3843 yea but he only listens to the music so he has no context on why he says what he says

    • @saharawalker500
      @saharawalker500 4 года назад +18

      Yeah, the durags and baggy clothes weren't just an image, it REALLY WAS him. He grew up with black people and that's what his friends wore, so of course he did too. And Em comes from the hood, like for real, I wish people didn't forget that so much (that's not directed at Stevie, just in general outside of fans and stans). I just listened to the LL Cool J interview, from Kamikaze, and he said that he would answer the door with a gun pointed in the face of whoever was on the other side. Sorry for the semi-rant :)

    • @oussamafbilive6456
      @oussamafbilive6456 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/egDE1pB3kU0/видео.html Eminem WIDE walking 😂😂😂😂

    • @paudieokeeffe6036
      @paudieokeeffe6036 4 года назад +5

      I knowwww it's great that he like somehow missed Eminem being Eminem getting to watch someone go through what I did growing up as an adult piece by piece song by song is a treat

  • @barryadcox2710
    @barryadcox2710 3 года назад +464

    Ya'll Must Be Young People. Talking about "he used to be about that" what you think, he sold em all?

    • @proneinabush882
      @proneinabush882 3 года назад +105

      Love the forgot about dre reference. Take this thumbs up

    • @dutchess5753
      @dutchess5753 3 года назад +3

      Huh?

    • @jeffrhodes8103
      @jeffrhodes8103 3 года назад +43

      Cause I been in the lab with a pen and a pad?

    • @thomstark2473
      @thomstark2473 3 года назад +41

      Well now he can provide his family with groceries.

    • @stevemerenu6116
      @stevemerenu6116 3 года назад +30

      @@thomstark2473 plaques hanging all through his office and in the back of his house like trophies.....

  • @alexanderandrew2080
    @alexanderandrew2080 4 года назад +189

    The Eminem Show is my favorite album! Soldier is definitely one of his most underrated songs

    • @mante626
      @mante626 2 года назад

      what’s the hardest songs on the album ?

    • @mante626
      @mante626 2 года назад

      @@Squeekysquid what’s the hardest songs on the mmlp ?

    • @JoeMama-ci9bd
      @JoeMama-ci9bd 2 года назад +6

      @@mante626 the way I am

    • @mante626
      @mante626 2 года назад

      @@JoeMama-ci9bd gimme 4 more

    • @grayb8747
      @grayb8747 2 года назад +2

      @@JoeMama-ci9bd or Amityville

  • @TheKarthikms
    @TheKarthikms 4 года назад +623

    FUN FACT: this track was produced by EMINEM himself.

    • @sonicsaints1542
      @sonicsaints1542 4 года назад +59

      Almost the whole album was produced by him

    • @Kinobambino
      @Kinobambino 3 года назад +22

      @@sonicsaints1542 one of my favorite beats too!

    • @PacMan888
      @PacMan888 3 года назад +26

      @@Kinobambino he’s produced hundreds of famous rappers actually

    • @Kinobambino
      @Kinobambino 3 года назад +2

      @@PacMan888 I think you replied to the wrong guy

    • @googol181
      @googol181 3 года назад +17

      Eminem is one of the best producers ever I ain’t gone lie I like his beats better than Dre some times

  • @danielolivieri8545
    @danielolivieri8545 4 года назад +700

    Em was a wild boy back in the day, now he's a calm storm.

    • @brandonayong752
      @brandonayong752 4 года назад +57

      He use to be absolutely wild and carried guns around and have gun problems . That wasn't even his nature though . Just felt forced to act that way because of his celebrity status . I think When proof got shot dead he changed a lot in relation to that

    • @MonkeyDLuffy60073
      @MonkeyDLuffy60073 4 года назад +9

      Maturity

    • @lewisdawson3761
      @lewisdawson3761 4 года назад +31

      I'm sure hanging around with 50 had some sort of influence on him

    • @brandonayong752
      @brandonayong752 4 года назад +14

      @@lewisdawson3761 no need to go that far . Dr Dre was a real gangster back in the day

    • @7rueop1n1on5
      @7rueop1n1on5 4 года назад +3

      Now he's a snowflake

  • @BestLoLPlaysDay
    @BestLoLPlaysDay 4 года назад +210

    “The Kiss” , "Soldier", "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" from The Eminem Show are all conected. They are all part of a story that starts with "The Kiss" , "Soldier" is the middle one and then finishes with "Say Goodbye to Hollywood"

    • @kevinli3550
      @kevinli3550 4 года назад +2

      Snitram360 never knew this.

    • @Kinobambino
      @Kinobambino 3 года назад

      Really!?

    • @Crimsn519
      @Crimsn519 3 года назад

      Yea. Absoluty

    • @janzenweyi3536
      @janzenweyi3536 3 года назад

      True

    • @garyraffa5515
      @garyraffa5515 3 года назад

      I nvr put that together. This song wasn’t really a story though. The kiss was made long after, i gotta relisten to them now

  • @orderofcaligula9716
    @orderofcaligula9716 4 года назад +340

    Yes, that was Eminem. He was about that shit. That's why they took away his rights to bare arms. He was wildin out in his youth but that same energy is what made the youth of that time and to this day gravitate towards him. As he grew older he matured, that maturity you can see reflected in his albums. Plus loosing Proof and nearly dying of a drug over dose pushed him to change. To never be that person again a person who was toxic and he himself hated being. Which is part of the reasons he took what critics did to revival so personally because he had really open himself up and put himself out there on that album. But neither Fans nor the mainstream media gave it a chance they spit on it before listening to it or listen to a few songs and called it garbage. I listened to it and iit wasnt bad but it wasnt his best body of work either it was an okay album. But it also contain two songs which I believe are the crown jewels of his entire career on that album. Castle and Arose are two songs that can't be listen to just by themselves they must be listened to together and you will see what I'm talking about. Anyways yeah that was what young Eminem was about.

    • @annette2892
      @annette2892 3 года назад +1

      Thanks!

    • @murdamuzik9962
      @murdamuzik9962 Год назад

      yea em rolled deep we has down like that before but a lot of his homies were getting killed and we lucky em never got hit

  • @AGfrom83
    @AGfrom83 4 года назад +522

    The thing is. This actually isn't a metaphor...
    He means everything he is saying literally.

    • @brandonayong752
      @brandonayong752 4 года назад +31

      And this was on the heels of him actually shooting a club bouncer who was kissing Kim . Even though he was smart enough to take the bullets out of that gun . He will say on cleaning out my closet that it was the smartest thing he did. And that acting that way was dumb and stupid

    • @lytiabrooks
      @lytiabrooks 4 года назад +4

      Definitely.

    • @Shadydan05
      @Shadydan05 4 года назад +16

      Brandon Ayong pistol whipped* but in “sing for the moment “ he said it was his fist, not a gun and yeah he took the bullets out as said in “cleaning out my closet””

    • @smalltrashman4227
      @smalltrashman4227 4 года назад +9

      @@brandonayong752 He didnt shoot him. The bouncer lied and said he had been pistol whipped but eminem just punched him.

    • @mattkinsman272
      @mattkinsman272 4 года назад

      CoDGplays Royce would’ve been fucked up by D12

  • @FNAR308
    @FNAR308 4 года назад +1143

    People forget early 00’s Shady was wild
    Multiple gun charges, pistol whipped a dude
    He wanted ALL the smoke

    • @kollincarpenter4909
      @kollincarpenter4909 4 года назад +32

      I thought that he actually punched him and the bouncer said that he pistol whipped him

    • @jamesdoakes4956
      @jamesdoakes4956 4 года назад +44

      Of course he said that. He caught a felony charge. He was trying to get it reduced that’s why he said in sing for the moment it was a fist...but it wasn’t. I also read a blog back in the day...like 2010...The stans actually tracked down Guerrero online and started clowning him and he told everything that happened trying to make himself look better. He called Em crazy if you search it you can prolly find the whole thread

    • @kollincarpenter4909
      @kollincarpenter4909 4 года назад +5

      @Chris Jones OH SHIT YEAH. damn I forgot about that

    • @2108HD
      @2108HD 4 года назад +2

      FNAR308 big facts

    • @alexn6060
      @alexn6060 4 года назад +2

      @stevie knight

  • @jerryh.7839
    @jerryh.7839 3 года назад +160

    This is one of my all-time favorites from Em. The lyrics are dope. The rhyme scheme is what made me appreciate rap on a whole other level. And the way he rode the beat was next level.

    • @fcknzs7640
      @fcknzs7640 3 года назад +4

      My favourite Em cadence oat

    • @doomtho42
      @doomtho42 2 года назад +3

      I’ll start by saying that I admit I get incredibly annoyed by all the Eminem stans and the over-the-top circlejerk about how great of a rapper he is - don’t get me wrong, he is absolutely among the top-10, maybe top-5, most technically skilled emcees to ever do it, but he’s not on some godlike level that no one else has ever reached (speaking of others on that same level, I’d start by mentioning Royce - who I would say is the best to ever do it - as well as Black Thought, Aesop Rock, Elzhi, King Los, Andre 3000, Canibus, and Rakim, just to name a few).
      Having said all that, Em’s performance on Soldier is quite possibly the single-best and most comprehensively flawless of all-time. From the rhyme schemes, syllable placement, and meter to the flow and overall vocal performance, every single aspect could be cited as a textbook example of that technique or skill. The thing I’ve always found most enjoyable and impressive is something he does with the flow, which is how at numerous points throughout the song he uses this alternating dactylic, reverse-dactylic (which has a name of its own but I can’t think of it) meter while rapping in triplets (i.e. each syllable comes as a 1/4-note triplet), which has this really amazing effect of reinforcing both the power and rhythm of the vocals. What I’m referring to can be heard in instances like when he says “got the rep of a villain, for weapon concealing / took the image of a thug, kept shit appealing.”

    • @w4976.
      @w4976. 11 месяцев назад

      @@doomtho42i aint readin allat 🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @ChrisMiller-oc1hc
      @ChrisMiller-oc1hc 8 месяцев назад

      I read it fookin fire assessment

  • @Thanos1908
    @Thanos1908 3 года назад +87

    Dog needs to do "Go to sleep" , Em was all about the smoke back then.

  • @k3lv1np97
    @k3lv1np97 4 года назад +310

    This is why nick's "I was looking for him in Detroit" was so hilarious.

    • @jessicapolce1560
      @jessicapolce1560 3 года назад +11

      😂😂😂😂😂forgot about that shit!!! Big facts!!!!💕🎶💯

  • @Shady00018
    @Shady00018 4 года назад +418

    This is a good gym-workout song too

    • @tomob5715
      @tomob5715 4 года назад +18

      100%

    • @tmad273
      @tmad273 4 года назад +22

      LOL...This is my Gym-Workout song...sh!t gets you pumped bra!!

    • @lellienicole
      @lellienicole 4 года назад +3

      Yess

    • @jerretkirouac7038
      @jerretkirouac7038 3 года назад +4

      Str8 up

    • @Oldschoolrap91
      @Oldschoolrap91 3 года назад +20

      Defintely..The whole Eminem show album fits to a good hard workout.

  • @christian1648
    @christian1648 4 года назад +195

    You gotta think, if you come from the gutter, even if you’re not a “gangster” you have this typa anger and grit and real-ness to you that’ll never leave. This typa music probably came way more natural to Eminem then you’d think 💯.

    • @theascended8272
      @theascended8272 4 года назад +25

      Real shit, don't have to be a Gangster to handle your shit lol

    • @dutchess5753
      @dutchess5753 3 года назад +1

      @@theascended8272 EXACTLY!!!!

    • @emyf9197
      @emyf9197 3 года назад +7

      An old interview he said back when he and the D12 crew was so poor. He Had to share one burger w kuniva and while eating he would get so mad he punched the wall bcuz he couldn't get a record deal only bcuz he was white n after he blew up everyone kept saying he was selling records bcuz he was white..

    • @AutomaticDuck300
      @AutomaticDuck300 2 года назад +2

      @@emyf9197 that's partly why it's demotivating for people to succeed in their field these days. Because there will always be someone ignorant who says "You only go to where you are because of what you look like."
      No, I struggled and went through hell to get here.

    • @emyf9197
      @emyf9197 2 года назад

      @@AutomaticDuck300 aside from this topic. A lot of times ppl do succed bcuz of certain privileges. Nepotism, race etc
      When it comes to hip hop n Eminem. I barely see him as a regular white person. The way he talks n carries himself feels different. Bizarre once said tht em is black with white skin. Dre thought em was black until he met him in person. This is why no other white rapper hasn't come close to his level.. They either feel to try hard or tryna imitate him..
      Well, R.A rugged man is actually pretty damn good n doesn't come off as wannabe hood. But Em is part of hip hop royalty n only white rapper in it. And he really busted his ass off n in his case white privilege didn't work for him... Only once he started selling under a big label n to get noticed like a light bulb

  • @nakibsayyed4999
    @nakibsayyed4999 3 года назад +129

    Still the most underrated song of Eminem.

    • @a.k2412
      @a.k2412 3 года назад +7

      No apologies too bruh

    • @HUSTLATHATREPENTED
      @HUSTLATHATREPENTED 2 года назад +2

      I think also “Bad Guy”and “Evil Twin” are the most underrated Em songs

    • @hotwheelz3643
      @hotwheelz3643 2 года назад

      @@HUSTLATHATREPENTED untouchable

    • @Sagnasty17
      @Sagnasty17 2 года назад +1

      And square dance

  • @Gunit867899
    @Gunit867899 4 года назад +258

    This is the classic old eminem. No crazy schemes or triples but flow as nasty as ever.

    • @slomo6054
      @slomo6054 4 года назад +17

      Wish he would go back to doing that. It becomes tiresome with a double or triple in every line. Sometimes simple is better.

    • @pjaoobanderasimali
      @pjaoobanderasimali 4 года назад +10

      @@slomo6054 HE CAN DO THAT WITH CRAZY FLOWS, GODZILLA EXAMPLE LOL, JUST NEED GOOD BEATS NOT LIKE IN BELIEVE, THAT SONG WITH SOME ANGRY GOOD FLOW AND BEAT WITH THAT WORDS WOULD BE MASTERPIECE

    • @anthonykuykendall4207
      @anthonykuykendall4207 4 года назад +7

      Chill with the caps but Godzilla was garbage

    • @Deckib
      @Deckib 4 года назад +11

      @@anthonykuykendall4207 nice joke bro

    • @WarrenGdog28
      @WarrenGdog28 4 года назад

      Agree Sergiy

  • @MyWORDisntGospel
    @MyWORDisntGospel 4 года назад +444

    If Stevie’s Eminem horizons are being broadened, we need to get him to listen to Rock Bottom. Em before he was rich. One of the best songs of all time in my opinion. Edit: The drums and production are outdated but the words still hold up. Timeless to be honest.

    • @robert_5974
      @robert_5974 4 года назад +17

      Agreed...I forget about it sometimes but when it pops into the playlist, I'm reminded and it hits a little harder than when I first heard it as a teenager

    • @adrianfortmoviereviewsbook9821
      @adrianfortmoviereviewsbook9821 4 года назад +19

      Haha. I just left a comment like this. Rock Bottom might be the perfect song. It won't be everybody's favorite, but if you've "been there" you don't forget that song.

    • @StrangeMuseSick
      @StrangeMuseSick 4 года назад +2

      That is the song that made me pulled me in!

    • @adrianfortmoviereviewsbook9821
      @adrianfortmoviereviewsbook9821 4 года назад +2

      @@StrangeMuseSick ...I'd like to see more Tech on here too...

    • @kennethflaglerjr3843
      @kennethflaglerjr3843 4 года назад +3

      That song and if I had one of my favorite em songs

  • @NKWTI
    @NKWTI 3 года назад +178

    Stevie Knight: "Em was a thug??"
    Eminem, first line of Soldier: "NEVER WAS A THUG, JUST INFATUATED WITH GUNS..."

    • @jamesyahn
      @jamesyahn 3 года назад +61

      "Never was a Gangster until I graduated to one."

    • @washingtonmontenegro7862
      @washingtonmontenegro7862 3 года назад +8

      @@jamesyahn he literally missed the second line trying to show the first one😂😂

    • @jasonpietersen8385
      @jasonpietersen8385 2 года назад

      @@jamesyahn is it not "graduated through one"? Graduated through Dr Dre

    • @jamesyahn
      @jamesyahn 2 года назад +2

      @@jasonpietersen8385 "Never was a thug, just infatuated with guns
      Never was a gangsta 'til I graduated to one" You can literally just google this shit man...

    • @jasonpietersen8385
      @jasonpietersen8385 2 года назад +1

      @@jamesyahn what is Google?

  • @scottydoo29
    @scottydoo29 3 года назад +73

    This song still gives me chills

    • @BoredInTheComments
      @BoredInTheComments 3 года назад +10

      Me to bro the end of the 3rd verse is legendary!

    • @dcarroll3686
      @dcarroll3686 2 года назад +3

      @@BoredInTheComments and it's exactly happened !! Full of controversy til I'm 30 til they retire my Jersey !

    • @grayb8747
      @grayb8747 2 года назад

      @@BoredInTheComments same bro i get chills everytime i use that part to get my PR's in the gym lol

  • @stevieb274
    @stevieb274 4 года назад +167

    This was definitely real. He got a charge for pistol whipping like he said in a song. Also Jay-z talked about when he gave em a hug in the studio that he felt that em was carrying a gun

    • @billionsclout7014
      @billionsclout7014 4 года назад

      COULD YOU REACT TO THIS TRACK HERE EMINEM FT 50 CENT 50 BE TROLLING LIVE ruclips.net/video/0bv3YRkXx34/видео.html

    • @bmpetrov
      @bmpetrov 4 года назад +10

      Get him to reacto to DJ Who Kid story in Japan with Eminem.

    • @dragonofthewhiteflame4987
      @dragonofthewhiteflame4987 4 года назад +6

      I thought it was a bulletproof vest?..

    • @tristant5274
      @tristant5274 4 года назад +12

      Bulletproof vest, not a gun

    • @stevieb274
      @stevieb274 4 года назад

      Tristan T ok might of been that. I haven’t heard that story since 03. Sorry guys my mistake

  • @dsmh1608
    @dsmh1608 4 года назад +153

    Before this song on the album there’s a skit called “the kiss”
    It’s him and his mate in his car watching Kim and he sees her kissing a bouncer, so he jumps out the car and runs over to him.
    The skit finishes there but what happened is MM pistol whipped him with the gun they talk about in the skit. He nearly went to prison for it.
    He wasn’t a thug but he wasn’t scared to throw fists And back up his friends. Growing up where he did and his situation I’m sure he got into plenty of scuffles

    • @smalltrashman4227
      @smalltrashman4227 4 года назад +2

      He punched him

    • @tander101
      @tander101 4 года назад

      @@smalltrashman4227 Yeah, that's what Eminem says in Toy Soldiers I think.

    • @Whyamiherexd
      @Whyamiherexd 4 года назад

      @@tander101 sing for the moment 👍

  • @ACarter87
    @ACarter87 3 года назад +166

    This def ain’t a metaphor or shock value lmao 😂, em had like 3 assault charges during this album lol

    • @gazman6536
      @gazman6536 3 года назад +8

      All Stevie ever says is ‘shock value’

    • @mante626
      @mante626 2 года назад +4

      what’s the hardest songs on the album ?

    • @thiccboii5487
      @thiccboii5487 2 года назад +1

      @@mante626 till i collapse

    • @jessicamarie42503
      @jessicamarie42503 2 года назад

      @@mante626 id say my personal favorites are This one, Superman, my dads gone crazy, business and for his softer songs hailies song and sing for the moment.

  • @-_-thisnameiscreativeasfuc4734
    @-_-thisnameiscreativeasfuc4734 3 года назад +12

    I just love how Em does his raspy voice

  • @michaelc3106
    @michaelc3106 4 года назад +85

    I was in the marine Infantry when this came out...it was such a pump song. I took that to Iraq and back!

    • @melissaharris6210
      @melissaharris6210 4 года назад +6

      Thank you so much for your service, Michael! You’re a true American hero 🇺🇸

    • @cjdayne3033
      @cjdayne3033 4 года назад +6

      Me too brother. Iraq for me. Till I collapse and this song whenever I was scared or tired

    • @strong-islandny7799
      @strong-islandny7799 4 года назад +2

      Respect 🇺🇸

  • @lance6752
    @lance6752 4 года назад +195

    Em used to be like that but as he got older he became chill. But he used to carry a gun with him everywhere he even beat a bouncer with his gun

    • @cmoorePB
      @cmoorePB 4 года назад +20

      It was a fist that hit the bouncer, the bouncer lied and said it was gun. He even address it in a song, "You're full of shit to Guerra, that was a fist that hit you"

    • @alexlee6995
      @alexlee6995 4 года назад +6

      @@cmoorePB wow! Makes sense, I never understood that line till now.

    • @smokeyliver5736
      @smokeyliver5736 4 года назад

      Alex Lee shit me 2 first notice now

    • @mattkinsman272
      @mattkinsman272 4 года назад

      Chris Moore those are different situations. In one of them he emptied the gun and pistol whipped, and another time was just a punch

    • @davidrodriguez4291
      @davidrodriguez4291 4 года назад +2

      after proof got killed he changed

  • @giusepperesponte8077
    @giusepperesponte8077 3 года назад +6

    First rap song I truly loved right here. 4 years old my dad played this Eminem show album on cassette in the Cadillac, whenever he let me choose the song I would always stop on this one. The first days of the rest of my life. Birth of a life long rap obsession.

    • @tiwalterite
      @tiwalterite Год назад

      Your dad let you listen to this at 4? Lmaooo

  • @azzah771
    @azzah771 4 года назад +7

    Love this tune. I’ve been playing this on repeat lately. I love how he sounds when he delivers the lines he sounds angry. Great driving track

  • @anna-qz5xk
    @anna-qz5xk 4 года назад +52

    when he says "like my lawyers when the judge lets me off" he's talking about when he was facing 5 yrs in prison & got 2 yrs probation...& so "set me off & I'm violating"..talkin bout violating his probation

  • @HypaXLink
    @HypaXLink 4 года назад +104

    Stevie back when he made this song, this is after he pistol whipped a bouncer that he saw kissing kim. The skit before this on the album kinda reenacted it too

    • @iitalix
      @iitalix 4 года назад +5

      Yeah. This actually made big news back in the day cuz he was facing jail time.

    • @smalltrashman4227
      @smalltrashman4227 4 года назад +1

      He didnt pistol whip him he just punched the bouncer.

    • @mattkinsman272
      @mattkinsman272 4 года назад +2

      Small TrashMan that’s a different situation.

    • @smalltrashman4227
      @smalltrashman4227 4 года назад

      @@mattkinsman272 No. Eminem talks about this specific thing in another song

    • @mssclaudine7397
      @mssclaudine7397 4 года назад +1

      Yea he didn’t pistol whip him... the bouncer claims he did... Em says “that was a fist that hit you”.

  • @CRGtx325
    @CRGtx325 4 года назад +19

    This stuff is pretty accurate. I know he’s got gun charges, assault charges, and he did pistol whip a bouncer like he says I’m this song.

  • @tylersix5956
    @tylersix5956 2 года назад +9

    His line"spill my life through this pen, mFCKAS know that i will never be Marshall again" I dont care what anybody says thats probably one of his hardest lines to date.🔥🔥🔥

    • @alysiashunstrom8039
      @alysiashunstrom8039 Год назад

      The hardest 2 bars i have ever heard from Eminem (or anybody for that matter)
      "We don't do drive by's, we park in front of houses and shoot/
      and when the police come we fuckin shoot it out with them too!"
      That shit makes me want to slide on soim (but I don't want to see anybody to get hurt)😂😂😂

  • @isitonpc5299
    @isitonpc5299 4 года назад +93

    Em: "I need a good reason to give this trigger a good squeeze"
    Stevie: *surprised pikachu face*
    that reaction was perfect

  • @bigface834
    @bigface834 4 года назад +52

    That last verse is SUCH an adrenaline rush. I get chills every timeee. Em at his best

  • @omefea8501
    @omefea8501 3 года назад +5

    Who needs bullets? When I pull it you sweat bullets. This album/song is so fire.

  • @OldForrester
    @OldForrester 3 года назад +4

    Been vibing with Stevie for a minute, but missed this one. This track stays on my gym list...it just goes so fucking hard. Easy classic.

    • @JoeMama-ci9bd
      @JoeMama-ci9bd 2 года назад +1

      Facts. One of his most underrated and under appreciated songs

    • @JohnSmith-pg9ns
      @JohnSmith-pg9ns 2 года назад

      There's not any other rapper that I've ever heard that can express himself with so much emotion like anger and artistic talent at the same time as Eminem. Just legendary. A masterpiece

  • @mjiles85
    @mjiles85 4 года назад +29

    on that album, it is pretty much a story and on the song say goodbye to Hollywood he talks about the situation the led to him almost going to jail. He pistol-whipped the bouncer

  • @danielson5182
    @danielson5182 4 года назад +65

    “What he say? Listen to the sound the camera makes when?” ...no not quite 🤣🤣

    • @dedragun
      @dedragun 4 года назад +15

      We knew more about Kim back then than any Kardashian now

    • @garyraffa5515
      @garyraffa5515 3 года назад +4

      Lol. That was great

    • @shiskeyoffles
      @shiskeyoffles 3 года назад +2

      Lol

    • @unfilthy
      @unfilthy 3 года назад +1

      lmao

  • @ifuckingh8you195
    @ifuckingh8you195 2 года назад +3

    Fun fact. Eminem actually pistol whipped a bouncer 20 years ago or so- it was an event that was covered back in the day.
    it’s in his lyrics even.

  • @CaddyJim
    @CaddyJim 3 года назад +4

    The *Yo, Left, Yo, Left, Yo, Left, Right, Left* that you like was also at the beginning of *(Till I Collapsed)*

    • @allycat2836
      @allycat2836 3 года назад

      Thanks for the comment. I was trying to remember which other em song I heard this on.

  • @lisam7951
    @lisam7951 4 года назад +135

    This is Em, he is super real and wears everything on his sleeve. Everything changed after Proof was murdered

  • @Blakedecker092
    @Blakedecker092 4 года назад +67

    Listen to “Say Goodbye Hollywood” it’ll explain things pretty well

    • @Blakedecker092
      @Blakedecker092 4 года назад +4

      He caught a felony charge for assault and a gun charge, he pistol whipped a bouncer Bc he was messing around with Kim at a night club.

    • @brodieduff9111
      @brodieduff9111 4 года назад +6

      you cant do solider and not do say goodbye to hollywood bruh! They go hand in hand

  • @joshuaeason3426
    @joshuaeason3426 3 года назад +31

    He was like that for real until Proof was killed, after that his perspective switched up. He didn't wanna lose anyone else

    • @emyf9197
      @emyf9197 3 года назад +3

      I mean being involved with all the thug life shit.. Actually also meant putting his daughter in risk.. And ppl did go far n name her in their diss tracks but u never know ja send ppl after 50 cent n he got shot. Similar could been with ppl going after his kid..

    • @lazytrav5433
      @lazytrav5433 3 года назад +2

      First it’s was BUGZ

  • @zigzac1650
    @zigzac1650 4 года назад +20

    There's a reason he flipped off the way he did. Flip it upside down and youll see a Detroit sign. Street King's, joy road, exit 9 shit. He's deeper than a lot would think.🤷

  • @WeabeOfficialMusic
    @WeabeOfficialMusic 4 года назад +46

    In 99 a fan kept knocking on his door, so Eminem answered it and put a gun in his face
    He also put a mask on, kicked down his tour members hotel door and shot blanks all over the hotel at like 3am
    He also pistol whipped a bouncer he saw kissing Kim
    Shady was literally crazy back then. He's so calm these days.

  • @Misslola044
    @Misslola044 4 года назад +58

    no this was real hahah I remember like a week after mmlp was released he was arrested for two gun charges! And before he got famous he went to jail with proof but got lucky and the charges were dropped

  • @trutheretic
    @trutheretic 2 месяца назад

    this is my favourite hip hop track, nobody spits this raw with that sort of lyrical talent

  • @YaThat.
    @YaThat. 2 года назад +3

    " I spit the illest shit ever been dropped in a two inch" might be the most underrated line in the history of music

  • @majafarkhani87
    @majafarkhani87 4 года назад +40

    Keep in mind this came out when EM was beefing with Benzino and Ja Rule(both of which he destroyed literally ended Ja Rules career). Tupac and Biggie had both been murdered a few years before, plus we didnt have social media so shit seemed more serious.

  • @Thorin1300
    @Thorin1300 4 года назад +44

    Em was on the street. He likes guns. Was in a lot of fights. And was in trouble with the law. But he wasn't like in a gang or selling dope I dont think. I think the closest to that life was when he was hanging out with 50 cent a lot.

  • @readytoscratch7275
    @readytoscratch7275 3 года назад +23

    Eminem is as real as they come. When a stalker broke into his house last year and his security was asleep, he went to face the man himself no body guards. The song was about when he pistol whipped someone that was hooking up with Kim in which he caught a case for weapon possession.

    • @xxxod
      @xxxod 3 года назад +4

      false! Eminem woke up to the home invader standing over him and he thought it was his nephew. He asked why he was there and the home invader said he was there to kill him. Eminem knew he was mentally disturbed so he escorted him outside to security. It was nothing major.

    • @Kinobambino
      @Kinobambino 3 года назад +4

      @G.Doyle91 False! Eminem ate too many choco buddy's the night before and dreamed it all 🍫

    • @vilifyahuman
      @vilifyahuman 3 года назад +3

      @@Kinobambino false, Eminem does not sleep.

  • @MrTyler189
    @MrTyler189 3 года назад +8

    I have a bad memory but I think this was back when eminem was beefing alot so I'd say he did carry a gun on his person at all times

  • @thekiddy4263
    @thekiddy4263 4 года назад +35

    EMINEM FT XZIBIT - DONT APPROACH ME🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @dannygoodlet8840
    @dannygoodlet8840 4 года назад +60

    "Never was a gangsta till I graduated to one" He didn't start out with that shit, but being around it so much, turned him fast. Not a literal gangster, but a badass. Everything else, is either true or he sincerely believes it.

    • @mookiestewart3776
      @mookiestewart3776 2 года назад +1

      It’s a great way to show white people how circumstances can lead to certain outcomes, I’ve been trying to explain to my white friends for years and they didn’t get it until I used em in context

    • @Hussman493
      @Hussman493 2 года назад +1

      @@mookiestewart3776 Yeah. I grew up around this and I learned how to defend myself fast after getting roughed up a few times. I didn't take that path in life like my dad. I got the hell out when I got older. Many people will never understand growing up like that.

  • @mariomanov8453
    @mariomanov8453 10 месяцев назад +1

    Love Angry Em flows + great lyrics, beats(here he is constantly good),True story song..😊

  • @RieeBellaHoney
    @RieeBellaHoney 2 года назад +1

    I've been a fan of Eminem since 1998/1999..I was like 13/14 years old. Still a fan. So being a fan since the beginning, I've lived through his wild years, arrest, beefs, growth, etc...just about all of it as it was going on at the time. I know his discography, and I'm glad you're getting to know it too. The different types of songs he has. Did you hear all of the songs for his daughters?. Ems softer side as a father who loves his daughter Hailie is one of the reasons I love Eminem. It got better when he included her cousin Alaina (who is Kim's sisters child) and Whitney (who is Kim's from a relationship after him). Has custody of them. He's a father to all 3. I just love that. And his songs for them are some of my favorite..gets me emotional. He also had legal custody of his younger half brother Nathan.

  • @ahmedhamatto6711
    @ahmedhamatto6711 4 года назад +56

    Eminem - legacy
    Eminem and d12 - quitter
    Eminem - run rabbit run
    Eminem - cinderella man
    Eminem - evil twin
    TI ft. Eminem - all she wrote
    Eminem - fack (eminem said it's one of his favourite songs , it's different and hilarious but not bar heavy , but you'll enjoy it)

  • @gamerclips1882
    @gamerclips1882 4 года назад +19

    There’s videos on RUclips’s with interviews of people who used to be around EM. All of them say the same thing of how EM was about it and didn’t fuck around. Obviously he grew up and changed how he acted and got out of that life

  • @jmpoutalakazam2006
    @jmpoutalakazam2006 3 года назад +11

    Em was around some pretty serious guys for a bit there I know he got caught packing a few times

  • @jimmywrestler7188
    @jimmywrestler7188 4 года назад +6

    He really did pistol whip a bouncer that was 6'2. He went to jail for it.

  • @AnthonyfromtheD
    @AnthonyfromtheD 4 года назад +14

    Beat is fire on this song! Em produced it too which is crazy..

  • @kconrad83090
    @kconrad83090 4 года назад +14

    yup this is a two parter (well 3 counting the skit "Kiss"), Say Goodbye to Hollywood is the second part

  • @hads5279
    @hads5279 8 месяцев назад +1

    Em had multiple lawsuits filed against him in 2000. They were all settled around 2002 and then this album dropped and he could finally speak and get all the shit off his chest. It was a wild time for Em. He was about that life.

  • @LurqN-
    @LurqN- 3 года назад +2

    This song just shows that Eminem is a perfect example of “you become the environment around you” this isn’t a shot at anyone or race or whatever. It’s true you become by what’s surrounded by you. When proof died ems perspective changed. God bless him.

  • @FiryaFYI
    @FiryaFYI 4 года назад +31

    Before Proof died, Em was a gangsta.. even the law took a shot at him lol

  • @lance6752
    @lance6752 4 года назад +19

    I knew he was gonna love the beat lol

  • @bplayerr1
    @bplayerr1 Год назад +1

    He wasnt a gangsta until he graduated to one through his lyrics and image (and his skin) ppl sized and tried him so he had to fulfill....
    The way he put all that together man.......
    ............#️⃣LEGEND

  • @bustingyewls154
    @bustingyewls154 3 года назад +5

    Eminem was really about that back in the day though

  • @phillyphil7786
    @phillyphil7786 4 года назад +13

    He was about that life back then and his team. Like everyone we all grow as the years go by

    • @joshfreeman5488
      @joshfreeman5488 3 года назад +2

      I don't think anyone truly grows up man, I think our circumstances just change a little.
      We have more to fight for but more to lose.

  • @marioharris5944
    @marioharris5944 4 года назад +24

    "I'm shocked!"
    Man this been getting requested non stop for a reason.
    Now go do Shady XV, Psychopathic killer and Vegas.

  • @ErmelindoBarreto
    @ErmelindoBarreto 3 года назад

    This is one of my workout songs.
    Portugal here for the Goat Eminem always since day one and forever. Thanks for reacting. Salutes.

  • @ericmara8802
    @ericmara8802 4 года назад +5

    Eminem was outside when Suge came through while Dre was still beefing with suge. Eminem was bout that life frfr, up until he started losing his best friends. Like toy soldiers is a good one.

  • @aGChaos1
    @aGChaos1 4 года назад +10

    Bless! Stevie thanks for all the vids man. You’re always on point with posting & just dope!

  • @Porter81
    @Porter81 4 года назад +27

    He was living that life at the time. Check out his court cases. He really cracked that bouncer.

  • @widdsyb9380
    @widdsyb9380 3 года назад +1

    This is one of my best em songs

  • @caligreen4208
    @caligreen4208 2 года назад +1

    I’m glad to see someone like you speak on em and how gangster he be , he’s a genius

  • @zoranthian2901
    @zoranthian2901 4 года назад +7

    I love it when he just lets rappers know yall better lace up those boots and get to walking because to see me you have a long road ahead. Your going to take what I have to give kinda attitude.

  • @thomasbrett276
    @thomasbrett276 4 года назад +13

    Stevie!! You need to check out "Till I Collapse". You will love it! Then energy is crazy!

  • @imperiouswrecked9823
    @imperiouswrecked9823 3 года назад +2

    He did in fact pistol whip a bouncer who was 6’2”. Lol

  • @Shaolinmike1994
    @Shaolinmike1994 4 года назад +10

    This one is a gym banger

  • @davidmerritt2268
    @davidmerritt2268 4 года назад +10

    Em and D 12 was I a shoot out in a club he’s done a couple of songs on it . Keep it poppin SK I love that your 100 and not ashamed to say I don’t know! Keep it trill

  • @vegaadrian49
    @vegaadrian49 3 года назад +1

    Eminem is an OG. Been there done that before and still.

  • @zachwatson3954
    @zachwatson3954 3 года назад

    Yo homie night I didn't know you was so small you gained muscle my guy .. I didn't know your show back then .. You are one of the best bar breakdown .thanks for being so passionate about music

  • @mikelangelo5022
    @mikelangelo5022 4 года назад +156

    Em: “Full of controversy until I retire my jersey /
    'Til the fire inside dies and expires at thirty”
    Me: Well that went out the window!

    • @boooozeed
      @boooozeed 4 года назад +7

      @Mr.OLiVER Not sure about getting better! He's definitely got better when it comes to technique-metaphors. but in other aspects, it didn't get better! like when it comes to content and beat selection. I should mention the beats on MTBMB were 🔥🔥

    • @AndreiSaulea00
      @AndreiSaulea00 4 года назад +30

      @@boooozeed he did got better, he improved his wordplay (marsh, you gon learn), got crazy ass flows(little engine and also marsh), fast rap like crazy(godzilla) and still got that deep content(no regrets, darkness).
      He is better than ever, but people won´t give him credit nowadays bcz they either feel to nostalgic about his old stuff or they just can´t catch the bars bcz tbh his new stuff it´s pretty complex

    • @TheAbstracteD
      @TheAbstracteD 4 года назад +5

      @@AndreiSaulea00 couldnt havre said that better myself, and the comment above you is the proof. Downplaying a goat like that casually.

    • @pjbpiano
      @pjbpiano 3 года назад

      @@boooozeed what other aspects did he not get better?

    • @boooozeed
      @boooozeed 3 года назад

      @@TheAbstracteD lol Eminem is my fav' and I believe he's the best! it's just I'm not a "yes man" and like everything he puts out 😉

  • @JPFitnessPro
    @JPFitnessPro 4 года назад +23

    EVEN ROYCE SAID EM USED TO BE CRAZY. HAD A TEMPER AND SHIT. EM WILL THROW DOWN IF HE HAS TOO

  • @YourBioDad
    @YourBioDad 3 года назад

    Straight fire! Still bumps in 2021! Transcends time! He’s the king of controversy! He comes after everybody’s throat in the game even back then

  • @Rknowles813
    @Rknowles813 Год назад +1

    Eminem's more of a gangster than most rappers. He's always been about that life. Never had it easy. He actually started from the bottom

  • @adrianfortmoviereviewsbook9821
    @adrianfortmoviereviewsbook9821 4 года назад +26

    Royce tells stories that Em used to hop off stage into an audience just to beat someone down.

    • @hechpee
      @hechpee 4 года назад +10

      his ex body guard said it was standard for EM any time he is having a concert lol

  • @CollieMan180s
    @CollieMan180s 4 года назад +18

    The skit (called "The Kiss") on the album before this track comes on sets it up even better.. Its a true story when Em caught Kim kissing a bouncer and ended up pistol whipping him. Em's as real as it gets

  • @devmarine
    @devmarine 4 года назад

    Hey Stevie, I am so glad you did this video. I have been binge watching the hell out of all of your react videos and a few weeks ago I think I watched a video where you said you didn't see much of his old stuff from The Eminem Show. I was going to try to ping you to check out Soldier I use to rock this song all the damn time around 2007-2008 during my workouts while I was in the military. Shit kept me so pumped during my 5 mile runs. I thrived off the energy in this song.

  • @peteressig9502
    @peteressig9502 4 года назад +2

    Yes, Em was authentic at that time. He was arrested after he pistol whipped a member of ICP in broad daylight. Also, according to Royce, it was fairly typical of Em to jump off of the stage and go after anybody that tried to heckle him. He has a pretty storied history with the court system, and it’s why his diss against MGK “you ain’t plugged in, you’ve never even been charged in connection with battery” is so devastating.

  • @noerivas4343
    @noerivas4343 4 года назад +33

    “Gangsta? Nah. Courageous balls!”

    • @mikelangelo5022
      @mikelangelo5022 4 года назад +1

      ‘Had to change my style, they say I’m way too soft.’ 🔥

    • @mrsandilemafuba3338
      @mrsandilemafuba3338 4 года назад

      Reference from "guts over fear" Eminem ft Sia

  • @jxstified7558
    @jxstified7558 4 года назад +25

    There is a story of eminem shooting a gun in a hotel room in japan when he was around the yakuza. Look it up.

    • @romanpapec6735
      @romanpapec6735 4 года назад

      It was an airsoft gun.

    • @jxstified7558
      @jxstified7558 4 года назад

      @@romanpapec6735 yeah mb it was an airsoft gun apparently

    • @romanpapec6735
      @romanpapec6735 4 года назад

      It is still a fucked up thing to do in a hotel 😅

  • @jacobberry3149
    @jacobberry3149 3 года назад

    Mr..Stevie Knight and syllable hollic are the best at actually breaking down bars!

  • @thatbadguy4189
    @thatbadguy4189 6 месяцев назад

    Video 3yr old but I’m back again.. this came out when 50 first came around. 50 even had us yt boys thuggin in them days.

  • @GIZZLEon6s
    @GIZZLEon6s 4 года назад +5

    Been a minute since I’ve heard this one! Stevie diggin in this week.. 💪🏽💪🏽