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| Eminem reveiw for this month: D12's new album 'Devil's Night' will be out on June 12th 2001. Rap superstar Eminem swung through the SF bay Area this past weekend on a promotional tour and wound up running into a few problems. The first occurred on Sunday morning during his interview at college radio station KALX 90.7 FM in Berkeley. According to Eminem he had a run in with long time dj Sista Tamu. He claims that not only had a bad attitude and was she extremely rude and disrespectful to him, but she also took his hit record 'My Name Is Slim Shady' and cracked it in half on the air. 'It was like she was on a mission to come for me', he noted in a later interview. He said that she appeared bent on trying to embarrass him on the air by telling him she did not like his rhyme style and music. 'If that was the case why did she agree to interview me?' Eminem wondered. He also noted that he himself tried to be professional by holding back and not going off the sista. Sista Tamu offered up her side of the story. She explained that when she first met Eminem that she went over a few ground rules with him including that she tries to keep her show 'clean' of the large number of families and kids listening on Sunday morning. She went to explain that she had heard a few of his freestyles in particular one in which he rapped about killing his baby's mother. It was for that reason Tamu was not really fond of Eminem. Tamu who is a community activist, admitted that she prefers hip hop that brings a socially uplifting message. However, she felt that because Eminem was so popular that it was important to allow him access to her listeners. 'I'm not really a big fan of your style of rap, but a lot of our listeners are so welcome to the show', she told him. She also told him that if he decides to freestyle or anything like that to keep that in mind and respect the ground rules she had set. According to her, Eminem agreed. During the interview she and Em exchanged barbs with each other. While Eminem felt she was trying to be rude. Tamu felt it was all in jest. She said that Em's whole character was to be witty and sarcastic and she was having fun with him by trying to match wits. Eminem felt she was trying to pull the 'race card' by talking about him having blonde hair and being white. Tamu then took a number of calls including one from a woman who noted that she appreciated Em's sarcastic and somewhat sadistic wit, but cautioned him not to leave young impressionable listeners with the wrong message. Eminem admitted that his album was very different then the sanitized version they were playing on MTV and commercial radio. 'A lot of parents are going to be upset and take that album right back to the store because there's nothing nice or clean about it', he noted. The next caller challenged Eminem to do a freestyle. So [Mr Slim Shady agreed]. What set Sista Tamu off, was that after cautioning Eminem about her audience, he then flipped a verse which started off with him slapping a pregnant woman and then slapping another 'bitch'. Tamu immediately stopped him and ended the interview. 'I ain't having that disrespect on my show' she explained. At that point she bid him goodbye and as Slim Shady left the station Tamu went on the air and said because he had disrespected the ground rules and her audience by doing a rap about 'slapping bitches', he would never be invited back and at that point she cracked his record on the air. needless to say it quite eventful and left Slim Shady a bit peeved. If that wasn't enough while visiting record stores across the Bay in San Francisco's infamous Haight Ashbury district which is known for it's hippies, punk rockers and other colorful individuals, some kid steps to Eminem and in a threatening manner asserts that 'this is his block' and Eminem better leave. At first Em thought he was joking but soon realizes the kid is serious.. This is his block and he has no intention of letting Eminem walk by. When Eminem moved to walk around him the kid reached for what everyone thought was a weapon. The next thing you know Mr Shady lit up on homeboy with a barrage to the head. I guess he let his Detroit upbringing come out as folks had to pull Eminem off the kid who was left literally sprawled out on the ground. By the time I caught up with Eminem he was bit spent.. Eminem SPEAKS HIS MIND During our interview Eminem dispelled a lot of negative perceptions I had of him. Initially I thought he was gonna be some arrogant kid who was using some sort of gimmick to get over in hip hop. We chopped it up for more then an hour and he came across as someone who's funny and his really into hip hop. As he noted that while he's enjoying his current success, he wanted to make it clear he is by no means a bubble gum rapper and that a lot of fans are gonna be quite shocked when they get his new album. 'My lyrics are sick and there's nothing nice about them' he explained. When asked why he changed the lyrics to his current single 'My Name Is Slim Shady', he explained that his record company wanted something for the radio so that caused him to tone things down. But he ran into another snafu when he attempted to clear the sample he used as his rhythm track. The owner of the song was a gentleman who now lives in Africa and his a gay activist. He took great offense to several of Shady's lyrics where he talk about raping a lesbian among a few other things. He was not going to grant a sample clearance unless certain verses were taken out of the song. Shady said he was upset but wound up complying. I asked him about the current Detroit underground scene and if knew some the old schoolers like Kid Rock, Mystro and Kaos, Awesome Dre among others. He explained that Detroit has an up and coming scene that's real small and close knit. It isn't always supported. He never kicked it with Awesome Dre from back in the days. He like Mystro and Kaos and he looked up to Kid Rock who made himself known by getting a major record deal and dropping a cut called Yodeling In The Valley'. He also spoke about a rival emcee named Cage who had been going around dissing Slim Shady. 'Every time I've showed up to battle him he's never been around', at this point in time I don't want to give him any more attention', he explained. He concluded by talking about a partner of his named Royce who just got signed to Tommy Boy Records. On the question of race, Eminem explained that he was tired of it. 'All my life I've been dealing with my race because of where I grew up [Detroit] and being in the rap game' he noted. 'I'm at a boiling point...Anybody who pulls the race card is getting it right back in their face' he said. He emphasized that it's all about the music and while image has a lot to do with things, he feels that people are really into what he's saying. He spoke on how a lot of journalist insist on focusing on the whole racial aspect of him being in the game. I challenged Eminem and told him how his record reps were calling up djs and marketing him as a 'dope whiteboy' who can rap. He felt that was foul and whoever did that should be fired. He hoped that approach was limited to a few individuals who took it upon themselves to do that..and that it was not what he wants to happen.'. He didn't like the fact that people were seeing him as getting over because he was white.. 'You can't control who likes you' he explained. 'If I got Backstreet Boy fans what am I supposed to do? Turn them away?'. Eminem added. 'Whoever likes my stuff, likes my stuff but just know Slim Shady is hip hop, I grew up on hip hop, it's the music I love and it's the music I respect. I respect the culture...that's me'. I asked him about Vanilla Ice and Eminem explained that he felt Vanilla Ice has nothing against the Ice Man but he ruined it for white emcees all over. He gave people the wrong impressions of white emcees because he lied and was fake. 'No one can help their color and no one can help where they grew up.. that's your parents doing.. If you grew up in the suburbs be proud and don't pretend you came from somewhere else'. On battling, Eminem noted 'I'll battle anybody who calls me out and people better know that'. He explained that he doesn't take battling as serious as he once did, but it's all done in fun. He also noted that he doesn't wanna be labeled as a battle emcee because it essentially limits people's perceptions of you. Eminem sees himself as someone who is an all round emcee meaning he can write songs and flip different styles. I asked him about his thoughts on collaborations with other artists. I asked him jokingly if he wanted to do a song with Lauryn Hill, KRS-One or Public Enemy. I was surprised how he got real serious when I mentioned Lauryn's name, 'The first word you said is a dirty word to me', when I asked if he meant Lauryn and I asked why.. 'I heard a lot of stuff about her and how she is toward white people and I heard she's racist. I can't prove it, but I heard a lot of stuff and there's a lot of controversy.. so if she's like that I don't wanna get down like that.. I don't believe in all that.. That's her business if she doesn't like white people..everybody has their preferences..'. At the time of the interview, I didn't know.. but I've since heard the stories surrounding Lauryn hating white folks were nasty rumors that had been circulating. Eminem concluded that he's not really a collaboration type emcee. He wants people to enjoy Slim Shady and he doesn't want to play himself out by having folks get sick of him. Eminem Links. 01. Dr. Dre 02. Snoop Dogg 03. Eminem World 04. 2Pac Planet 05. Ice Cube 06. Master P 07. Eazy E 08. Rap Top Sites 09. Wu Tang 10. DMX World 11. NWA World 12. Rap Board 13. Eminem Board 14. D12 World 15. Lil Zane 16. Limp Bizkit 17. Xzibit 18. Hip Hop Search Anger Management Tour Eminem - D12 - Xzibit - DMX - LimpBizkit - Papa Roach This list is not complete, more dates/venues will be announced soon. Tickets are available through ticketmaster, more information we be posted as it is learned. 10/19 - East Rutherford, NJ @ Continental Airlines Arena 10/21 - Buffalo, NY @ HSBC Arena 10/23 - Worcester, MA @ Centrum Center 10/24 - Albany, NY @ Pepsi Arena 10/26 - Toronto, ON @ SkyTent 10/27 - Montreal, QC @ Molson Centre 10/29 - Auburn Hills, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills 10/30 - Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena 11/2 - Champaign, IL @ Assembly Hall 11/3 - Indianapolis, IN @ Conseco Fieldhouse 11/5 - Moline, IL @ Mark Of The Quad Cities 11/6 - St. Louis, MO @ Kiel Center 11/8 - Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center 11/10 - Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center 11/13 - Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome 11/14 - Portland, OR @ Rose Garden Arena 11/15 - Vancouver, BC @ General Motors Place 11/17 - San Francisco, CA @ Cow Palace 11/18 - Sacramento, CA @ Arco Arena 11/19 - San Jose, CA @ San Jose Arena 11/21 - Anaheim, CA @ The Pond 01/11/2001 - Osaka @ Japan Castle Hall 01/13/2001 - Tokyo @ Japan Makuhari 01/14/2001 - Tokyo @ Japan Makuhari 01/19/2001 - Auckland @ New Zealand Ericcson Stadium 01/21/2001 - Gold Coast @ Australia Parklands 01/26/2001 - Sydney @ Australia Showground 01/28/2001 - Melbourne @ Australia RAS Showgrounds 01/29/2001 - Melbourne @ Venue not announced 01/31/2001 - Sydney @ Venue not announced 02/02/2001 - Adelaide @ Austria HS Showgrounds 02/04/2001 - Perth @ Australia Basseddean Oval UK Dates 02/08/2001 - @ Manchester Arena 02/09/2001 - @ London Arena Our Offical interview with Eminem Chocolate On The Inside Chocolate On The Inside from SPIN Magazine, May 1999 The most promising new rapper of the year is a cartoonishly angry welfare kid from the Detroit ghetto. Oh, and by the way, he's white. by CHARLES AARON Give this kid a magazine rack, because he's got a lot of issues. For starters, there's race (he's the "corny-lookin' white boy" who got his lunch money stolen at his inner-city school and never forgot), drugs (he's well acquainted with mushrooms, weed, etc.), and women (he envisions his mom as a drug addict with no breasts, fantasizes about murdering his baby's mother, and advises a husband to cut off the head of his adulterous wife). For 23-year-old Marshall Mathers, a.k.a. Eminem, a.k.a. Slim Shady, whose major-label debut, The Slim Shady LP, is the shocker pop-hit of 1999 (entering the Billboard 200 at No. 2 with more than 280,000 first-week sales), life is a bitch who needs to die, now! He's so angry his "dance" song features a line about Kurt Cobain committing suicide. But by outrageously spoofing every fear every parent ever had about his/her child, the album also defies any pat answer as to why this runty dude is so pissed off. And it implicitly ridicules anybody who tries to label his music as either "positive" or "negative." Less than a year ago, Eminem was a little-known, if nastily skilled, MC from Detroit, with only an independently released album and EP to his name. Now, after hooking up with Dr. Dre (he'll soon appear on Dre's Chronic 2000 album), he's been known to give shout-outs to Interscope boss Jimmy Iovine onstage. Since early '99, MTV has been endlessly rotating the uproarious video for his single "My Name Is," in which Eminem impersonates Marilyn Manson and Bill Clinton, as well as a publicity bit featuring Missy Elliott and Dre giving the rapper props (Interscope also bought commercial time to play the video during Howard Stern's Saturday night CBS TV show). He's getting spins on hip-hop radio stations, extremely rare for a white artist, and is even recording a song for Limp Bizkit's new album. All those years he spent fighting for his right to be white finally paid off. Spin: From listening to your album, you get the impression that your childhood was pretty much a living hell. What was it really like? Eminem: I was born in Kansas City, and my dad left when I was five or six months old. Then when I was five we moved to a real bad part of Detroit. I was getting beat up a lot, so we moved back to K.C., then back to Detroit again when I was 11. My mother couldn't afford to raise me, but then she had my little brother, so when we moved back to Michigan, we were just staying wherever we could, with my grandmother or whatever family would put us up. I know my mother tried to do the best she could, but I was bounced around so much-it seemed like we moved every two or three months. I'd go to, like, six different schools in one year. We were on welfare, and my mom never ever worked. I'm not trying to give some sob story, like, "Oh, I've been broke all my life," but people who know me know it's true. There were times when friends had to buy me fuckin' shoes! I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I'm not ashamed of anything. Spin: These were mostly African-American neighborhoods where you grew up? Eminem: Yeah, near 8 Mile Road in Detroit, which separates the suburbs from the city. Almost all the blacks are on one side, and almost all the whites are on the other, but all the families nearby are low-income. We lived on the black side. Most of the time it was relatively cool, but I would get beat up sometimes when I'd walk around the neighborhood and kids didn't know me. One day I got jumped by, like, six dudes for no reason. I also got shot at, and ended up running out of my shoes, crying. I was 15 years old and I didn't know how to handle that shit. Spin: Were most of your friends black? Eminem: When you're a little kid, you don't see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It never became an issue until I was a teenager and started trying to rap. Then I'd notice that a lot of motherfuckers always had my back, but somebody always had to say to them, "Why you have to stick up for the white boy?" Spin: When did you first get into hip-hop? Eminem: The first hip-hop shit I ever heard was that song "Reckless" from the Breakin' soundtrack; my cousin played me the tape when I was, like, nine. There was this mixed school I went to in fifth grade, one with lots of Asian and black kids and everybody was into break dancing. They always had the latest rap tapes-the Fat Boys, L.L. Cool J's Radio-and I thought it was the most incredible shit I'd ever heard. Spin: What'd you think when you first heard the Beastie Boys? Eminem: That's what really did it for me. I was like, "This shit is so dope!" That's when I decided I wanted to rap. I'd hang out on the corner where kids would be rhyming, and when I tried to get in there, I'd get dissed. A little color issue developed, and as I got old enough to hit the clubs, it got really bad. I wasn't that dope yet, but I knew I could rhyme, so I'd get on the open mics and shit, and a couple of times I was booed off the stage. Spin: Your single ("My Name Is") is getting played on both Modern Rock and Urban radio. Are you surprised at how quickly you're being accepted? Eminem: Thing is, I'm not really a commercial rapper. My whole market, my whole steez, is through the underground; if those hip-hop heads love it, I'll rise above. It's like, you hardly ever hear a Wu-Tang song on the radio, but they rose from the underground on word of mouth. Spin: Has being white really affected the way you see yourself as a rapper? Eminem: In the beginning, the majority of my shows were for all-black crowds, and people would always say, "You're dope for a white boy," and I'd take it as a compliment. Then, as I got older, I started to think, "What the fuck does that mean?" Nobody asks to be born, nobody has a choice of what color they'll be, or whether they'll be fat, skinny, anything. I had to work up to a certain level before people would even look past my color; a lot of motherfuckers would just sit with their arms folded and be like, "All right, what is this?" But as time went on, I started to get respect. The best thing a motherfucker ever said about me was after an open mic in Detroit about five years ago. He was like, "I don't give a fuck if he's green, I don't give a fuck if he's orange, this motherfucker is dope!" Nobody has the right to tell me what kind of music to listen to or how to dress or how to act or how to talk; if people want to make jokes, well fuck 'em. I lived this shit, you know what I'm sayin'? And if you hear an Eminem record, you're gonna know the minute that it comes on that this ain't no fluke. Spin: Did you ever come close to quitting? Eminem: About three or so years ago, not that long after my daughter [Hailie Jade Scott] was born. I was staying in this house on 7 Mile Road, and little kids used to walk down the street going, "Look at the white baby!" Everything was "white this, white that." We'd be sitting on our porch, and if you were real quiet, you'd hear, "Mumble, mumble, white, mumble, mumble, white." Then I caught some dude breaking into my house for, like, the fifth time, and I was like, "Yo, fuck this! It's not worth it. I'm outta here." That day, I wanted to quit rap and get a house in the fucking suburbs. I was arguing with my girl, like, "Can't you see they don't want us here?" I went through so many changes; I actually stopped writing for about five or six months and I was about to give everything up. I just couldn't, though. I'd keep going to the clubs and taking the abuse. But I'd come home and put a fist through the wall. If you listen to a Slim Shady record, you're going to hear all that frustration coming out. Spin: Could you see why some black people might be not be so enthusiastic about a white kid trying to be a rapper? Eminem: Yeah, I did see where the people dissing me were coming from. But, it's like, anything that happened in the past between black and white, I can't really speak on it, because I wasn't there. I don't feel like me being born the color I am makes me any less of a person. Spin: Did you ever wish you were black? Eminem: There was a while when I was feeling like, "Da |
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