Single "Lose Yourself" -- from his 2002 biographical film '8 Mile' in which he starred -- became his first Hot 100 No. 1, staying atop the chart for 12 weeks, and won the Grammy for best rap song and Oscar for best original song. Two of his other biggest hits are "Love the Way...
Eminem did pretty good in the song... Although I have learnt the entire song and can rap it from the beginning till the end... Rap God is clearly his fastest, I'm trying to memorize it for a talent show and I've almost got the first verse down after like 3or4 days. Speedom ...
The minimal beat for the first part of the song sounds like sneakers squeaking in an empty Michigan mansion or the ropes at a theater squeaking as the curtains being pulled up. Em assumes the character of Matthew Mitchell, the brother of Stan, and plots his revenge on Em. But when that ...
Eminem had always skated close to Weird-Al novelty territory—stuff like “Mushroom Song.” But when he sings “poo-poo, ca-ca” on “My First Single,” it’s maybe the first time in his career that you actually believe that he just doesn’t give a fuck. And then there’s the ...
where his father played trumpet or piano.He also gave him a trumpet, but when rock and roll became popular, he chose an acoustic guitar. The first song he composed was “I Lost My Little Girl” on that guitar, a Zenith. He also composed “When I’m Sixty-Four” on the home piano....
s career and the first rap song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Eminem and producer Jeff Bass had recorded a demo a few years earlier, but revisited it during the Detroit-based production of8 Mile; Eminem wrote the song’s confessional lyrics only after receiving the film...
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“Lose Yourself” also brought Eminem to a new level of mainstream acclaim, winning an Oscar for best original song in early 2003 — the first hip-hop song to earn that award — around the same time The Eminem Show won best rap album at the Grammys, giving him a third win in the ...
Eminem heard his first rap song ("Reckless", featuring Ice-T) on the Breakin' soundtrack, a gift from Debbie's half-brother Ronnie Polkingharn. His uncle was close to the boy and later became a musical mentor to him. When Polkingharn committed suicide in 1991, Eminem stopped speaking ...