Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Eminem is Back

In case you haven't heard, Eminem is returning from a five year hiatus with a new CD coming out next month. To celebrate this, here are my picks for the three best songs from each of the previous four Eminem CDs, complete with a sample of the lyrics that make Eminem one of the best rappers alive.

Slim Shady LP (1999)

-My Fault
She said, / I'm twenty-six years old and I'm not married
I don't even have any kids and I can't cook/(Hello!) I'm over here Sue, (hi) you're talkin to the plant, look!

-Cum on Everybody
I just remembered that I'm absent minded/Wait, I mean I've lost my mind, I can't find it
I'm freestylin every verse that I spit/cause I don't even remember the words to my shit (umm, one two)


-Just Don't Give a Fuck
You wacker than the motherfucker you bit your style from/You ain't gonna sell two copies if you press a double album
Admit it, fuck it, while we comin out in the open/I'm doin acid, crack, smack, coke and smokin dope then


Marshall Mathers LP (2000)

-Kill You
I invented violence, you vile venomous volatile bitches/vain Vicadin, vrinnn Vrinnn, VRINNN!
Texas Chainsaw, left his brains all/danglin from his neck, while his head barely hangs on
Blood, guts, guns, cuts/Knives, lives, wives, nuns, sluts


-Drug Ballad
Back when Mark Walhberg was Marky Mark/This is how we used to make the party start
We used to mix Hen' with Bacardi Dark/And when it, kicks in you can hardly talk
And by the, sixth gin you're gonna probably crawl/And you'll be, sick then and you'll probably barf
And my prediction is you're gonna probably fall/Either somewhere in the lobby or the hallway wall


-The Way I Am
with the bullshit they pull, cause they full of shit too/When a dude's gettin bullied and shoots up his school
and they blame it on Marilyn (on Marilyn) and the heroin/Where were the parents at? And look where it's at
Middle America, now it's a tragedy/Now it's so sad to see, an upper class city/havin this happenin (this happenin)..


The Eminem Show (2002)

-White America
See the problem is I speak to suburban kids /Who otherwise woulda never knew these words exist
Who's mom's probably woulda never gave 2 squirts of pissTill I created so much muthafuckin' turbulance


-Soldier
I love pissin' you off, it gets me off, /like my lawyers, when the fuckin' judge lets me off
all you motherfuckas gotta do is set me off/or violate me, and all the motherfuckin' bets be off
I'm a lit fuse, anything I do, bitch, is news/pistol whippin' motherfuckin' bouncers, six-two


-Til I Collapse
Soon as a verse starts I eat at MC’s heart/what is he thinking, how not to go against me, smart
And it's absurd, how people hang on every word/I’ll probably never get the props I feel I ever deserve


Encore (2004)

-Mosh
Come along, follow me, as I lead through the darkness/As I provide just enough spark that we need to proceed
Carry on, give me hope, give me strength/Come with me, and I wont steer you wrong
Put your faith in your trust, as I guide us through the fog/To the light at the end of the tunnel we gon’ fight
We gon’ charge, we gon’ stomp/We gon’ march through the swamp
We gon’ mosh through the marsh/Take us right through the doors


-Like Toy Soldiers
I spent too much energy on it, honestly I'm exhausted/And I'm so caught in it I almost feel I'm the one who caused it
This ain't what I'm in hip-hop for, it's not why I got in it/That was never my object for someone to get killed
Why would I wanna destroy something I helped build/It wasn't my intentions, my intentions were good


-Yellow Brick Road
I'd roam the streets so much they call me a drifter/Sometimes I stick up a thumb just to hitch hike
Just to get picked up to get me a lift to 8 mile and Van Dyke/And steal a god damn bike from somebody's backyard

Monday, April 6, 2009

Payback At Last

-AP

It didn't give back the O's the playoff game they're still owed, but revenge is sweet no matter how its served.