Marshal Mathers, also known as Eminem, has been creating a stir in the music
industry over the past few years. Many people feel affended and intimidated with
him while he uses his freedom of speech and expresses himself. His rapping and
hip hop lyrics are raw, explicic and very offending to many different types of
people. There are many reasons for the type of music Eminem makes. There are
many reasons why his music is the way it is. Eminem, A.K.A. Slim Shady, made
Many people do not understand where Slim Shady comes from. As a child, he
had no father, his mother was an alcoholic and a drug addict. Also Eminem moved
back and forth from Kansas city to urban Detroit. While growing up, he was picked
on and beaten by people all the time. He would get jumped and beat by his mother.
All of these instances lead to the type of music he makes today. To add to all of
this, his closest relative and best friend, comitted suicide when Slim was in his
The song I selected is off of Eminems most recent album, The Marshal
Mathers LP, and it is titled "The Real Slim Shady". I chose this song for many
reasons. This song mocks the mainstream artists and songs of the time. He makes a
pop song which becomes mainstream, in order to show everyone how easy it is to
make pop music. Also, his lyrics rhyme and make sense and i think it is amazing
how his signing and music just flows perfectly. Eminem has explicic lyrics which
help to press the issue at hand and show how strong his feelings are towards this.
There is a very simple and defined rhythmic pattern to this song. If you listen
to the first few bars without music you will definatly hear the beats. The song is in
regular four beat format, also, parts of the song follows the twelve bar patter as
well in some instances. The beat is constant throught the peice and rarely changes.
They sometimes use a little stutter in order to let the lyrics flow.
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