The failed love between his ex wife Kim has made it difficult for him to be the father he wants.Ģ. He loves his daughter dearly and expresses it in many of his songs. One thing that everyone can say is he wants to be a good father. Hailie’s Song from The Eminem Show album is about his pride and joy, his daughter. This song talks about singing for the fans, “That’s why we sing for these kids, who don’t have a thing.” The media still using music as a reason why kids are violent.ģ. The chorus is after the song Dream On by Aerosmith. Sing for the Moment is from The Eminem Show album. In the sense of the Eminem, we remember is back.Ĥ. He is back to his old ways of making fun of other artists. Without me on The Eminem Show album, is what you could say a re-entry song. He uses this song to explain why he has done the things he has done.ĥ. Eminem is expressing himself, and explaining what he has had to deal with. Cleaning out my closet on The Eminem Show album, is exactly what is says. When this song was popular, you could all his fans with the dyed blond hair, walking around trying to be like him.Ħ. The song makes fun of everything from Pamela Anderson being abused by then husband Tommy Lee, to criticizing Will Smith for not using bad language in his music. The real Slim Shady won a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance in 2001. The Real Slim Shady on the Marshall Mather’s album is one of my favorite songs by Eminem. The media being too quick to blame everything on the music, and the stress of having fame and trying to have a private life.ħ. The Way I am, on the Marshall Mather’s album, in my opinion was his way of telling the world he is about his music. Stan is ranked at number 290 in Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of all Time.Ĩ. Eminem also preformed this song with Elton John to prove the rumors false about being homophobic.
He beat this young Law Student with a ball bat and stuck her in a suitcase in 2004. He even went as far as having the same tattoos and rapping his songs on stage. Unfortunately, a young woman, Jogdip Najran, was murdered by a fan, Christopher Duncan, who idolized Eminem. Criticized because of the violence toward women, this song stayed under fire. The song is about an obsessed fan that is trying to get close to him and mocks what Eminem is rapping about in his songs. Stan on the Marshall Mather’s album is one of the most controversial songs made by Eminem. An introduction to an alter ego Slim Shady, which helped him win Best New Artist in 1999.ĩ.
Even thought this was not his first release, it is what got him noticed more by the mainstream in my opinion. My name is, from the Slim Shady album released in 1997. Here are my choices for the Top Ten Songs by Eminem:ġ0. With rumors of retirement and Eminem taking a backseat to performing, taking on the role as producer, People wonder if this is it from him.
His outrageous parodies have made us laugh as well as reaching close to home with mind opening lyrics about the wars going on and the government. Going as far as performing with Elton John to prove he was not homophobic. Eminem has had to come to the defense of his music several times having to prove that some of it is just what it is. His point with his music has been said as tying to reach “legions of disaffected youth,” wanting to be a role model for the kids who have none. Through his pain and struggles, he has let us in to a better understanding of how life is for a lot of children, including himself. Spending most of his childhood in Detroit Michigan, he encountered a life not many of us have seen, except on the television. He is no stranger to the courtroom with custody battles and lawsuits. Eminem even with his hardened persona is seemingly a very dedicated father and has actually tried to work it out with his ex wife but filed for another divorce earlier this year. People have gone from being down right appalled by his lyrics to being his biggest fan. From knocking on everyone from his Mother to The President of the United States, he knows no boundaries. Marshall Mathers III, better known as Eminem, has been arguably the most controversial rapper to hit the music entertainment scene in a long time.