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[Korey]

I can't believe I forgot this insane freestyle. Just added:

Eminem - Dispicable

 

[apana]

I think it's pretty hard to deny that he is one of the most technically gifted rappers of all time, but he makes a lot of questionable choices, lol at Shakespeare comparison.

 

[Quick]

Infinite is definitely his best. Shit was a great hip-hop song.

seriously?

Yeah, seriously?

 

[cj_iwakura]

Watch the bonus rap battles on 8 Mile if you want to see Emimem freestyle at its finest. All improv.

 

[Big Chief Crazy Cone]

Rabbit Run. The whole song is one verse; no chorus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u20WlKWk5pc

Somedays I just wanna up and call it quits
I feel like I'm surrounded by a wall of bricks
Everytime I go to get up I just fall in pits
My life's like one great big ball of shit!
If I could, just put it all into all I spit
Instead of always tryina swallow it
Instead of starin' at this wall and shit
While I sit writer's block , sick of all this shit
Can't , Call it Shit!
All I know is I'm about to hit the wall
If I ever have to see another one of Mom's alcaholic fits
This is it last straw
That's all, That's it
I ain't dealin' with another fuckin' politic
I'm like a skillet bubblin', until it filters up
I'm about to kill it, I can fill it buildin' up
Blow this buliding up, I've been sealed enough
My cup runith over I done filled it up
The pen explodes and bust, ink spills my guts!
You think all I do is stand here and feel my nuts
Well.. Imma show you what, You gon' feel my rush
If you don't feel it, then it must be too real to touch
Build the dutch, Im about to tear shit up
Goosebumps, Yea Imma make your hair sit up, Yea sit up
Imma tell you who I be, Imma make you hate me, Cuz you ain't me
You wait , it ain't too late for you to finally see
What you close-minded fucks were too blind to see
Whoever finds me is gonna get a finders fee
Out this world, ain't no one out they mind as me
You need piece of mind? Here's a piece of mine
All I need's a line, but Sometimes I don't always find the words to rhyme
To express how I'm really feeling at that time, Yes
Sometimes, Sometimes, Sometimes
Its just sometimes is always me
How dark can these hallways be
The clock strikes midnight
1, 2, then half passed 3
This half-ass rhyme, with this half-ass piece of paper
I'm desperate at my desk
If I could just get the rest of this shit off my chest, Again
Stuck in this slump, Can't think of nothing
Fuck, I'm stumped, Oh Wait Here comes something, No!
Its not good enough, scribble it out
New pad, crinkle it up, and throw the shit out
I'm fizzling out, thought I figured it out
Balls in my court but I'm scared to dribble it out
I'm afraid, but why am I afraid? Why am I a slave
To this Trade ? Sign not to spit to the grave
Real enough to rowl you up, Want me to flip it? I can rip it
any style you want. Imma switch hitter bitch Jimmy Smith aint a quitter
Imma sitter till I get enough finally hit a fucking boiling point
Put some oil in your joints, Flip the coin, Bitch come get destroyed
And MC's worst dream, I make them tensed, they hate me
See me and shake like a Chainlink fence
By the looks of em you would swear that Jaws was coming
By the screams of them you would swear Im sawin someone
By the way they runnin', you could swear that the law was coming
Its now or never, And tonight is all or nothing
Momma, Jimmy keeps leaving on us, He said he'd be back
He pinky promised, I don't think he's honest
I'll be back baby, I just gotta beat this clock
Fuck this clock! Imma make them Eat this watch
Don't believe me Watch! Imma win this race
And Imma come back and rub my shit on your face, Bitch!
I found my nitch, You gonna fear my voice
Till your SICK of it you ain't gonna have a choice
If I gotta scream till I have half a lung
If I have half a chance, I'll grab it, Rabbit Run!

Honorable Mention: Hellbound

I haven't been able to dissect half of the Bad Meets Evil verses yet haha

 

[OrangeGrayBlue]

Eminem was at his best when he could "go in" (such an awful term) without screaming his verse. He sounded so natural back in '99-'02. Everything since feels very forced and awkward.


Anyway, I can't pick one verse but the song "Sing for the Moment" is definitely one of his best-written.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Haven't heard enough of Eminem to say which one is the best, but I think this should get mentioned:

That's nonsense!
Go in and gaffle the money and run to one of your aunt's cribs
And borrow a damn dress, and one of her blonde wigs
Tell her you need a place to stay
You'll be safe for days if you shave your legs with Renee's razor blade

I thought it was hilarious how Shady could come up with such a detailed plan for committing crime seemingly spontaneously.

 

[WanderingWind]

kamp, stay hating.

In my mind I'm a fighter, my heart's a lighter
My soul is the fluid, my flow sparks it right up
Arsenic writer, author with arthritis

 

[TekkenMaster]

*both* of his Renegade verses are among the best stuff he's done...here's the other one that hasn't been posted yet:

Since I'm in a position to talk to these kids and they listen
I ain't no politician but I'll kick it with em a minute
Cause see they call me a menace and if the shoe fits I'll wear it
But if it don't, then ya'll swallow the truth grin and bear it
Now who's the king of these rude ludicrous lucrative lyrics
Who could inherit the title, put the youth in hysterics
Using his music to steer it sharing his views in his marriage
But there's a huge interference they're sayin you shouldn't hear it
Maybe it's hatred I spew, maybe it's food for the spirit
Maybe it's beautiful music I made for you to just cherish
But I'm debated disputed hated and viewed in America
as a motherfuckin drug addict like you didn't experiment?
Now now, that's when you start to stare at who's in the mirror
and see yourself as a kid again, and you get embarrassed
And I got nothing to do but make you look stupid as parents
You fuckin do-gooders - too bad you couldn't DO-GOOD at marriage!
And do you have any clue what I had to do to get here I don't
think you do so stay tuned and keep your ears glued to the stereo
Cause here we go, he's {Jigga durra Jigga da chk Jigga}
And I'm the sinister, Mr. Kiss-My-Ass it's just the..

 

[Korey]

*both* of his Renegade verses are among the best stuff he's done...here's the other one that hasn't been posted yet:

Oops, good catch. I was in a hurry and hadn't heard renegade in a while, forgot there were two equally amazing verses in the song. Fixed

Now who's the king of these rude ludicrous lucrative lyrics
Who could inherit the title, put the youth in hysterics
Using his music to steer it sharing his views in his marriage
But there's a huge interference they're sayin you shouldn't hear it
Maybe it's hatred I spew, maybe it's food for the spirit
Maybe it's beautiful music I made for you to just cherish
But I'm debated disputed hated and viewed in America
as a motherfuckin drug addict like you didn't experiment?

How the FUCK does he come up with this stuff? His multi rhymes that work across the entire line that go on for the entire verse. He'll have something rhyme from something like ten lines ago and it'll work

 

[Kaizer]

It's hard to choose a fave Em verse at all, so many choices ya know, but as far as what sticks out to me, his feature on "Forgot About Dre" still kills today. It was also the very first time I'd heard Eminem on a song and I was blown away.

 

[Pkaz01]

love me ft obie trice

[Eminem]
There's a certain mystique when I speak,
that you notice that it's sorta unique,
cause you know it's me, my poetry's deep,
and I'm still matic the way I flow to this beat,
you can't sit still, it's like tryin to smoke crack
and go to sleep, I'm strapped,
just knowing any minute I could snap,
I'm the equivalent of what would happen if Bush rapped,
I bully these rappers so bad lyrically,
it ain't even funny, I ain't even hungry,
it ain't even money, you can't pay me enough
for you to play me, it's cockamamie,
you just ain't zany enough to rock with Shady,
my noodle is cockadoodle, my clocks cuckoo,
I got screws loose, yeahhh, the whole kitten-kaboodle,
I'm just brutal. It's no rumor, I'm numero uno, assume it,
there's no humor in it no more, you know
I'm rollin with a swollen bowling ball in my bag,
you need a fag to come and tear a new hole in my ass
you better love me bitch

 

[_Isaac]

I've never really put that much importance on words when it comes to music. They usually come off as plain, sterile, and disingenuous, so his music just kinda comes and goes for me. I'm sure he's quite talented though.

 

[Korey]

I've never really put that much importance on words when it comes to music. They usually come off as plain, sterile, and disingenuous, so his music just kinda comes and goes for me. I'm sure he's quite talented though.

Take a look at the verse TekkenMaster posted. Eminem's basically a poet. The entire verse makes complete sense even without music (you can listen to it here):

Since I'm in a position to talk to these kids and they listen
I ain't no politician but I'll kick it with em a minute
Cause see they call me a menace and if the shoe fits I'll wear it
But if it don't, then ya'll swallow the truth grin and bear it
Now who's the king of these rude ludicrous lucrative lyrics
Who could inherit the title, put the youth in hysterics
Using his music to steer it sharing his views in his marriage
But there's a huge interference they're sayin you shouldn't hear it
Maybe it's hatred I spew, maybe it's food for the spirit
Maybe it's beautiful music I made for you to just cherish
But I'm debated disputed hated and viewed in America
as a motherfuckin drug addict like you didn't experiment?
Now now, that's when you start to stare at who's in the mirror
and see yourself as a kid again, and you get embarrassed
And I got nothing to do but make you look stupid as parents
You fuckin do-gooders - too bad you couldn't DO-GOOD at marriage!
And do you have any clue what I had to do to get here I don't
think you do so stay tuned and keep your ears glued to the stereo
Cause here we go, he's {Jigga durra Jigga da chk Jigga}
And I'm the sinister, Mr. Kiss-My-Ass it's just the..

He has a specific point that he's making (he's the voice of the youth of America, and their angry parents that want to shut him up are all hypocrites) and he delivers it coherently across 20 amazingly crafted lines.

 

[cheddar]

His best verse of all time is this one, because it defined his life/mindstate at that time greatly, and it's brilliantly put together lyrically:

I think this is definitely one of his most underrated.

I'm gonna offer up Murder Murder:

Left the keys in the van, with a gat in each hand
Went up in Eastland and shot a policeman
Fuck a peace plan, if a citizen bystands
the shit is in my hands, here's yo' lifespan
And for what yo' life's worth, this money is twice than
Grab a couple grand and lamp in Iceland
See I'm a nice man but money turned me to Satan
I'm thirsty for this green so bad I'm dehydratin
Hurry up with the cash bitch, I got a ride waitin
Shot a man twice in the back when he tried skatin
I want the whole pie, I won't be denied nathan
Maybe I need
my head inside straightened
Brain contemplatin, clean out the register
Dip before somebody catches ya
or gets your description and sketches ya
The connection was the prime suspect
But I ain't set to flee the scene of the crime just yet
Cause I got a daughter to feed
And $200 ain't enough to water the seed
The best thing would be for me to leave Taco Bell and hit up Chess King
And have the lady at the desk bring
money from the safe in the back, stepped in wavin the Mac
Cooperate, and we can operate, and save an attack
This bitch tried escapin the jack
Grabbed her by the throat, it's murder she wrote
You barely heard a word as she choked
It wasn't nuttin for her to be smoked
But I slammed her on her back til her vertebrae broke
Just then the pigs bust in yellin "Freeze"
But I'm already wanted for sellin ki's
And bunch of other felonies from A to Z like spellin bees
So before I dropped to the ground and fell on knees
I bust shots, they bust back
Hit be square in the chest, wasn't wearin a vest

Left the house, pullin out the drive backin out
Blew the back end out this lady's Jag, started blackin out
Pulled the Mac-10 out, stuckit in her face
Shut your yackin mouth, 'fore I blow the brain from out the back ya scalp
Drug her by her hair, smacked her up
Thinkin fuck it, mug her while you're there, jacked her up
Stole her car, made a profit
Grabbed the tape from out the deck and offed it out the window
Like the girl in "Set It Off" did
Jetted off kid, stole the whip, nowI'm a criminal
Drove it through somebody's yard, dove into they swimmin pool
Climbed out and collapsed on the patio
I made it out alive but I'm injured badly though
Parents screamin: "Son, go in and call the police
Tell em there's a crazy man disturbing all of the peace!"
Tried to stall him at least long enough to let me leap up
Run in they crib and at least leave with some little cheap stuff
Actin like they never seen nobody hit a nick before
Smashed the window, grabbed the Nintendo 64
When they sell out in stores the price triples
I ran up the block jumpin kids on tricycles
and collided with an 80-year old lady with groceries
There goes cheese, eggs, milk and Post Toasties
Stood up and started to see stars
Too many siren sounds, it seemed like a thousand police cars
Barely escaped, must-a been some dumb luck
Jumped up and climbed the back of a movin dump truck
But I think somebody seen me maybe
Plus I lost the damn Nintendo and I musta dropped the Beanie Baby
Fuck it I give up, I'm surrounded in blue suits
Came out with a white flag hollerin "TRUCE TRUCE"
and surrendered my weapon to cops
Wasn't me! It was the gangster rap and the peppermint Schnapps

And I also agree with Infinite, Renegades, Dead Wrong, and the first verse of Drug Ballad (has this not been mentioned yet? he killed that verse)

 

[_Isaac]

Yeah, that's pretty well written and that's nice of him, but it bores me in the form as text as well as part of a track. I just can't see myself actually listening to this stuff.

 

[SlipperySlope]

WOW

 

[superpickleman]

FUCK YOU TOO BITCH, CALL THE COPS!
I'MMA KILL YOU AND THEM LOUD ASS MOTHERFUCKIN' BARKING DOGS!

The man is quite a wordsmith. So subtle, yet so in your ingenious. This can be interpreted in many ways yet only the man himself truly knows what he meant when he crafted that line.

 

[jut420]

Lol @ the OP quoting some recent eminem


My life is full of empty promises
And broken dreams
I'm hoping things will look up
But there ain't no job openings
I feel discouraged hungry and malnourished
Living in this house with no furnace, unfurnished
And I'm sick of working dead end jobs with lame pay
And I'm tired of being hired and fired the same day
But fuck it, if you know the rules to the game play
Cause when we die we know were all going the same way
It's cool to be player, but it sucks to be the fan
When all you need is bucks to be the man
Plus a luxury sedan
Too comfortable and roomy in a six
They threw me in the mix
With all these gloomy lunatics
Walk around depressed
And smoke a pound of ses a day
And yesterday went by so quick it seems like it was just today
My daughter wants to throw the ball but I'm too stressed to play
Live half my life and throw the rest away

Rock Bottom was one of my favorites off that album. That whole song had amazing lyrics, it's just so damn depressing.

But yea, I don't really think Em has it like he used to. The storylines in his songs just don't feel like they have the same energy and meaning that they used to. You could just get lost in his world while listening to him and just picture everything so clearly. I think Brain Damage is the best example of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skfmvyXnCxA&feature=fvst

These are the results of a thousand electric volts
A neck with bolts, "Nurse we're losin him, check the pulse!"
A kid who refused to respect adults
Wore spectacles with taped frames and a freckled nose
A corny lookin white boy, scrawny and always ornery
Cause I was always sick of brawny bullies pickin on me
And I might snap, one day just like that
I decided to strike back and flatten every tire on the bike rack
(Whosssssh) My first day in junior high, this kid said,
"It's you and I, three o'clock sharp this afternoon you die"
I looked at my watch it was one twenty
"I already gave you my lunch money what more do you want from me?!?"
He said, "Don't try to run from me, you'll just make it worse..."
My palms were sweaty, and I started to shake at first
Something told me, "Try to fake a stomach ache it works"
I screamed, "Owww! My appendix feels like they could burst!
Teacher, teacher, quick I need a naked nurse!"
"What's the matter?"
"I don't know, my leg, it hurts!"
"Leg?!? I thought you said it was your tummy?!?"
"Oh, I mean it is, but I also got a bum knee!"
"Mr. Mathers, the fun and games are over.
And just for that stunt, you're gonna get some extra homework."
"But don't you wanna give me after school detention?"
"Nah, that bully wants to beat your ass and I'ma let him."

Way before my baby daughter Hailey
I was harassed daily by this fat kid named D'Angelo Bailey
An eighth grader who acted obnoxious, cause his father boxes
so everyday he'd shove me in the lockers
One day he came in the bathroom while I was pissin
And had me in the position to beat me into submission
He banged my head against the urinal til he broke my nose,
Soaked my clothes in blood, grabbed me and choked my throat
I tried to plead and tell him, "We shouldn't beef"
But he just wouldn't leave, he kept chokin me and I couldn't breathe
He looked at me and said, "You gonna die honkey!"
The principal walked in (What's going on in here?)
and started helpin him stomp me
I made them think they beat me to death
Holdin my breath for like five minutes before they finally left
Then I got up and ran to the janitor's storage booth
Kicked the door hinge loose and ripped out the four inch screws
Grabbed some sharp objects, brooms, and foreign tools
"This is for every time you took my orange juice,
or stole my seat in the lunchroom and drank my chocolate milk.
Every time you tipped my tray and it dropped and spilt.
I'm gettin you back bully! Now once and for good."
I cocked the broomstick back and swung hard as I could
and beat him over the head with it til I broke the wood
Knocked him down, stood on his chest with one foot..
.. Made it home, later that same day
Started reading a comic, and suddenly everything became gray
I couldn't even see what I was tryin to read
I went deaf, and my left ear started to bleed
My mother started screamin, "What are you on, drugs?!?
Look at you, you're gettin blood all over my rug!" (Sorry!)
She beat me over the head with the remote control
opened a hole, and my whole brain fell out of my skull
I picked it up and screamed, "Look bitch, what have you done?!?"
"Oh my God, I'm sorry son"
"Shut up you cunt!" I said, "Fuck it!"
Took it and stuck it back up in my head
then I sewed it shut and put a couple of screws in my neck
That's Brain Damage...

 

[Qatar]

my favorite Eminem verse is the one the OP mentioned from No Love.

 

[coldvein]

Only because it insinuates he was ever on. Dude is the Jerry Springer of rap.

i'm not getting the connection kamps.

 

[coldvein]

And since birth I've been cursed with this curse to just curse
And just blurt this berserk and bizarre shit that works

WHAT IS THIS, I JUST DON'T EVEN :bow:

you know what it is. it's a genius artist at the top of his game.

 

[Degen]

RENEGAAAAAAAAADE

 

[Recon]

Yeah, seriously?

Seriously?Your opinion is invalid

 

[RumblingRosco]

my favorite Eminem verse is the one the OP mentioned from No Love.

Yeah, I have to say, I've been a fan of Eminem's for going on 10 years and that verse blew my mind the first time I heard it.

 

[coldvein]

yoda comes in here makes me listen to infinite again.

 

[Davidion]

I won't lie, I love listening to Forever despite it being a horrendously arranged track just to listen to Eminem clown the other three rappers.

 

[coldvein]

Seriously?Your opinion is invalid

alright man, i admit it's been a long while. but infinite? it's good. but it barely sounds like an eminem track. the beat is sick, and em seems to just go with it. to me it sounds like an obvious rip of the pharcyde.

 

[Recon]

alright man, i admit it's been a long while. but infinite? it's good. but it barely sounds like an eminem track. the beat is sick, and em seems to just go with it. to me it sounds like an obvious rip of the pharcyde.

It was just him being ill as fuck on a track. No yelling, no shock value, just pure word play and chillness.

 

[Korey]

Yeah, that's pretty well written and that's nice of him, but it bores me in the form as text as well as part of a track. I just can't see myself actually listening to this stuff.

How about this one?

T.I. - That's All She Wrote (ft Eminem) - 3:24

This one is pretty fun and his flow is awesome and infectious...I have to listen to it a few times on repeat every time. TI's another guy that has a very unique and fun to listen to delivery.

Yeah, I guess life is a bitch, ain't it TIP
And each one thinks they the shit
Shirt off my back, I wouldn’t give you the dirt off my handkerchief
I’m giving these hoes a dose of their own medicine
Let em get a good taste of it
I’m sure you got that relationship memo by now
But in case you didn't
I'mma stick this whole pad full of sticky notes to your forehead and staple it
Life is too short and I got no time to sit around just wasting it
So I pace this shit a little bit quicker
That clock I'm racing it, double timing it
But I still spit triple the amount of insults in a tenth of the time
It may take you pricks to catch on
While you strong, I'm like like Stretch Armstrong
Man I still say K-Mart like there's an apostrophe “S” on it dog
And they say McDonald's isn’t a restaurant, well I guess I’m wrong
But if you gon' tell me that the A&W ain't the spot for the best hot dogs
You can get the “F” on dawg

In the bolded part, he raps so fast (which is what he's rapping about) that you almost can't catch what he's saying. And the genius thing is he accelerates to the exact multiple of the tempo of the beat so that it works.

 

[coldvein]

It was just him being ill as fuck on a track. No yelling, no shock value, just pure word play and chillness.

totally. in a way, it's cool. it's a picture of a superstar before he became one. a fun track.

and still waiting for kam to come back in here.

 

[Vicetrailia]

Great stuff, could use a Nas thread.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

His verse in "Renegade."

Truthful and crazy good.

 

[Gila]

Gaf, I am disappointed...not even one post for I Need A Doctor

Anyways, I really love his verse in:

When The Music Stops

If I were to die murdered in cold blood tomorrow
Would you feel sorrow or show love
Or would it matter
Can never be the lead-off batter of things
Shit for me to feed off
I'm see-saw battling
But theres way too much at stake for me to be fake
There's too much on my plate
And I came way too far in this game to turn and walk away
And not say what I got to say
What the fuck you take me for? a joke? you smoking crack?
Before I do that, I beg Mariah to take me back
I get up 'for I get down, run myself in the ground, 'for I put some wack shit out
I'm trying-a smack this one out the park, five-thousand mark
You all steady trying to drown the shark
Ain't gonna do nothing but piss me off
Lid to the can of whoop ass, just twist me off
See me leap out, pull the piece out, fuck shooting I'm just trying to knock his teeth out
Fuck with me now, bitch, let's see you freestyle
Talk is cheap, motherfucker if you're really feeling froggish, leap
You're slim, you're gonna let him get away with that?
He tried to play you, you can't let him 'scape with that
Man I hate this crap, this ain't rap,
This is crazy the way we act
When we confuse hip-hop with real life when the music stops

25 To Life

I gave up my life for you, totally devoted to you while I've stayed
Faithful all the way this is how I fucking get repaid
Look at how I dress fucking baggy sweats, go to work a mess
Always in a rush to get back to you I ain't heard you yet
Not even once say you appreciate me I deserve respect
Ive done my best to give you nothing less than perfectness

 

[hyduK]

Pretty much anything on Infinite, SSLP, MMLP, TES + his verses on Devil's Night + any song he's featured on.

My mother did drugs - hard-liquor, cigarettes, and speed
The baby came out - disfigured, ligaments indeed
It was a seed who would grow up just as crazy as she
Don't dare make fun of that baby cause that baby was me
I'm a CRIMINAL - an animal caged who turned crazed
But how the fuck you supposed to grow up when you weren't raised?
So as I got older and I got a lot taller
My dick shrunk smaller, but my balls got larger
I drink more liquor to fuck you up quicker
than you'd wanna fuck me up for saying the word ...
My morals went thhbbpp when the president got oral
Sex in his Oval Office on top of his desk
Off of his own employee
Now don't ignore me, you won't avoid me
You can't miss me, I'm white, blonde-haired
and my nose is pointy
I'm the bad guy who makes fun of people that die
in plane crashes and laughs
As long as it ain't happened to him
Slim Shady, I'm as crazy as Em
-inem and Kim combined - [*kch*] the maniac's in
Replacing the doctor cause Dre couldn't make it today
He's a little under the weather, so I'm taking his place
(Mm-mm-mmm!) Oh, that's Dre with an AK to his face
Don't make me kill him too and spray his brains all over the place
I told you Dre, you should've kept that thang put away
I guess that'll teach you not to let me play with it, eh?
I'm a CRIMINAL

If I could capture the rage of today's youth and bottle it
Crush the glass from my bare hands and swallow it
Then spit it back in the faces of you racists
and hypocrites who think the same shit but don't say shit
You Liberace's, Versace's, and you nazis
Watch me, cause you thinkin you got me in this hot seat
You motherfuckers wanna JUDGE me cause you're NOT me
You'll never STOP me, I'm TOP speed as you POP me
I came to save these new generations of babies
from parents who failed to raise 'em cause they're lazy
to grow to praise me I'm makin 'em go crazy
That's how I got this whole nation to embrace me
And you fugazi if you think I'ma admit wrong
I cripple any hypocritic critic I'm sic'd on
And this song is for any kid who gets picked on
A sick song to retaliate to, and it's called..

Some days I just wanna up and call it quits,
I feel like I'm surrounded by a wall of bricks,
Every time I go to get up I just fall in pits,
My life's like one great big ball of shit,

If I could just put it all in to all I spit,
'Stead I always try an' swallow it,
Instead of staring at this wall and shit,
While I sit writers block sick of all this shit,
Can't call it shit,

all I know is I'm about to hit the wall,
If I have to see another one of Mom's alcoholic fits,
This is it, last straw, that’s all, that’s it,
I ain't dealin' widdanother fuckin' politic,

I'm like a skillet bubblin' until it filters up,
I'm about to kill it, I can feel it buildin' up,
Blow this buildin' up, I've concealed enough,
My cup run'ith over, I done filled it up

The pen explodes n' busts, ink spills my guts,
You'd think all I do is stand here and feel my nuts,
Well I'ma show you what, you gon' feel my rush,
You don't feel it then it must be too real to touch,
Peel the dutch, I'm about to tear shit up,

Goosebumps, yeah, I'ma make ya hair sit up,
Yeah, sit up, I'ma tell ya who I be,
I'ma make you hate me, 'cause you ain't me,
You wait, it ain't too late to finally see,
What you close minded fucks were too blind to see,
Whoever finds me's gonna get a finder's fee,
Out this world, ain't no one out they mind as me,

You need peace of mind, here's a piece of mine,
All I need's a line but sometimes,
I don't always find the words ta rhyme,
To express how I'm really feelin' at that time,
Yeah sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, just sometimes,

It's always me, how dark can these hallways be?
The clock strikes midnight, 1, 2, then half-past 3,
This half-assed rhyme with this half-assed piece a' paper,

I'm desperate at my desk if I could just get the rest,
Of this shit off my chest, again, stuck in this slump,
Can't think of nothing, fuck I'm stumped,
But wait here comes something,

Nope, it's not good enough, scribble it out, new pad,
Crinkle it up 'n throw that shit out,
I'm fizzlin' now, thought I figured it out,
Ball's in my court but I'm scared to dribble it out,

I'm afraid, but why am I afraid, why am I a slave to this trade,
Cyanide I'll spit to the grave, real enough to rile you up,
Want me to flip it I can rip it any style you want,

I'm a switch hitter bitch, Jimmy Smith ain’t a quitter,
I'm a sit here 'til I get enough,
For me to finally hit a fuckin' boilin' point,
Put some oil in ya joints,
Flip the coin, bitch, come get destroyed,

An MC's worst dream I make 'em tense they hate me,
See me and shake like a chain-link fence,
By the looks of 'em you would swear that Jaws was comin',
By the screams of 'em you would swear I'm sawing someone,
By the way they running you would swear the law was comin',
It's now or never and tonight it's all or nothin',

Momma, Jimmy keeps leavin' on us, he said he'd be back,
He pinky promised, I don't think he's honest,
I be back baby, I just got to beat this clock,
Fuck this clock, I'ma make 'em eat this watch,
Don't believe me watch, I'ma win this race,
and I'ma come back and rub my shit in ya face,
Bitch, I found my niche, you gon' hear my voice,
'Til you sick of it you ain't gonna have a choice,
If I gotta scream 'til I have half a lung,
If I have half a chance I grab it, Rabbit, run.

They say music can alter moods and talk to you
Well can it load a gun up for you , and cock it too
Well if it can, then the next time you assault a dude
Just tell the judge it was my fault and i'll get sued
See what these kids do is hear about us totin' pistols
And they want to get one cause they think the shit's cool
Not knowin' we really just protectin' ourselves, we entertainers
Of course the shit's affectin' our sales, you ignoramus
But music is reflection of self, we just explain it, and then we get our
checks in the mail
It's fucked up ain't it
How we can come from practically nothing to being able to have any fuckin'
thing that we wanted
That's why we sing for these kids, who don't have a thing
Except for a dream, and a fuckin' rap magazine
Who post pin-up pictures on their walls all day long
Idolize they favorite rappers and know all they songs
Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in their lives
Till they sit and they cry at night wishin' they'd die
Till they throw on a rap record and they sit, and they vibe
We're nothin' to you but we're the fuckin' shit in they eyes
That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and
hold it
Cause we consider these minutes golden
And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone
Just let our spirits live on, through our lyrics that you hear in our
songs and we can...

3rd track doesn't really have a traditional course so yeah.

Not only is Eminem one of the best lyricists around but he has (well, at least had...I think his voice has gone downhill after TES) the voice as well. It at least sounds passionate, similar to J. Cole.

 

[Discotheque]

Recovery was a pretty boring album but he was so...awake in No Love.

I don't like much of his recent output but I loved his early shit a lot. And there are times when he still has that spark these days but it's rare.

 

[hyduK]

STOP THE BEAT A MINUTE!! I got somethin to say
Dre; I wanna tell you this shit right now while this fuckin weed is in me
(The fuck?!) I don't know if I ever told you this, but I love you dawg
I got your motherfuckin back, just know this shit

[Dre] Riiight? .. Slim, I don't know if you noticed it
But I've had your back from day one, nigga let's blow this bitch
[Em] I mean it dawg, you ever need somebody offed - who's throat is it?
[Dre] Well if you ever kill that Kim bitch, I'll show you where the ocean is

[Eminem]
Well that's cool, and I appreciate the offer
But if I do decide to really murder my daughter's momma
I'ma sit her up in the front seat and put sunglasses on her
And cruise around wit her for seven hours through California
And have her wavin at people (Hi!) Then drop her off on the corner
at the police station and drive off honkin the horn for her
Raw dawg, get your arm gnawed off
Drop the sawed off and beat you wit the piece it was sawed off of
Fuck blood, I wanna see some lungs coughed up
Get shot up in the hot tub til the bubbles pop up
and they nose and cough snot up, mucus in hot water
That's for tryin to talk like The Chronic was lost product
That's for even THINKIN of havin them thoughts thought up!
You better show some respect whenever the Doc's brought up!!
So what's the difference between us? We can start at the penis
Or we can scream, "I Just Don't Give a Fuck," and see who means it!

The whole entire world can sit and twirl like a whirling tire
I set a fucking girl on fire with a curling iron (AHH!)
Psych I'm just joking, for christ sake
Dont get so bent out of shape
Cause I went out and raped six girlfriends
Some people just don't get it, but I won't let it upset me
Cause they don't know better
They don't know what the fuck it's like to be so fed up
And fed so many uppers you're down and won't get up
My mind's got a mind of it's own, sometimes I can't find it at home
It hides in the stove (Hello, where you at?)
Shit, talk about your brain being baked
My shit's still in the oven on 480 degrees
Hailey Jade, daddy loves you baby,
Don't ever tell me how to raise my daughter fuck you lady
You critics wanna criticize but couldn't visualize
Individuals lives through a criminal's eyes
The neighborhood that I grew up in you could die for nothing
And Dirty Dozen watches over me so try some dumb shit
I'll have a fucking man raped with a band-aid over his mouth
And shove his head in the fan blade
Don't ever tell me what I can and what I can't say
Or change cause of the age range in my fan base
Like I give a fuck who's buying this shit
Quit fucking buying it, I'm tired bitch, I'm dying to quit
Hip Hop is universal now, it's all commercial now
It's like a circle full of circus clowns up in the circuit now
But now the White kids like it, so they tell me I can buy it
But as soon as I get on the mic it's like the night get silent
Either that or booed, thats why I keep an attitude
And go to sleep with it and wake up with it every afternoon
I'm sick of being judged, fuck it let me see a judge
I'll confess to every murder I committed since 3 years ol

Well I do pop pills, I keep my tube socks filled

Pop the same shit that got Tupac killed

Spit game to these hoes, think a soap opera the episode

You punch a bitch in they nose, til the whole face explodes

There's three things I hate: girls, women and bitches

Smack bitches that walk up, and drop-kick midgets

Call me Boogie Night, the stalker that walks awkward

Stick figure, with a dick bigger than Mark Wahlberg

Comin through the airport, sluggish, walkin on crutches

Hit a fuckin [*edited*] and his [*edited*] and love it

It's like a dream I can't snap out, I black out, and back out

Lookin for some other thug, to beat the crap out

I'm bringin you rap singers two middle fingers

I flip you off in French, then translate in English

Then I'ma vanish off the face of the planet and come back

speakin so much Spanish, Pun can't even understand it

There's several different levels to Devil worshippin: horse's heads,
human sacrifices, cannibalism; candles and exorcism
Animals having sex with 'em; camels mammals and rabbits
But I don't get into that, I kick the habit - I just,
beat you to death with weapons that eat through the flesh
And I never eat you unless the fucking, meat looks fresh
I got a lion in my pocket, I'm lying, I got a nine in my pocket
and baby I'm just, dying to cock him
He's ready for war, I'm ready for war
I got machetes and swords for any faggot that said he was raw
My uz' as, heavy as yours, yeah you met me before
I just didn't have as large an arsenal of weapons before
Marshall will step in the door, I lay your head on the floor
With your body spread on the bedspread, red on the wall
red on the ceiling, red on the floor, get a new whore
Met on the second, wet on the third;
then she's dead on the fourth - I'm dead wrong

There's people that love me and people that hate me
But it's the evil that made me this backstabbing, deceitful, and shady
I want the money, the women, the fortune, and the fame
That Means I'll end up burning in hell scorching in flames
That means I'm stealing your checkbook and forging your name
Lifetime bliss for eternal torture and pain
Right now I feel like just hit the rock bottom
I got problems now everybody on my blocks got 'em
I'm screaming like those two cops when 2pac shot 'em
Holding two glocks, I hope your doors got new locks on 'em
My daughter's feet ain't got no shoes or sock's on 'em
And them rings you wearing look like they got a few rocks on 'em
And while you flaunting them I could be taking them to shops to pawn them
I got a couple of rings and a brand new watch you want 'em?
Cause I never went gold of one song
I'm running up on someone's lawns with guns drawn

We drive around in million dollar sports cars
While little kids hide this tape from their parents like bad report cards
Outsiders, and we suing the courts
Cause we dope as fuck and only get a 2 in The Source
Hypochondriac, hanging out at the laundromat
Where all the raunchy fat white trashy blondes be at
Dressed like a sailor, standing by a pale of garbage
Its almost dark and I'm still tryna nail a trailor park bitch
I met a slut and said "What up, its nice to meet ya"
I'd like to treat ya to a Faygo and a slice of pizza
But I'm broke as fuck and I don't get paid till the first of next month
But if you care to join me, I was bout to roll this next blunt
But I ain't got no weed, no phillies, or no papers
Plus I'm a rapist and a repeated prison escapist
So gimme all your money
And don't try nothing funny
Cause you know your stinking ass is too fat to try to outrun me
I went to grab my gun
That's when her ass put it on me
Wit an uppercut and hit me with a basket of laundry
I fell through the glass doors
Started causing a scene
Then slid across the floor and flew right into a washing machine
Jumped up with a broken back
Thank god I was smocking crack all day
And doped up off coke and smack
All I wanted to do was rape the bitch and snatch her purse
Now I wanna kill her
But so I gotta catch her first
Ran through Rally's parkin lot and took a shortcut
Saw the house she ran up in
And shot her fucking porch up
Kicked the door down to murder this divorced slut
Looked around the room
That's when I seen the bedroom door shut
I know you're in there bitch! I got my gun cocked!
You might as well come out now
She said "Come in, its unlocked!"
I walked in and all I smelled was Liz Claiborne
And seen her spread across the bed naked watching gay porn
She said "Come her big boy, lets get acquainted"
I turned around to run, twisted my ankle and sprained it
She came at me at full speed, nothing could stop her
I shot her five times and every bullet bounced off her
I started to beg "No, please let go"
But she swallowed my fucking leg whole like an egg roll
With one leg left, now I'm hoppin around crippled
I grabbed my pocket knife and sliced off her right nipple
Just trying to buy me some time, then I remembered this magic trick
Den Den Den Den Den Den, Go go gadget dick!
Whipped that shit out, and ain't no doubt about it
It hit the ground and caused an earthquake and power outage
I shouted "Now bitch, lets see who gets the best!"
Stuffed that shit in crooked and fucked that fat slut to death (Ah!! Ah!)
Come here bitch!
Come here!
Take this motherfucking dick!
Bitch, come here!

Fuck it, no one in the game is as consistent as this man was for ~7 years.

He's never been outrapped on a feature.

 

[chixdiggit]

From Bad influence:
"cause I'ma still be Madd Rapper, whether I got money or not {yup}
As long as I'm on pills, and I got plenty of pot
I'll be in a canoe paddlin, makin fun of your yacht"

The whole song is great though.

 

[Mighty]

Space Bound:

Nobody knows me, I’m cold, walk down this road all alone
It’s no one’s fault but my own, it’s the path I’ve chosen to go
Frozen as snow, I show no emotion whatsoever so

I’ll do whatever it takes, when I’m with you I get the shakes
My body aches when I ain’t with you, I have zero strength
There’s no limit on how far I would go, no boundaries, no lengths
Why do we say that until we get that person that we thinks
Gonna be that one, then once we get them it’s never the same
You want them when they don’t want you, soon as they do feelings change
It’s not a contest and I ain’t on no conquest for no mate
I wasn’t looking when I stumbled on to you, musta been fate
But so much is at stake, what the fuck does it take? Let’s cut to the chase
'fore the door shuts in your face, promise me if I cave in and break
And leave myself open that I won’t be making a mistake

 

[hyduK]

The one man on the planet that'll drive off of the Grand Canyon
Hop out of a Grand Am and land in it handstandin
Any man plannin to battle will get snatched out of his clothes
So fast it'll look like an invisible man standin
I'm headed for Hell, I'd rather be dead or in jail
Bill Clinton, hit this, and you better inhale
Cause any MC that chooses to go against me
Is gettin takin advantage of like Monica Lewinksy (Leave me alone!)
Came home in a frenzy, pushin a ten speed
Screamin to Aunt Peg (AUNT PEG!!!!)
With three spokes stickin out of my pant leg
Fuck a headache, give me a migraine
Damnit I like pain (AHH!)
And you should be anywhere that I might gain
You rap knowin you wack
You act up and I'm throwin you down a flight of steps
Then I'm throwin you back up em
If they don't like the track, fuck em
The rap struck em harder then gettin hit by a Mack truck
And then backed up on
And any half-assed known rapper to trespass
Better be ready for the second Celebrity Deathmatch (Ding! Ding!)
So tell the medic to bring the medication and quickly (Hurry up man!)
I'm sicker than a Tupac dedication to Biggie
I'm free-fallin feet first out of a damn tree
To stampede your chest till you can't breathe
And when I'm down to my last breath
I'ma climb the Empire State Building and get to the last step
And still laugh half bent

Scary Movies

Man, if I could sing, I'd keep singing this song to my daughter
If I could hit the notes, I'd blow something as long as my father
To show her how I feel about her, how proud I am that I got her
God, I'm a daddy, I'm so glad that her mum didn't abort
Now you probly get this picture from my public persona
That I'm a pistol-packing drug-addict who bags on his momma,
But I wanna just take this time out to be perfectly honest
Cuz there's a lot of shit I keep bottled that hurts deep inside o' my soul,
And just know that I grow colder the older I grow
This boulder on my shoulder gets heavy and harder to hold
And this load is like the weight of the world
And I think my neck is breaking should I just give up,
Or try to live up to these expectations?
Now look, I love my daughter more than life in itself,
But I got a wife that's determined to make my life livin'hell
But I handle it well, given the circumstances I'm dealt
So many chances, man, it's too bad, coulda had someone else
But the years that I've wasted are nothing to the tears that I've tasted
So here's what I'm facin':
3 felonies, 6 years of probation
I've went to jail for this woman, I've been to bat for this woman
I've taken bats to peoples backs, bent over backwards for this woman
Man, I shoulda seen it comin', why'd I stick my penis up in?
Woulda ripped the pre-nup up if I'd seen what she was fuckin'
But fuck it, it's over, there's no more reason to cry no more
I got my baby, baby the only lady that I adore, Hailie
So sayonara, try tomorra, nice to know ya
My baby's travelled back to the arms of her rightful owner
And suddenly it seems that my shoulder blades have just shifted
It's like the greatest gift you can get
The weight has been lifted

Hailies Song

 

[PhoenixDark]

Em's place as one of the greats can't be questioned, but I'm so fucking tired of his white fans putting him on a pedestal while dismissing every other rapper, on the grounds that Em is the "only" rapper who has diverse subject matter, uses mulch-syllable rhyming, double/triple ententes, etc

I'm sorry but the OP is absolutely pathetic dick riding. Fuckouttahere

 

[hyduK]

Em's place as one of the greats can't be questioned, but I'm so fucking tired of his white fans putting him on a pedestal while dismissing every other rapper, on the grounds that Em is the "only" rapper who has diverse subject matter, uses mulch-syllable rhyming, double/triple ententes, etc

I'm sorry but the OP is absolutely pathetic dick riding. Fuckouttahere

Calm down boss. For every white fan that puts him on a pedestal there's probably five black ones that disregard him completely. Seriously, go to SOHH or any other big hip hop forums and you'll see what I'm saying.

Frankly, Eminem is on a pedestal, he's sharing it with some other people that are also exponentially better than most of the industry. He fell off a bit with his latest couple albums (which are still good though), but he had three pretty much flawless albums + numerous features. I can't name another rapper that comes close to the consistency and skill Eminem displayed between 1998ish-2003.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Calm down boss. For every white fan that puts him on a pedestal there's probably five black ones that disregard him completely. Seriously, go to SOHH or any other big hip hop forums and you'll see what I'm saying.

Frankly, Eminem is on a pedestal, he's sharing it with some other people that are also exponentially better than most of the industry.

True, I post on SOHH - the hate is there, no doubt. But in pure numbers the white stans far outweight the black haters.

 

[hyduK]

Eminem's first three albums + the features during those years would go toe-to-toe with any rappers best 3 albums and probably win out decisively 99% of the time.

You can hate on him for falling off a bit after TES, but at the end of the day most other rappers that you would consider GOAT would either:

a) have been dead by the time TES came out. Biggie, Big L, Big Pun, etc.
b) have a much shakier track record. Nas, Jay, Tupac, etc.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Eminem's first three albums + the features during those years would go toe-to-toe with any rappers best 3 albums and probably win out decisively 99% of the time.

You can hate on him for falling off a bit after TES, but at the end of the day most other rappers that you would consider GOAT would either:

a) have been dead by the time TES came out.
b) have a much shakier track record.

Huh? SSLP isn't hit/miss, TES is good; obviously MMLP is amazing. Since those three albums Eminem hasn't released a coherent, decent album.

In terms of rappers with three albums better than Em's..? Those that come to mind first

Ghostface
Nas
2pac
Ice Cube
Common
KRS One
Jay-Z (arguable; personally I'd put Em's 3 ahead of Jay's)

 

[WrathOfOtaibah]

I love Eminem, dude got me into hiphop and is in my top 10 favorites easily. But claiming his a modern day Shakespeare and making him out to be untouchable is beyond ignorant and actually quite stupid. Hell as much as I loved his run from Infinite to 8 Mile dude still doesn't have an album that matched up to the greatest(Illmatic, Only Built For Cuban Linx, Reasonable Doubt, Ready To Die, All Eyez On Me, Death Certificate, The Chronic, Enter The 36 Chambers, etc.).

And putting is his recent verses as his best is not exactly helping your case, OP. and I like his recent work.

 

[hyduK]

Huh? SSLP isn't hit/miss, TES is good; obviously MMLP is amazing. Since those three albums Eminem hasn't released a coherent, decent album.

In terms of rappers with three albums better than Em's..? Those that come to mind first

Ghostface
Nas
2pac
Ice Cube
Common
KRS One
Jay-Z (arguable; personally I'd put Em's 3 ahead of Jay's)

I was actually gonna mention that Ye is probably the only rapper who's first three albums were as consistent as Em's. But Late Registration...ehh I dunno. Stealth edit btw.

I'm assuming you meant SSLP is hit or miss? Personally I'd say there's MAYBE two throwaway tracks on that album and the rest are amazing, but to each his own. Anyway, like I said, Em would go toe-to-toe with any of those. Nas is the only one where I couldn't argue in favour of Eminem (Illmatic, Stillmatic, I Am). Jay has no chance though.

 

[WrathOfOtaibah]

I'd argue that Ice Cube from Straight Outta Compton to Lethal Injection was the greatest rapper of all time and would murder Eminem easily.

 

[hyduK]

I'd argue that Ice Cube from Straight Outta Compton to Lethal Injection was the greatest rapper of all time and would murder Eminem easily.

Definitely a worthy opponent, and yeah he might even win. It's a bit harder to compare these two for me though. Completely different styles/eras. I'm willing to admit I've always been more of an east-coast/midwest guy.

 

[Recon]

I'd argue that Ice Cube from Straight Outta Compton to Lethal Injection was the greatest rapper of all time and would murder Eminem easily.

I would argue your wrong, i dont care if Em isnt considered the greatest, but Cube wordplay doesnt beat Ems.