Horn) are given writing credits on “Without Me”. In addition to Eminem, 5 other songwriters (including Trevor The song also achieved multi-Platinum status in the Moreover it should be noted that whereas “Without Me” didn’t actually top the Billboard Hot 100 (it peaked at number 2), it did score a number 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Top 40 and Rhythmic charts. Went on to top the UK Singles Chart in addition to music charts in over 10 Dre’s “I Need a Doctor” (2011).īut that being said, the song itself was a smash hit. It Some of these music videos include 50 Cent’s “ In Da Club” (2002) and Dr. In fact the “Without Me” music video actually made cameo appearances on the music videos of a couple of Eminem’s homeys. Furthermore, it won a Grammy the following year in “Without Me” has proven to be one of the most-successfulīut its success, especially in terms of some of the notableĪccolades received, is largely contributable to its music video, which wasĭirected by Joseph Kahn. For instance, the visual actually won four MTV FYI, Obie was once a member ofĮminem’s now-defunct rap crew, D-12. Sample of the 2002 Obie Trice track “Rap Name”. The opening line of “Without Me” is actually a

This is actually a parody of an earlier hip-hop tuneĮntitled “Buffalo Gals” that came out in 1982, itself being based on a “Two Trailer Park Girls…”Īt the beginning of the song, Eminem sings the words “two It alsoĪppeared in the soundtrack to the 2016 antihero film “Suicide Squad”. Projects, specifically Eminem’s “Curtain Call: The Hits” (2005). “Without Me” was later featured on a couple of different Indeed that album produced a ton of hit singles, including “ Sing for the Moment”. It was the lead single from Marshall Mather’s highly-successful fourth album, “The Eminem Show”. And why? According to Eminem, both heĪnd Presley blew up in musical genres which were traditionally dominated byĪnd overall, we can conclude that “Without Me” serves two primary functions in Eminem’s catalog. One is acknowledging his pervasive influence in the music industry – and indeed American society at large – at a time when it was at its peak. And the second is to rub the fact that he was such an influential and successful artist in the face of haters and critics.Īftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records and Shady Records released “Without Me” on. And he does so in a way as to insinuate that he faces Elvis PresleyĮminem also famously namedrops American music icon “Elvis Which would definitely be a no-no under modern norms of political correctness. In fact he refers to Moby as a “36-year old baldheaded ”,

With and felt obligated to diss include the following: With back in those days. And other media personalities whom Em had tiffs It should also be mentioned that at one point Eminem evenīrings it to his mother, “Debbie” Mathers, who he had a well-publicized beef (Federal Communications Commission) and even MTV itself as organizations who Insinuating that she should dedicate more time to her husband’s well-knownĪlongside these same lines Eminem also mentions “the FCC” Of the United State Dick Cheney. He did so because Lynne was an outspokenĬritic of his music. And the way he brings her into the fray is by Less-than-flattering tone is “Miss Cheney”, wife of then-Vice President

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