@@warnutztheloser you gotta sell the movie to people who love movies objectively. i think thats what its about same way a movie or tv series cant fit a book in it and they always are a let down in some small way because those were significant events. Plus, its supposed to be a less developed Eminem. By 97 he had been rapping a while and was fairly polished and with more purpose or direction than early on I guess.
little did eminem know that somewhere amongst the crowd was an intern for interscope records who recommended eminem to Dr.Dre.. and the rest is history
Little did u know that what you’re saying is not true.Dre knew Eminem when he found one of his cassette tape in Jimmy Iovine’s garage on the floor,and that’s when Dre told him to find this guy.
@@bigelile07 dawg it’s a joke why tf u takin it so fr 💀 calm tf down u fucking weirdo it’s a joke i know it’s not literally the 8 mile battles fuck u stupid mf stfu it’s a joke
@@bigelile07 it quite literally was a joke. I am aware it is not the actual 8 mile battles bruv. Everybody in this comment section is talking about 8 mile and how this is the irl version of it. Do you think i’m stupid? I know it isn’t the 8 mile battles homie
@@bigelile07 no. i used the word ‘literally’ figuratively. I don’t understand why you started this argument or why you thought i genuinely thought these were the 8 mile battles
[RAP BATTLE 1] I'ma tell you this for your own benefit Your shit was dope as hell, 'specially when you wrote ninety-percent of it What you need to do is practice on your freestyles 'Fore you come up missin', like Snoop Dogg's police files This type of literature that I'm spittin' be hittin' You gonna swear to God this shit was written But it wasn't, I'll kill a dozen rappers when I'm buzzin' Guzzlin', beat your ass like a jealous husband Now, you boys are about to suffer and see north When you go in a coma longer than Vladimir Konstantinov Cut the damn machine off Get a clean cloth, and wipe this bloody video screen off [RAP BATTLE 2] I'm movin' in for the kill, plus I got the trap set I can tell you're wack as fuck, and I ain't even hear you rap yet Look at you thinkin', "I'm about to whip his ass ‘Cause I'ma do some written shit, plus I get to go last." Well, guess what? Even if I go first, it's no worse My shit's still gon' demolish yo' verse I'm 'bout to slice you like a Ginsu And anything you say can and will be used against you In a court of law, I'm short and raw Take your fuckin' shit and cut it off Yo, you wanna be a dope emcee? Look, don't get mad and start takin' your period out on me [RAP BATTLE 3] You wanna represent on the microphone, but you rap sleazily I ain't about to battle this fake ass Eazy-E There ain't no way I'ma do this bullshit I don't give a fuck, I'm loaded up with a full clip Time of the month? You couldn't get the tape of the day Take him away, I rip him like a paper mache I heard you rap before, you ain't about shit This whole battle was mismatched, like your outfit Try to battle me and get your mouth split You sold out, like Ticketmaster Outlet Ha ha, I bust and I crush I don't give a fuck, ain't no way that you can fuck with us I'm givin' back with pimp shit I laminate that ass in a badge and wear it at the Rap Olympics [RAP BATTLE 4] Blah-badee-blah-da-blah-blah-stop babblin'! You so fuckin' wack I'ma walk away while you battlin' Fuck that, I'm on a brand new solo mission To make sure that Wendy Day kicks your ass out of the rap coalition I throw a switch at an execution With an overdose of devotion Don't talk back, I'm the dope, bitch So who you sound like on the mic? There was only one 2Pac, your thug style is just one big sike Take a big hike, bitch, you can't catch me Your best rhymes still ain't shit, like a patsy What the fuck you gonna do? I'll battle anybody in your crew And I don't give a fuck, I slaughter boys Especially wack-ass emcees that will wear a fake-ass corduroy [RAP BATTLE 5] I'm 'bout to make this mic short circuit This beat is wack as fuck-this shit fits you perfect! I got so many ways to diss you that I'm playful with you I'll let a razor slit you, 'til they have to staple-stitch you And everybody in this fuckin' place'll miss you If you try to turn my facial tissue to a racial issue Nobody's hearin' you, you're a wack liar Damn! All your white jokes just backfired ‘Cause, bitch, you barkin' up the wrong tree Now go tell all your boys that you was beat by a honkey I don't give a fuck, I'll kill ya Bitch, you better recognize me, like I look familiar Anything you say, I'ma kill ya Grill ya, when I fuckin' drill ya
@@luthfeesenpai4933 Oh really?? How come I've never heard of him wow wow. I was thinking the same as op, they should give him a record deal, but you out of nowhere tell me he already does! This is incredible news
I was there. I saw this in person. With my own eyes. I thought he was from Chicago because of how he was dressed. And yeah, everyone knew he was good right then and there.
Talents like him comes once in a generation, am not even sure if the rappers in the next generation can amassed to this level of talent or even experience talents like this because music is declining Rap god indeed
It was a professional camera crew. I think this was dubbed multiple times before hitting the internet and likely lost quality along the way. There is a very clean version of this footage in a documentary by Peter Spirer ca 2005, and he probably had access to the original.
They should’ve included the competition’s rhymes in here, it would show how much he really went off on them. Half the stuff Eminem throws at them is in direct response to something they said, references from literally 1 minute earlier already crafted in his head on the spot. Like the last guy last round actually did try to make fun of Eminem using a tissue, as being a white dude thing 😂 Literally tried to turn his facial tissue into a racial issue
At this time Em was broke, evicted with his chick and daughter. What you heard here was straight hunger, all chips in, he had to make it no matter what .
It also helped having the right people in the crowd and being in the right place at the right time. There are a lot of hungry, desperate, insanely talented people. The overwhelming majority of them just starve to death or burn out. Even the ones that "had to make it no matter what". Opportunity is rarer than talent(even generational talent), and it isn't even close.
0:20 Little did he know that he would go on to not only meet Snoop Dogg, but work with him, be in his immediate circle AND eventually go on to beef with him nearly 25 years later!
At 38 seconds he mentions vladimar constitenov. That was a member of the detroit red wings. He helped them finally win the Stanley cup in 97 and week or 2 later he gets in a limo crash. Ends up in a wheel chair.
@@callumcc8897 Hell yea same here. If it werent for kazaa i wouldnt know how to say....My pen and paper cause a chain reaction, to getcha brain relaxin, a zany act, a maniac in action. A brainiac in fact son, you mainly lack attraction. You look insanely wack when just a fraction of my tracks run. My rhymin skills gotchu climbin hills lol
Em is such an enigma really that this almost feels like a fictional movie that never actually happened. Like it's weird, I can't quite believe we're looking at the real trailer park Em who got back from this event homeless, and had climb in through his window to get his stuff without really a single dollar to his name. We hear so much about that period of his life in his songs, and I always related hard especially to his Slim Shady LP tracks like Rock Bottom, but this is him actually at the time he lived through all that. He so easily could have just been some anonymous washed up battle rapper with nothing had he never got his shot with Dre. Anyone feel the same? There's some mystery with Em like I always find insights into his life kinda interesting like that old MTV piece he did just driving around Detroit.
He's a phenomenal example of tenacity, will power, persistence, perseverance, sticking up for yourself, and authenticity. He was dealt a really bad hand in life, but didn't choose to be a victim.
I feel you. To me it feels like it was meant to happen. It feels like destiny, like history. Like the stars alligned, and to me Eminem is the dopest emcee ever. He definitely deserved that opportunity and he proved that by becoming the most successful rapper in the entire history of hip hop. This is a legendary hip hop tale
There are many “washed up” battle rappers you can check out who never quite made it to em’s level. A lot of them a pre still very good and have ok to good careers in different things, some others are less fortunate. A deeper look at the, kind of shows how eminem was built different. Not just skill level, but really all the elements you need for a superstar. Though even if he never made it, he would still be the same guy, and just as interesting to talk to as our universe’s version, based off these battles alone
That last verse was murder 🤦🏻♂️ i got so many ways to diss you that I’m playful with you.. than he explodes … em is a legend man and the most successful selling rapper of all time .. I think he’s top 5 selling ARTIST of all time if I’m not mistaken … he told his story which was real and people felt it .. I know I did .. in his prime and height of his career he was the best I ever heard … hasn’t changed one bit
@@yesmyninja6850 that line was garbage and otherwise exposed him. After otherwise was done with him they trashed the whole competition. Couldnt even do the 5 on 5 team battle cause Project Blowed served em too hard
Crazy to see how some of these lyrics translate to 8 Mile. I was born in 1992,. I saw this movie when I was young and it was an amazingly motivational movie for me. I am a musician and play reggae but, the motivational vibes this movie out out has influenced me to this day.
To think there was just one person and only one person in that crowd that made it possible for Eminem to change his life. If that intern wasn't there or didn't come up to ask for the tape, I don't think we would have Eminem. I know Proof tried his hardest to push Em to get in and Em had Paul..but the difference was the connection the intern had. Proof had connections, he had connections all over, but that was limited to just Detroit at the time..he had no connections in California where Dre was, no connections to Jimmy. It was this single person. As luck would have it, Dre was in the right spot at the right time to catch Eminem's voice on that tape. Whether or not it made any difference if he didn't hear it that day is debatable, but it was a lucky draw for Em that Dre was there with Jimmy that day and he just so happened to listen to the tape. Life works in strange ways..in Eminem's case, it worked miracles.
I feel the same way. Em is such an enigma and a mystery I find it really interesting to see footage of him back when he really was a total unknown and really living that life we hear about in his songs. The OG version of Rock Bottom before the album version is legendary to me for the same reason. Lifes such a trip. He could have just ended up as a washed up battle rapper with a minimum wage job, or even just a felon without even that, with nobody knowing who he is. On the flip side it makes you wonder how many insanely talented guys never made it, or never even knew they had that raw potential to begin with.
@@scottrasizer6088 I read somewhere he lost to a dude called Juice. He was apparently in relation with one of the organisers or smth so they had to give him the win. If not, Em legit won this.
@@raedewav that was scribble jam 97 he lost to juice. He lost to him again at the rap Olympics heard they were the same team in this Idk though but thanks
@@raedewav false information. Juice was from Chicago -- Em Obviously Detroit. And they battled on Neutral Grounds, in OHIO-- Where Scribble Jam 97' was Sanctioned. Anyways, JUICE Won Fair & Square. Ems A BEAST, however he admitted the Truth On Mike Tyson's Podcast!
All battle rappers have a couple dope written lines to toss in and freestyle off of, I've never seen someone not reuse at least one line. For the haters saying they've heard some of ems lines before. Duh. It's part of battles/freestyling.
Far too many comments saying he pre writes his battles is BS! What MC doesn't go into a battle without some pre-arranged responses to different situations and disses? The skill is in the delivery, the timing, and being able to spit a verse in the moment with a mix of on the spot fire to make each bar unique whilst thinking of new ones, linking it all up and taking in the situation and the surroundings and the crowd and the person tryna better you! Not to metion being able to create some complex and imaginative rhymes like he does! I'd imagine the white comments would instantly elicit the facial tissue response, he was probably rubbing his hands with glee when someone tried that diss knowing he had a response ready made to make his opponent look silly and that no one in that room had heard before. Recycled rhymes are only recycled when everyone has heard them, having some stuff pre ready and pre made to reply to the disses only adds to his genius! As I'm sure it would to all battle rappers!! Em is a legend and deserves the respect he gets and the deal with Dre after his performance! The man is a superstar and i will enjoy listening to his genius for many years to come!!
everyone is using prewritten shit, but it doesn't change the fact that 95% of all these versus were prewritten. he's good at freestyling yes, but hes not THIS good.. no one is.. you can come up some amazing lines sometimes on the spot with zero thought, but you cant do an entire fucking verse, 3 -5 times in a row, where almost every single bar is deep with so much thought put behind it. it's a rap battle, and that's fine, but it's annoying when it's considered a "freestyle" when it simply isnt.
You can tell that he was hungry on that stage when he was battling those other MC's because he was going off like a machine gun. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017 to find me.
This was uploaded 10 years after it happened. I’m watching this 16 years after it was uploaded. 26 years has flown by. I’m 26 right now, maybe I was falling out the womb during the rap olympics
I was listening to infinite, slim shady Mo and of course never forget every word to his Marshall Mather all on …. writing rhymes the whole time online at some battle form when I was at SMC playing baseball ❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥✌️🙏
The scariest thing about these freestyles is that back n the days this was about 25 percent of his full potential and he still destroyed everything in his path
I love Eminem, but I arrived to this video because is the unique video of their battle with Otherwize, and I heard in another video (spanish) which Em purchase this video after lose this battle a time later, and is impossible to find it entire battle on the network, probably we never will know which stuff said Otherwize, that won that battle. But thanks to this battle, Eminem gives a tape to Dean Geastlinger, which worked on Interscope and show the tape to Jimmy Lovine, and later Lovine send the tape to Dr Dre. This was the great moment because all we know Eminem and Slim Shady. Rap God!!
4 years short of 30 years and still no rapper dares to battle him, cuz EM shreds not MCs but their carrers, you know who you are, give it up for the 🐐. im still rocking with the eminem show.
maybe there were people actually freestyling and that would obviously carry more weight. like all of his disses were super generic and could be applied to anyone
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Turns out real life Shady is even more savage than in 8 miles
Yea he rhymed more calm n the movie
Yeah it's crazy, 8 mile seems almost tame in comparison
@@warnutztheloser you gotta sell the movie to people who love movies objectively. i think thats what its about same way a movie or tv series cant fit a book in it and they always are a let down in some small way because those were significant events.
Plus, its supposed to be a less developed Eminem. By 97 he had been rapping a while and was fairly polished and with more purpose or direction than early on I guess.
Hailie Jade i love that name
@@A20489love that tattoo, what’s that say? Rot in pieces… uhh that’s great?
little did eminem know that somewhere amongst the crowd was an intern for interscope records who recommended eminem to Dr.Dre.. and the rest is history
So true ENIGMAA ....so true👌👌
@@steven.m5865 2 interns actually!
God bless that intern, I wanna meet him
The intern was at the Rap Olympics when he faced Juice, not here...
Little did u know that what you’re saying is not true.Dre knew Eminem when he found one of his cassette tape in Jimmy Iovine’s garage on the floor,and that’s when Dre told him to find this guy.
this is literally the actual 8 mile battles it’s epic
@@bigelile07 i bet ur fun at parties
@@bigelile07 dawg it’s a joke why tf u takin it so fr 💀 calm tf down u fucking weirdo it’s a joke i know it’s not literally the 8 mile battles fuck u stupid mf stfu it’s a joke
@@bigelile07 it quite literally was a joke. I am aware it is not the actual 8 mile battles bruv. Everybody in this comment section is talking about 8 mile and how this is the irl version of it. Do you think i’m stupid? I know it isn’t the 8 mile battles homie
@@ayency Is this "literally" the same thing? th-cam.com/video/xh1ROLEDyP4/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=UniversalPictures
@@bigelile07 no. i used the word ‘literally’ figuratively. I don’t understand why you started this argument or why you thought i genuinely thought these were the 8 mile battles
"This beat is wack af, this shit fits you perfect" The announcer's reaction is hilarious
Shit was vicious
3:30
Love that bar
Coldest line anyone human ever delivered EVER!
[RAP BATTLE 1]
I'ma tell you this for your own benefit
Your shit was dope as hell, 'specially when you wrote ninety-percent of it
What you need to do is practice on your freestyles
'Fore you come up missin', like Snoop Dogg's police files
This type of literature that I'm spittin' be hittin'
You gonna swear to God this shit was written
But it wasn't, I'll kill a dozen rappers when I'm buzzin'
Guzzlin', beat your ass like a jealous husband
Now, you boys are about to suffer and see north
When you go in a coma longer than Vladimir Konstantinov
Cut the damn machine off
Get a clean cloth, and wipe this bloody video screen off
[RAP BATTLE 2]
I'm movin' in for the kill, plus I got the trap set
I can tell you're wack as fuck, and I ain't even hear you rap yet
Look at you thinkin', "I'm about to whip his ass
‘Cause I'ma do some written shit, plus I get to go last."
Well, guess what? Even if I go first, it's no worse
My shit's still gon' demolish yo' verse
I'm 'bout to slice you like a Ginsu
And anything you say can and will be used against you
In a court of law, I'm short and raw
Take your fuckin' shit and cut it off
Yo, you wanna be a dope emcee?
Look, don't get mad and start takin' your period out on me
[RAP BATTLE 3]
You wanna represent on the microphone, but you rap sleazily
I ain't about to battle this fake ass Eazy-E
There ain't no way I'ma do this bullshit
I don't give a fuck, I'm loaded up with a full clip
Time of the month? You couldn't get the tape of the day
Take him away, I rip him like a paper mache
I heard you rap before, you ain't about shit
This whole battle was mismatched, like your outfit
Try to battle me and get your mouth split
You sold out, like Ticketmaster Outlet
Ha ha, I bust and I crush
I don't give a fuck, ain't no way that you can fuck with us
I'm givin' back with pimp shit
I laminate that ass in a badge and wear it at the Rap Olympics
[RAP BATTLE 4]
Blah-badee-blah-da-blah-blah-stop babblin'!
You so fuckin' wack I'ma walk away while you battlin'
Fuck that, I'm on a brand new solo mission
To make sure that Wendy Day kicks your ass out of the rap coalition
I throw a switch at an execution
With an overdose of devotion
Don't talk back, I'm the dope, bitch
So who you sound like on the mic?
There was only one 2Pac, your thug style is just one big sike
Take a big hike, bitch, you can't catch me
Your best rhymes still ain't shit, like a patsy
What the fuck you gonna do?
I'll battle anybody in your crew
And I don't give a fuck, I slaughter boys
Especially wack-ass emcees that will wear a fake-ass corduroy
[RAP BATTLE 5]
I'm 'bout to make this mic short circuit
This beat is wack as fuck-this shit fits you perfect!
I got so many ways to diss you that I'm playful with you
I'll let a razor slit you, 'til they have to staple-stitch you
And everybody in this fuckin' place'll miss you
If you try to turn my facial tissue to a racial issue
Nobody's hearin' you, you're a wack liar
Damn! All your white jokes just backfired
‘Cause, bitch, you barkin' up the wrong tree
Now go tell all your boys that you was beat by a honkey
I don't give a fuck, I'll kill ya
Bitch, you better recognize me, like I look familiar
Anything you say, I'ma kill ya
Grill ya, when I fuckin' drill ya
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Ya why is this not the top comment???? Thanks for your work much respect.
Thank you, the audio quality is trash and it's hard to tell what he's saying
In battle 1:
*Your boys are about to suffer a team loss...
Not see north lol
Appreciate this
Wow someone should give this guy a record deal he’s great
@@luthfeesenpai4933 Oh really?? How come I've never heard of him wow wow. I was thinking the same as op, they should give him a record deal, but you out of nowhere tell me he already does! This is incredible news
Wow this guy is incredible, I wonder where he is today he could of produced some fire
@@luthfeesenpai4933 lol she was joking bro
@@luthfeesenpai4933 who’s Eminem bro
Lmaoooo its a joke and someone took it literal
I was there. I saw this in person. With my own eyes. I thought he was from Chicago because of how he was dressed. And yeah, everyone knew he was good right then and there.
How did the finals go?
Do you remember the 5v5 battle?
Talents like him comes once in a generation, am not even sure if the rappers in the next generation can amassed to this level of talent or even experience talents like this because music is declining
Rap god indeed
damn chills
@@fortunesagine5862there are good rappers today assuming you are talking lyrically, J cole, Montana of 300, Denzel Curry ect
Then costa contra came and changed everything.
“What you need to do is come up with better freestyles before you end up missing like snoop doggs police files” 🤣🤣🔥
😂😂😂
That shit was dope 😂
@@iANTVpublicbrothers was Salty they’re cool now lol
@@iANTVpublicbrothers he was gangster
who is the intern?!!
It's actually insane that this sound and video quality was acceptable and "high tech" at one point in time..
It was a professional camera crew. I think this was dubbed multiple times before hitting the internet and likely lost quality along the way. There is a very clean version of this footage in a documentary by Peter Spirer ca 2005, and he probably had access to the original.
video quality was garbage in the dial-up days.
@@design1of470 Yeah it was put online at least by 2002.
Soon people are gonna think camera quailty this time is bad
Back in 2002 just getting a video online was impressive.
Best. 240p. Video. EVER!
Shit I thought this was just 24p
The missing police files and jealous husband lines are just so different and ahead of its time lyrically!
They should’ve included the competition’s rhymes in here, it would show how much he really went off on them. Half the stuff Eminem throws at them is in direct response to something they said, references from literally 1 minute earlier already crafted in his head on the spot.
Like the last guy last round actually did try to make fun of Eminem using a tissue, as being a white dude thing 😂
Literally tried to turn his facial tissue into a racial issue
And prewritten. Dude spit the same shit a dozen time I swear to you I’m not kidding
At this time Em was broke, evicted with his chick and daughter. What you heard here was straight hunger, all chips in, he had to make it no matter what .
Word!🙌🌟💯
It also helped having the right people in the crowd and being in the right place at the right time. There are a lot of hungry, desperate, insanely talented people. The overwhelming majority of them just starve to death or burn out. Even the ones that "had to make it no matter what". Opportunity is rarer than talent(even generational talent), and it isn't even close.
Crazy thing that he lost this battle but won in life 🎉
back then when he just a man with a dream, it's amazing when those dream become reality
Are you trying to say...he only had one shot? He could not miss his chance to blow?
when he said " *what you need to do is practice on your freestyles* " I felt that in my wannabe rapper soul 🥺
0:20 Little did he know that he would go on to not only meet Snoop Dogg, but work with him, be in his immediate circle AND eventually go on to beef with him nearly 25 years later!
The hate was there.
@Suki Vega nah bro, he’s definitely trolling
That's crazy dude when you think about it
@Umb O logic is black. you dumb as fuck aren’t you?
@Umb O Really bad take.
This might be the greatest Hip-Hop footage of all time
nah
@@gregh_777yah
nah
@@hendrxyea
yah
Eminem was going through emotional turmoil, Kim left and he was broke as hell, this was his last shot
At 38 seconds he mentions vladimar constitenov. That was a member of the detroit red wings. He helped them finally win the Stanley cup in 97 and week or 2 later he gets in a limo crash. Ends up in a wheel chair.
Dude still killin' it.
He can murder anyone. People forget where he came from.
I'm about to make this mic short circuit, this beat is wack as fuck, it fits you perfect 😄🤣
shout out to whoever recorded this back in the day
Wendy Day paid for it to be recorded, but the person who recorded it stole the footage and that's why we can't see the entire battle. So eff them
@@parker_pubssay me and @jwill55kings paid you say $1000. Could you recover that footage by any means necessary?
I love how Eminem uses some of these verses in the 8 Mile extra battles.
Meaning he’s a one trick pony lmaoo
This was before 8 mile was filmed. He was taking them from this
@@GooglyMoogly68 Literally the least one trick pony of a rapper
@@GooglyMoogly68It really doesn’t. It really just means 8 mile was inspired the 1997 rap Olympics.
Remember downloading these on Kazaa in the early 2000s. Crazy to see video of it now almost 20 years later lol.
Same bro! I downloaded Infinite back in 2003 off Kazaa. That p2p thing was so dope! Even before limewire lol
@@callumcc8897 Hell yea same here. If it werent for kazaa i wouldnt know how to say....My pen and paper cause a chain reaction, to getcha brain relaxin, a zany act, a maniac in action. A brainiac in fact son, you mainly lack attraction. You look insanely wack when just a fraction of my tracks run. My rhymin skills gotchu climbin hills lol
Infinite still an awesome song, he even says
"You learned at well I was sent from it"
That's when I was woah this man's lyrics unmatched.
KAZAA, yes!! That was it back then I sure enough had it
“You better recognize me like I look familiar”. Great bar that was used in 8 mile years later
Damn... this dude is gonna make it big one day
This joke is so overused.
@@510tuber like your mom
@@oka623 classic my n 😂
@@oka623 You made me spit coffee on my keyboard now i have 2 layers of sticky keys
don't piss him off. em's been very polite lately.
he done got pissed off today.
this guy predicted the future
We got “bubbleDUB” over here who must be a time traveller, cause Em has shredded many in recent years, even ending some kids rap career (MGK)
Way too many poor souls never saw the god-mode capability until they got Cleansed XD
This aged so well.
Em is such an enigma really that this almost feels like a fictional movie that never actually happened. Like it's weird, I can't quite believe we're looking at the real trailer park Em who got back from this event homeless, and had climb in through his window to get his stuff without really a single dollar to his name. We hear so much about that period of his life in his songs, and I always related hard especially to his Slim Shady LP tracks like Rock Bottom, but this is him actually at the time he lived through all that. He so easily could have just been some anonymous washed up battle rapper with nothing had he never got his shot with Dre.
Anyone feel the same? There's some mystery with Em like I always find insights into his life kinda interesting like that old MTV piece he did just driving around Detroit.
I like your point of view my man, made me think for a minute.
He's a phenomenal example of tenacity, will power, persistence, perseverance, sticking up for yourself, and authenticity.
He was dealt a really bad hand in life, but didn't choose to be a victim.
I agree bro. I love Em. So happy he made it. Thanks for the better perspective of it.
I feel you. To me it feels like it was meant to happen. It feels like destiny, like history. Like the stars alligned, and to me Eminem is the dopest emcee ever. He definitely deserved that opportunity and he proved that by becoming the most successful rapper in the entire history of hip hop. This is a legendary hip hop tale
There are many “washed up” battle rappers you can check out who never quite made it to em’s level. A lot of them a pre still very good and have ok to good careers in different things, some others are less fortunate. A deeper look at the, kind of shows how eminem was built different. Not just skill level, but really all the elements you need for a superstar. Though even if he never made it, he would still be the same guy, and just as interesting to talk to as our universe’s version, based off these battles alone
OMG when he said to the girl 'don't go taking ur period out on me' BRILLIANT
Hello 9 year old comment
He used that line in his 8 mile extra rap battle haha
Hello 10 years old comment
My god 10 years old comment lol 😂😂
11 years old now
“If you try to turn my facial tissue into a racial issue” 💀 God Mode 🙌🏻
Lyrically, this dude is on a whole nother level others. And has gotten better wit time.
He reused that line from his scribble jam battle against All Star
@@juggalofred1533 cuz it's that good of a line
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Crazy after this and coming home to a eviction notice (prob the lowest moment of his life) he took off on a rocket ship to the moon.
He got evicted after the rap Olympics?
@@vcube1234 ??? Yeah is that what happened?
@@jamesbronz yes
And in 2023 People think they can take Em in a rap battle? Good Luck!
😂
That last verse was murder 🤦🏻♂️ i got so many ways to diss you that I’m playful with you.. than he explodes … em is a legend man and the most successful selling rapper of all time .. I think he’s top 5 selling ARTIST of all time if I’m not mistaken … he told his story which was real and people felt it .. I know I did .. in his prime and height of his career he was the best I ever heard … hasn’t changed one bit
Thats the round he Lost to Otherwize
Yep
Duh whitey gonna always sell in whitey’s world
No there's better lyricists 100% ...I would put em somewhere in the top 20 best lyricist all time..but he's not top 10
@@amandahugandkissss sayz the rap guru? wheres your music then
This is equivalent to watching old Mike Tyson fights of him knocking people out.
thank god this was recorded
Gimme that mfkn mic gets me every time lol mediator was not playin
fucking funny haha
You see the anger in the end he starts to go for him, and my guy backs off😂😂 the rage was real
It is the same tone he used in the battle of 8 mile...he remembers his past 🥰🥰🥰💕💕💕💐
what made him so good at this was his speed and aggressiveness
Facts
D
To me, it was his wordplay and delivery that made him so good!
True and he’s naturally very quiet so freestyling on the spot on stage is hard for him so he lets everything out.
“This beat is wack as fu*k, this sh*t fit you perfect..” ayoo 🤣🤣🤣
its a classic song by the jungle bros tho that line was actually wack haahaha
@@mrtubby47 i liked the beat but i like the line even more
@@mrtubby47 That beat was trash 😂
@@MrEAW56 then you aint into hip hop. In the clubs in the late 80s early 90s that song made the cyphers HOT!
@@yesmyninja6850 that line was garbage and otherwise exposed him. After otherwise was done with him they trashed the whole competition. Couldnt even do the 5 on 5 team battle cause Project Blowed served em too hard
Crazy to see how some of these lyrics translate to 8 Mile. I was born in 1992,. I saw this movie when I was young and it was an amazingly motivational movie for me. I am a musician and play reggae but, the motivational vibes this movie out out has influenced me to this day.
He was born to become a legend.
This is a good piece of history
To think there was just one person and only one person in that crowd that made it possible for Eminem to change his life. If that intern wasn't there or didn't come up to ask for the tape, I don't think we would have Eminem. I know Proof tried his hardest to push Em to get in and Em had Paul..but the difference was the connection the intern had. Proof had connections, he had connections all over, but that was limited to just Detroit at the time..he had no connections in California where Dre was, no connections to Jimmy. It was this single person.
As luck would have it, Dre was in the right spot at the right time to catch Eminem's voice on that tape. Whether or not it made any difference if he didn't hear it that day is debatable, but it was a lucky draw for Em that Dre was there with Jimmy that day and he just so happened to listen to the tape. Life works in strange ways..in Eminem's case, it worked miracles.
I feel the same way. Em is such an enigma and a mystery I find it really interesting to see footage of him back when he really was a total unknown and really living that life we hear about in his songs. The OG version of Rock Bottom before the album version is legendary to me for the same reason.
Lifes such a trip. He could have just ended up as a washed up battle rapper with a minimum wage job, or even just a felon without even that, with nobody knowing who he is. On the flip side it makes you wonder how many insanely talented guys never made it, or never even knew they had that raw potential to begin with.
"You better recognize me like I look familiar" and the "grill ya" lines were from 8Mile 😊
you mean 8mile verses were from this rap battle...
@@nuancecontraire lol you got me
@@dutchess5753 hahaha Em really outta remaster his best underground tracks for an album just as a neat project
@@nuancecontraire someone else mentioned that too! They were talking about the Infinite album
@@dutchess5753 yea I remember seeing that. Honestly they could be singles. Especially Biterphobia and
I have to come to pay homage to these men and women that sacrificed themselves against eminem
I wanna see the other guys verses
They'd just have cried 🤣🤣🤣
Y’all saw papa doc in 8 mile right 👀
eminem
didnt win this btw
@@notrust2769 2nd place
@@OhNooJosephJoestar Bro he lost...
1:36 he said that in the deleted 8 Mile rap battles against the girl!
I noticed that too
anyone who metions best and rapper ALWAYS adds "white"
1st best is an opinion
2nd Hes top 3 for his impact and lyrics of all times, nvm color or ect.
Holy shit this comment is old
woh this from '08?! Damn. He aint even drop Relapse or Recovery yet lmfao and this dude knew he was already legendary
Facts
Bro said this before rap god, not afraid, forever, etc.
Agreed
The guy who beat him in the final battle has the most hollow victory in rap history haha
Who beat him in the finals? The last guy in the video?
@@scottrasizer6088 I read somewhere he lost to a dude called Juice. He was apparently in relation with one of the organisers or smth so they had to give him the win. If not, Em legit won this.
@@raedewav that was scribble jam 97 he lost to juice. He lost to him again at the rap Olympics heard they were the same team in this Idk though but thanks
@@raedewav false information. Juice was from Chicago -- Em Obviously Detroit. And they battled on Neutral Grounds, in OHIO-- Where Scribble Jam 97' was Sanctioned. Anyways, JUICE Won Fair & Square. Ems A BEAST, however he admitted the Truth On Mike Tyson's Podcast!
@@MastaInferno but Juice won in semifinals isn't? And the he lost with redcloud
the rest is history
Yeah.
He handed his tape of his Slim Shady EP to a kid, that then run to Jimmy Iovine who later showed Dre.^^
I really wish the full version was published and not just Em's verses.
It'd be really interesting to see how Otherwize beat Em.
I found out who has the professional footage and who has the bootleg audio. I hope they will be released eventually.
Blowing it up ! Always! No-one can compare!
The start of the 4th battle where he just says
“Blblblqlalalablahablah stop babbling” has me in stitcheeeees 😂😂😂😂
Em is Hip Hip
Regardless if popular opinion
I appreciate him and his dedication
Yooo Em was truly incredible on the mic in these freestyles. So humoristic and humiliating lyrics lol
0:57
"ladies aint first this time"
"THATS FUCKED UP!"
LOLOL
Freestyle goes soo hard the host has to snatch the mic from em 😆
3:31 That beat was wack af lmaooo.
Lol the 90s were a strange time for music
I can barely make out what it is, does anybody know what its called?
@@semimad100 you mean the late 90s? i love the 90s
@@Quake2815 no, all of it. the 80's were weird too, just in a different way
I actually know the name if that beat 😂😂😂😂
This is awesome! I want to hear the competition!
Take em away i ripped him like some paper mache. Just the best rhymer in rap history he has to be.
All battle rappers have a couple dope written lines to toss in and freestyle off of, I've never seen someone not reuse at least one line.
For the haters saying they've heard some of ems lines before. Duh. It's part of battles/freestyling.
Otherwize, who beat Eminem, was actually freestyling off the dome. Eminem was using about 50% written rhymes.
@@parker_pubsprove it
i love how the host has to stop eminem every time cause he just keeps going with the disses 💀💀💀
Far too many comments saying he pre writes his battles is BS! What MC doesn't go into a battle without some pre-arranged responses to different situations and disses? The skill is in the delivery, the timing, and being able to spit a verse in the moment with a mix of on the spot fire to make each bar unique whilst thinking of new ones, linking it all up and taking in the situation and the surroundings and the crowd and the person tryna better you! Not to metion being able to create some complex and imaginative rhymes like he does! I'd imagine the white comments would instantly elicit the facial tissue response, he was probably rubbing his hands with glee when someone tried that diss knowing he had a response ready made to make his opponent look silly and that no one in that room had heard before. Recycled rhymes are only recycled when everyone has heard them, having some stuff pre ready and pre made to reply to the disses only adds to his genius! As I'm sure it would to all battle rappers!! Em is a legend and deserves the respect he gets and the deal with Dre after his performance! The man is a superstar and i will enjoy listening to his genius for many years to come!!
everyone is using prewritten shit, but it doesn't change the fact that 95% of all these versus were prewritten. he's good at freestyling yes, but hes not THIS good.. no one is.. you can come up some amazing lines sometimes on the spot with zero thought, but you cant do an entire fucking verse, 3 -5 times in a row, where almost every single bar is deep with so much thought put behind it. it's a rap battle, and that's fine, but it's annoying when it's considered a "freestyle" when it simply isnt.
@@humanbean3come ready or go home that's all it is.
thats cool and all but its just weird to call it a freestyle and not just a rap battle or a rap. @@jhammaster
This video still remains applicable in 2024-aint no rapper want Em coming at him.
Imagine telling your kids years later that you had *the honor* to be destroyed by Eminem in rap battle when he wasn't famous yet.
Genius brought me here.
The flow and even the type of bars is wery well replicated in 8mile🔥🔥
That razor-slit bar and the one right after that were crazy holy shit
This is just dope!
how you been
You can tell that he was hungry on that stage when he was battling those other MC's because he was going off like a machine gun. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017 to find me.
This gets me pumped up at any time of the day.
This was uploaded 10 years after it happened. I’m watching this 16 years after it was uploaded. 26 years has flown by. I’m 26 right now, maybe I was falling out the womb during the rap olympics
after this the host asked him to host the rap battle with him but he said nahhh and just went back to work lol
he never gets old
Turns 80*
this vid piece is pure gold
I was listening to infinite, slim shady Mo and of course never forget every word to his Marshall Mather all on ….
writing rhymes the whole time online at some battle form when I was at SMC playing baseball
❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥✌️🙏
Gotta love the wonderful hostility of hip hop.
I wanted to hear Em's opponent rap too.
The scariest thing about these freestyles is that back n the days this was about 25 percent of his full potential and he still destroyed everything in his path
Yo Thats 2 pac line went over SO many peoples heads, that right there was the best line.
thees lyrics could still stand today ,id love to see him battle on a king of the dot format against their champ....maybe rone or illmac
For anyone wonder the first beat is
Way to major by Daz Dillinger
thanks you
That subtle “haha” is hard af bro 2:22
And a legend was born
I love Eminem, but I arrived to this video because is the unique video of their battle with Otherwize, and I heard in another video (spanish) which Em purchase this video after lose this battle a time later, and is impossible to find it entire battle on the network, probably we never will know which stuff said Otherwize, that won that battle. But thanks to this battle, Eminem gives a tape to Dean Geastlinger, which worked on Interscope and show the tape to Jimmy Lovine, and later Lovine send the tape to Dr Dre. This was the great moment because all we know Eminem and Slim Shady. Rap God!!
Yo that is spectacular! Rollin
I would like to see Eminem do a reaction to his old clips back then
Damn I wanna hear Otherwize verse
I have a feeling the footage will leak one day. Thanks
Yo Em can we get that Wize verse now
Let’s give props to the first guy dapping him up after losing. Recognizing talent when most people didn’t.
1:41 that last cut off rhyme was similar to 8 Mile vs Papa Doc
high quality especially for 1945
4 years short of 30 years and still no rapper dares to battle him, cuz EM shreds not MCs but their carrers, you know who you are, give it up for the 🐐. im still rocking with the eminem show.
just amazing
It’s crazy to think he came 2nd place
Project Blowed does not eff around. Some of the greatest freestylers and battle rappers of all time came from Project Blowed.
maybe there were people actually freestyling and that would obviously carry more weight. like all of his disses were super generic and could be applied to anyone
His bars weren't that great 🤷♂️
"Beat yo ass like a jealous husband"🤣🔥🔥
He brought the 3:56 (You better recognize me like I look familiar) verse to 8mile in the parking lot freestyle.
For those of you who don't know, this is the story of 8 mile
Not exactly. 8 Mile wasn’t about Eminem, it was about B Rabbit. Similar to Eminem’s life tho
Not gonna lie....I loved B. Rabbit way more than EMIN3M lol
@@tupacshaker856 lol
Little did these people know in a few years he would've been the greatest rapper to ever live and do it
He isn't the greatest rapper ever. He has two great albums and a decent one.
That’s a reach
@@AlTarif MMLP, EMINEM SHOW, RELAPSE, RECOVERY, MMLP2, MTBMB AND SSLP ALL ARE GREAT so ur opinion doesn't matter.
@@Krep336 MMLP2, MTBMB, RECOVERY, RELAPSE are borderline trash. MMLP, SSLP and Eminem Show were his only great projects.
@@AlTarif U are wrong tho, mmlp2 is loved by fans and relapse is considered to be a classic, recovery has many hits
Imagine being one of those contestants. They can literally tell stories about rapping against Eminem before anyone knew the name… that’d be so dope.
Imperator, Dream Nefra, and Otherwize told their stories in Riddlore's book Born a Villain, and Otherwize's book will be out this year.
What a lovely song