They literally held a senate hearing dedicated to canceling him. Leading it was Lynne Cheney (yes, VP Dick Cheneys wife). They had a circle jerk about it complete with poster boards with his lyrics. She called him a “violent misogynist” which is rich considering her husband is a war criminal, but I digress, they DID try canceling him and completely failed. The harder they tried the more kids listened to him.
Yeah, Gen X was all over Eminem too! I loved the punkness of it. Rebellious. Angry. But fun. You must be one month younger than me then... Greetings, little one. :)
Nailed it. And to really know the rebel that Eminem really was, I recommend that people learn every word on the Marshall Mathers LP, which I believe came out around 1999. GenX - Slacker, so I won't be looking it up on Google.
@@robertreichle1 Abso-fuckun-lutely correct, I'm 53 and Eminem spoke to our feral generation and we loved his punk give zero fucks attitude. We were so tired of grunge bands being pushed on us.
Eminem is cross generational, I’m 50 and love him, my son is 27 and Eminem was the first concert he went to without parents. We were not so sensitive and had a sense of humour.
I'm early 50s, my eldest are early 30s and youngest 21, and all of us are fans. Loved his rapping and take onsociety from the start. 2 of my 6 children say this is their favourite son
I never wanted to like him, was a Dead Head, then retired 2 years ago and heard Lose Yourself while driving home from Early Bird Special (kid you not) and have become more and more in awe of his skills the more I listen
You shoulda seen him perform this as the 2000 MTV music awards. hundreds of guys dressed the same walking into the building from the outside with Eminem leading them. Walked right past some of the people he was making fun of in the song. it was wild!
A lot of his original Stans are in their 40's....he started to pop off in the late 1990's... Shortly after we lost Tupac... R.I.P! That was 1996.. and a sad day for hip-hop/rap lovers!
@@cianistarleWas gonna say the same thing. He was late 20s when Shady came out and all we had in 1999 was MTV so his fan base is huge, I’m guessing between 40 and 60 now.
It's fun watching people hearing EM for the first time, also knowing that a lot of things will go over their heads because they don't know the references :))
They actually did try to cancel him. When he mentions Miss Cheney in the song, it's because VP Dick Cheney's wife tried to get congress to ban him from the airwaves and mtv.
I'm 33 yo and I grew up on Eminem. We (millennials) were definitely blessed. The late '90s and early '00s was the era of prime Hip Hop and Rap, prime Nü Metal, prime R&B and prime Pop music. No bs, no cancel culture, no snowflakes, just freedom, creativity and straight bangers. Miss those days 🔥
It's really crazy to think the Marshall mathers lp is almost 25 years old time flies but it still sounds fresh as hell despite a bunch of outdated references
This was Eminem's best song back in the day, I'm 35 and grew up on his stuff. He spoke to white kids the same way 2pac spoke to black kids. Em is big for us back in the day, his slim Shady days was definitely his best decade. His new stuff is really good too but back in the day Slim was wild like a joker card, just so crazy and we loved it. Also a lot of the kids we as mileneals knew came from poor broken homes including myself so hearing someone go through stuff like are genaration was big.
Eminem came out balls to the wall! His 1st album was in '96 with Infinite & '97 he blew up for real. Never listen to clean Eminem. Lots of his fans ages span from, mostly, 40s & 30s... He's a legend for real.
I introduced it to my son when he asked what kind of rap I liked to listen to, I remember when he said are you sure you want me to listen to him ? I told him that he didn't want to miss out. I'm 64 my son is 32
Master satirist. I'm a 60-something English teacher. Eminem is a genius. I often use some of his songs to illustrate the techniques of poetry. The students then really grasp. I am a huge fan of his.
everyone was trying to shut Eminem down the whole time he just kept telling everyone to Foff - something we don't have enough of these days, everybody's so scared of saying naughty words etc. etc. etc. - I'm so pleased he went a little bit over the 'line' in houdini, I hope he's gonna start really pushing it from here on out cause he's the kind of voice we need right now.
People tried to cancel eminem. We just didn’t have social media so the way it was organized and talked about was different. The US congress talked about him during a hearing 2001 because they didn’t like who was buying and listening to his music. lol
Bro! If you only knew the backstory of all he’s rapping about you would be more surprised. For example, look up Tom Green humping a moose. And look up Tommy Lee and Pam Anderson, and so on. Most of you younger people don’t realize that everything he says has meaning if you look it up.
I'm echoing a lot of people, I'm sure, but more than one generation claims him. I'm 49 (his age) and Gen X, and we generally claim him first just because he's our age, but his music is loved by Millenials, Gen X, some Boomers, not sure about Gen Y, and Gen Z is somewhere between discovering him/confused by him and totally digging his bars. Em is Gen X all the way - sense of humor (definitely bordering on dark/daring), sarcastic, no-BS, and generally calls it like he sees it without worrying what other people are going to say about his words, thoughts, position, or politics about something. I haven't always agreed with everything he's said, but I've always respected the hell out of him and loved his music. He fought for respect in the Hip Hop community, and he earned his well-deserved place.
This was from Eminem's second LP. He is the reason for the parental advisory stickers. Because of what he talked about in his first LP; Al Gore and Dick Cheney's Wives went to Congress to have EM's music removed from the radio. Parents that were trying to sensor TV and radio went against Em hard and tried to cancel him before cancel culture existed.
timestamp 5:49: "If you this today the'll definitely come for you and try to shut you down..." Err, yeah. * This track was released on April, 2000. * The following September he was protested by GLAAD at the MTV Awards, a response to which came in 2001 when he dueted "Stan" at the Grammy;'s with none other than his long term friend Elton John. * Also that September, he was put on blast by Lynne Cheney (yes, soon to be '2nd lady' Lynne Cheney) at a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee (which of course, helped make him 'public enemy number 1' at subsequent Congress hearings) * By October, Canada was trying to ban him from the country before he could perform a show there. The way some people reacted to his early career (well, the bit after he created the character of Stan and became popular, anyhow) basically made him impossible to cancel. I'm genuinely not sure he could do anything short of literal murder or a choice to retire that could see him silenced now.
As to how he felt about all this? Well, If you've ever thought that right-wing 'freedom' enthusiast Trump fans might believe they're the first to think the Government is full of crap and letting people down... Well, check out how Eminem felt about all this crap he got from a culture-warring political right even back 15 years ago with the release of 'White America' - th-cam.com/video/RZIzD0ZfTFg/w-d-xo.html What so few at the time, and even now, seem to have failed to understand is that Shady is a character... a tool though which art is expressed.
They did try to cancel him - He wrote several songs about it, including this one. 9:50 To me, this verse Is the very essence of Eminem, as well as the controversies around him.
There were Nature Documentaries that you could catch on the public television channel in the 1980s, and I guess the 90s as well, where they showed the animals mating. It really wasn't a big deal.
He's missing pop Cultural references. The butt cheeks stuff is a satirical commentary on the Tom Green Show and the Bum Bum song. This video is a time capsule of early 2000's
I'm in my 20s and I'm an avid Eminem listener been listening to this man since his earlier song the earliest song I can remember hearing was probably this song or another one in the slim shady era
I’m kinda at the cusp between generations, but I think technically I’m part of the earliest millennials. My mom and I watched TRL together pretty much every weekday afternoon (a show on MTV called “Total Request Live” - it was a countdown of the most popular music videos, and had celebrity guests on). These early Eminem songs/videos were very popular, and she definitely enjoyed watching his videos, too. 😂 I would say that cancel culture was actually in its infancy in those days - it just didn’t have a name yet, and the logistics were different. Political correctness was on the rise. Eminem sparked plenty of outrage - he had the FCC and various political figures trying to censor him, had lots of people protesting him at various appearances/performances for being “homophobic.” But the internet had only just begun to become a somewhat widely available tool - most people who did have it still had dial-up, and social media didn’t exist. “Viral” moments didn’t spread through social media, they spread through news broadcasts and newspapers/magazines. Eminem was just so insanely popular, and most people actually appreciated the First Amendment…so he was uncancelable despite a lot of powerful people’s best efforts.
Bless your heart, the MTV award show went right over your head! 😂 Also, Em is Gen X. He’s 54! Millennials claim his new stuff, but his original stuff was all Gen X!
been listening to eminem since high school in the early 2000s. i loved his honesty. some lyrics are rough in terms of subject but his vulnerability to talk on certain subjects always had my respect. he also didnt care what anyone thought. just did what felt right for him. my favorite is The Way I Am.
man get ready his releasing his new album soon and he is gonna go nuts about everything and everyone, hope we see some reactions on this one, also make some more of his older songs some of them are worth your time 🙏
Eminem crosses multiple generations. I grew up listening to Eminem thanks to my Mum (she's now in her mid 50's) who was a massive fan. I am now in my early 30s and my 15 year old daughter is also a fan, as she's grown up with me listening to it.
This song came out in 2000. As for age, I am 47 now and started listening to Eminem on the album before this one (Slim Shady LP) in 1999 so at 22 years old. Favorite Eminem song: Without Me.
My first time coming across your channel. I was a kid when this came out. You didn't see this stuff on TV back then, either 😂 That's why we say the new generation can't cancel Em. I'm 35 and an early Millenial. So you are correct.
They tried to cancel him from day one. The government, media, religious groups, other rappers and artists and so on. That was 6 years before the iphone came out.
I didn’t really notice Eminiem until he came out on the grammys (?) with all the look alikes. I was kinda impressed everyone cut and bleached their hair 😊
If you want to know the worst of Eminem you need to listen to Kim and Bonnie and Clyde cause like that us his absolute worst and sickest moments ever but theyre fucking amazing songs
I have to apologize to you kids out there. We of Generation X took all the great music and left you all with nothing but crap for that we are truly sorry. But the beautiful thing is it's all recorded so you can tiptoe back through history and see what the real s*** is like Eminem is also from Generation X. But you're correct, my children came up on this music and they are millennials. However, most Millennials wouldn't have been introduced to this music without their Generation X parents who were bumping it in our cars
42 and remember the very first CD with the pill on it. I don't know the Eminem today, but I was in high school when he came out and was always a huge fan. So glad to hear Slim is back.
Haha, i remember stading in line for his CD releases. Couldn't just download it or watch it on You tube. Im 45 now and always listened to the original Eminem
This came out in 2000.. i was 31 then.. i'm 55 now... back then I had a competition system in my suburban.. 10k watts.. on two 18" subs.. 5k watts on the mids and highs.. this shit slapped.. my wife and I was running around fukkin with strippers doing a bunch of blow.. i owned a successful data networking business.. had the loudest system on the lake on my boat too.. these were great times.. I still have systems in my vehicles.. just using 12's now..
1st time I ever heard Eminem was ironically at school (I was in an alternative school that was just up a small hill from the actual high school...I was in the normal school until lunchtime and after lunch had to go to the alternative school until 3pmish) Our teacher at the alt. school had a tv on in the room and had to go over to the actual school to talk to a teacher about something and while they were gone one of the kids turned the channel to I think MTV where they were playing "My Name Is" I commented on how funny it was and one of the kids told me who it was and what the title was. After school I got my mom to go to Wal-mart and buy the CD and listened to every song on it (and I loved most of them, bought the 2nd and 3rd CD's the moment I knew about them without even knowing what songs were on them, liked almost all of them too.) I do have to say "clean" versions should not exist...it just defeats a purpose to me lol I can't say my favorite but my top 5 in no particular order are: The Real Slim Shady My Name Is Without Me Houdini Just Lose It When I'm in a more serious mood those change to: 3A.M. Kill You Like Toy Soldiers Love The Way You Lie Lose Yourself
I would say I grew up on Eminem but actually my daughters did as they rode around in the back seat with dad turning it up on the car stereo! I’m still a young 62. In 2000 there was no canceling, only limiting of where it could be played.
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We didn't cancel each other back in the day. If we didn't like it, then we just did something else.
The goverment tried to cancel him
What ever happened to catchin' a good old fashioned patented ass-whoopin', getting your shoes, coat and your hat tooken?
are you sure you were there?? Eminem spend the entire beginning of his career fighting dumb parents and media and trying not to get cancelled.
@@t3hi84n2g Kinda ironic...Our parents tried to cancel him, and now its our kids
They literally held a senate hearing dedicated to canceling him. Leading it was Lynne Cheney (yes, VP Dick Cheneys wife). They had a circle jerk about it complete with poster boards with his lyrics.
She called him a “violent misogynist” which is rich considering her husband is a war criminal, but I digress, they DID try canceling him and completely failed. The harder they tried the more kids listened to him.
Slim Shady created cancel culture.... And then kicked its ass...
And then went hypocrite and went back on everything he stood for and told half his fanbase he didn't want them as fans anymore.
@@Decade_of_the_Dawg that as Em.... Gave up on Slim....
@@Decade_of_the_DawgGood that half wasn't worth keeping
@dave_by_day7632 wow you're a bright one aren't you.
@@Decade_of_the_Dawg it's not hypocritical to grow as an artist.
He's a month younger than me and Im 51, he's pure Gen X lol and that's why we love him
Yeah, Gen X was all over Eminem too! I loved the punkness of it. Rebellious. Angry. But fun. You must be one month younger than me then... Greetings, little one. :)
Nailed it. And to really know the rebel that Eminem really was, I recommend that people learn every word on the Marshall Mathers LP, which I believe came out around 1999. GenX - Slacker, so I won't be looking it up on Google.
Gen X here . Love him
@@robertreichle1 Abso-fuckun-lutely correct, I'm 53 and Eminem spoke to our feral generation and we loved his punk give zero fucks attitude. We were so tired of grunge bands being pushed on us.
Yep 51 here
Eminem dropped his 2nd album The Slim Shady LP back in 1999. I was 18 then & now I'm 43. I could just cry. 😂
Eminem is cross generational, I’m 50 and love him, my son is 27 and Eminem was the first concert he went to without parents. We were not so sensitive and had a sense of humour.
50 too. Fan since 2000
My brother is 27 n loves him, I'm 35 n had all cd's on repeat when I was like 12.
I'm early 50s, my eldest are early 30s and youngest 21, and all of us are fans. Loved his rapping and take onsociety from the start. 2 of my 6 children say this is their favourite son
I didn't want to like him, then got a job delivering pizza and someone gave me a cassette... Been a fan ever since.
That’s awesome 😂
@@IamKingReacts you should react to Obie Trice feat Eminem Hey Lady
@@IamKingReacts you should react to Tom Green The Bum Bum song this video is spoofing parts of that video
Cassette... not your age showing! 😜😂
I never wanted to like him, was a Dead Head, then retired 2 years ago and heard Lose Yourself while driving home from Early Bird Special (kid you not) and have become more and more in awe of his skills the more I listen
He acted like Em really showed his cheeks when it was clearly plastic butt from Costume Store 😂
Exactly all making from the Tom green video at that time
Right! 😂
I don’t think he got a lot of the references but of course he wouldn’t be familiar with those references.
Millennials, GenX and many boomers love Eminem.
Some of us Genz who have good taste love Em
Boomer here, and yes Eminem is a favorite.
As a Gen Z/Gen alpha, (I was born in 2010) I absolutely love Em.
The butt suit was him mocking Tom green who had a show on mtv and wore the same suit
You shoulda seen him perform this as the 2000 MTV music awards. hundreds of guys dressed the same walking into the building from the outside with Eminem leading them. Walked right past some of the people he was making fun of in the song. it was wild!
My absolute favorite
I was thinking while watching this, I'm going to see, someone had to react to that Grammy performance, it's legend.
A lot of his original Stans are in their 40's....he started to pop off in the late 1990's... Shortly after we lost Tupac... R.I.P! That was 1996.. and a sad day for hip-hop/rap lovers!
Hey, some of us are in our 50's!
@@cianistarleWas gonna say the same thing. He was late 20s when Shady came out and all we had in 1999 was MTV so his fan base is huge, I’m guessing between 40 and 60 now.
I still remember where i was when they said tupac died. He had a great singing voice when he was with digital underground
And some of us are 66 feckin years old 😂😂😂
The government tried to cancel Eminem. No one can take him
He was certainly around in the 90's. His OG FANS are late 40s- 50s. Gen X all day.
There's many boomers, such as myself that love Em.❤❤
It's fun watching people hearing EM for the first time, also knowing that a lot of things will go over their heads because they don't know the references :))
soo soo soo many references will go over their heads. Its unfortunate because it makes the songs that much better.
I like to see kids learning abt him but really like older reactors bc I know they’ll have the same nostalgic reaction as me 😂
Especially if you never saw Tom Green 😂
@@ck240sx 🤣🤣🤣
@@ck240sx MTV was everything. It was our news station before Jon Stewart. I can remember hearing that Kurt Cobain died from Kurt Loder on MTV News.
They actually did try to cancel him. When he mentions Miss Cheney in the song, it's because VP Dick Cheney's wife tried to get congress to ban him from the airwaves and mtv.
I'm 33 yo and I grew up on Eminem. We (millennials) were definitely blessed. The late '90s and early '00s was the era of prime Hip Hop and Rap, prime Nü Metal, prime R&B and prime Pop music. No bs, no cancel culture, no snowflakes, just freedom, creativity and straight bangers. Miss those days 🔥
Bro got all caught up on the fake booty cheeks for a few minutes straight 😂
The part with him in the fake butt is a nod to Tom Green’s character Buttman from his song “My bun is on ya lips”
Wasn't a take off of Howard Strens Fartman
Oh yeah ! I remember Tom Green ! 😂
Millennials and Gen X.....these people were who grew with Eminem....I'm 45 and I still listen to him.....when he showed up I was 21
It's really crazy to think the Marshall mathers lp is almost 25 years old time flies but it still sounds fresh as hell despite a bunch of outdated references
They tried to cancel Em too. He refused to be cancelled, and a legend was made.
All I can say is this generation growing up is so soft and honestly ill prepared for a world that is hellishly real and unforgiving.
40's too here to salute you.
Em stan since '99.
Peace and love from Romania!
Almost 40 here and same from Australia ❤
This was Eminem's best song back in the day, I'm 35 and grew up on his stuff.
He spoke to white kids the same way 2pac spoke to black kids.
Em is big for us back in the day, his slim Shady days was definitely his best decade. His new stuff is really good too but back in the day Slim was wild like a joker card, just so crazy and we loved it.
Also a lot of the kids we as mileneals knew came from poor broken homes including myself so hearing someone go through stuff like are genaration was big.
Hello, fellow 35 year old who came from a broken family and listened to Eminem a lot. How do you do? 😂
@@eden1909 I do fine thanks 👍
Eminem came out balls to the wall! His 1st album was in '96 with Infinite & '97 he blew up for real. Never listen to clean Eminem. Lots of his fans ages span from, mostly, 40s & 30s... He's a legend for real.
Yeah I was in college in 97 and he was huge overnight all of a sudden.
Will Smith line is iconic.
I grew up on Eminem. Born in 1991. 33 years old in 2024.
Loving your exploration.
I'm 49,my Ma is 67 and we love Eminem
Me and my brother love Em so much I’m 10 he’s 16
I introduced it to my son when he asked what kind of rap I liked to listen to, I remember when he said are you sure you want me to listen to him ? I told him that he didn't want to miss out. I'm 64 my son is 32
I'm 73 and also love Em.
30s? Nah, man, this shit dropped when I was a junior in high school. I’m 42 now. Slim Shady was completely out of control and we loved it!
Master satirist. I'm a 60-something English teacher. Eminem is a genius. I often use some of his songs to illustrate the techniques of poetry. The students then really grasp.
I am a huge fan of his.
W
everyone was trying to shut Eminem down the whole time he just kept telling everyone to Foff - something we don't have enough of these days, everybody's so scared of saying naughty words etc. etc. etc. - I'm so pleased he went a little bit over the 'line' in houdini, I hope he's gonna start really pushing it from here on out cause he's the kind of voice we need right now.
What amazes me is his ability to say every word so clear no matter how fast he raps I can still follow along.
The GOAT. Not arguing about it. Won’t respond. EMINEM ALL DAY! - Slim Shey D.
1999 -He is brilliant and balsy and Gen X raised Millennials on this and now we are singing it with the grandkids Gen Z's And Alphas.
People tried to cancel eminem. We just didn’t have social media so the way it was organized and talked about was different. The US congress talked about him during a hearing 2001 because they didn’t like who was buying and listening to his music. lol
Bro! If you only knew the backstory of all he’s rapping about you would be more surprised. For example, look up Tom Green humping a moose. And look up Tommy Lee and Pam Anderson, and so on. Most of you younger people don’t realize that everything he says has meaning if you look it up.
Tom Greens The Bum Bum song is what he was referencing.
Tom green is a Legend.
I'm 35 & I love both Slim Shady era & his era now (2020s)
was born in 1965 love eminem he was hilarious for the older generation loved him
Host is too young
I'm echoing a lot of people, I'm sure, but more than one generation claims him. I'm 49 (his age) and Gen X, and we generally claim him first just because he's our age, but his music is loved by Millenials, Gen X, some Boomers, not sure about Gen Y, and Gen Z is somewhere between discovering him/confused by him and totally digging his bars. Em is Gen X all the way - sense of humor (definitely bordering on dark/daring), sarcastic, no-BS, and generally calls it like he sees it without worrying what other people are going to say about his words, thoughts, position, or politics about something. I haven't always agreed with everything he's said, but I've always respected the hell out of him and loved his music. He fought for respect in the Hip Hop community, and he earned his well-deserved place.
In his Houdini video..explains pretty much on how the world is today compared to his early career ..and what he thinks of it
Most of his fan base is now in their forties. He was crushing it in the nineties. I think this video is late 1990s
I like eminen. I grew up listening to him, and I'm a teenager. My sister and brother are 28-26. eminem is their favourite singer/rapper
43 year old here and grew up on Eminem.
Who wants to be a king when you can be a god
My favorite performance of this song is when he performed it at the 2000 MTV music awards.
Many groups tried to cancel him. They failed! 😅
This was from Eminem's second LP. He is the reason for the parental advisory stickers. Because of what he talked about in his first LP; Al Gore and Dick Cheney's Wives went to Congress to have EM's music removed from the radio. Parents that were trying to sensor TV and radio went against Em hard and tried to cancel him before cancel culture existed.
The parental advisory stickers began in the 80's. 2 Live Crew was one of the first to get a parental advisory warning.
Rated EM.
timestamp 5:49: "If you this today the'll definitely come for you and try to shut you down..."
Err, yeah.
* This track was released on April, 2000.
* The following September he was protested by GLAAD at the MTV Awards, a response to which came in 2001 when he dueted "Stan" at the Grammy;'s with none other than his long term friend Elton John.
* Also that September, he was put on blast by Lynne Cheney (yes, soon to be '2nd lady' Lynne Cheney) at a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee (which of course, helped make him 'public enemy number 1' at subsequent Congress hearings)
* By October, Canada was trying to ban him from the country before he could perform a show there.
The way some people reacted to his early career (well, the bit after he created the character of Stan and became popular, anyhow) basically made him impossible to cancel. I'm genuinely not sure he could do anything short of literal murder or a choice to retire that could see him silenced now.
As to how he felt about all this? Well, If you've ever thought that right-wing 'freedom' enthusiast Trump fans might believe they're the first to think the Government is full of crap and letting people down... Well, check out how Eminem felt about all this crap he got from a culture-warring political right even back 15 years ago with the release of 'White America' - th-cam.com/video/RZIzD0ZfTFg/w-d-xo.html
What so few at the time, and even now, seem to have failed to understand is that Shady is a character... a tool though which art is expressed.
They did try to cancel him - He wrote several songs about it, including this one.
9:50 To me, this verse Is the very essence of Eminem, as well as the controversies around him.
How have you NOT heard of eminem
“Makin me wish I were Stevie Wonder” lmfao
I grow up with Eminem/Slim Shady and i'm 41 years old now.😊😅
He can rhyme any word
I just got a image in my head with eminem on sesame street and all I invisi9n is laughter as a result
There were Nature Documentaries that you could catch on the public television channel in the 1980s, and I guess the 90s as well, where they showed the animals mating. It really wasn't a big deal.
He's missing pop Cultural references. The butt cheeks stuff is a satirical commentary on the Tom Green Show and the Bum Bum song. This video is a time capsule of early 2000's
Millennial here who grew up on Eminem and im 40 😂. Em is the goat
I'm in my 20s and I'm an avid Eminem listener been listening to this man since his earlier song the earliest song I can remember hearing was probably this song or another one in the slim shady era
I'm turned 79 today. I love Eminem and so do my 3 grandsons. Great new album. ❤❤❤
Em did this song live on MTV music awards, that's when I first heard it and it warped my fragile little mind forever.
I’m kinda at the cusp between generations, but I think technically I’m part of the earliest millennials. My mom and I watched TRL together pretty much every weekday afternoon (a show on MTV called “Total Request Live” - it was a countdown of the most popular music videos, and had celebrity guests on). These early Eminem songs/videos were very popular, and she definitely enjoyed watching his videos, too. 😂 I would say that cancel culture was actually in its infancy in those days - it just didn’t have a name yet, and the logistics were different. Political correctness was on the rise. Eminem sparked plenty of outrage - he had the FCC and various political figures trying to censor him, had lots of people protesting him at various appearances/performances for being “homophobic.” But the internet had only just begun to become a somewhat widely available tool - most people who did have it still had dial-up, and social media didn’t exist. “Viral” moments didn’t spread through social media, they spread through news broadcasts and newspapers/magazines. Eminem was just so insanely popular, and most people actually appreciated the First Amendment…so he was uncancelable despite a lot of powerful people’s best efforts.
Bless your heart, the MTV award show went right over your head! 😂
Also, Em is Gen X. He’s 54! Millennials claim his new stuff, but his original stuff was all Gen X!
It was great watching your reactions to Eminem. Would like to see more of your Emienem reactions
been listening to eminem since high school in the early 2000s. i loved his honesty. some lyrics are rough in terms of subject but his vulnerability to talk on certain subjects always had my respect. he also didnt care what anyone thought. just did what felt right for him. my favorite is The Way I Am.
I was 18 the 1st time I heard Eminem in 1998!! 💯❣️Been a fan ever since and I like to support artists from my home state...Michigan!! 🫶😈
I liked him from the 90's on, he is brilliant❤
I am 47 yrs old been listening to Em since early 90s
Dude I'm 23 and loved this music since 6
Eminem was crazy famous until 9 years ago and now he fired every fan up with the new song
I forget there are 2 generations that don't know this version of eminem
Got that subscribe from me for the most realest reaction vid. You have such a vibrant honest reaction that i ain't seeing in some of these other guys.
I appreciate that alot
My man, your first pause in the video got me like "yall act like you never seen a white person before" lmao
man get ready his releasing his new album soon and he is gonna go nuts about everything and everyone, hope we see some reactions on this one, also make some more of his older songs some of them are worth your time 🙏
Eminem crosses multiple generations. I grew up listening to Eminem thanks to my Mum (she's now in her mid 50's) who was a massive fan. I am now in my early 30s and my 15 year old daughter is also a fan, as she's grown up with me listening to it.
I was never an Eminem fan but I forgot how dope this song was.
This song came out in 2000. As for age, I am 47 now and started listening to Eminem on the album before this one (Slim Shady LP) in 1999 so at 22 years old. Favorite Eminem song: Without Me.
He's literally the highest paid rapper of all time and you don't know who he is? Have you been living under a rock?
yes
I grew up on Em, I was born in '91 I'm 33. I remember watching his music videos on MTV
My first time coming across your channel. I was a kid when this came out. You didn't see this stuff on TV back then, either 😂 That's why we say the new generation can't cancel Em.
I'm 35 and an early Millenial. So you are correct.
Check out “like you soldiers”, and “til I collapse” those are some good songs too from back in the day too by Eminem
i am 40, this cd came out the summer i turned 18. i was bumping this song in my dorm room
They tried to cancel him from day one. The government, media, religious groups, other rappers and artists and so on. That was 6 years before the iphone came out.
The Rhinos "clapping" was a nature show that would be on regular TV during family TV hour. This kid is so sheltered. LOL!
We’re in our 50’s now…😂😂and still here!
I didn’t really notice Eminiem until he came out on the grammys (?) with all the look alikes. I was kinda impressed everyone cut and bleached their hair 😊
If you want to know the worst of Eminem you need to listen to Kim and Bonnie and Clyde cause like that us his absolute worst and sickest moments ever but theyre fucking amazing songs
I have to apologize to you kids out there. We of Generation X took all the great music and left you all with nothing but crap for that we are truly sorry. But the beautiful thing is it's all recorded so you can tiptoe back through history and see what the real s*** is like
Eminem is also from Generation X. But you're correct, my children came up on this music and they are millennials. However, most Millennials wouldn't have been introduced to this music without their Generation X parents who were bumping it in our cars
I can't wait til society stops being so offended by everything again
People who grew up on Eminem are definitely in their late 30’s up to 40’s
42 and remember the very first CD with the pill on it. I don't know the Eminem today, but I was in high school when he came out and was always a huge fan. So glad to hear Slim is back.
Im almost 33
I’m 27 and I grew up on Eminem since a little kid
He changed the hip hop game when he came out i had never heard anything like it at the time and was blown away
Haha, i remember stading in line for his CD releases. Couldn't just download it or watch it on You tube. Im 45 now and always listened to the original Eminem
I was 14 when Eminem dropped The Slim Shady LP. I feel old now haha.
This came out in 2000.. i was 31 then.. i'm 55 now... back then I had a competition system in my suburban.. 10k watts.. on two 18" subs.. 5k watts on the mids and highs.. this shit slapped.. my wife and I was running around fukkin with strippers doing a bunch of blow.. i owned a successful data networking business.. had the loudest system on the lake on my boat too.. these were great times.. I still have systems in my vehicles.. just using 12's now..
Rated "M" for Marshall
I loved Slim Shady and so glad he's back! Can't wait for the whole album to drop.
1st time I ever heard Eminem was ironically at school (I was in an alternative school that was just up a small hill from the actual high school...I was in the normal school until lunchtime and after lunch had to go to the alternative school until 3pmish)
Our teacher at the alt. school had a tv on in the room and had to go over to the actual school to talk to a teacher about something and while they were gone one of the kids turned the channel to I think MTV where they were playing "My Name Is" I commented on how funny it was and one of the kids told me who it was and what the title was. After school I got my mom to go to Wal-mart and buy the CD and listened to every song on it (and I loved most of them, bought the 2nd and 3rd CD's the moment I knew about them without even knowing what songs were on them, liked almost all of them too.)
I do have to say "clean" versions should not exist...it just defeats a purpose to me lol
I can't say my favorite but my top 5 in no particular order are:
The Real Slim Shady
My Name Is
Without Me
Houdini
Just Lose It
When I'm in a more serious mood those change to:
3A.M.
Kill You
Like Toy Soldiers
Love The Way You Lie
Lose Yourself
When he’s rubbing his bum on the guy’s face say, “my bum is on your face” is a reference to Tom Green’s comedy.
I would say I grew up on Eminem but actually my daughters did as they rode around in the back seat with dad turning it up on the car stereo! I’m still a young 62. In 2000 there was no canceling, only limiting of where it could be played.
I first heard eminem with this music video on Nickelodeon actually 😂😂