D-12's "My Band"

the competition isn't exactly stiff.

"Lose Yourself" video? I was in the back!
"Superman" video? I was in the back!

have always found this song kind of fascinating, out of proportion to its actual musical qualities (which are sort of hamstrung by the dinky "comical" type Mathers beat), and running mainly off the provocative-but-stillborn concept of a black group, headed by a white star, rapping extensively about how this kind of sucks. If it weren't all kind of inoculated by the "just kiddin, folks!" vibe of the backing track and especially the video, we might be looking back on this as a spine-tingling hard-hitter. Not to say I would prefer it with the alternative, the deadening head-nod of a "serious" type Mathers beat, but this is basically the sister song to "White America" even if it doesn't go far enough in addressing how Eminem has benefited, narrative cred-wise, from the visible proximity to this group of black male buddies. (Not to say he was working with them only for the sake of his cred or anything like that - just that, in practical terms, it probably did help, and the Em of "White America" would have been totally aware of (but not excited about) those facts....

love this song, good post

Em officially lost me when his next single wasn't called "My Salsa"

lol yes

i have to wonder if his drug use was at its height during this era

I believe some purple pills were possibly in circulation.

the funniest thing was that D12 toured in support of this album w/o Eminem and promotions of shows kind of had to take pains to make clear he wouldn't be there so there wouldn't be tons of disappointed kids or ticket refunds and whatnot. iirc they even performed this song on TV w/o Em and the "fuck Marshall" part became kind of chant between lines throughout the song.

Didn't Bizarre leave D12 and strike out on his own?

Yeah, this song/video always pwned

it appears there's only 4 people left in D12 now, but it's not like it matters

What the hell is wrong with that dressing room
Cause my shit is looking smaller than a decimal

we may have to do a lyrics poll of this song

bizarre put out a dope song w/in the past year -- i forget what it's called but it was predictably disgusting/hilarious

we may have to do a lyrics poll of this song

― some dude, Monday, August 27, 2012 8:57 AM Bookmark

Easy win IMO:

We ain't a band, bitch, we don't play instruments
So why he get 90 and we only get 10 percent?

xp was it the nicki minaj one?

kuniva and kon artist arguing is the best part

"Man, I was about to talk, right after you!"

All I did was read a Russell Simmons book
So I'm more intact, tryna get on the map
Doin' jumping jacks whilin' get whipped on my back

We need to poll this against "Purple Pills" and Obie's "Got Some Teeth"

"Purple Pills" would get my vote but mainly just for Proof's "roll away like a rollerblade til my eyes roll back in my skull for days."

"Got Some Teeth" best beat, "Purple Pills" best lyrics

holy moly derriere

someone must have a gif of bizarre dropping from the ceiling in the 50 cent workout lab

Was "My Salsa" supposed to be a "Milkshake" joke btw? Can't remember the chronology.

haha no

i mean it did come out after it so maybe? just never occurred to me

of course its a milkshake joke!