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Item of the day: Eminem – “The Way I Am” [Book]

Iconic hip-hop artist Eminem shares his private reflections, drawings, handwritten lyrics, and photographs in his New York Times bestseller titled “The Way I Am.”

Fiercely intelligent, relentlessly provocative, and prodigiously gifted, Eminem is known as much for his enigmatic persona as for being the fastest-selling rap artist and the first rapper to ever win an Oscar. Everyone wants to know what Eminem is really like-after the curtains go down. In The Way I Am, Eminem writes candidly, about how he sees the world. About family and friends; about hip-hop and rap battles and his searing rhymes; about the conflicts and challenges that have made him who he is today.

Illustrated with more than 200 full-color and black-and-white photographs-including family snapshots and personal Polaroids, it is a visual self-portrait that spans the rapper’s entire life and career, from his early childhood in Missouri to the basement home studio he records in today, from Detroit’s famous Hip Hop Shop to sold-out arenas around the globe. Readers who have wondered at Em’s intricate, eye- opening rhyme patterns can also see, first-hand, the way his mind works in dozens of reproductions of his original lyric sheets, written in pen, on hotel stationary, on whatever scrap of paper was at hand. These lyric sheets, published for the first time here, show uncut genius at work. Taking readers deep inside his creative process, Eminem reckons with the way that chaos and controversy have fueled his music and helped to give birth to some of his most famous songs (including “Stan,” “Without Me,” and “Lose Yourself”).

Providing a personal tour of Eminem’s creative process, The Way I Am has been hailed as “fascinating,” “compelling,” and “candid.” You can shop the book below:

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Nas mimics Eminem’s “The Way I Am” rhyme scheme on a new song

Nas is back with the third installment of his Hit-Boy-produced King’s Disease series.

The East Coast legend began teasing the project back in 2021, right after he gifted hip-hop fans with his 15th studio album, called Magic. Nasir rapped on the track called “Ugly”: “I’m on offense every day until I see the love/KD3 on the way, this just to feed the buzz.”

One of the most shining tracks on the album is “Thun,” where Nas references his past conflict with JAY-Z, admitting he occasionally texts Hov joking about how their rivalry “ain’t over.”

“No beef or rivals, they playing ‘Ether’ on TIDAL / Brothers can do anything when they decide to / In a Range Rover, dissecting bars from ‘Takeover’ / Sometimes I text Hova like, ‘N–ga, this ain’t over,’ laughing,” he raps.

The first track of the album “Ghetto Reporter” is also one of the album highlights. In the track, Nas interpolates Eminem‘s flow from “The Way I Am” during rapping the following lines: “The audacity, masterfully crafted these classics, so naturally, Had to be Nasty back at it..” It mimics the flow and rhyme schemes of “The Way I Am” intro: ““I sit back with this pack of Zig-Zag’s and this bag…”

You can bump all both tracks below. And make sure to check out Nas’ new album KD3, which already is the album of the year candidate.

Professor discusses Eminem’s “The Way I Am” verse at University lecture (Video)

Yesterday, the video of a professor reading and rapping Eminem’s “The Way I Am” verse has surfaced online.

Supposedly, the professor  is teaching his students “Anapestic Tetrameter,” which is a poetic meter that has four anapestic metrical feet per line and “The Way I Am” looks to be the perfect example for it.

Unfortunately, the uploader did not concrete which University was it, nor the name of a professor but Stans look very pleased.

Check out the video and some of the reactions of fans below:

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