... I needed an excuse to let go of all this rage, this dark humor, the pain, and the happiness" (Angry Blonde 003). In his song "Cleanin' Out My Closet", Eminem mentions watching his mother as she becomes addicted to prescription pills. Many artists write songs reflecting upon their past or ... of Eminem's enemies can relate to this (Walsh 1). Eminem was constantly teased for being a white boy in a mostly black neighborhood and attempting to rap along with them. Not only does Eminem's past childhood have an impact on his songs, the situation with his wife also adds to the controversy. ... l...

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... , & A Guilty Conscience "My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge..."- "Criminal", from "The Marshall Mathers LP" An average rap artist wouldn't be able to grace the covers of VIBE, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and Spin while on a national tour months before their ... haunting to the tortured youth. Without stability finding friends and staying out of trouble became all but impossible. Yet the one solace he discovered was rap music. Even while dropping out of high school and working several full time, low pay jobs, he kept an unwavering focus on his music. ... Mathers LP" Ev...

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... Versace who was a homosexual, and calling many of his enemies things like "faggots" and "homos." He also had his usual discussion about drugs including a song called "Drug Ballad" and another song in which he claims he was high when he wrote it. He also stretched the limits of his lyrics when he described in a couple of his ... the center of the media and it played right into his hands on this album as he went multi-platinum again and is one of the most successful rap artists of all time. The claims he makes on this album aren't the literal claims in the issues he talks about, but inste...

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