Month: November 2005

Eminem has revealed his soft side – by falling for a tiny Chihuahua.
The foul-mouthed rapper reportedly bought the three-month-old puppy – who he has named Smoky – last week, and already loves playing with him and walking him.
A source has revealed the rapper, real name Marshal Mathers, is smitten with his miniature pet. The insider told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper: “Marshall has been having great fun with his puppy and loves taking him for walks.
“Now he can’t remember what life was like before he got the pooch”
Last month the hip-hop star launched a multi-million dollar lawsuit to stop mobile phone companies using his songs as ringtones. Lawyers representing the controversial rapper filed writs in a Detroit court against five firms to prevent them earning money from his music without license.
As well as ringtones, Eminem is also planning to sue karaoke firms who reproduce any of his back catalogue – which includes the worldwide hits ‘Stan’, ‘Just Lose It’ and ‘Mosh’ – without permission and without paying him royalties.
His spokesman said: “This is a big business. We’re talking hundreds of thousands of dollars a year here”

Rating: 4 stars
Mutha, the CEO of Margate Records, has released his Trashed in Detroit EP.
Today you will discover something new in Detroit rap: it is called trash rap.
If you want to understand the spirit of trash rap, you gotta understand how an artist who goes through the most difficult life situations manages to use them to his greatest advantage.
I have learnt from a fellow blogger, Scott, that it is always very useful to do our best wherever we are. This is even the best way to see doors open (spiritually speaking) faster and unexpected blessings come to you. Once I was complaining about the place where I live and even posted a pic of my horrible building. Scott taught me that the best way to advance was to use my willpower and to work the best I could where I am, and to forget about complaining.
In fact, this very spiritual blogger opened my eyes in so many ways. I have understood that even the dirt, the lack of comfort, the noise, the insecurity, the crazy neighbors, literally anything usually viewed as negative could be used to our greatest advantage. I am trying to do so as a writer and I know that this is exactly what Mutha is also trying to do in his Trashed In Detroit EP.
While the subject matter seems to be dark and dirty, Mutha uses his talent and the dirty elements that are at his disposition to come up with a brand new rapping style. The listener will certainly be impressed with Mutha’s rapid flow delivery.
So what makes Mutha’s Trashed In Detroit EP CD so much interesting?
Mutha comes up with an original style and describes the dirtiness and harshness of the living conditions from an unsigned emcee’s point of view.
Here We Go introduces the CD. Rhythmic drums and keyboard heartbeats alike sounds will allow you to step into Mutha’s universe.
The speedy words he spits on his mic perfectly reflect an aspiring emcee’s fight. Mutha is in the house, ready to take over with his mic.
Catchy beats, tight rhymes and a solid sense of humor make Get Trashed, the second track of the album, very enjoyable.
« This is my definition, I got a ambition can I get your permission to be a musician?» is just the beginning of a storm of words brought to you by Mutha with a very nice flow delivery.
Come taste a real nice trash rap while listening to The Hitman. Just sit back and relax as the words invade your space and move your head while the beat kicks as a invite to rock on the track.
The hitman, the man who gets trained to kill people and who makes a living out of his dirty business is talking on this murderous track.
If you want to test him, you might meet him in hell.
Drunk All Day And Night, track Nr 6 nicely introduces you into a bar while the piano plays remind you of the inside dramas of many alcoholics.
Mutha’s CD is a piece of poignant ghetto reality that he manages to describe with an amazing sense of reality.
The ugly is told with very descriptive words and a good sense of humor.
Follow the fight of an unsigned emcee who blessed the mic with his rapid flow and well handled words.
The Detroit ghetto is fully represented in its harsh reality. Blunts, weapons, alcoholism, murderers, but also great lyricism are part of its landscape.
Mutha manages to create a special atmosphere while describing ghetto reality. Hip hop lovers will enjoy a CD that is made of good lyrics and very rhythmic tracks. Go discover the gifted emcee from the 313 here.

EastWiq is a talent from New Jersey who will bring you back to the true meaning of the word hip hop . The 19 year old Andrew John Wickenheisser II aka Eastwiq puts his heart into his innovative and energetic style that you will find nowhere else.
Representing Montville, New Jersey, with pride, the young man defeats enemies and fake thugs quickly. Constantly challenging his opponents with confidence, sharp-worded, knifelike, Eastwiq uses words and syllables as surgical instruments.
His skillful performance will certainly hold your interest.
Eastwiq has recently released his Renegade EP and offers you the possibility to preview 4 tracks.
If I Died Tanite starts with a very joyful and entertaining melody, melting joy and pain. Clarinet notes combined with violins marry joy and pain in a very subtle manner.
Reflecting both elements, joy and pain, this very melodic track will probably remind some listeners of Jewish folk melodies.
How would you react if truth-spitter Eastwiq died tonight? Would you cry or rejoice? The energetic track is irresistible and got me hooked immediately.
Don’t get bend is introduced by rapid piano sounds, some rhythmic claps. Eastwiq manages to capture his listeners’ attention with words that flood heavily and abundantly.
Lyrically, Eastwiq’s work is impressing. No doubt that he has a high level of skills. Enjoy his wordplays while musicians fiddle.
Nice instrumentals, nice lyrics and a mastered flow delivery make the New Jersey Emcee very enjoyable.
Currently signed to Blast Media Music Management, Eastwiq belongs to the new generation of emcees who have some real hip hop to offer to their listeners. Open your ears and listen to Eastwiq here.

…but it looks like several of my former posts disappeared…i’ll re-post them once again:)

I am writing this article in reaction to the numerous comments on my Eminem blog regarding Eminem’s email, phone number and crib. I am getting sick of you people who don’t understand that :
1) I am not Eminem. I am Isabelle, a freelance music journalist who has studied Eminem’s life story and music in depth and who wants to share her passion for Eminem, Detroit rap and hip hop in general with all of her readers. As much as I appreciate most of your comments, I really hate it when some obsessed freaks either think they are talking to Marshall Mathers directly or that they will obtain his email by visiting my website.
2)You fools! Just a little reminder: I don’t know Eminem personally and I swear that if I did, you’d get no personal info regarding Marshall.
Why? Because I respect him and because I fully understand how much fame is a heavy burden to handle for him.
3)Do you realize that Eminem has thousands of fools chasing him like you do and his dream is to get rid of all of them? Obsessed freaks, you are a nuisance to Marshall Mathers, do you eventually get it?
Also, I am getting really sick and tired of the high number of fools coming to my personal website, telling me one after the other that they are Eminem’s « biggest fan », that they cannot live without him and that they will travel to the USA to live with him. Damnit, you scary people who flood my mailbox are insane. I wanted to barf after reading your messages.
You love Eminem? Then leave the man alone. That’s the best you could do for him.
Do you even understand the messages he leaves in his music?
Eminem recently released a song called When I’m Gone in which he expressed how much he suffered from being separated from his family and how much his public life was a burden to him!
It looks like Eminem is exhausted mentally and you crazy Stans contribute to make him feel worse. A daddy needs to spend some time with his daughter. No matter if he is famous or not, to his daughter he is not Eminem, he is just a regular man named Marshall Mathers.
Never has an artist made me feel that close to him as Eminem did with his music and what I felt while listening to his most recent track was a family father pleading for the crowd to let him go and spend some time with his beloved ones.
Won’t you allow Marshall a peace of mind? It is high time you realized he ain’t « yours » and that his family needs him.
Love the music, but for Goodness’ sake, let the man live his life!

You gotta love the tenderness that is expressed in that pic:)

When I tumbled across Eminem’s underground work recently, I admit that I became quite nostalgic while listening to the music and having a look at the astute lyrics, wordplays and numerous punch lines I rediscovered. I like the Slim Shady psychotic character, because it also refers to our own shady side, our unrevealed and mad thoughts.
I like the threat he actually represented to conventional and conservative people. I enjoyed exploring the madness and murderous mind of Slim Shady. The lines, the rhymes, the insanity of his Edgar Allan Poe alike tales combined with some good dark humor, all those elements made the day of so many avid fans.
At the end of his Encore CD, Eminem killed this evil alter ego.
What now? I think you gave many of your fans something to complain about. What about a rapid resurrection of your evil alter ego? For your fans sake, I think you gotta do something, Marshall!
Because we want Slim back! What about resurrecting your evil alter ego?
I recently visited some « Shade 45 » my space account that is supposed to promote Eminem’s radio. I was quite shocked while reading the account owner’s statements on his personal blog:
« This is not Eminem
This myspace page is just to help promote SHADE 45. Oh and one more thing to all yall muthafuckaz sayin Eminem need to go back to his old style he was so much better then and all that type of bull shit! EAT A FAT DICK!! SHADY AFTERMATH AND G-UNIT BITCH! »
What a « delicate attention » towards people who don’t share the same opinion as his. What an impressing demonstration of intelligence, I am rolling on the floor, laughing right now.
First of all, this dude is unable to spell, which gives a very bad impression about the site.
Second, I think that he totally misrepresents Shade 45 that is all about freedom of speech. I am deeply convinced that Eminem would not bash fans who prefer his former style.
I do think that many Eminem fans’ preference for Eminem’s former style is totally justified. Why? Simply because you won’t find the same structured and beautiful lyrical effort he put in his former underground and mainstream work in his current work. Compare Just Lose It and Ass Like That with Drug Ballad and with Biterphobia and you will figure it out.
I have bought Eminem’s recent Anger Management III mixtape and I admit being quite disappointed compared to what he is really capable of…
G Unit? What do I think about G Unit? You really wanna know? G Unit are a bunch of mediocre commercial rappers who sell records, but who don’t make real quality hip hop.
To me, being a supportive Eminem fan doesn’t mean that I have to follow all of the artists he supports. He probably has his reasons to support 50 Cent and G Unit, but I think that the direction their music took is all about making money and selling records, but not about pleasing their listeners with some real good hip hop.
You are not forced to agree with my statements. However, my integrity about how I feel is more important to me than what you might think. I owe my readers the truth about how I feel about an artist and his music.
In conclusion, I want Slim Shady back! Yes, I wanna hear the incredible lyrical master and the amazing story teller over and over again, because I never could get enough of him.
Eminem is a brilliant artist who can do better than Encore. It is all up to him, but I sincerely hope he will revise his judgment about Slim Shady or come up with something new, but very lyrical.
The beauty of rap music lies in an astute combination of rhythm and rhymes, hot beats and instrumental backgrounds, not in playing it cool with big cars and hoes and endorsing the role of someone you are not.
I think that the qualities I always admired most in Eminem were his integrity and his passion. I hope he will never let the flame die out.

Expect me to comment on it very soon:)

I apologize to all of my readers…my blog has been down for several days due to a virus. Thanks to Gavin Sheridan, the problem has been fixed and you will be able to read me as usual:)