Eminem’s VIBE Feature Excerpt
” ‘My doctor told me those mysterious new pills were methadone, which is used to wean heroin addicts off dope. Had I known it was methadone, I probably wouldn’t have taken it. But as bad as I was back then, I can’t even say 100 percent for sure. My doctor told me the amount of methadone I’d taken was equivalent to shooting up four bags of heroin. Even when they told me I almost died, it didn’t click.’ After detoxing, Eminem suffered a knee injury that required surgery, but because of his recent drug abuse, he was not prescribed painkillers. He recalls, ‘I started looking around my house to see if I had a stash box of Vicodin…I’m ransacking my house, finally find something in the basement, in a little napkin, seven and a half Vicodin—the big extra strength ones—and a few Valium.’ The rapper soon relapsed for the second time and finally admitted to himself he was an addict. ‘It never once hit me that drug addiction runs in my family. Now that I understand that I’m an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.’ ”
“ ‘I wanted to make an overall statement—I’m back. It was a slow process. You gotta remember I hadn’t recorded a song sober in seven years. So it took me awhile to even feel like I could record a song sober…I don’t know the last time I shot a video sober, without drinking or taking anything. It’s been years.” He continues, ‘I almost feel like a little kid again with rap. I wanna play around with different flows. If I don’t feel like it’s what I’m fully capable of, if there’s one weak line, I wanna change it. Rap was my drug. It used to get me high and then it stopped getting me high. Then I had to resort to other things to make me feel that…now rap’s getting me high again.’”
Spotted @ RR
May 4th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
t was a real soulful event. He definitely gained a fan that night.
^
u have no idea how many YTs come up to me telling me they seent k’naan at lollaplooza or this record store or that music fesitval and then they copped the album and now they love him
he’s that real old school type artist who took a different approach. he makes it easy for u to fall in love with his music just by stumbling on it
i played it for my wife this morning and when she heard him rap in somali she was like “ok this kid is amazing”
everyone i play the album for becomes a raving lunatic for dude
and he didn’t wait long to release the album. he didn’t do 17 mixtapes and mixtape mondays and start a beef with charles hamilton etc etc etc like the other new cats
he just said fuck it, here’s the album i hope u like it
and low and behold – everybody likes it
mashallah. that’s a great, talented brother
May 4th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
TRUE BLOOD >
^^
Definetly a dope show. Have not, and will never see Twilight tho, lol.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Damn homey
May 4th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
@ fux nah i didn’t cop the air yeez but fuck nike for doing such a limited run of all three pairs
what you’re supposed to do is make the first one limited, the second one a general release, and then the third one limited but not too limited
but to make all three so limited that you have to camp for 4 days to get a pair — nike can go fuck themselves for that
May 4th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
b-ease Says:
May 4th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
TRUE BLOOD >
^^
Definetly a dope show. Have not, and will never see Twilight tho, lol.
**Co-sign…once I heard that the vampires “sparkle” when exposed to sunlight, I was out (none)….
May 4th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
once I heard that the vampires “sparkle” when exposed to sunlight, I was out (none)….
^^
lmao, *daps Ike*
May 4th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
what you’re supposed to do is make the first one limited, the second one a general release, and then the third one limited but not too limited
^^^^^
yo I wanted the black jawns soo bad after seeing them. Fuck Nike
May 4th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
But its a pain in the ass to call them
^
bloopy bloopy sprint dude in bombay: “ELLO OW ARE U DOING SUH MY NAME IS REGINALD OW CAN I ELP U”
chea: “nah nicca u ain’t reginald.”
May 4th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Is there any buzz on this album? Doesnt really seem to be. I mean, I know Em’s gonna do his numbers, but did time really pass him by? Is he still…(wait for it) relevant???
May 4th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
**Co-sign…once I heard that the vampires “sparkle” when exposed to sunlight, I was out (none)….
^^^^^^
lmao
May 4th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
b-ease Says:
May 4th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Is there any buzz on this album? Doesnt really seem to be. I mean, I know Em’s gonna do his numbers, but did time really pass him by? Is he still…(wait for it) relevant???
**we’re not his target audience…I’ll bet he got he MTV side of the internets going nuts (none)
May 4th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Good afternoon peoples…b-ease, Chase, icon, chea, Fux, etc.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
# b-ease Says:
May 4th, 2009 at 2:31 pm e
Is there any buzz on this album? Doesnt really seem to be. I mean, I know Em’s gonna do his numbers, but did time really pass him by? Is he still…(wait for it) relevant???
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Yes. I can tell you from the ASTOUNDING views for both Em videos on onsmash compared to other our videos.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
I guess the Eminem turning into Elvis rumors were true. I’m a little disappointed he’s not 300lbs (ll), but him looking like a bull dyke is funny enough I guess.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
CiCiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ***hugs**
May 4th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Yes. I can tell you from the ASTOUNDING views for his video on onsmash compared to other our videos.
^^
Word. I can accept that.
*daps and hugs cici*
May 4th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
True Blood >>>>>>
But Sookie got to be the dumbest bitch on tv
May 4th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
the Black Chick on True Blood is brolic buff beautiful flawless
May 4th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
*gets on the cover of vibe*
*goes from 27year old male to looking like a young 13yr old swedish boy*
May 4th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
He’s still relevant cause white people will always support his shit to make him the new elvis. Fuck them hunkeys. Their trying to steal our music. We not fucking with people who lack melonin in 09.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
if u made ur best music as a drug addict its pretty much guaranteed ur sober shit is gonna suck
May 4th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
# Big Homie Says:
May 4th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
To Digital:
I hear you still talking after I ethered you last week
Respect the asian boy when Im on Nah as I speak
Fuck you man I will body you with no hesitation
Wait til Cinco De Mayo you will be taken away by immigration.
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I don’t even know why im battling this panhandling mandarin asian
This nigga used to man handle pandas is cages for gambling wages
Talking immigration, you used to work on railroads
Dissing your moms at the nail store to go to pharrell shows
May 4th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
i met a bosnian cat yesterday who fought in the war against the serbs and his ratchet has mad bodies on it, like he bodied whole squadrons of serbs and now he works a 9-5 as a janitor here in chicago. good brother
he got me thinking, will there be more dudes like k’naan. cats in other countries that been in real wars that can rap about the horror of war or being a pirate etc [||]
because that shit is hard as hell, way harder than this byrd gang/skull gang fake hollyhood gangster type shit. most fans know that the dudes rapping these days never even been involved in street crime, they just rap about guns for fun and because it rhymes well. but these cats seen real carnage. plus they can get huge followings overseas. i wonder if this will catch on
May 4th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
wow @ Cam dedicating whole verses to sleep’s wifey.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
The Shot Clock aka servin through my burglar bars Says:
May 4th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
if u made ur best music as a drug addict its pretty much guaranteed ur sober shit is gonna suck
^This. This was also unfortunately true for Ol Dirty
May 4th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
My personal trainer pushed me too hard no homo. I told that nigga that shit was too heavy, now I can’t turn my head to the left.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
“your girl an ex dust junkie, but her butt donkey, keeping it just funky, she a slut monkey…”
May 4th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
lmao eskay
May 4th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Em looks real Terminator 2 on that flick…ol “Have you seen this boy” lookin’ ass nigga….
May 4th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
CiCi Whats good.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
the best cam skit ever was when he was with the chick who took a shit and came skrate back to bed with no cleansing of the anus. just poop and back under the comforter. classic.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
sleep Says:
May 4th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
My personal trainer pushed me too hard no homo. I told that nigga that shit was too heavy, now I can’t turn my head to the left.
^I don’t care how many disclaimers this has…
AYO!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
i wonder if this will catch on
^^
i dont know K’naan’s story but i would guess pirates or soldiers from poor non english speaking countries aren’t a demographic thats prone to rappin.
plus, its tough for foreign rappers to be accepted in the States…I bet K’naan’s music stay in the “World Music” section
May 4th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
*fights for chechnya*
*bodies half a dozen infants*
*rapes no one*
May 4th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Geronimo P Says:
May 4th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
sleep Says:
May 4th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
My personal trainer pushed me too hard no homo. I told that nigga that shit was too heavy, now I can’t turn my head to the left.
^I don’t care how many disclaimers this has…
AYO!!!
***LOL…
May 4th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Yasser Pair-a-gats Says:
May 4th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
the best cam skit ever was when he was with the chick who took a shit and came skrate back to bed with no cleansing of the anus. just poop and back under the comforter. classic.
^Yo bretheren, ya ah mingle with my poom poom star. Rude bwoy shottas nah play dem games star!!!
hahahahahaha
May 4th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Farouq (ya thats my government) aka Nah’s Ving Rames in Baby Boy Says:
May 4th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
*fights for chechnya*
^
*daps*
fuck russia
May 4th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
the funny thing is..
teenagers are hooked on legal pills more than they are any of the illegal drugs
May 4th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
The Shot Clock aka servin through my burglar bars Says:
May 4th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
the funny thing is..
teenagers are hooked on legal pills more than they are any of the illegal drugs
**There’s a funny headline/article in the Onion…”Is Your Babysitter on YOUR Drugs?”, LOL…
May 4th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
why they make Em look like a wax figurine in every photoshoot now a days??
May 4th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
lol @are the roots too black for jimmy fallon headline.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
shade’s back back again
relapse’s slim shady trully soon
people must know that’s dead
eminem’s back
May 4th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
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