That is the title for the interview with Marshall Mather's on this weeks cover of Rolling Stone. As we all know, Em' really has been through hell and back. So have a few of my dearest friends and with this album, Recovery, we all came together and talked about what an impact it made on us. Whether we were clean, relapsing, or detoxing, we are all in this lifetime process called Recovery. It's a hard thing to explain because unless you're also in recovery, because it's like talking to a wall trying to make people understand(no offense). Eminem did this amazingly using music as his outlet his past 2 albums and I can say that they have changed my life. And a full blown Eminem addict! So this goes out to my boys and girls who've been there and know how to understand and decipher Marshall's interviews. God bless.
Eminem has never moved from Detroit. He's a self called "creature of habit". With this he has his very tight close group of friends, his 3 daughters. Alana being Kim's sister's daughter, Halie being his child he had with Kim, and Whitney(his youngest) from Kim's ex marriage. Yes, I know that all sounded strange but as soon as Em' got any kind of money he basically picked up and saved everyone that needed it. He doesn't want anyone to have to grow up the way he did. He even legally adopted his little brother so his brother could get a shot at a normal life that Marshall never got to experience.
He thrives on his struggles and takes it out on his infamous albums. Recovery is an honest to God truthful tale of what all this shit is like that people in recovery deal with everyday. The 1st time I listened to it I cried because I felt as though he was talking to me and in a way he was. Like saving me everytime I slip. Just to give a shout out and since I write about Em in a lot of my blogs, I will still say this one again........go get this album if you don't have it. And listen to it the whole way through and believe me after that you won't be stressing about bullshit drama or like ***** would say "fucking stink bugs!"
That's why we sing for these kids, who don't have a thing
Except for a dream, and a fuckin' rap magazine
Who post pin-up pictures on their walls all day long
Idolize they favorite rappers and know all they songs
Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in their lives
Till they sit and they cry at night wishin' they'd die
Till they throw on a rap record and they sit, and they vibe
We're nothin' to you but we're the fuckin' shit in they eyes
Eminem has never moved from Detroit. He's a self called "creature of habit". With this he has his very tight close group of friends, his 3 daughters. Alana being Kim's sister's daughter, Halie being his child he had with Kim, and Whitney(his youngest) from Kim's ex marriage. Yes, I know that all sounded strange but as soon as Em' got any kind of money he basically picked up and saved everyone that needed it. He doesn't want anyone to have to grow up the way he did. He even legally adopted his little brother so his brother could get a shot at a normal life that Marshall never got to experience.
He thrives on his struggles and takes it out on his infamous albums. Recovery is an honest to God truthful tale of what all this shit is like that people in recovery deal with everyday. The 1st time I listened to it I cried because I felt as though he was talking to me and in a way he was. Like saving me everytime I slip. Just to give a shout out and since I write about Em in a lot of my blogs, I will still say this one again........go get this album if you don't have it. And listen to it the whole way through and believe me after that you won't be stressing about bullshit drama or like ***** would say "fucking stink bugs!"
Road Back From Hell
He begins with saying "what's up man? I'm Marshall". In conversation he's thoughtful and polite, albeit not in a way you'd mistake for friendliness. He's currently going through a Diet Coke obsession causing many bathroom breaks throughout the interview. He also admits to having a bit of OCD, which is pretty normal for any addict because you always have to be in control of something. This builds comfort(at least I know for me) that no matter what I am able to take the simplest thing and make it mine. When bored I switch to another obsession. As you probably know, Marshall lost his best friend Desaun, and while he was already really bad into his habit, after the death of Proof it left Eminem to enter a downward spiral. He admits that he was soo high at Desaun's funeral that it disgusts him but he just couldn't deal. He is now 2 1/2 years sober and feels as though he is on top of the world. And in a way he actually is but you wouldn't know it. He doesn't ride the fame game, clubs, dating actresses, or anything else that most of those in fame endure. He lives in a gated community right outside of Detroit with his 3 girls and goes to work in his state of the art studio he built right outside of his home. In the song "Going Through Changes", Em' touches on this. "That song is about my addiction, and my mind frame at the time. I don't feel like a recluse now. I do go out and do things-it's just hard. You have to take people with you for safety and it's just a pain in the ass. When I didn't have an album out for four/five years, I could go to the gas station, go paces and not get recognized. It was a really good feeling. That may sound weird because I do try to get peoples attention with my music, but I am not an attention seeker. When I'm not Eminem, I'm just Marshall-it's hard."
One being a Role Model: "Whatever I can be to people is fine. Some people may look up to me. Some people may consider me a fucking menace. But I am grateful for every fan letter I get, and for every person who says I helped save them."
To read the full article please go purchase Rolling Stone. It's something that will ultimately bring you right back down to earth and for those that "had to go to that place to get to this place".
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-Ohh yeah and if you don't already know or haven't heard him say this, he will fully admit to being crazy and out of his mind. But what genious artist isn't? Think about the song "Stan". You have to be absolutly insane to come up with that shit! I love you Doody!
That's why we sing for these kids, who don't have a thing
Except for a dream, and a fuckin' rap magazine
Who post pin-up pictures on their walls all day long
Idolize they favorite rappers and know all they songs
Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in their lives
Till they sit and they cry at night wishin' they'd die
Till they throw on a rap record and they sit, and they vibe
We're nothin' to you but we're the fuckin' shit in they eyes
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