001PIC.COM: Eminem

Interview on Launch.com
By Billy Johnson Jr

LAUNCH: There are some interesting styles of hip-hop coming from the Detroit area. Is it a coincidence that artists like you, Kid Rock, and Insane Clown Posse--groups that are totally different musically--come from the same region?

EMINEM: Being from Detroit and being on some different sh-t, I don't think it's a coincidence. You've got the East Coast and you've got the West Coast. The East Coast is predominantly known for lyrics and the West Coast is predominantly known for gangsta sh-t, you know what I'm sayin'? Detroit is in between both of them. So when you mix the two, you get something crazy. Kid Rock, Esham, and myself are influenced by both coasts, so when you blend the two of them together, you get some different sh-t. Which is cool. That's what it's supposed to be. We're not supposed to sound like we're from either coast. I want my sh-t to sound like it's somewhere in the middle, which it is.

LAUNCH: Has there been a resolution to the feud between you and Insane Clown Posse?

EMINEM: I don't think I take the beef as seriously as they do, because I don't consider them artists. They look at me as an artist. I think they get more uptight about it. I can look at them and laugh. They can't do anything to me. What can they do to me? They have no credibility, no respect, no talent, they have nothing. All they can do is dis me vocally, they can't dis me lyrically. There's nothing they can do to me as far as the music goes. I don't take it as seriously as they do and I think that frustrates them. I think it's funny.

interview by Hip-Hop.com

HHC: Can you introduce yourself?
Eminem: My name is "dickhead". This whole rap game sucks and I just want to die right now. Nah, my name is Eminem and I'm from Detroit, Michigan.

HHC: How long have you been in the hip-hop scene?
Eminem: I've been in it since I was 9 years old when Ice-T came out with "Reckless". Once I heard that I got hooked

HHC: How are things moving with this new fame?
Eminem: The shit is moving at a fast pace. Its kind of scary sometimes. I've seen people shoot straight to the top and then fall down to the bottom. I've been in this game for a minute, but I'm not a new MC at this. I've been an MC for a while. When the second video took off the way it did, it was like what's happening. I've worked so long and hard to get this and its happening. It doesn't seem real to me yet. I'm just a regular mother fucker. I'm Marshall Mathers before I'm Slim Shady, before I'm Eminem, before I'm anybody.

Interview on Freep.com
by Mc Collum

MCCOLLUM: You say on "The Way I Am" that "I'm not gonna be able to top 'My Name Is.' " Here you've sold four million records in five weeks. Guess you proved yourself wrong.
EMINEM: When I wrote that song the label was really stressing me for a first single. I had my whole album just about finished. I went up to Interscope and played it for everybody. But everybody was saying they didn't feel like I had a leadoff single -- they were all second singles, like "Stan" and "Criminal." That's when I wrote "The Way I Am," right after we had that meeting. I was feeling the frustration and pressure of like trying to top "My Name Is." So instead of giving them "The Real Slim Shady," which I ended up writing at the last minute right before my deadline -- thank God -- I gave 'em that song. I just let it out. It was a message to the label, a message to everybody, to get off my f------ back

Despite all your success last year, it doesn't sound like you've found much peace. In fact, it seems quite the opposite.
You gotta be careful what you wish for. I always wished and hoped for this. But it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.

In what way?
In every aspect: not being able to walk down the street anymore, people not treating me like a normal human being anymore. I miss going to the park and playing basketball. I was never that person who wanted big cars and Benzes. All I really wanted to do was have a career in hip-hop and be successful

Interview by Sonicnet.com

Eminem: The last couple of weeks have been ... I guess hectic. I really can't go into any legal things. Hectic is the best answer I can give you. A little rough, I guess.

sonicnet.com: What's it like being at the top of your game professionally, to have the biggest opening sales week for a solo artist in history, and then —

Eminem: — It's horrible, it sucks, and I wish it didn't happen to me. Nah, I mean, what else can I say? Of course it feels good. I realize I'm hot now, and I guess I gotta just ride the wave. It feels good to be where I'm at musically. I couldn't ask for anything more, I guess. Could I? Nah, I couldn't. Career-wise, everything is going good.

sonicnet.com: But you've had such extremes. At the same time you're having this historical success, you lost your freedom; you were in jail. What's it like to be going through something like that professionally, and then personally, you really hit a rough spot?

Eminem: [looks down] Yeah, I did. It's shitty — what else can I say? It feels good to be where I'm at musically. And my personal life, I guess, ain't goin' so hot. I really can't get into all the details right now, until all my legal shit is worked out, but you know, it's been a rough couple of weeks. I guess I should be celebrating but at the same time I guess I really can't. I should be celebrating, but do I really have anything to celebrate about? Not really. So I'm just trying to take things as they come. I think being on this tour is probably the best thing for me to get my mind off what's going on in my personal life.

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