Eminem is not one song, one album , or even one decade. His career arc is possibly one of the most interesting and unusual rap careers of any artist. It intertwines with multiple generations , multiple styles, different political and social issues in America of different time periods, and is a story of personal growth, overcoming adversity from both sides of the different classes in America, in different eras, and putting his world view into a digestable and entertaining product. When I hear youngns calling Eminem trash and cherry picking one line from one song to make their point, I wonder what happened to the critical thinking ability of people in this country - whatever you think of his style, theres no doubt that hes a complex figure and without his contributions, Rap may not be what it is today, and many other areas of society also. This takes nothing away from other greats, Eminem is just a one of one artist.

@KeepingIt-vi9xv

2 жыл бұрын

Genuinely for those that don’t like or don’t think Eminem is the best, I just ask them to listen to his catalogue. Not just 1 album or a few songs here and there. Some of ems best bars are on random ass songs that never made an album. People just need to listen to understand the greatness

@Bigrig_trmc

2 жыл бұрын

Facts!!!

@justcash5383

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah you can teach an entire college course on Eminem anywhere from the six to seven syllable rhymes the double and triple entendres the way he can paint a picture with just his words you know I might be biased coming out of a drug addictive household and everything buht like shid he probably is the best rapper alive

@dynamait

2 жыл бұрын

This was articulated so carefully and unbiased imo. I’m not even sure if you’re a fan or not lol but you spoke all facts. That’s how well this was put-together. Salute! 🙌🏻

@jvd1983rmd

2 жыл бұрын

Word homie

When he begins the “I’m fed up with being humble…” bit, chills every time

@BurgoYT

2 жыл бұрын

That bit is crazy af and just after that from ‘but saying I no longer got it ‘cause you missed the line and never caught it’ is crazy too

One of the biggest oversights is in the bar “maybe stan isn’t your cup of tea” The chorus to Stan goes “my teas gone cold, I’m wonder why…” The callback of the century right there

@MyStockz

2 жыл бұрын

Damn

@HeavenzAnger

2 жыл бұрын

Em's attention to precision and detail is ridiculous. You can listen to songs like this 100 times and still find gems like this. There is also an allusion to a drink, being preferred shaken, not stirred (like bond). "Maybe i should stir up shit, preferably shake the world up"....insane.

@user-vu6nt7zs3n

2 жыл бұрын

@@HeavenzAnger nice

@erikwright6539

2 жыл бұрын

Holey shit.. duh. Damn I missed that

@brian95240

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much the majority of people probably missed that one. Great find!

When he said "I'll take a number 2 and dump on you" he's also talking about a number 2 pencil. Crazy double 🔥

@toni-ann5151

2 жыл бұрын

That's how I always heard it! I work in a school and #2 pencils are the standard

@ThaoLe-pi4hk

2 жыл бұрын

Facts and guess what number on those pencils.

@billytownson2486

2 жыл бұрын

I was coming to comment the same shit! Good eat my friend.

@BusinessWolf1

2 жыл бұрын

oh my fucking god I can't believe I never got that

@genoburnett6963

Ай бұрын

Triple. Dump lead!!! #2 pencil to . Dump on you with the lyrics from pencil ✏️ to pad 📝

I love how Stevie can openly say Eminem isn’t his top rapper. Next video be singing along. lyricism is contagious

@-Manda_SKnight_BeastMoD

2 жыл бұрын

Facts He also gives thanks when he "we let him" react to Nipsey. Now tell me this man does not love his Patreons!

@hyperspacejester7377

2 жыл бұрын

You can only sing along with your "top rapper"? 😆

@tesfamikaelseleshi3882

2 жыл бұрын

It never gets old 😂

@kevinmerkel1846

7 ай бұрын

He said he's in his top 5

@ST-wp9iz

4 ай бұрын

He did say Em is in his top 5, tho 🤔

“Maybe Stan just isn’t your cup of tea” 🎶 “My TEAS gone cold I’m wondering why, I got outta bed at all”🎶 Goat shit 🐐

@GranTurismoholix

2 жыл бұрын

Yep i was ready to type that shit

@markramo2633

2 жыл бұрын

maybe stan just isn't your cup of tea, (being a fan or listener of em is not enough for them and want to be notice like making a lot of trouble for em like being clones)

Every time I listen to the song I feel like it’s one of his masterpieces.

@lenorencepayton6879

2 жыл бұрын

IT IS!!!

One of ems hardest tracks PERIOD. This shit is crazy. Kamikaze album top 5.

@-Manda_SKnight_BeastMoD

2 жыл бұрын

I listen to this album on random for hours

@tmiscouch7812

2 жыл бұрын

This is mental jiu-jitsu right here

@alphaghost9672

2 жыл бұрын

It's TES MMLP MTBMB RELAPSE SSLP RECOVERY MMLP2 KAMIKAZE REVIVAL ENCORE

@JPH3

2 жыл бұрын

@@alphaghost9672 unique list

@thagabagoop6115

2 жыл бұрын

@@alphaghost9672 personally I go Mmlp Sslp Tes Mmlp2 Recovery Mtbmb Kamikaze Relapse Encore Revival I wasn't making this list to compare to u, but more as I used ur comment as an excuse to make my own list n see what it would look like

Eminem is like a surgeon, all his lines are precise and mean something… most lines go over peoples heads but everything Em spits means something, it just takes a barologist to break it down…. That’s when they watch a breakdown like this and leaves them like OOOOOOOOOH SHEEEEYIT!!

@kevnormansell6005

2 жыл бұрын

Well said mate

@ryanr9792

2 жыл бұрын

No joke. Kids thsse days only have one, maybe two, layers of logical. rational thought process. Em, however, a commited, every-day dictionary reader has a minimum of 2,600+ "levels to this shit." Not many understand that. Homie has an elevator like the one in the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory lol. Up, down, left, right, forward, backward, diagonal, or simply blast out this glass-top bitch like a cannon after being explained how he is now and forever the leader of this shyyyytttt legggoooo!!!!

From South Africa 🇿🇦 . We appreciate your knowledge

Em will forever be in that rap battle mentality. It gives him fuel to keep going. That should earn his respect even beyond the music. You aren't going to get much more humble and authentic as Marshall. 🤗

@chriswildhaber35

2 жыл бұрын

Tushay, yes he will always be in that mode you can see it on his face in interviews and when he's going off.

“Believe” from Revival is one of Ems most bar heavy songs of all time IMO. As “woke” and motivational as any other Eminem song, with many multiple entendres, inner & outer rhyme schemes, CRAZY cadence change ups… on every line! Believe is a slept on masterpiece.

@ryanobrecht2216

2 жыл бұрын

Truuuuueee!!!

@WALTR_782

2 жыл бұрын

And a must listen prerequisite to Kamikaze because he already warned us that this shit would happen when the snakes turned coat

@jaydeneveleigh1062

2 жыл бұрын

@@WALTR_782 yep. He'll never let us live it down. 💩 we fucked up.

@JNIGHTification

2 жыл бұрын

Very true! Especially the actual instrumental. If you really start to pick apart the beat and all the subtle nuances in it then you'll be even more blown away at how well his words mesh together with the beat.

@XekTOr89

2 жыл бұрын

One of my favourites, but I can see why some people wouldn't like it, the chorus isn't for everyone. But I love that song, it's motivational and inspirational.

The energy you're looking for is in the last verse of Bad Guy, after he's sinking. Amazing verse and delivery.

@andrewlarson3277

2 жыл бұрын

I love that album and that song lol. I used to listen to that album everyday because I had used up my moms cds and they all skipped and that one was the only one left that didn't 😅😂

@joshnobles23

2 жыл бұрын

Why everybody sleep on that verse bro? Fr

@kepapurdy1489

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve said since I heard that verse that I’d put that 2+ minutes up against ALMOST anything that almost any modern rapper has put out.

@joshuaha7661

2 жыл бұрын

It's not his best verse technically, or even close. It's like Till I collapse, not technically his best, but the feeling behind it is what makes it great. It's just the feeling behind it really, the emotion and delivery, the instrumental behind it and what he's actually talking about, is what gives Best friend that "Epic" sound which is really what Stevies talking about. And that's exactly what Em's style was back then, 2010-2015.

@evil4d

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshuaha7661 Till I Collapse is top class on a lot of levels, lyrical, multi-syllable complex rhyme scheme, delivery, flow, beat, emotion. Has it all, last verse for me is A1

Maybe, just maybe, Eminem has so many amazing verses that you can’t just choose one to describe him

@FrableRock

2 жыл бұрын

you can pick a few, a few that always stand out for me are his verses on renegade, the way i am, till i collapse, not afraid, etc. goated rapper. 🐐

I hate it when people say “I want the old shady back”. Yes old Eminem is fantastic but you have to evolve as an artist and the way Em has done it is incredible. Never before has there been a more lyrically insane eminem. This track and kamikaze he’s destroying people while just showing off his skills. One of my top em tracks for sure🔥🔥🔥

@christinec.6685

2 жыл бұрын

Em is a sober, grown-ass man now. Do people expect him not to change from the stoned AF 21-year-old? I love his mature voice and writing. He is a real artist.

@DethrowDestruction

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree, his latest stuff is actually so much more insane when you really compare it bar-wise.

@C-Smith-87

Жыл бұрын

For real tho i mean i get what they mean by that, its their favorite style or sounding eminem. But his whole career every album he has dropped is literally a whole new sound he dont just bite off his past success and style. Even know he easily could do that and sell more records but he is rapping for himself now doing what he wants to do and evolving as a artist and person. He is by far head and shoulders more technical with flows schemes bars etc. Than ever right now atm. But its trendy to hate on him now days so people hate to get the clout.

If stevie keep talking about best friend is the best verse that Eminem ever put , i think Eminem will make a new song just for stevie to appreciate it more than best friend 😂 and ain’t no one gonna be made about that 🔥

@tiffanysalem53

2 жыл бұрын

I think Em's verse on Best Friend is his best feature verse hands down! But not his best verse ever..

@tottenham2294

2 жыл бұрын

Verse 3 of bad guy is one of Em’s best

@joshuaha7661

2 жыл бұрын

@@tiffanysalem53 It's just the feeling behind it really, the emotion and delivery, the instrumental behind it and what he's actually talking about, is what gives Best friend that "Epic" sound which is really what Stevies talking about.

@chriswildhaber35

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with Stevie, that verse off of best friend is his greatest verse of all time in my opinion.

“If you’re looking to get a porterhouse” can also be a shoutout to Denaun Porter since he’s produces a few of Em’s songs.

@csi2448

2 жыл бұрын

It's definitely a shoutout to him. And since he specifically mentioned Revival, Mr. Porter produced a few songs on it

@med8615

2 жыл бұрын

bro the producing is the least acclaimed thing denaun porter is known for. He was a member of D12, been Em's close friend since the 90s, he's almost always Eminem's side kick during performances and raps on stage with Em all the time as a hype man he's also signed to shady records

I love that you run it back to rap it again, it IS fun, when you finally learn a whole Em verse and can keep up without getting tongue tied, shit's satisfying as hell!

Yooo Stevie it was great to see you sing along and have fun with it bro mad respect man best dude for bar breakdowns

“You won’t ever see Em icy”. Also, Em doesn’t wear iced out jewelry like every other rapper does.

@careless-minds

2 жыл бұрын

Also 'Em I See' Saying that people will never see Em the same way he sees himself

@chickenslayer1722

2 жыл бұрын

@@careless-minds mate i never even thought of em i see but i doubt he meant that, think he just meant em icy, sick if he did tho

@careless-minds

2 жыл бұрын

@@chickenslayer1722 look it up on genius bro

@user-vu6nt7zs3n

2 жыл бұрын

Em icy references you will never see em on meth and drugs (again)

@jwdathefax377

2 жыл бұрын

@@careless-minds Genius gets their info from a number of different users. They’re not always right and this one sounds like a reach bro.

This is what’s needed. Respect bro. Always the goat 🐐

You really be pumping out the best reactions. You should do another epic rap battle of history

@lilracc00n

2 жыл бұрын

i agree but he either gotta do it with someone to understand the references, or watch something he actually understand lol

15:01 I think "maybe Stan isn't your cup of tea" also refers to Stan's hook " My tea has gone cold I'm wondering why I got out of bed at all".

@GUGSTVSPARTA

2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit 🤯

Stevie is a great father before anything. And a amazing reactor. Also great to see the growth in the channel. Been here before you hit 70k subscribers and it's pretty great to see the growth. Keep it up.

So much time for you Stevie, much love from across the pond (UK)

*Stevie listening to best friend "It aint better then best friend"

I love the 2.0’s. Keep em coming

This made me so happy. The Ringer is talked about but I feel not nearly as it should be. The cadences, the rhyme schemes, internal schemes, the multiples, homophones and no chorus! Bars on bars on bars!

Been a Stan for 20yrs plus This right here is top 5 for me. It's a statement. The lyrics, the flow, the cadence, the beat. All hit home. It's one of those songs, that when you hear it 1st time....you know it's gonna stand the test of time. My personal faves are Rainman, We As Americans, Cleaning Out My Closet. But this right here is top tier 👌🏻

Oh man cant wait to see your reaction

Old me killed the new me.. " bruh ya killing me" or old me is so potent new me cant be appreciated.. Breathe on a mirror dont see my breath.. Evil spell e.v.i.l.. But evil in the mirror backwards is live.. Man smh eminem is eminem 🐐

@orlandofentress6337

5 ай бұрын

Thanks bro cause people in the D BECAME FOLLOWERS I'M THAT TIME WHEN MFERS CAME HERE FOR HELP BUT NOW WE SO DIVIDED. THE MITT NEEDS TO CLOSE UP BACK TO A BOXING GLOVE SHOUT OUT TO TOMMY HITMAN DETROIT , WE IN THIS STILL

Proper job, love these breakdowns

If Em is NOT in your top 5, means you cant Comprehend his lyrics.

@iTalkALotDontListen

2 жыл бұрын

Top 5 best, people need to understand that there is a difference between best and favorite. So many people think he is trash because they dont like his music not because his music is bad. I dont like Jay Z but I understand that he is spectacular. I will never discredit him as one of the best just because i dont like his music.

@Madness801

2 жыл бұрын

Or maybe they like other lyrical rappers or who had different legacies? Like big pun big L rakim LL ghost face ect look I just named 5 amazing rappers

@embismusic

2 жыл бұрын

I mean I get what you're saying but I don't think that's really fair LOL

I’m here for it, Fam! Let’s get it. Get on one of them THANGS!

So glad you’re doing the Ringer again!💪🏽

I love the little clips of your show Knight Talks you have brilliant points on the subjects actually good

Much love Stevie Long time fan just wanting to tell you that you and later Knox too but y'all made quarantine so much easier brother. Keep it up bro

Stevie Knight I believe you're the best reactor, you can see the passion you have for this, and it's awesome seeing you get hype on some dope shit. You have came a long way from when you first started. Keep it up Big Homie, much love from H-Town, Tx

You have done the best reaction to this one I've seen yet. Really enjoyed it

That’s the realist breakdown I’ve ever herd bro spot on!

With that Lil Yachty line, I believe he says he sees why people like him because it's something people can dance to, or just vibe without turning the brain on, but he does not like it because it's not rap. That's at least what I got from it.

@InfamousTerry4

2 жыл бұрын

Idk how he ain’t understand that💀💀💀

We all appreciate the videos man god bless you

Loved this

You are the Goat of Eminem Reaction Videos. So glad witness you reacting to him and feel it even more because of you

That "turn the valium up.." line is f**kin fire bro. Valium is literally meds for kids to calm their ass down or shut them up. Volume/valium.."how am gonna get your mouths to shut"

Never been so pumped for a reaction 2.0!!!!

Dopest reaction channel, much love 🙏🏾

Great job on this 🔥song! I love to see your energy while listening to this song!!! And I loved the "lesson" you were giving to your(?) baby about women. Pure gold 🔥🔥❤️

He changed his flow like 20 times 😂🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Em is way beyond anybody else for injecting humor in his bars.

I think the lines If I press the issue and Full Magazine are also connected in this way. A new magazine is or at least used to be called a new issue and they would be printed by a press. I'm not a hip hop guy at all but I find these break down videos very interesting. Brings me to appreciate a genre of music I never gave a chance too.

I support you revisiting literally EVERY song you’ve ever done. Fire dawg FIRE

Watched this after my workout and it kept me amped up 🙏🏽🔥🔥🔥

Big ups to you Mr.Knight all the way from durban south Africa 🇿🇦

Thanks for your excellent breakdown!😇

good video again. keep waking people up to this man. one of a kind rapper.

I love the way he can hit EVERY SINGLE POCKET. He's the ONLY rapper I've ever heard that can do that. This song is the perfect example of it. See how many pockets he hits with the different rhythms to make it fit the best .. I ain't afraid to admit #IAmAStan!

Stevie, you officially a Stan. To be running those bars back like that! Phew.

This video should have way more fkn likes wtf.. Great reaction Stevie 💯🔥

Been a sub since you were in the 10's of thousands. So great to see you come so far. You do it great!

Thanks for this video bro

It really is amazing how Em can take all the hate and just go crazy and speak his mind. Unreal

Always good seeing you react to the goat of hip hop game, giving the epic vibes fun to watch along with you and knox hill are the goat of breakdown no cap one hundred 👌 🔥💯

Hey I’m pretty new to watching ur content and I just wanted to say how much I love ur Eminem videos. I know, we as people, shouldn’t just surround ourselves with the opinions of those that agree with us but I can’t tell u how nice it is to come to a channel that has the same level of RESPECT that I have for eminem. I’m by no means a stan but it’s still nice to be able to watch videos that address all the bullshit that there is out there about Em while still talking about his genius. Cuz I mean there’s plenty of reactions out there done by em fans but they don’t do the amount of content that u do and they don’t keep it as real as u do. U have a great understanding of his talent and it’s always soo interesting for me to hear how others view him and breakdown his art. But ya, like I said I know I shouldn’t just watch u cuz u have the same opinion as me (well most of the time.. not all the time 😂) , but it’s just so nice to not watch videos about him with some wack ass opinions. Cuz even if I don’t agree with u, I’ve never thought ur opinion was wack. And some videos I watch just feel like a gut punch cuz of the blatant lack of respect and understanding of the man’s genius so it’s nice to come to a place where I know I’ll never feel like that. Just thought I’d put that all out there ❤️

Stevie spittin like em. Who's gonna start a reaction channel reacting to Stevie's reactions?

I swear Stevie your Em reviews be LIT🔥🔥🔥

Stevie is getting better by time 🔥❤️

Stevie, I know this is old so you probably won't see this but mate you are fantastic. Thanks for the hundreds of hours of honest reviews. You're a legend. Love from South Africa.

bro calling out lazy listeners and the mumble needing to get away from our b**** love you bro. so hype on these and break things down so well. A lot of it confirms how I think about the bars and then hearing you just as excited and breaking down in a similar way is amazing and refreshing. it's like going on a ride together or something good shit man!

He went crazy on this track. No hook just straight fire 🔥 for 5 minutes

Man, I appreciate you and ThirdErnest because I loved lyricist but couldn't catch some of the words and the breakdown of what they are saying. Now, since listening to the 2 of you for the last year has helped me to catch almost everything now.

LETS GOOOOOOOO Been waiting for this kne

My favourite track off of the Kamakazie album. Thank you Stevie.

Salute, been here since day one my guy

That DA-DA-DA-DA-DA part gives goosebumps all the time. That bar is crazy maan!!!! OLD ME KILLED THE NEW ME???

Eminem is all bars, beats, flow

Definitely one of his most impactful endings to a song. So smooth.

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO ADMIT YOUR A STAN. STEVIE THE STAN KNIGHT. WE WONT HOLD IT AGAINST YOU

You won't ever see Em icy means: You won't ever see the Em I see and You won't ever see Em wearing crazy jewelry. I just clocked it. Em you a wild boy.

@violetatoribio7113

2 жыл бұрын

Temps won't freeze

Mad love for your channel, bro not enough people being positive

24:18 also “You won’t ever see Em Icy (M. I. C)” means you won’t see Em rockin mad diamonds and flossin with his jewelry!!

was waiting for this since foreveeeeeeeeeer

"Lemme explain just how to make greatness" The line that brought the downfall of mumble rap

I love that you mentioned Skip! Perfect comparison!

Knight talk is real, its so refreshing and feels good seeing people with such real mature mentality in this crazy messed up world nowadays.

One of the things I like about the cadence during the burger scheme is that it’s the cadence that people use when they try to defend bullshit opinions that don’t hold substance. They start cackling really fast and don’t let anyone else rebut bc they don’t want to be wrong.

Nice word play I relate to some of them bro others were banging to 100%

Eminem is gonna go down as the best rap/hip hop artist in this life time! Noone has did this shit constantly on top of the game in any generation

@KingGreen78

2 жыл бұрын

@se11💋 you just made the point

@lenorencepayton6879

2 жыл бұрын

He's already the best hands down and its not even close!

I would say Bad Guy is by far his most complex song, the story telling- intertwined with Stan, and when it goes to his "conscious" speaking to him in the last verse- just pure goosebumps!!!🙌🙌🙌🔥🔥🔥🔥

I hope Stevie get's a shout out on EM's next album... he deserves it and we know EM is watching XD

KNIGHT NATION PLEASE VOTE FOR EM ON ROCK HALL AND SPREAD THE WORD🙏 #VOTE4GOAT

43:40 I think Em actually mentioned drawing a line in that Cypher so that’s what he’s referring to… also the change from him responding to everybody and after saying “I’m not done” goes on to talk about how he feels about what he did and he sees how it’s brought about things… personally feel that this track is one of the best opening tracks to an album along with Premonition

@C-Smith-87

Жыл бұрын

Yeah this track is dope af. And he definitely talking about the cypher drawling the line in the sand with his fans telling us your either for trump or for em make a choice or i will do it for you.....something like that and he said fuck you to those who supported trump and was em fans and basically said he dont want them as fans anymore. It definitely wasnt his finest hour but thats eminem controversial as fuck lol

Great reaction!!

Im truly happy that i grew up in this era and blessed to witness the career and life of the GOAT EMINEM💯

Subbed today. Hey there is a Eminem dvd that I got way way back in the day I think u would love. It’s his European tour when he went through Amsterdam. The entire d12 crew was with him.

This is a top 3 Eminem song to me. Its so genius in many ways

I’d love to see you do Running to Die- Tupac and Biggie. Eminem was the one who mixed it altogether. There’s a lot he did to make that song happen. If that’s not paying homage I don’t know what is.

@Lurch685

2 жыл бұрын

Em produced an entire posthumous Pac album

Stevie felt this here :) fire ass 2.0 breakdown

Im here for it!

Great! Next do Eminem - greatest 2.0

@shadyc.6877

2 жыл бұрын

I wanna see him catch that Em-16 bar so bad.