- ♪ Anything you say is ricocheting off of me ♪
- Ew. - It's not appropriate for kids.
♪ (playful intro) ♪
- (FBE) So today, we are going to have you listen to a selection
of songs from a rapper. - Rapper? Oh, okay.
- (FBE) His name is Eminem. - Ooh, okay. I know of him.
- I know he is really fast at rapping.
- My mom listens to it in the car.
She edits the words out.
- I liked Eminem at a certain point
maybe two or three years ago, but I like newer rap now.
- ♪ Hi, my name is ♪ ♪ What? ♪
♪ My name is, who? ♪ ♪ My name is ♪
- (raps along) ♪ Tik-a-tik-a Slim Shady ♪
- I've heard this one. - Okay, I've seen this before.
- ♪ My name is tik-a-tik-a Slim Shady ♪
- This is weird.
- ♪ Hi, kids ♪ - That's what he looks like?
- ♪ Wanna see me stick nine-inch nails
through each one of my eyelids? ♪
- What? - ♪ Wanna copy me
and do exactly like I did? ♪ - They're dressed up in costumes
and he's talking really weird.
- ♪ Stop the tape ♪ - This looks old.
- ♪ Dr. Dre, don't just stand there ♪ - When is this from?
- You can definitely tell it's older rap.
- ♪ I can barely decide ♪ ♪ I just drank a fifth of Kool Aid ♪
♪ Dare me to drive? ♪ ♪ Go ahead ♪
- What... the heck? He looked weird, man.
- Kind of disturbing.
- I'm happy it's rap music, 'cause I like rap music.
- ♪ Y'all act like you've never seen a white person before ♪
♪ Jaws all on the floor like Pam and Tommy just burst in the door ♪
♪ Started whoopin' her [bleep] worse than before... ♪
- Oh my god. - Why are you guys showing me this?
It's not appropriate for kids.
- ♪ I'm Slim Shady ♪ ♪ Yes, I'm the real... ♪
- I've heard this one. - ♪ ...are just imitating ♪
♪ So won't the real Slim Shady... ♪ - (raps along) ♪ Please stand up? ♪
- ♪ Please stand up, please stand up? ♪
(mumbles lyrics) Ah! He just does it so fast!
- ♪ 'Cause I'm Slim Shady ♪ ♪ Yes, I'm the real Shady ♪
- His videos are kind of weird.
- ♪ So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up, please stand up? ♪
- There's so many of him.
- ♪ In every single person is a Slim Shady lurkin' ♪
♪ He could be working at Burger--
spitting on your onion rings ♪ - Ew.
- No, thank you. I don't like spit.
- ♪ I don't give a [bleep] with his windows down... ♪
- It's just the bleeps. That annoys me the most.
- ♪ With one of those fingers on each hand up ♪
- The music videos are definitely interesting.
- Didn't he spit on that? That's disgusting.
- Eww. How do you film that without just being like... (gags)
- Newer music videos are just cars and stuff.
This is more entertaining to watch,
and you don't know what's gonna happen.
- His music is for older people. He's cursing.
And the music videos also, they just seem a little mature.
- ♪ I've created a monster ♪ - Ohh, yeah.
- ♪ They want Shady ♪ ♪ I'm chopped liver ♪
- I didn't really like this one.
- ♪ A little bit of me mixed with some hard liquor ♪
♪ Some vodka that'll jump-start my heart quicker than a shock ♪
- This one, way more faster.
- ♪ ...when I'm not cooperating ♪ ♪ When I'm rocking the table
while he's operating ♪ - Why does he look like that?
- ♪ So everybody, just follow me ♪ - It's like a comic book.
- Okay, I've heard this one.
- Oh, I've heard this one.
- ♪ Sometimes, man, it just seems ♪ ♪ Everybody only wants to discuss me ♪
- He's good at rapping. He can rap fast and clear.
- ♪ Though I'm not the first king of controversy ♪
♪ I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley ♪
- Eww. - ♪ To do black music so selfishly ♪
♪ And use it to get myself wealthy ♪ - No.
- ♪ Hey, there's a concept that works ♪
♪ 20 million other white rappers emerge ♪
♪ But no matter how many fish in the sea ♪
♪ It'll be so empty without me ♪
- It was good. Good beat, went well with the words.
- I don't know if I like it and I would listen to this normally,
but I appreciate it for what it is.
- ♪ His palms are sweaty ♪ ♪ Knees weak, arms are heavy ♪
- I know this one. (raps along) ♪ Mom's spaghetti ♪
- This one, I've heard a bunch.
- This is in a movie. My mom said I'd see it
when I'm 10, and I'm almost 10.
- ♪ He opens his mouth,
but the words won't come out ♪ - I don't know if this is
the most famous Eminem song, but I feel like it's the one
people actually can say.
- ♪ You better lose yourself... ♪ - He just threw a glass bottle at him.
- ♪ You better never let it go ♪ ♪ You only get one shot ♪
♪ Do not miss your chance... ♪ - Yeah, this one seems nice.
I like this one.
- This is a good one. Everyone knows it.
- That's his best song in my opinion.
- I don't really like rap.
But for the people who do, I recommend this.
- ♪ I'm beginning to feel like a rap god ♪
- Oh my gosh, "Rap God."
- ♪ All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod ♪
- So many people in my class try to do the fast part.
- ♪ They said I rap like a robot ♪ - This one looks a little bit newer.
- The music video's cool.
- ♪ Lyrics coming at you with supersonic speed ♪
♪ Uh, sama lamaa duma lamaa... ♪ - Oh my god.
- This part. Everybody tries to do this part.
- ♪ Anything you saying ricocheting off of me and it'll glue to you ♪
- That's really fast. - I can't understand
a word he's saying.
- ♪ And I know the haters are forever waiting for the day ♪
♪ That they can say I fell off ♪ ♪ They'll be celebrating ♪
- Wow. - I do not know how people
can sing that fast. - ♪ Well, that's what they do
when they get jealous, they confuse it ♪
♪ It's not hip-hop, it's pop ♪ ♪ 'Cause I found
a hella way to fuse it ♪ - It's so fast
that it's kind of interesting, because it's that fast.
- ♪ 'Cause she loves danger, psychopath ♪
♪ And you don't [bleep] with no man's girl ♪
♪ Even I know that ♪ - I haven't heard this one.
- I've never heard this song before, I don't think.
- ♪ So she's been on the web lately ♪ - Is that Eminem?
He looks so different.
- He has a different hair color. It looks newer.
- ♪ Been a liar, been a... ♪ - Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I know this.
- ♪ Been a lover, been a cheat ♪ - Is that Ed Sheeran?
- Is that Ed? That's Ed! I love Ed Sheeran.
- ♪ I don't wanna admit to something ♪
- It's rapping, but then also some slower
more pop parts to it with-- so I kind of like it.
- ♪ Running ♪ - ♪ Oh ♪
- ♪ Thriller ♪ - He's just wrecking stuff.
- ♪ River ♪ - ♪ Let the river run ♪
- I have a problem with Eminem now. Ed Sheeran kind of ruined it for me.
- He's a really good rapper, but he's not gonna be
someone I would listen to,
even though I'm into hip-hop and stuff.
- I've heard the actual Ed Sheeran part,
but I didn't know he would ever work with Eminem
on something like that, because he's so... slow songs
and romantic songs.
- He's a really good rapper. He can rap fast.
He could do slower stuff where you can understand what he's saying.
I do really like it when he does it with another artist.
- (FBE) So when Eminem was first starting out,
one of the biggest complaints with his music
was that parents were afraid of children listening to it,
because of the cursing and what some called "hateful lyrics."
From what you saw today, do you think that your parents
would be okay with you listening to him?
- I don't really think so. The bleeps... it's the bleeps.
- I think they'd be okay if they were listening to it with me.
- Yes. My dad, he always puts on music like that.
- If I was a parent, I wouldn't be too, like...
I'd be... you can hear 'em, but you cannot say 'em.
- My mom would. My dad would just say,
"No, I hate hip-hop. I hate his cursing.
I hate everything he does."
- I feel like your kids... If they know who Eminem is,
and they've listened to him, I feel like they would be
smart enough to know this is a song,
not a PSA to do this.
- There's definitely more hateful stuff out there now,
and it's not even art.
It's just people being terrible people.
So I think that's the kind of thing that we have to worry about,
not somebody saying something necessarily in a song.
♪ (powerful chord) ♪
- (FBE) So Eminem released his first album back in 1996,
over 20 years ago. And he's still making music today,
and just released an album last year. - That seems so far away,
because I was born in 2006, and I'm like, "Whoa, 1996.
That's ancient."
- (FBE) So he's one of the best-selling artists of all time
and is actually THE best-selling artist
of the 2000s in the United States. He's received 15 Grammy awards
and even an Oscar for best original song.
- That's crazy. - With a reputation like that,
a good reputation, I don't get why people
would say "Don't listen to him."
- (FBE) So many of today's biggest artists
have said that they were influenced by him
and several have even called him one of, if not the,
greatest rapper of all time. - I could understand that.
- Based on what you heard today, do you think that's the case?
Is he the best rapper of all time?
- I could disagree with that. - Probably not.
There's probably some person that doesn't necessarily make music,
but is also super good. They just haven't been discovered yet.
- I'm okay with him. If you start turning it on
on the radio, I'll just be fine with it.
- Not the best rapper of all time, but people who like that
maybe might say yes.
- Right now, I feel like he could be said to be
the greatest rapper of all time.
- I don't think so, because it's just so fast.
- I can see why people consider that,
but definitely not anymore.
- He should be at least one of the greatest.
He raps really fast, and he's actually saying the words.
- I don't personally think so. It just depends on the person
if you like rap a lot or if you don't.
If you can ask someone, "Name one of the best rappers,"
Eminem would probably come up.
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- Bye. - Hey, I'm Jackson.
This is my last episode of Kids React.
It was a really fun experience,
and I'm excited to move on to Teens React.