Marshall Mathers: the real slim shady

Marshall Mathers: the real slim shady Jaelan Jackson, Courtney Booker, Alex Galvan By PresenterMedia.com

Warm up Thursday, April 19, 2012 Raper Eminem is born as Marshall Bruce Mathers on Ocktober 17 1972. #Mistakes-4

The Truth Behind The Music: • Born on October 17, 1972 from Detroit Michigan • Eminem had a turbulent childhood • Eminem’s father (Marshall Mathers II) abandoned Eminem and his mother, Deborah Mathers when he was only an infant. • Eminem’s mother never had a job, and they always lived in public housing projects. • Eminem was always labeled as “the outcast.” He was beat up in the bathroom, beat up in the hallways, and even shoved in lockers. • Eminem wrote songs about his mother being a drug addict which subjected him to emotional and physical abuse. • Eminem’s trifling mother sued him for 10 million dollars but only won 1,600 dollars. • Eminem has mentioned Dr. Dre as one of his mentors and partners. • Eminem founded his own record company (Shady Records) • Records show Eminem has been arrested more than five times and sued approximately four times. Eminem

The Truth Behind The Music: • Just like his mother Eminem had drug issues: • •He was addicted to alcohol prescription pills and sleeping pills • •In December 2007, Eminem overdosed but luckily survived • His daughter Hailie and ex-wife Kim Mathers became famous due to the numerous lyrics about the two • (They’re featured in songs like: “Mockingbird,” “No Music,” “When I’m Gone,” and more.) • Eminem has an exclusive portfolio of awards, with more than fifteen Grammy’s alone! • Eminem wrote a song that called out singer Mariah Carey • (The song discusses in explicit detail about the pair having an affair. He mentions they dated for six months, while she denied it all. Eminem wrote the song as a backlash or as revenge to Mariah Carey’s infamous song “Obsessed.”) Who’s Who?

This one's for you and me, living out our dreamsWe're all right where we should beWith my arms out wide I open my eyesAnd now all I wanna seeIs a sky full of lightersA sky full of lighters (-Bruno Mars)

By the time you hear this I will have already spiraled upI would never do nothing to let you cowards fuck my world upIf I was you, I would duck, or get struck like lightening,Fighters keep fighting, put your lighters up, point em' skyward uhHad a dream I was king, I woke up, still king...This rap game's nipple is mine for the milking,Till nobody else even fucking feels me, till' it kills meI swear to God I'll be the fucking illest in this musicThere is or there ever will be, disagree?Feel free, but from now on I'm refusing to ever give upThe only thing I ever gave up's using no more excusesExcuse me if my head is too big for this buildingAnd pardon me if I'm a cocky prick but you cocks are slick Poppin shit on how you flipped ya life around, crock-o-shitWho you dicks try to kid, flipped dick, you did the oppositeYou stayed the same, cause cock backwards is still cock you pricksI love it when I tell em shove itCause it wasn't that long ago when Marshall sat, flustered, lack lusteredCause he couldn't cut mustard, muster up nothingBrain fuzzy, cause he's buzzin', woke up from that buzzNow you wonder why he does it, how he does itWasn't cause he had buzzards circlin' around his headWaiting for him to drop dead, was it?Or was it, cause them bitches wrote him offLittle hussy ass, scuzzes, fuck it, guess it doesn't matter now, does it what difference it make?What it take to get it through your thick skullsThat this ain't some bullshitPeople don't usually come back this way from a place that was dark as I was in Just to get to this place now let these words be like a switch blade to a haters rib cage And let it be known that from this day forward wanna just say thanks cause your hate is what gave me the strength so let em bic's raise cause I came with 5'9′ but I feel like I'm 6'8″ (-Eminem)

This one's for you and me, living out our dreamsWe're all right where we should beWith my arms out wide I open my eyesAnd now all I wanna seeIs a sky full of lightersA sky full of lighters (-Bruno Mars)

By the time you hear this I’ll probably already be outtieI advance like going from toting iron to going and buying 4 or 5 of the homies the iron man AudiMy daddy told me slow down, boy, you goin to blow itAnd I aint gotta stop the beat a minuteTo tell Shady I love him the same way that he did Dr Dre on the ChronicTell him how real he is or how high I amOr how I would kill for him for him to know itI cried plenty tears, my daddy got a bad backSo it’s only right that I right till he can march right into that post office and tell em to hang it upNow his career’s Lebron’s jersey in 20 yearsI’ll stop when I’m at the very topYou shitted on me on your way upIt’s ’bout to be a scary dropCause what goes up must come downYou going down on something you don’t wanna see like a hairy boxEvery hour, happy hour nowLife is wacky nowUsed to have to eat the cat to get the pussyNow I’m just the cats meoww, owClassic now, always down for the catch weight like PacquiaoYa’ll are doomedI remember when T-Pain aint wanna work with meMy car starts itself, parks itself and autotunesCause now I’m in the AstonI went from having my city locked upTo getting treated like Kwame KilpatrickAnd now I’m fantasticCompared to a weed highAnd y’all niggas just gossipin’ like bitches on a radio and TVSee me, we flyY’all buggin out like Wendy Williams staring at a bee-hiveAnd how real is thatI remember signing my first deal and now I’m the second best I can deal with thatNow Bruno can show his ass, without the MTV awards gag (-Royce Da 5’9”)

You and I know what it’s like to be kicked downForced to fightBut tonight we’re alrightSo hold up your lightLet it shineCause this one’s for you and me, living out our dreamsWe’re all right where we should beLift my arms out wide I open my eyesAnd now all I wanna seeIs a sky full of lightersA sky full of lighters (-Bruno Mars)

Lighters • The song “Lighters” emphasizes one’s rise to fame, self- accomplishment, and making it to the top. • Eminem focuses on his rise to becoming the King of Rap.

Eminem, Royce Da 5’9, and Bruno Mars In the picture above, you will see the three artists that sing and/or rap in the song you were just shown. The song “Lighters” debuted on Billboard’s Hot 100 as number 16 in July 2011.

Literary Elements L I T E R A R Y E L E M E N T S Sound and Meaning, Musical Devices, Imagery • Sound and Meaning: the portion of the work that makes it enjoyable or reinforces its meaning and intensifies it’s communication. • Imagery: Visually descriptive language, especially in a literary work. • Musical Devices: use of words for auditory effect in a work that help convey a mood or feeling

How are they used? Sound and Meaning Musical Devices Imagery • “A sky full of lighters” • If I was you, I would duck, or get struck like lightening,Fighters keep fighting, put your lighters up, point em' skyward • “This one’s for you and me, living out our dreams..” • “I swear to God I'll be the fucking illest in this music..” • Rhyme (meow, ow, Pacquiao) • Assonance (starts itself, parks itself)

Quiz What is Eminem’s real name? Name the meaning of the song “Lighters.” Who are the two artists that sing in the song with Eminem? Name the three literary elements used in the song “Lighters.” T or F: Eminem’s mother sued him for 10 million and won it all.

Quiz On the Billboard’s Hot 100, what number did “Lighters” debut? What is Eminem’s daughter’s name? How many Grammy’s has Eminem won? Define sound and meaning. What album is the song “Lighters” on?

Bonus!!!! Correctly spell the names of the three group members that taught the class today. (+5 points)

Name That Song “Pretend he even had a friend to say was his friendAnd it wasn't time to move and schools weren't changing againHe wasn't socially awkward and just strange as a kidHe had a father and his mother wasn't crazy as shit…” #5 “Ahem, excuse me… May I have the attention of the class for just one second?” #1 “You know, technically, I'm not even really supposed to be here right now,So fuck it, might as well make the most of it…” #6 “Now hush little baby, don't you cryEverything's gonna be alright…” #4 #2 “I got the exact same tat that’s on Nick’s backI’m obsessed nowOh gee, is that supposed to be me in the video with the goatee…” “I think I got a tear in my eye, I feel like the king ofmy world, haters can make like bees with no stingersand drop dead, no more beef flingersNo more drama from now on, I promiseto focus solely on handlin my responsibilities as a father…” #7 “My head is swole, my confidence is upThis stage is my pedestal, I'm unstoppableIncredible hulk you're trapped in my medicine bowlI could run circles around you so fast your f***in head'll spin, dawgI split your cabbage and your lettuce and olives…” #3

The ANSWERS

#1: My Name is #2 the warning #3 drop the world #4 Mockingbird #5 Airplanes #6 Cinderella Man #7 Not Afraid

Marshall Mathers: the real slim shady