הופעה מAngry Managment Tour
שימו לב במיוחד לקטע על אמינם, חולה האיש..., חלק ראשון: Eminem King Of The Carnival At Anger Management Tour Launch Posted Friday, July 19, 2002 by Jason BUFFALO, New York — For a few moments Thursday night at the Anger Management Tour kickoff, you couldn´t help but wonder if Eminem was thinking, "I´ve created a monster, ´cause nobody wants to see Marshall no more." The curtain was down and the lights on the stage were up, showing a set modeled after a carnival. It was five minutes before Slim Shady revealed himself to the nearly sold-out crowd. As the headliner, he´d heard openers Xzibit, Ludacris and a frustrated Papa Roach get rousing applause, but now, the crowd was booing profusely at the mere mention of Em´s name. Of course, that was because the people mentioning the rapper´s name were, among others, Lynne Cheney and C. Dolores Tucker, who, in a seemingly endless succession of TV news clips, read prepared statements hurling mud on the Detroit MC with the speed of a Dwight Gooden fastball circa 1985. The more the people on the three screens that were suspended in the air at the start of "The Eminem Show" scoffed at his music, the more vocally furious the crowd became that somebody was badmouthing their champion. Em ended all harsh feelings as he made his way onto the stage via a Ferris wheel, starting his set with "Square Dance." "People, it feels so good to be baaack," he said, stepping to the forefront in a black ball cap and yellow T-shirt, flanked by his hypeman and D12 member Proof. "Don´t be scurred, ´cause there ain´t nothin´ to worry about," he exhorted to the screaming crowd as he ran down the three runways that extended off the stage and formed an "E" around two pits of people. Em´s set mirrored the maniacal genius of his latest album´s music and theme. In addition to the amusement ride, screens, and a huge tent that Em and D12 went in and out of throughout the night, there was a giant mouth full of teeth as a backdrop, a platform above the tent where mixtape guru DJ Green Lantern let his records spin, and a trampoline. "Holy sh--," there goes Jermaine Dupri," Em joked at the beginning of his follow-up number, "Business." Adding humor, another man wearing a top hat and tails and about as rotund as D12 member Bizarre joined the festivities, dancing with an open umbrella. Regardless of the extras of the set, Em was holding true to his lyrics on the song: The spectators were experiencing "hip-hop at its most purest" as the hungry MC prowled the stage and moved the crowd. The screens became the centerpiece again during "White America." An animated video of the cut played, displaying, among other things, police stomping and kicking a man and a poster of Uncle Sam pointing his finger that read, "I´ll Kill You." Down below, Em let out his bellicose calls of "White Americaaa/ little Eric looks just like this," while the clip played out, showing kids that look strikingly similar to the animated Slim Shady wearing "I Am Eric" shirts. When members of D12 started coming out for "When the Music Stops," life imitated art: The beat cut off. Later, during "Fight Music," the track abruptly conked out again. "Buffalo, y´all are so hot, the system shorted out," Em explained. The fans literally brought the heat minutes later, pulling out their lighters. Two years after the song "Stan" dropped, the tune remains one of Em´s most popular — everyone sang Dido´s part in unison and swayed their hands along with the MC. After Obie Trice performed his verse from "Drips," Slim Shady let everyone know he was no different from Puffy: He needs a girl. "Ladies, I ain´t married no more," he told the females, much to their delight. A woman pleading with him to save her cut off his monologue. She was inside the giant mouth and had only managed to get one arm out.
שימו לב במיוחד לקטע על אמינם, חולה האיש..., חלק ראשון: Eminem King Of The Carnival At Anger Management Tour Launch Posted Friday, July 19, 2002 by Jason BUFFALO, New York — For a few moments Thursday night at the Anger Management Tour kickoff, you couldn´t help but wonder if Eminem was thinking, "I´ve created a monster, ´cause nobody wants to see Marshall no more." The curtain was down and the lights on the stage were up, showing a set modeled after a carnival. It was five minutes before Slim Shady revealed himself to the nearly sold-out crowd. As the headliner, he´d heard openers Xzibit, Ludacris and a frustrated Papa Roach get rousing applause, but now, the crowd was booing profusely at the mere mention of Em´s name. Of course, that was because the people mentioning the rapper´s name were, among others, Lynne Cheney and C. Dolores Tucker, who, in a seemingly endless succession of TV news clips, read prepared statements hurling mud on the Detroit MC with the speed of a Dwight Gooden fastball circa 1985. The more the people on the three screens that were suspended in the air at the start of "The Eminem Show" scoffed at his music, the more vocally furious the crowd became that somebody was badmouthing their champion. Em ended all harsh feelings as he made his way onto the stage via a Ferris wheel, starting his set with "Square Dance." "People, it feels so good to be baaack," he said, stepping to the forefront in a black ball cap and yellow T-shirt, flanked by his hypeman and D12 member Proof. "Don´t be scurred, ´cause there ain´t nothin´ to worry about," he exhorted to the screaming crowd as he ran down the three runways that extended off the stage and formed an "E" around two pits of people. Em´s set mirrored the maniacal genius of his latest album´s music and theme. In addition to the amusement ride, screens, and a huge tent that Em and D12 went in and out of throughout the night, there was a giant mouth full of teeth as a backdrop, a platform above the tent where mixtape guru DJ Green Lantern let his records spin, and a trampoline. "Holy sh--," there goes Jermaine Dupri," Em joked at the beginning of his follow-up number, "Business." Adding humor, another man wearing a top hat and tails and about as rotund as D12 member Bizarre joined the festivities, dancing with an open umbrella. Regardless of the extras of the set, Em was holding true to his lyrics on the song: The spectators were experiencing "hip-hop at its most purest" as the hungry MC prowled the stage and moved the crowd. The screens became the centerpiece again during "White America." An animated video of the cut played, displaying, among other things, police stomping and kicking a man and a poster of Uncle Sam pointing his finger that read, "I´ll Kill You." Down below, Em let out his bellicose calls of "White Americaaa/ little Eric looks just like this," while the clip played out, showing kids that look strikingly similar to the animated Slim Shady wearing "I Am Eric" shirts. When members of D12 started coming out for "When the Music Stops," life imitated art: The beat cut off. Later, during "Fight Music," the track abruptly conked out again. "Buffalo, y´all are so hot, the system shorted out," Em explained. The fans literally brought the heat minutes later, pulling out their lighters. Two years after the song "Stan" dropped, the tune remains one of Em´s most popular — everyone sang Dido´s part in unison and swayed their hands along with the MC. After Obie Trice performed his verse from "Drips," Slim Shady let everyone know he was no different from Puffy: He needs a girl. "Ladies, I ain´t married no more," he told the females, much to their delight. A woman pleading with him to save her cut off his monologue. She was inside the giant mouth and had only managed to get one arm out.