Author: Isabelle Esling

  • Obie style rhyme

    Obie- style rhyme December 5, 2003 Obie Trice is a rarity in the conceited world of hip-hop – a relatively modest MC, writes Khalil Hegarty.

  • Silly Sound (freestyle, by me)

    Lonely in the crowd, man you’d better applaud The silly sound of the words I created, words I found Words that will put you on the damn ground

  • Eminem's early talent

    Many people will argue that Eminem wouldn’t have been noticed by the public without Dr Dre. If it is true that the talented rapper and producer has influenced Eminem’s destiny for a large part, it is also true that Eminem had managed to impress some people on the local Detroit scene and even at school.

  • "Git Up"

    The song “Git Up” from the D12World album has a lot of energic beats. Although the words are mostly offensive, it creates an enthousiastic athmosphere and it’s a real pleasure to listen to it. Kon Artis descibes the song as “pure adrenaline”:

  • Beastie Boys Accidentally Dis Eminem, Fear The Consequences

    Friday May 07, 2004 @ 01:00 PM By: ChartAttack.com Staff Beastie Boys http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2004/05/0705.cfm

  • The 313

    The 313 “Now everybody from the 313, put your motherfucking hands in the air and follow me!”.

  • Detroit underground artists who have collaborated with Eminem and D12

    The Detroit underground is rich of various talents and artists. Many Detroit underground emcees have collaborated with Eminem and his D12 crew. Let’s have a short look at four of them :

  • The drama that changed the D12 group's destiny

    The well known and dope MC’s from the D12 group used to meet and to rap at the Hip Hop shop at 7 Mile Road. They used to battle and to freestyle. At the hip hop shop, they met a gifted aspiring MC : Karnail Pitts aka Bugz.

  • Debbie Mathers' recent reconciliation attempt with Marshall

    A mom is making desperate attempts to reconcile with her son. She is dying of breast cancer. A dramatic situation. This woman happens to be Eminem’s mom. In a recent article from The Mirror, she claims: I am dying of cancer but my son Eminem won’t pay to save me Debbie loses weight every day.…

  • Eminem's major musical influences

    The musicians who had a major influence on Marshall Mathers are Ice T, the Beastie Boys, LLCoolJ and Run DMC. Ice T was Eminem’s first musical influence. When his uncle Ronnie brought Marshall the tape of Ice T’s « Reckless » Marshall was so much impressed with Ice T’s music that he made up the…