THE "EMINEM" TRACK

[Hittman2001]

from www.mtv.com


On the first of two tracks purportedly recorded in 1993, an audibly young Slim Shady raps, "All the girls I like to bone have big butts/ No they don't, 'cause I don't like that n----- sh--/ I'm just here to make a bigger hit."

The second track featured Eminem rapping about a black girlfriend he broke up with. "Blacks and whites, they sometimes mix/ But black girls only want your money, 'cause they're dumb chicks," he rhymes. Later in the freestyle Em raps, "Never date a black girl, because blacks only want your money/ And that sh-- ain't funny."

The first track was only a few lines long, but the second track went on for several minutes with Em — seemingly rhyming off the top of his head — repeatedly saying he did not like black girls and that they were only out to get money. Both tracks sounded amateurish.



Eminem responded by insisting he isn't racist and explaining that the recording was made when he was young, foolish and angry.

[vitodeluca]

Source: MTV.com

"Don't make this right now a double standard," Benzino said at the press conference. "We gotta treat this the same way you treat Mike Tyson, like you treat Kobe Bryant, like you treat R. Kelly, like you treat O.J. Simpson."

LOL, comparin' eminem to a convicted rapist, alleged rapist, alleged childmolester, and alleged murderer.  I'm not sayin' it's allright, but c'mon Ray....

[Code Blue]

So, from reading that MTV article, it really IS Eminem?

[The Watcher]

its not too bad, although he said the N word which is what is gonna get him in the shit -- without that it would've been OK

whats the links for the MTV articles?

[Jome]

LOL @ making a big deal out of this track..  
Take any Ras Kass or Dead Prez track where they talk about white people, and it's 20 times worse..
Even Noreaga have had worse lyrics that that.

The only people that should be offended by this track, is Black Panther people and such, but that shouldn't be too hard.

I thought this would be some "KKK, kill all niggers and burn them" shit from the way Benzino & The Source announced the tape.  

[eNgIeS]

LOL @ making a big deal out of this track..  
Take any Ras Kass or Dead Prez track where they talk about white people, and it's 20 times worse..
Even Noreaga have had worse lyrics that that.

The only people that should be offended by this track, is Black Panther people and such, but that shouldn't be too hard.

I thought this would be some "KKK, kill all niggers and burn them" shit from the way Benzino & The Source announced the tape.  

Exactly, fuckin hypocrites they are. He said the word once, & he talked about black girls. How about when Ice Cube did a song about white women called "Cave Bitch"

Benzino man when he was over here with Ja Rule i shoulda found him & done somethin to him

[Real American]

The Source Digs Up Tape Of Eminem Using Racial Slurs
11.18.2003 9:07 PM EST  
 
 
Benzino at The Source press conference
Photo: MTV News  
"I hope people will take it for the foolishness that it was, not for what somebody is trying to make it into today." — Eminem
 
 
NEW YORK — Eminem found himself on the defensive Tuesday (November 18) after The Source magazine owners Ray Benzino and Dave Mays held a press conference to play a recording of the MC delivering racial slurs.

On the first of two tracks purportedly recorded in 1993, an audibly young Slim Shady raps, "All the girls I like to bone have big butts/ No they don't, 'cause I don't like that n----- sh--/ I'm just here to make a bigger hit."

The second track featured Eminem rapping about a black girlfriend he broke up with. "Blacks and whites, they sometimes mix/ But black girls only want your money, 'cause they're dumb chicks," he rhymes. Later in the freestyle Em raps, "Never date a black girl, because blacks only want your money/ And that sh-- ain't funny."

The first track was only a few lines long, but the second track went on for several minutes with Em — seemingly rhyming off the top of his head — repeatedly saying he did not like black girls and that they were only out to get money. Both tracks sounded amateurish.

"Don't make this right now a double standard," Benzino said at the press conference. "We gotta treat this the same way you treat Mike Tyson, like you treat Kobe Bryant, like you treat R. Kelly, like you treat O.J. Simpson."

Eminem responded by insisting he isn't racist and explaining that the recording was made when he was young, foolish and angry.

"Ray Benzino, Dave Mays and The Source have had a vendetta against me, Shady Records and our artists for a long time," Eminem said in a statement. "The tape they played today was something I made out of anger, stupidity and frustration when I was a teenager. I'd just broken up with my girlfriend, who was African-American, and I reacted like the angry, stupid kid I was. I hope people will take it for the foolishness that it was, not for what somebody is trying to make it into today."

Eminem, 50 Cent and the rest of the Shady/Aftermath team have had a long-running feud with The Source, fueled by Benzino's accusations that the media operate on a double standard when it comes to the multiplatinum white MC and that an artist of color could never get away with saying some of the things Em says in his music (see "Benzino Ignites Beef By Calling Eminem '2003 Vanilla Ice'").

After their comments, Benzino and Mays refused to entertain questions about the tape and its origins. They did say they plan to include a CD of the Eminem recordings in February's issue, and they promised another press conference concerning Eminem will be held in the future, when they'll answer questions and have civic leaders and members of the hip-hop community on hand.



—Shaheem Reid

 
 
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[The Watcher]

"Don't make this right now a double standard," Benzino said at the press conference. "We gotta treat this the same way you treat Mike Tyson, like you treat Kobe Bryant, like you treat R. Kelly, like you treat O.J. Simpson."

top work Benzino! way to forget all the racist shit Ras Kass, dead prez, ice cube, paris and every other "pro-black" artist has said

[Real American]

^^^^^

True. And as if saying the N word is just as bad as raping and killing people the way those people he named have done.

[Lincoln]

I don't care if that's him or not that was one of the funniest things I've ever heard. Lame as fuck but hilarious.

[Lincoln]

Benzino man when he was over here with Ja Rule i shoulda found him & done somethin to him

Like what?

[kottonmouthninja]

Benzino is takeing this beef too far  

[Lincoln]

way to forget all the racist shit Ras Kass, dead prez, ice cube, paris and every other "pro-black" artist has said

"It’s too bad that black people who are concerned with the improvement of the black condition are often viewed as being anti-white. " Paris.
Plus you shouldn't lump Ice Cube in with those other artists he's said far more ignorant things than any of them.

[pappy]

how does ur voice become more high pitched over time.  an also does any1 notice this supposed em has a slight ny accent

[Don Breezio]

lol it sounds pretty close to the way he sounded on infinite...and he admitted that was him.

i could really care less what he says...shit he could have a tattoo of a swastika over his forehead for all i care...as long as he makes good music now i dont care what he said in a song 10 years ago.