SHE'S IN FOR A RIDE! | Eminem- The Way I Am [FIRST TIME REACTION]

[@mtthw1597]

This is the song that I show to people who tell me that eminem is bad or mid and they immediately go "ok thats actually fire" like the way he can put soo mutch anger in song and you can feel it is just incredible

[@randywissler9923]

Amen!!

[@pattaccone]

Yeah Me as well. Also til I collapse and , stay wide awake

[@mtthw1597]

@@pattaccone Uuu nice ones. Ye stay wide awake is criminally underrated, but till I collapse is permament part in my workout playlist

[@jakob3044]

@@pattaccone Stay Wide Awake? Isn't that the one you scare people away from Eminem with? Not saying it isn't one of my absolute favourite from his entire catalogue, but sheesh. That's a wild one

[@pattaccone]

@ the lyrics are crazy 🤣. The flows are the reason I show it to people. His flow on that is insane

[@ShredShady]

After 24 years this track still goes hard and has meaning.. 🔥

[@lindanemnguni1621]

I want him to do it live in 2024

[@Sphero1984]

Alot of people don't realise how perfectly crafted this tune is, the rhymes are super tight and the rhythm is incredibly unique

[@fabrb26]

He have lot of them like that, more than i have fingers to count including my twelves toes

[@charlieeggy9004]

The Way I Am is a fkn masterpiece. Nobody touches that track. 🔥🔥🔥🐐

[@dandieabbott5409]

Facts

[@neilbainbridge4902]

Noooooobody 😊

[@jessedavis1741]

I figured there would be a fucking j cole or Kendrick or Wayne comment by now lol thank god there isn’t

[@jonanice]

He came up with n wrote it on an US flight, so wouldn’t have taken that long n all. Incredible

[@YouAre2OldForDrake]

​@@jessedavis1741True Hip Hop heads would understand and I'm a fan of all these artists, especially Kdot.

[@UrbnBarz]

No question. This is Eminem at his best. He is rapping from his heart and defending his position and not trying to please anyone. This is head and shoulders one of the finest hip hop tracks of all time from the first note to the last and the scariest thing is Eminem is at his best when he isn't even trying to spin webs around his rhymes. Today, we try and spin doubles, triples and supersonic speed raps into everything, but sometimes less is actually, more and the production is so good it sends shivers down my spine... The true test is time and 20+ years later (like alot of Rakim's rhymes) this song transcends the sands of time.

[@diane_games1111]

#bring Karen back please

[@diane_games1111]

Great job Cliff and Karen

[@jamesfahey2810]

Eminem produced it too

[@CourtneyJones1979bird]

I agree with you. This is literally my favorite song of his ever.

[@DerickBlackmon-eb8ki]

This song and "The Real Slim Shady" wasn't on the album originally. When he turned it in the label said it was too dark and they wanted him to do another song like "My Name Is" to launch it and that's how we got this classic

[@Dezzyyx]

I also wrote it on a plane ride as he just started humming the flow to himself

[@michaelmoser5179]

This was also the song that turned me into a Stan in 2001 at 12 years old, still am.

[@themightybuzzard3088]

How'd you stay 12? Share, bitch! I'm really not looking forward to hitting 50 next year.

[@Makaveli13Xroy]

i first heard this song when i was 13, im 36 now and to this day its one of his hardest songs, the raw venom in his lyrics , the flow, the beat , the concept of the song , its just pure perfection

[@bewise7466]

I remember i used to sing this with my friends in 2003...I love Eminem but I don't want to be a Stan

[@EwrongThing94]

Same here I was 6 years old back then I’m 30 now 😂

[@eazy2hate]

Ok? 😂😂 we don't care

[@Kingzpackaz]

13:15 cliff trying to change himself to a group of people hahaha

[@joshuacraig6447]

I still get goosebumps when the Manson bars start. It struck me hard as a kid from Oklahoma to see the hypocrisy in people suddenly caring about school shootings when they were no longer viewed as just a "hood" or "ghetto" issue. As you said, this is when I realized that Eminem was actually talented. #bringkarenback

[@effortlessx8326]

One of my absolute favorites! Everything from the lyrics, to the production, the cadence, the delivery, is an absolute master class of rap. Running with the same rhyme scheme for almost entire verses is insane!

[@dimwitdave9344]

Totally agree, I rate this his best song ever

[@berniewatts5028]

Not possible to hear every song ever made🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️. I’d never listened to EM , now I think he’s genius. Love you guys ❤️❤️❤️. 👵🏼 Gmaw

[@RyanJohnson-p4i]

depends on your def of ever em song ever made. we could count studio albums, group projects, unreleased songs, pre-eminem songs, freestyles, features. If that's the full definition, it is most likely VERY hard, but like me personally im pretty sure ive heard all the main songs from the studio albums

[@sharper58]

I did a quick search and got this. 'It would take over 600 years to listen to every song in the world. The average person listens to about 1.3 million songs in their lifetime and 961 hours and 10 minutes of music per year.' Definitely not accurate, BUT, with all the music out there, AND with new songs created nearly daily it is going to be a very large number regardless.

[@charg1nmalaz0r51]

@@sharper58 Plus if you think about it most people just listen to the top songs out at any given time and they repeat songs they already like. People in general barely hear any music.

[@andrewsears16]

Depends tbh. I been listening to em since I was a child and hi my name is hit the radio. I've always looked for all the obscure songs so IF I haven't heard them all it's damn near close

[@Nobreathing8]

Ive got a playlist of eveything released dating back to 88’ on newjacks with dj buttafingaz

[@silentpixl]

This was my first dip down the EMINEM rabbit hole! again I love the art, the game, and the artist! 😍🥰 You have awakened something again 😂

[@BigChief82]

I'm with you Cliff, this has always been one of my favorites

[@BAD46660]

I am so glad i was in my 20's when he hit big and could really appreciate and understand the nuances of his alter egos. And understand the difference between the performer and the person.

[@ivartheboneless1456]

My favorite Eminem song ever.

[@malinhobbs2745]

Oh man does this take me back 😏 Love this song and I remember being so frustrated/angry with how Em was being hung out as a bad person. I was a little rebel by this time and Em was my favourite artist, safe to say, I did not fit the norm for girls my age and looking back, I am proud of myself for going my own way already then, not giving a damn about what others told me to be. So much fun to see Karen getting to know more of Em's music and her big heart always shines through in these reactions ❤ "Don't jump!" Can't wait for more and Cliff, you fanboying over Em and his music is a joy to see since I am a Stan too 🥰 You are just expressing how I feel and think most of the time 😁

[@heathstory9655]

This song brought me up out of a weird time in my life at high school. It has been my number one favorite song Em has ever put out since.

[@vanps1088]

Love me some older Em. His angry voice doesn’t make me cringe like most rappers.

[@GhostWatcher2024]

"I am the R the A to the K-I-M"

[@neilbainbridge4902]

Omg just caught that after 1000 yrs lol

[@MrConor87]

Where does he say this?

[@AngelosMerkouroglou]

Em doesn't say it These are the lyrics that the original song that em was inspired from

[@MrConor87]

@@AngelosMerkouroglou thank you

[@riddler929]

I knew someone would get it. Rakim. The Rhyme Goes On.

[@scottflores210]

This was the first song i ever heard from eminem. I was so amazed had never heard anything like it before. Straight fire and gives chills.

[@DawnRGenX]

I remember being on campus having to explain Guilty Conscience to folks. Please prepare your lovely better half with the hidden message/lesson they were trying to get across before she sees it 😊. That video taught a lot of us girls how to avoid certain bad situations back then.

[@SLIM_MARSHALL87]

This beat goes crazy! Eminem definitely killed it too!

[@TheMuckful]

This song just blew my mind when I got Marshall Mathers LP on Christmas back in the day. Looped the song so many times at home and with my Walkman CD player when I was in school or outdoors. Still my favorite track of all of Eminems tracks. It just brings me back to those days walking and banging my head to the beat of The Way I Am.

[@NouinouH]

I heard this before I learned English. I mostly understood the chorus but what captivated me is the beat and the emotions in his voice. Indeed one of the best songs ever

[@maz3555]

this song takes me back to my younger days

[@BenTonyWinchester]

no!!! it is not Hayley, but (fun fact) that little kid standing outside the bathroom is actually Eminem's little brother Nate

[@lordkiesor22]

I love this song so much. This joint made me see Em in a way more serious tone. The darkness, anger, and FTW in his voice every time he spit. I was in like the seventh grade and this joint gave me chills. 💯💯

[@PugLifeProductions]

17:15 - Cliff turned into Seth Rogen 🤣🤣🤣

[@Makaveli13Xroy]

i first heard this song when i was 13, im 36 now and to this day its one of his hardest songs, the raw venom in his lyrics , the flow, the beat , the concept of the song , its just pure perfection

[@Stigmonus]

The way I am is when Eminem started experimenting with those pockets basically turn himself into part of the beat.

[@uzi978]

This was the first time we heard Em's really angry voice.. he made you feel every word. And then he wrote The Real Slim Shady in 10 minutes to make the record company happy.

[@vernonmckee-gv9dp]

Cliff Beats It's actually a true fact that when he originally handed in the MMLP album to the record lable they told him that they think something is missing, and he was aggravated about it and that's when he said fuck it, went in the booth and vented his frustration with everything into the way I am. That's why he sounds so pissed throughout the whole thing. Then after that got added to the album, the executive record producers or whoever said they wanted one more track added to the album that would be more commercial and radio playable, like my name is off his previous album, so he then recorded the real slim shady, which also then got added to the album. It's really crazy that the way I am and real Slim Shady ended up being two of his biggest hits back in the day, when they both got recorded and then added to MMLP as an afterthought. There's a documentary about it, that's how I found this out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hISzlomcZ5agnMUsi=yJymCbyEzFm3EbRW

[@elisa_lily]

Yep,perfectly explained! I saw the doc too,it's really interesting

[@vernonmckee-gv9dp]

@elisa_lily Yeah, it really is. Cliff Beats and Karen should check it out because as well as being interesting it really helps people understand exactly where Em was psychologically and emotionally at during the early stages of his career, and will help Karen with being able to better familiarize herself with his album content and more clearly make the connections that Cliff has been trying to explain to her.

[@jonanice]

@@elisa_lilywhat’s the docu called?

[@elisa_lily]

@jonanice Eminem:the Making of Marshall Mathers lp (ultimate albums), l found it in my Em's library 😊

[@elisa_lily]

@jonanice l don't know if on KZbin you can find a better quality version, anyway it's the from the Ultimate albums Vh2 collection and the title is this one

[@bigD2083]

This is my all time favorite eminem song!! The emotions he pours out is insane!!

[@shawndykes1140]

I love the fact that i havent heard this in soooooo long but still know it word for word.

[@Moratayafamily7]

8:09 lol i love watching the fangirling u do over Em cliff, cuz im with ya... hes amazing ❤❤

[@Diecastclassicist]

This is like that moment from a Rocky movie - “he’s not getting killed, he’s getting MAD!”

[@ilaril]

No hate to anyone. I only really became a stan in 2011. I really do believe that people hear and find Em when they need it the most. He had a big part saving me.

[@BrutalMiller1]

The Marshall Mathers LP start to finish is a masterpiece.

[@SJRice]

‘Is that his daughter for real? Yeah’ No it wasn’t. He wouldnt allow Hailie’s face on a music video back then. This kid is an actress

[@AstroVanilla]

Glad somebody pointed this out

[@spuddy1867]

This track is still up there with the best Em has done. 24 years later and it's still 🔥🔥

[@johnhalpin5169]

This is my favourite album by Eminem because this is the first album that I got and sincerely then i have loved Em definitely the GOAT 🐐

[@Emilie-one]

This is my favorite Eminem song ❤ I love you both❤

[@AngelosMerkouroglou]

He literally has a song in which he says "I go to TRL, look how many hugs i get" (white america)

[@The_One_In_Black]

This is the song that hooked me. My babysitter pulled it up on MTV2 and said "Watch this" and I learned that there could be music that actually resonated with me.

[@The_One_In_Black]

I also love the story of this one. Em was describing the beat he needed for this song to Dre after he wrote it, and that turned into Em producing his first track because he made the beat in his head while waiting the lyrics.

[@Cosmic_Observer33]

I love how he joined forces with manson on this track and video. They were both the most controversial artists at the time and getting attacked constantly. Good to see them together in the video.

[@mrfashionguy1]

Bro just had a very convoluted way of saying "don't fuck with me, dawg". It's art.

[@julieblackwell2064]

Re: classy, my guy, to point out sober Marshal is worth it! But also! Yes! One of Ems best right here!

[@iuliusRO82]

This masterpiece has been taught in some UK universities in some classes (there's a video on YT from the class). Em creates a different beat with his rhyme schemes... The pockets are insane. Great reaction guys.

[@southrnsweety88]

Dude, thanks for pointing out that guilty conscience bar. I never have figured out what he said 😂

[@aakshaypatil5105]

The reason Em failed in school because he wrote all the answers in a couple of lines. The teachers had to go home, sit down and break down every word to uncover the entire answer. Em speaks and write in double/triple entendres

[@hectormarrinez9578]

Man you saying that the song was playing in the radio everywhere, and this song Em saying radio won't even play my jam was great 😂 😂jahaha, great reaction guys😂👍🏼👍🏼

[@hautemesslv3632]

I just saw an old clip today of Eminem's Howard Stern interview & then I saw your reaction, and now I'm 99% sure that's the interview he's referencing in this video ( 14:29 )

[@dandieabbott5409]

The way I am is Absolute 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Love this song. He was so angry with Jimmy Iorvine as he wanted a song like Hi My Name Is on The MMLP. So he done this song first then he did Real Slim Shady song. #Bring Karen Back Please I Love It.

[@andrethree000]

It wasn’t just him calling everybody out. The media was trying to accuse Eminem of being a bad influence on kids and he was the reason for the violence in schools and shootings and that he was promoting it when in reality the parents had no accountability

[@HeatherBenedix-y6r]

I’ll smile in the courtroom and buy them a wardrobe😘😘😘 so epic 🎤

[@Eclecticompany]

I remember when I bought The Marshall Mathers LP, when I was about 18yo, and the person serving me (a woman in her 20s, I think) asked if I knew what was on the record, or something to that effect. I felt a bit insulted at the time. I guess in retrospect 'Kim' was very controversial. I live in the UK, and I believe that song wasn't included on the US version initially. Imo, it's the best Eminem record, and one of the best records of the 2000s (although I've only heard his first 3 albums!).

[@ChefBeagz]

This and Till I Collapse are my favorite Em songs...best feature? would say Patiently Waiting.

[@aprilhippie8752]

13:18 Oh my goodness that was freaking adorable 🤣🤣🤣

[@aprilhippie8752]

Aye shot for the heart Cliff. Karen's just the best love it when she's on 👌🏽

[@hendr.1k]

this one makes me jealous, i want a gf so bad😂

[@grantos]

By far my Favourite Em song. It's a perfect song.

[@MansterBear]

i love when new people hear eminem... but then I also hate that they'll never understand what it was like when this stuff was coming out. How much different the whole world was.

[@Beth-y9b]

Omg yes @cliffbeats @karen have to listen to Guilty Conscious. My first song I ever heard of Eminem was Kim. Fan ever since.

[@roynew1952]

breh got the chills too lmao

[@JEdits1]

STILL the only song ever released to be written in Anapestic Tetrameter

[@EarthTraveler3087]

13:13 guilty conscience part 3 😂

[@crayzeewhorse]

Lol the way you explain it to her like she isn't sitting there hearing the same thing as you 😂😂

[@Fatedfilms]

Holy shit ive read A BUNCH of these comments now and NOBODY mentioned the turkey gobble thing 🤣🤣 it's 5:06AM where I am and I'm pretty sure i just woke multiple people up with how loud that made me laugh. super wholesome and refreshing AF for most of the internet. First time here, love the reactions and when you said you had goosebumps at that part of the song i looked down at my arm and i was like oh fuuuck i get goosebumps at that part too 😅 edit: autocorrect

[@joshuastickley2796]

You should also let her see the live performance where Marilyn Manson joined him on stage to do this song in Barcelona! Another great reaction as always

[@KrillKutta]

"Rest Again Peacefully" (RAP)...slept on BAR

[@TennisonCapra]

Speaking of "giving her a premise of The Eminem Show", Say Goodbye Hollywood is my favorite song from that album and I think it has the same vibe of The Way I Am. 🙂

[@jessedavis1741]

MMLP and the Eminem show were so amazing but everything from em is

[@sandymeintzer900]

Yes bring her back I like seeing her reactions to em

[@HeatherBenedix-y6r]

Ready for it mashed up with this song would be fun!!!

[@REALKINGJAYAR]

9:32 she’s talking about his first VMA performance in New York City radio City Hall, where he does the real Slim Shady and then ends it with this song which she should react to

[@andrewballesteros4605]

She's baaack. Cool Karen. She's awesome. Both of you are cool. I like seeing her first time reactions.😂

[@robert_5974]

Can't wait for her to hear Bad Guy where he talks about the other sides of what he represents. Idk why but it is one of his most intense songs ever.

[@645Francisco]

For how big this song is its still an Underrated song

[@leodavies6880]

The way i am is definitely top ten best song of all time

[@digginupthecarolinas9870]

HE'S A GENIUS

[@Hollow_Vamp]

I remember when this music vid came out, song blew my mind back then

[@nickro2310]

His best song and one of the greatest song in rap history

[@TheDopePopell]

Keep it up man love the escape you provide

[@Sunny-jz3dy]

One of my all-time favs! Great react with Karen! 😁❤ its wild she'd never heard it before but there a few in the world that haven't. Not many though.... lol

[@RickyRiiiX]

fun fact this was the first track eminem ever produced and he made it because the lable wanted a hi my name is type of song so he got mad and made this ...

[@mrolympic6546]

Ok I remember listening to his songs when I was in school. Now I'm watching the younger generation reacting to him. Your guys reaction is awesome. Don't change the way you guys feel or think. We all have our ways to react to music. Em is a rap god, nobody can take that from him 👍😎👏. Keep up the reactions 👍👏

[@KennethDull]

I love these reactions and I’m kind of a Stan. You gotta let Karen cook she picks up on way more than “pocket” her honest reaction is what I’m here for. You don’t need all the back story, we know the back story

[@southrnsweety88]

Excellent song! Good to see Karen! Cant wait for Soldier

[@johnhalpin5169]

Its great when yous two get together

[@eidrenkeeg6487]

Please keep going with the break downs. As a music fan of ALL genres for pushing a half century, that's why I'm here. To hear/watch other ppls point of view or sometimes even being hit by a different take that I'd never even thought of from a younger generation that's had different experiences in a different world from the one we older ones grew up in. 😊😊

[@udayshah7205]

It's gonna be a wild ride lady you can see cliff fanning out 😅

[@Giedrukas]

This song pulled me out from a dark place

[@TananJess]

Thank you for your reactions brother 🙏 💯 thank you too Karen 🙏

[@TheAmericanKing]

The only good thing about Eminem is he brought change to the rap game, that was much needed

[@DemonicafroJB]

Fun fact this song is performed in iambic pentameter; the same cadence Shakespeare used in many of his plays

[@banksofchaos93]

No, sorry. Just scanning the first verse, it's easy to hear if you listen for it. He makes it very obvious with his delivery. The syllable pattern is unstressed, unstressed, stressed (xx/ is the notation), and there are four groups of that pattern per line. That foot pattern is anapestic, not iambic. And four feet per line is tetrameter, not pentameter. So the first verse is like this: xx/ xx/ xx/ xx/ Or i sit BACK with this PACK of zig ZAGS and this BAG of this WEED, it gives ME the shit NEEDed to BE the most MEANest emCEE (etc) Iambic pentameter consists of five groups of 2-syllable feet per line, unstressed stressed, or x/, so a line would be: x/ x/ x/ x/ x/ i CLOSE my EYES and ALL the WORLD drops DEAD But iambic pentameter is practically pedestrian 😂 It'll be much cooler to drop "this song is in anapestic tetrameter, which Dr. Seuss used, but Eminem was the first poet to make it sound vicious" in the comments on this song :) You could probably write an essay on how his using this meter, typically associated with more lighthearted fare, works as a sort of ironic commentary on the larger theme of the song, with him facing pressure to produce another radio hit and to be accessible and friendly to fans all the time, and he's like, "here, i've got a song for you"

[@joeconroy8297]

She lived under a rock

[@nelsonrogers69]

My wife doesn't know many Eminem tracks she listens to 90's metal , I get it.

[@chelsieanntracy8620]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤this was my favorite song of eminem :)

[@lashawnjordan1336]

Eminem had so much emotion in the way I am

[@cashman5355]

Its an awesome song but you can clearly tell the transition and the difference in musicality and technicals IS MILES ahead these days. So good to compare it.

[@HeyChief666]

The rhythm is incredible Idk if he was high at the time but so good so raw