HOW CAN HE RHYME LIKE THAT?! | Eminem - Phenomenal (Full Analysis)

[@jackconnolly772]

This is one of the best breakdowns I’ve ever seen. Your brain works at 100mph bro. Anybody who doesn’t think Eminem is the GOAT is delusional and simply don’t understand the complexity of his rhyme schemes. More people need to watch break down videos like this to really appreciate the genius behind the music.

[@KnoxHill]

Much love bro appreciate you

[@incogneeto2418]

@@KnoxHill Please if you see this, check out "Just get to it". They have such a genuine chemistry and charisma, one of the best reaction channels in the game. They've been putting out high quality videos for over a year. It'd be super dope if you reached out to them for a collab, I know they'd be down. Here's an example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWiZXol4l9l8iaM at 12.15 they start breaking it down. Keep up what you're doing, much love

[@jordanmartin9255]

Lmao that’s why I started watching. I always loved EM but I didn’t catch everything he said and or I didn’t think it could’ve meant anything else than he said. I’ve learned a lot about rap and hip hop by watching Knox’s videos

[@BoStOnGiRl617]

Yes sir😊...#Facts.

[@C-Smith-87]

💯 i have watched Stevie Knight for a long time now i have always like watching his stuff he catches a lot and i always wanna hear his prospective sating that now i wanna see what else does a song have in it that nobody else caught so naturally i go to knoxhills channel because i haven't seen anyone catch and breakdown as much as knox. I gotta give props to thethirderest as well another great reactor that breaks shit down really well.

[@penguinan2456]

I simply will never understand how can anyone not say that Em is the best ever to touch the mic when u hear these verses.

[@flowstatelabs]

1000

[@CrazeeAdam]

I think some just don't like the lyricism he has. Or includes. Some enjoy simpler stuff. Lyricism wise he is 100% the best ever. He's at least top 3 in any other rap category pretty easily. There's just bias against him by stupid rappers and media outlets

[@penguinan2456]

@@CrazeeAdam yea..i understand u can like simpler stuff. But it is not hard to see that ofcourse more complex stuff needs more hard work and talent. So whether u like eminem songs or not, it is easy to see that he has more talent and puts more work than the people making simpler club songs. Maybe the metric of evaluation has changes.

[@djgilmore3608]

Facts

[@dontask3613]

It's because a lot of people lack the comprehension skills to catch a lot of his shit, hence why when killshot first dropped people were actually split saying he lost but once people had time to disect just how much he packed into it it was clear MGK got wrecked

[@incogneeto5624]

Notice how Gwen Stefani sings "it's impossible" because Eminem says "I'll never say"... It's impossible. He meant that literally :D So clever

[@Dajokaz]

It's awesome but it's not Gwen Stefani tho... It's Liz Rodriguez 😉✌️

[@shadowedlvnar1635]

@@Dajokaz u sure?

[@Dajokaz]

@@shadowedlvnar1635 Yup. Gwen Stefani was on Kings never die but not on Phenomenal

[@incogneeto5624]

@@Dajokaz my bad just saw someone else say it was Gwen in the comments, and it sounds like her so I just went with it

[@joshnobles23]

Damn that's dope af. I feel stupid I've heard this song 400 times and never even realized that shit 🤣

[@OdinArrow28]

Man one of these days you gotta cover the bad meets evil album with Royce and Eminem. My favorite album of all time. Every song is straight murder on the beat

[@edgetransit3320]

Bruh such an underrated album. So many ppl were acting like it wasn't great smh.

[@fainttrials]

@@edgetransit3320 I say idiotic! Still eagerly awaiting BME2

[@Aalooooo]

One of my top top hip hop projects ever. I bump that album a looooot

[@edgetransit3320]

@@fainttrials Hope it happens, but I dunno if it will.

[@leviathan6436]

Above the Law on that album HITS HARD

[@CLNCJD94]

Em’s songs on the Southpaw album are so underrated. Especially his Bad Meets Evil songs.

[@nava6474]

you don't know how much I learn about rap in your videos brother. I'm the guy that never leaves a comment but it's totally worth it in your channel. Keep up the grind💢

[@davidrhodes6166]

Same

[@flowstatelabs]

This is an A1 track with a A1 reaction and breakdown. The level of writing is past genius. Its pretty unfathomable how slick he was able to deliver this message with such raw emotion while still hitting the listener with such intricate rhyming.

[@JayHazel101]

If only everyone could appreciate the rhyming scheme syllables that Em does, a lot of people don't simply; because they don't listen to it thoroughly and understand how much goes into it. People who don't understand how he raps should listen to detailed breakdowns like this to get the magical work that's going on in these kinds of track. You be killing it KH!

[@Jjay-tw1yy]

his speech and cadence is always so clear

[@Mrs.L.44]

Another great job Mr Hill. I appreciate the work you put into your reactions and your rapping knowledge is the icing on the cake. Thank you!

[@M0nZt3rR]

The vocals are done by Liz Rodriguez and Mario Resto

[@matthewbutler9891]

This song was released in the same album as Kings never die. I'm pretty sure Gwen Stefani is also singing in this one.

[@E-Rik]

I think it's Liz Rodriguez. The two have teamed up multiple times already

[@matthewbutler9891]

@@E-Rik Yeah. I was thinking Gwen because she sounds similar and he has another track with her on the same record.

[@Slothptimal]

@@E-Rik According to the Wiki, it is Lizz

[@miaclaudio5428]

I noticed every time Eminem changes the word that he wants to punch he does it so smoothly that you really don't notice unless a reactor like you pointed out that's how good he is I know that he let go of those hard o sounds now he went into other sounds so smoothly that you really don't know this that's why we appreciate you Knox Hill

[@GoatAmv]

I am phenomenal With every ounce of my blood With every breath in my lungs Won't stop until I'm phe-no-menal I am phenomenal However long that it takes I'll go to whatever lengths It's gonna make me a monster though I am phenomenal But I would never say, 'Oh, it's impossible' Cause I'm born to be phenomenal Unstoppable, unpoppable thought bubbles Stomp you in the verse, obstacles I'm drawn to 'em When the going got rough Some of what I done fought through was the worst, little sissy Who the fuck taught you how to persevere? There ain't no situation that you ever had to respond to that's adverse The messiest thing you've ever gone through was your purse Yeah, I don't try like hell, then I might as well Hang it up like a shelf, gotta keep growin' with it, evolve Cause you can keep throwin' shit at the wall But you're gonna find that nothing's gonna stick until you apply yourself Time to slip in that zone till' I find myself Inside the realm of the unknown and boldly go Into waters where nobody else has gone before Or willing to go, uncharted, feeling is so Bomb, I'm feelin' myself, I'm a giant Sometimes I gotta remind myself that I am... I am phenomenal With every ounce of my blood With every breath in my lungs Won't stop until I'm phe-no-menal I am phenomenal However long that it takes I'll go to whatever lengths It's gonna make me a monster though I am phenomenal But I would never say, 'Oh, it's impossible' Cause I'm born to be phenomenal Let me self-empower you When you're down and they're tryin' to clown the fuck out of you And you feel like you're runnin' out of fuel I'll show you how to use doubt as fuel Convert it to gunpowder too Now what you do is put the match to the charcoal fluid Put the spark to it like Martha Stewart barbecuing Ah screw it, feel like you want to hit that wall then do it Punch through it, just cock back, put your all into it Now you gon' take that rage and make that what you wage Never take back what you say If you stay strapped in your brain, engaged in a steel cage match Ready to scrap asap Take your fists and just ball it Show who's big and who's smallest you're Christopher Wallace Now picture 'em all as plastic and foam Lays flat, where you put your dinner plates at And set it on 'em like a placemat (I am phenomenal) And I want you to say that I am phenomenal With every ounce of my blood With every breath in my lungs Won't stop until I'm phe-no-menal I am phenomenal However long that it takes I'll go to whatever lengths It's gonna make me a monster though I am phenomenal But I would never say, 'Oh, it's impossible' Cause I'm born to be phenomenal Step into the unknown and find yourself You're floating freely, no emotion Got a fuckin' mouth with no shut-off valve Can't even cut off power to it, but it's what allowed Me to come up out from under the fuckin' ground Cause I worked my butt off now It's a subject that I don't know how to shut up about Cause I stuck it out Like a motherfucking tongue thats how, I responded when I got shoved around You're gonna have non-believers But when you're beyond belief, you probably shouldn't wonder how Get it how you live But are you prepared to give more than you get? And put in twice what you get back from this shit Though what you sacrifice barely is half, never give Rap is my shiv But it's like my shield at the same time I wield and my knife is will Sometimes I feel just like B. Real from Cypress Hill How I can just kill a cypher, survivor's guilt Ready to face any challenge, waitin' Can taste it, it's salivation, I'm wagin' retaliation Look what I have built, reputation is validation The only thing I'm capable of makin' is amazing Only thing you're capable of makin' is a false statement Or accusation... I am legendary status, in fact That is the only way you'll ever be able to say Your legend is makin' an allegation I write with the left, same hand I hold the mic with As I fight to the death, 'til my last breath Managed to prove who the best man is Prevail at all costs, be the only ones left standing In the end, but I ain't gonna be the only one with the advantage Of knowing what it's like to be southpaw Cause you can bet your ass you'll be left handed I am phenomenal With every ounce of my blood With every breath in my lungs Won't stop until I'm phe-no-menal I am phenomenal However long that it takes I'll go to whatever lengths It's gonna make me a monster though I am phenomenal But I would never say, 'Oh, it's impossible' Cause I'm born to be phenomenal

[@Darius29_]

This comment deserves more likes

[@MasterRoshiSama]

Man reading this is so ridiculous without hearing how he raps it. The way he thinks is baffling

[@cooperholand]

Survivors guilt I rhyme like life is still.. an uphill climb (Just adding this in as an edit because there was one line missing but good looking fam!)

[@rizkyrivalhamid3324]

That's metaphors is crazy

[@awonddy]

The Last verse was insane!! Left Standing

[@ossi5663]

Another badass technical breakdown of another badass Em song. Keep up the good work!!!

[@awonddy]

Phenomenal song

[@ChrisTopher-ek6rr]

Great breakdown to a great song.. he spazzed on this one... Just a small correction though, a southpaw doesn't stand with their left hand as their lead hand. That's what a orthodox stance (righty) does.

[@phillyfids1723]

“Lays flat where you put your dinner plates at”. “Flat where” is a double for “flatware” (eating utensils) which ties into the kitchen scheme with plates, placemats, etc. Slick line that’s easy to miss.

[@markbalentine-w6d]

Why are eating utensils called flatware? Such things were called “flatware” in the mid-19th century to distinguish them from “holloware” (or “hollow-ware”), a 17th-century term for bowls, cups, pots, pans, and other vessels with some depth to them, mostly made of metal. Now picture 'em all as plastic and foam Lays flat, where you put your dinner plates at also i don't think plastic foam is metal either.

[@lil.soul97]

19:35 this is the most important part of the video for anyone who's doubting their selfs, thank you knox.

[@matmachin9992]

I've gotta say I've listened to Eminem since the slim shady LP. When I say listened that's all I mean. Your breakdowns make me see it, they allow me to see so much more, so thank you.

[@keepaway7896]

Thank you Knox for all you do breaking this down, I never subscribe or like but I just did with you and will always

[@gangstagrandpa77gaming96]

I love watching these vids man it's like therapy ...ur a literal teacher bro 😎...it's good u can rap and want that as a career but don't sleep on the breakdowns this man is the real GoaT 🐐 at this shit ...when I get right I'm making a donation...my son loves these vids also.. keep it up brother 🎉

[@HammerFall229]

Could you react to In Your Head from Revival? Is such an underrated song, the 2nd verse is just bonkers when eminem opens himself up

[@benny1051]

I have been patiently waiting for this reaction from you for A LONG TIME. THANK YOU. Last part of the first verse, goose bumps.

[@MrAce607]

You definitely have that Em feel to your original music you can definitely see the influences in hip hop and Rap. Nothing but respect for your talent and you!😎🤘, You're a hell of a breakdown artist too! Keep up the great work brother!

[@workoutwarrior3118]

At first listen Stevie knight didn’t like when Em kept saying “I am Phenomenal”… but then he got it, after the first verse… this track is one of my favorite and on my workout playlist…..

[@nixzero]

what did he get after the first verse?

[@workoutwarrior3118]

@@nixzero he didn’t like the chorus the way Em was saying PHENOMENAAAAAL… after the first verse was over he got it and felt that it fit the song very well…

[@ronny-ratamp2923]

Great Reaction as always

[@JC-en7rm]

Great breakdown as usual Knox! I’m a bit rubbish at remembering to leave comments on your reactions lol, but always liking and watching! Hope you’re good 👍

[@hoopwizardws]

Love me some Mather's day Thursday's! Excited for your breakdown on this dope track Knox!

[@Hope-bf2kk]

Please react to Wicked Ways. That song has so many crazy bars. “When I get on the mic I’mma snap Make you wish the ambulance that took me to the hospital When I overdosed would have caught a flat” Instead of, like the saying goes, I’m gonna make you wish you were dead. He says I’m gonna make you wish I was dead in pure Em fashion.

[@orlandoroman9446]

Great reaction brother,that song is underrated....please try and react to Eminem-Bad Influence off the end of days soundtrack I think it's one of his most unknown tracks

[@JohnnyZBeatZ]

Please do the game new Diss track to Eminem

[@danielspatz4928]

Holy long ass time ago great recommendation

[@davefurion382]

The actual music video for that came out a few years ago, and the video is amazing, it looks like a damn action movie lol

[@nixzero]

yeah it was cool asf. definitely worth a reaction.

[@gargile2000]

U r PHENOMENAL with these breakdown bruh.👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

[@m4ttlewis95]

He was still making MMLP2 at the time

[@jayantamukharjee4304]

Mind blowing Breakdown. This channel should be named Music appreciation channel. Please Breakdown Knox Hill-Mumble Rap. NF-STATEMENT. Love from India.

[@JonathanRodriguezDoctorJ-Rod]

Once again, awesome reaction! Quick side note: I wonder when he says "manage to prove who the best man is" if that's a double "Manage to prove/Proof who the best man is" Shouting out Proof (as Em's best man) as Em is now "the only one left standing" as he says later

[@shogunmadskillz206]

It’s not what happens to you. Its what you do after, that defines who you are.

[@tylerwilliams5248]

Hands down best breakdown/reaction creator 🤘

[@raychlescott3350]

He wrote this for the movie Southpaw. He was supposed to star in it but had to bow out, Jake Gyllenhaal took the lead roll and the movie was truly amazing and the song works perfectly with it

[@BroSoYouKnow]

Eminem is the goat for real!. Now react to that weak ass diss from the game 😂.

[@danieldboyharper7414]

Knox! You were locked in bruh 🔥 reaction

[@hunterinho2781]

Prove who the best man is/ left standin. At a wedding the best man stands up and everyone is sat down.

[@manuelvarela7903]

Knox hill 😎👍 Eminem is the Goat 🐐 Eminem 😎👍 Real talk about real stuff Facts 💯‼️ Eminem killed it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I like the song 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I like the video reaction

[@mercygrace9314]

There isn't a better bar breakdown channel out there!

[@lubinanderson2561]

Been waiting for this one

[@paulorourke6147]

What a motivational song. Fantastic and there is so much rhyme schemes in this. What a great reaction by professor of bar's Knox hill. It's like going to school when he reacts to music. What a great song and an inspirational song. Classic from Eminem!

[@garethpuckering1673]

What surprises me as an Englishman is we have been doing this in rap for 35 years, that's why Drake takes all his music from Britain 🇬🇧 because in America you are just learning how to bend words but Eminem is the greatest for a reason, he heard it and took it.

[@JEFFwasHERE...]

Eminem - Medicine Ball 💊 Eminem - Taking My Ball 🏀 Eminem - Ballin Uncontrollably 💎

[@shaunmoor2291]

Yooo Knox bro your intro is cold the beat was fire

[@shawnstover5207]

Near the end there, when you were talking about the left standing bar, you missed one. He said "Mange to prove who the best man is... Prevail at all costs, be the only ones left standin'" You got all the southpaw references, but I'd like to point out the "Best Man" portion of that. When you get married, you have a best man... he stands on the grooms left side..." Em's ridiculous!

[@michaeldickson7119]

Em' is a mysterious master piece join only by himself.

[@nit3faux288]

This is one of my favorites and the perfect gym song i use

[@なに-p3m]

My fav motivational em song..that beyond belief line is heat

[@turk1373]

The female singer is Liz Rodriguez who is also the female singer on other Eminem songs such as Survival, 25 To Life, and Almost Famous.

[@MrIronwillie]

You just got a follower cuz you broke down everything I love about this song

[@Jernside-404]

Can't wait to watch this one. "Eminem - Infinite" next?

[@klb3342]

Great soundtrack for Southpaw...love your deep dives...you pick up so much more than I could on my own You're the rap reaction GOAT!!

[@nanaowusuoduro3127]

bruh that left standing bar was craazzzyyyy🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@lynette.]

Brilliant breakdown as always.

[@PoGdAb]

game’s eminem diss is out might wanna check it out, he dissed dre , d12 and 50 cent kim too

[@bobloblaw7972]

The director of Southpaw was Antoine Fuqua, whose other famous films include Training Day, Shooter, Olympus Has Fallen, and recently, The Guilty (ok that one’s not famous but I’m hoping to boost it because it’s incredible; it’s a Netflix original).

[@afreload]

One of my faves

[@freyjabrigid]

One of my favorite Em songs. I also looooove the movie Southpaw. So awesome.

[@mr.jupiterekbghost1392]

is the official video of phenomenal got copy rights, cuz you should react to the video, it is as fire as the song

[@michaelbraum77]

Great reaction. But you missed out on what could be the dopest video since Thriller . It's like a mini movie!!!

[@Peanut-lq8lt]

Phenomenal is great can’t wait to finish this

[@theneekofficial8829]

Knox, the descriptions for the wrong song fyi. Amazing breakdown as always

[@jessehill1948]

Awesome breakdown man your good 👍

[@yuriletizio9127]

In best case scenario (If eminem responds), we have a rapper that will change genre too. In worst case scenario (Eminem ignores), just another failed dissing (as he himself predicted when he desperately urged for a response of M). "That a death threat or a love letter?" - Killshot, Eminem

[@oneiro7022]

Awesome reaction, man! If I may make one request, I request that you react to "A Prayer" by Token; it's an amazing and heavy song and I'd be very interested in seeing your reaction to it. Keep up the good work, my man!

[@Willdreynolds870621]

BUT YOU STILL BE LEFT HANDED!!!! Hardest punch line

[@adrenalinedge4866]

I literally was going to comment today to do phenomenal. Hell yeah

[@Geraltinio]

mb you will react or analyse all Eminem's albums and song in order from the oldest. We are all waiting for next reaction for eminem and you do it great :)

[@carsoncummings2735]

That gun powder scheme was insane

[@yourcardgame]

Two biggest Em stans Knox and the game 😂

[@michellenoden]

Ems's video to this is so underrated, 48mil on this one but only 48mil on his video is wack, its like a movie with Em's humor.The singer is Gwen Stafani

[@c_note313]

Knox u should listen to Eminem interview with Crooked I. He was definitely talking about u when he described how creators break down bars and the syllables.

[@oresteperez8615]

Listen I didn’t even start watching this cuz of the ads BUT U NEED TO REACT TO GAMES BLACK SLIM SHADY. like asap

[@jessedavis1741]

KNOX HILL!!!! ATTENTION!! I wanna see you do a kiss by bad meets evil, or framed by em or WIKED ways by em! Come on Knox I’ve asked for over a year!! Lol

[@Siggi20]

When you look up the word Phenomenal in the dictionary Eminem's picture is behind the explenation 🙂

[@nathancampbell8308]

The goat

[@eagle0286]

I can't even begin to comprehend how ems brain works its insane

[@CrazeeAdam]

Prerty sure it's all Em, both singing and rapping. Just in different tones Eminem was also a consultant on set for the movie and script. He had some input and of course provides tons of great tracks. Obviously Em is a Southpaw himself

[@HeatherBenedix-y6r]

I hope you have that as your alarm, you’re pretty damn phenomenal yourself!!!!!

[@rencenaval8556]

Your intro is so goooood

[@HeatherBenedix-y6r]

You do a damn good job love

[@joncacosta23]

This track was originally on the southpaw soundtrack. It’s so dope

[@kathleenwinstanley6359]

That southpaw scheme starts All the way back when he says I write with the left

[@elliottcoe5972]

Love your venom remix

[@jraydeveilgamer8328]

I know you primarily do rap break downs on your channel, but I really like this band and I hope you'll do a break down on them. They are called moonlight socal and there best song in my opinion is all of my friends.

[@venom1188]

Eminem - Fine Line

[@niinjaslayer6394]

Oh hell yes finally

[@scottmuttilainen9300]

Love your channel bro! Great breakdowns. How have you never heard this before though? Haha

[@wohalivines3978]

Eminem only had the hook and sent it to the director to see if that's what he was wanting. A couple days later he saw the movie trailer on TV - with the hook already on it. He took that as a yes to write the song. (from Southpaw interview)

[@samgarcia6268]

This was a soundtrack to the movie southpaw one of my favorite boxing movies you should see the movie and the training scene from Jake Gyllenhaal it gets you pumped up you really should watch the movie

[@heathertownsend949]

The girl is Liz Rodriquez and also Mario Resto harmonizes on parts. DJ Khalil was the producer and and Luis Resto who also works so much and both Restos are from Puerto Rico but long time residents of Detroit. That whole group does ALOT together (I happened to know that BECAUSE I AM HUGE INTO BACKSTORIES and I was working too hard to go watch Southpaw until my last bad car accident that put me down in 2018 so I have now watched ummmm too many times to count this movie to help me get up.and Kings Never Die well I already knew an about it because I have almost EVERYTHING GWEN has ever done or touched and combined with Em well I had the soundtrack just hadn’t seen the movie til recently. BUT THIS IS A “Phenomenal” ONE 🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️🙌🙌🙌🙌💯💯💯💯 thanks as always and don’t beat me up too bad for my run on sentences (give a 1st Responder who wants to comment a break) I’m like Tom...”I can write a perfect letter....” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jamill9290]

React to 313 by Em feat Eye Kyu. From his infinite album. Just wanna see the progression from back then until now

[@j.coreyplestina234]

2:02 Can you please keep saying "MUSIC THEORY" constantly when explaining the them? I would love to be able to search every Eminem dissection video and find all the deep dives you do!! It will to help me be able to time stamp them, and then I'll try my best to use it to TRY and dissect your original music and pay homage to you by doing what you do to us with the Em tracks!!!