Was this the end of Slim Shady? | Eminem-When I’m Gone (Reaction) | One of my favorite Eminem Tracks

I was a bit out of it during this reaction but I wanted ti listen to this song with you guys. I believe this was a huge pivot in Eminem’s career. When I firer heard this I started to realize something was truly wrong. I’m glad we still have Eminem today 👊
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[@andreacollins3204]

From a position of a 14 year old girl who’s father abandoned her this song hits hard. I’m 42 now. . My mother also was severely depressed and suicidal so I feel every word. Becoming an adult as a child trying to please them. ❤️🇮🇪

[@kjo415ozzy6]

❤️

[@michelletaylor369]

@AndreaCollins Your not alone! Both my parents left me when I was 10, no explanation I’m just at my great grandparents house for over 2 years with no knowledge why. Just know you are stronger & have wisdom that can help others, some ppl don’t break the cycle because you have no idea what this life thing is until one day your 35 & realize what most ppl learn in jr high school. All we can do is let that pain go, & live in the moment sometimes I just have to be grateful for this specific moment in time, I’m not hungry, I just stop & breath in the feeling of gratitude. We all I believe are really supposed to be here for each other, but everywhere we turn everything & everyone want us distracted & separated. Much love to you please know you aren’t alone. 🙏♥️

[@andreacollins3204]

@@michelletaylor369 thank you sweet girl. I’m 42 with a 25, 21 and 14 year old set of boys. I’m CPTSD anorexic, gad, bpd, and just diagnosed adhd and ASD but I broke a major circle and my boys and my hubby know they have me for life. It’s tough but Eminem really gets me through a lot since I’m 18 and I will always be a Stan. You are a good woman don’t ever forget that hun

[@andreacollins3204]

@@kjo415ozzy6 ❤️❤️🇮🇪

[@kirstyoneill6609]

Yeah I definitely relate to this too xx I hope your doing much better with your own mental health xx have some positivity turtles love 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢 take care xx

[@DanielB441]

This song is definitely the transition from Shady to Eminem. If you notice, when he’s looking at himself in the mirror, Eminem has brown hair, and he punches the mirror with Shady having blonde hair. An absolute masterpiece of a song. So many alter egos that appeal to almost everyone!! Em is the GOAT for a reason!! 🐐 🔥 🐐 🔥 🐐 🔥 🐐 🔥

[@neilinho2023]

Heard this song a million times. Always tear up at the last couple of lines.

[@ryanr9792]

Bro you got me cuttin' onions over here.. thinking about back when I had this on repeat, right before "going out of town for a month"... the pain i caused to my family, my self destructive habits, my 4 month old son at the time.. so much.. but it was the the best thing I did, surrendering.. admitting "I can't do this on my own." Haven't heard this in a minute. Thanks bro.. I appreciate you.

[@specialsause949]

Shady isn't dead. Shady is still in there. That's what I got from "My Darling" from Relapse. "I'm not in the mirror, I'm inside you"

[@brandontalley4288]

Kamikaze was Slim Shady and Eminem mixture

[@lynette.]

The hardest part of addiction is finding yourself again when you battle it.

[@markohtola15]

The drum beat sounds like a heart beat

[@mafiakid2559]

Bro I've only released that now and I've listened to this song so many times.

[@dantreadwell7421]

Damn. I have heard this once before, and it's one of those that I can't really listen to more than once without breaking. Linkin Park is probably most of them, unfortunately. They were one of my go to groups in my late teens and 20s. Can't even really think of some of the lyrics without losing it. Damn Chester, still miss you. Requiescat in Pace.

[@Ethan-Entah]

Leave Out All The Rest I feel is the equivalent to this for Linkin Park. Similar message of when I go, don't be sad, celebrate what I got right in life.

[@nathanparrott247]

Marshall just isnt angry anymore, which I couldn't be happier for him. That's exactly why I appreciate his newer music more, he is still making music out of love for the art.

[@nate6382]

Man I get emotional everytime hear this, castle and arose, headlights, difficult the song to proof.. but also it's not very often he'll mention Alaina and Whitney because he learnt from wanting to show he's love for hailie but people used her against him

[@JusGoonl]

When u said imagine listening to this Eminem’s gone bro 😭

[@chadsstillalive]

I can’t listen to this song without crying. Every single time.

[@coldred9639]

Don't ever change my guy. Real MEN do Real MEN things. Just like you have from the beginning. Your guy 🥶COLDRED🔥

[@Paul_TheOutcast]

I remember when this song got released on curtain call greatest hit and how touching and the goosebumps and emotion you feel when hearing the song and watching the video, still till this today I still feel the same emotions, Eminem can tell a story with he's lyrics not just with the music video

[@robertcabrera4760]

One of many songs that are important to myself. As a single father of three that hustles for his kids which causes me to miss a lot with them, I understand just how precious the time is and just how much kids miss their fathers

[@kimberlymannino2179]

I’ve always thought of this song as Marshall trying to kill Shady, but doesn’t realize it didn’t work. Then, in The Monster seeing him after going through rehab he realized he can’t kill Slim so he keeps him locked in order to stay sober and be a great father. Think that’s why he’s so more controlled. It takes a lot of will power to live the life he’s led and get to a good place. ❤🔥❤️

[@michelletaylor369]

Nice video Cliff! I still choke back tears to this day EVERY TIME I hear this song. In these songs I think the true Stan’s~ fans of Marshall Mathers can tell which songs carry pain & no matter how many takes ………. This pain isn’t able to be masked! We can hear that pain in his voice, we don’t have to know what he’s saying we know by the sound, just like the songs when he’s being funny & having fun. Thank you, I hope you have the Best day ever! ✌️

[@UnitedWeStan]

I heard this song when I was 13 yrs old. my life was so different from how it is now. I'm 30 now with 2 kids. This song hits me at a much deeper place now.

[@JoshieMadhatt]

I'm literally crying like a little baby in my room listening to this. I can feel that shit

[@beckyleavitt7808]

I cried when I saw this. The pain. I feel ya, Cliff. Slim shocked the system. I still miss him. He pops out once in a while. #slimshady #eminem

[@lovelyamethyst]

Honestly… this was what made me really start to love Eminem’s music. I started listening more because the message of this song really spoke to me.

[@pierocignetti8959]

Loved this style, not too much breakdown but a lot more emotion, this song still wets my eyes sometimes. And I totally agree with your ending "rant", the GOATS "2pac, Nas, Biggie, Em" are GOATS for a reason, you could feel their emotions in their songs, they have real meaning, music that trascends age and culture. Nowadays the "GOATS" are good sounding music with 90% of the focus on the bass, and the lyrics could be a dude high off his mind screaming about his gang and how sexually active he is.

[@mafiakid2559]

This is my favorite song of all time and for the first time, I've noticed that the beat is the rhythm of a heartbeat.

[@mehlting2257]

this is and always will be my favorite em track. the honesty and the self awareness in this track is something hardly any artist does. incredible track.

[@paulorourke6147]

it's just different, every lyrical, every song is just amazing. I'm 41 and just enjoying every part of Eminem's songs and this is another one of them special songs. So much pain in this song, so much honesty, so much emotion, I love it. Respect as always from over here in Ireland!! great reaction as always Cliff beats, emotional and honest reaction. fantastic Cliff beats. And Cliff I do still think Eminem is underrated. I think his music is just ahead of everyone else. I do love it and music to be murdered by side A and B have become as important to me and are now my favorites. They are so technical it takes years for most people to understand. But I love his music, my therapy. take care world

[@harryparsons2750]

I’m 41 as well

[@Hilariumosis]

This was 2005 but 2009 he dropped Relapse with Shady songs like 3 am, stay wide awake, bagpipes from bagdad, must be the ganja etc. Shady definitely didn't die here. And his career didn't slow down after this either.

[@brandontalley4288]

That why he made My Darling

[@CSTrixieChick]

I feel like I've never seen someone who appreciates Eminem and gives so much attention to his songs, lyrics and double entendres the way you do. I feel like you completely respect him and his background. I love when you stop the videos to point out a rhyme or explain something because the rhymes are genius and they need to be stopped so they can be admired. I've gone down the fkin rabbit hole with your videos and have been watching them nonstop.

[@ilaril]

I didn't know where this song belonged on the timeline, but I remember being on the slopes and I had to stop on the side to just listen. It felt like he was saying his goodbyes to someone, but he himself wasn't going. Was just eerie feeling watching other ski by and I'm just in the moment.

[@squiggles1239]

"took the world by storm with these words I form" - Eminem, 'Fly Away'. A leaked track from the recovery era.

[@klinical]

Honestly, this song made me an Em fan. This is the first track I ever heard from him and it was simply amazing.

[@cecilywade2946]

Eminem has helped me through finding my brother dead at 15, an extremely physically, sexually, mentally abusive relationship which lasted over 4 years, through 10 years of addiction one suicide attempt 3 weeks in the hospital, recover and most recently unexpectedly losing my 59 year old mother at only 28 years old, dealing with a sociopathic sister and my grieving father and family, his music has kept me strong and keeps me going still to this day, the day he dies I fear a part of me will die with him. His music was the only thing that made me feel that I wasn’t alone so many nights I’d literally “ Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in they lives So they sit and they cry at night, wishin' they'd die 'Til they throw on a rap record and they sit and they vibe We're nothin' to you, but we're the fuckin' shit in they eyes” (em)… that verse makes me cry every time because before my recovery I didn’t know how to properly deal with all the pain but em helped me through the anger, the pain, showed me the road to reccovery forgiveness and acceptance

[@Sunny-jz3dy]

Eminem in the beginning....he was so oblivious of his fame that he purchased a house in regular neighborhood. They didnt get to live there long! People were knocking on their door, honking their horn as they drove by & it got so bad they called the police! They left in the middle of the night and he purchased the K-mart estate. The former CEO of K-marts estate. Thats where they stayed till the girls got older. It was remote and the grounds are extensive. They even changed the girls names so they could go to school....& not get singled out. He did everything he could to protect them but they didnt really socialize with anyone outside of their family. Pretty much living like hermits....to preserve what privacy they could.

[@Unogamingchannel]

the Nostalgia, I remember the holidays I was working Graveyard shift at Tim Hortons, my ex and I were expecting my first child. Eminem was 90% of my playlist while I did my baking.

[@ryanr9792]

This is definitely my personal favorite.. as I relate to it a lot. Played it on repeat for a a while and it just helped me through a lot, realizing there's a lot to step back and be thankful for. Thanks Cliff, great as always 🙏

[@benpack6676]

This the MOST real song this man every created

[@Wickit96]

One of my favorite records. Get emotional every time I hear it

[@simonsaunders8945]

here and present as always for your Eminem reactions. and as a father of 4 now, and 2 of them girls 14 and 12, this song hits so much harder, amazing, great video Cliff, hope your well and in fine spirits!!

[@pokermush3714]

End of Shady (for a bit) , I saw that story telling list also ! Thought the same as you! Thanks for the reaction Cliff 👍🏻

[@darlaharrelson6487]

I’m so much a fan of of Eminem. I’m a Stan 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🐐🐐🐐❤️💯💯

[@sharondagostino3348]

This song kills! Lump in my throat every time.

[@Edbashir]

love you for doing this

[@andrewsears16]

Marthal Mathers pouring his heart and soul out have made for songs that, I personally, include in the same category as our HISTORICAL artwork MASTERPIECES. Future generations of children studying him alongside shakespeare in grade school poetry analyses

[@TheOfficialRixxion]

I literally looked up your reaction to this last night and got sad cause you hadn't reacted, What's the chances that it's the next one you reacted to! Keep up the amazing work Cliff!

[@CliffBeatsOfficial]

I read minds 👀

[@TheOfficialRixxion]

​@@CliffBeatsOfficial 👀 he's in my head guys

[@HEC350]

@CliffBeatsOfficial I was just going to say "why haven't you reacted to Buy Yew yet" and seen you did 5 minutes ago 😮😯 Mind Reader!!!!

[@SuperDarkness25]

Always in my top 5 eminem songs always will be too.

[@manuelvarela7903]

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

[@maymarsh9117]

Alright, guess we cryin this mornin. 💞Feed the love, starve the hate.

[@astro-du2zg]

when i'm gone was the song made me fall I love with eminem and it makes me really nostalgic watching you react to it. loads of love man keep doing what you do

[@emileedawn237]

I got chills too.

[@michaelbraum77]

I'm with you Cliff! This song still gets me choked up. Especially the final verse! Great song. Great reaction, despite the "remixed" version you were watching. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Faye_Gato]

Thank you cliff.

[@sidey4092]

This song just says everything

[@esaiasjones1635]

This song marks the end of an era…the end of an era in which Eminem prioritized his music and fame over his family and his own personal health/well being. He’s in a far better spot now because he’s found a happy medium, one in which he can still make great music whilst not neglecting his relationships with his children. That’s why this song has SO MUCH weight. Not just because Eminem’s music has never been the same…but because he himself is no longer the same. When I’m Gone is a great example as to why I can’t put Eminem’s discography in any particular order…he’s taken us on this amazing ride with his music. Every album is meaningful in its own right. This is the end of Marshall’s reckless stardom but his talent hasn’t gone anywhere. 12 years post this songs release…Eminem is still at the top, which makes for a happy fan 😊

[@twooharmony2000]

6:25 comment:foreshadowing, good catch.-Ernie Moore Jr.

[@HelloMyNameIsZON3]

Eminem is The GOAT no debate

[@probellum8844]

With the benefit of hindsight, the set up for the video is ingenious. He's at an AA meeting. Nowadays, we all know about his troubles with pill addiction, but, in this context, it goes deeper than that. What else has commonly been compared to drugs, in rap? What are they often used as a metaphor for? Nothing else but Rap itself. And not just Rap, but the fame that comes with it. Eminem has often basically outright said he's addicted to rapping. The fame at this point doesn't mean as much to him. He's dealt with -and is still dealing with- his pill addiction. But Rap? He still can't stay away. He still can't bring himself to stop. Maybe he never will. At the very least, it seems like he's managed it well enough to keep himself together, so that it doesn't get in the way as much.

[@ruddyy123]

Anyone else agree or geek the same way? When he says it’s just me in the mirror ? I believe it ties in with my darling … I look in the mirror, the mirror grows lips and it whispers come nearer.

[@udayshah7205]

Lol such a throwback

[@kendrickmagee672]

This is my song right here WHEN I'M GONE❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@lynette.]

He worked so hard.

[@robbiemock4494]

180th time asking for eminem insane please cliff i begging

[@Luke26945]

As a father of 4, the last verse is so deep. One of my favorite Em songs ever.

[@DLFLux]

Slim Shady definitely returned for Relapse, I always saw that album as the Slim Shady LP 2. Though I agree there was a difference, he’s more of murderer compared to the old just don’t give a fuck guy. He’s more of a character Em’s playing than the other side of him

[@andrewmedatv]

Hey Cliff, Been enjoying your videos for a while now. Would love to see you do Eminem - Careful what you wish for

[@MrJlrod33]

I've always said the same, Slim Shady died here. But I also think My Darling is connected to it, especially when he tries to shoot himself looking in the mirror. "You can't kill a spirit I'm inside you". Might be reaching But with Em I'm probably not.

[@twooharmony2000]

4:41 comment: chilling for sure.-Ernie Moore Jr

[@donaldpaulson3920]

Like Tom macdonald said, cloned rappers....em knew he was going to be a sacrifice

[@mama_nez]

🙌🙌🙌

[@TonyV5913]

🐐🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@djgilmore3608]

For me, this has always been "One of them ones"; instantly iconic. This one gives me chills every time. Eminem takes the mask off of fame, and in doing so, bodies his original self from the top bunk. Slim Shady died, but had his Revival as a new Methodical Man. My only hope for him, is that he finds Christ and lets go of selling his soul and gives it to GOD. Otherwise, nothing else will have even mattered. I mean that in the most caring and respectful way of a brilliant man who forever changed the scape of Hip-Hop.

[@krisdenson1950]

After Encore I didn't think he was going to continue with rap. So glad he didn't quit. I like your thoughts on Slim Shady on drugs vs. Slim shady sober. Still Slim Shady to me either way but I see what you are saying.

[@jacobpitt5099]

anthony jeselnik fire in the maternity ward it’s an hour special on netflix but maybe you could break it up into 20 minute parts

[@nicolebloomers-poeticjustice]

❤❤ the pain in voice I 😢uagree he lyrics are a genius ❤an not many get out of that place he got out he might still feel like he guilt for his past but he don’t live there no more he is wiser stronger solider now an thank goodness for that or he might not be here like you said 😢he is goat 🐐 love ❤️ him thank god Hallie become his inspiration to be a better man not many get out of that space unscathed let alone world 🌎 wide selling rap artist in the hall of fame with his princess there right beside him ❤he deserves so much credit an acknowledgement thank you 🙏 for spotlighting his talents an his courage an wisdom to change for the sake of his daughters those who do not acknowledge him are in there own misery an just can’t see past there own rotten ego to see the solider who becomes goat 🐐 love ❤️ em he is true legend hip hop an rap ❤❤

[@jamill79]

Another deep track is "Arose", i can't get through that song without a box of tissues

[@pneuma55]

Jaysus......made me squirt a little. I've been through a lot in my life and this triggered some memories man. Not sure what else to say.....Damn.

[@kylphelps7827]

I wonder if he is saying just know that I'm looking down on ya smiling, nd know I didn't feel a thing baby so just smile back if he's talking bout slim saying that

[@bstanley6263]

You gotta do “rap game” and “love me” from the 8 mile soundtrack

[@MichaelJordanGoat2324]

i’d say it was the end of Shady but he made Relapse which is his most shady album so that can’t be possible.

[@matmachin9992]

I know its a simple chorus but i remember thinking it over and over to make sure i could say it properly to my daughter on my death bed. I got lucky, got a willy wonka ticket to rehab.

[@cindyw262]

💙

[@BigBarbrady]

the title alone is a triple

[@Nk-we5ub]

Chills for sure

[@jonathanrnr]

Westside Boogie ft Eminem - Rainy Days! xD

[@eugeniabkakeman9415]

He walks up to the mirror and Eminem with dark hair smashes the mirror with the blonde Slim Shady in it.

[@leesagar8651]

After this song Eminem started taking long gaps in between releases and tours sporadically appearing to drop a banger then disappearing again which he's known for doing now. I believe this was a goodbye to his fans and the music video was showing the reason why he was stepping away from the spotlight

[@user-wp2tk3qn6v]

Tragic endings from revival with Skylar Grey please!!!!

[@trenchcoatsftw]

When I'm Gone is a heavy hitter, emotionally... I don't know if you take requests but if you do give Underground by Eminem a listen.

[@lilithmotherofmonsters6055]

Glad to hear you're taking the time to react to songs you actually want to react to And thanks for making sure your discord server is accepting of trans people, it means a lot to me. Really proves my point when I said you were doing God's work

[@I_Eat_Crayons.]

Still hoping to eventually see your reaction to Bump Heads - Eminem or My Name - Xzibit. Also don't think I seen you react to Gatman and Robbin - 50 Cent and I'll hurt you- Busta Rhymes. The last 2 you should definitely listen to how Em follows the beat.

[@CliffBeatsOfficial]

I see you. It’s just going to take me some time. Don’t worry 👊

[@jessedavis1741]

Mockingbird is another great em song! Edit: is there a bad em song? No fucking way!

[@sethvargas6413]

You should listen to difficult by him

[@kirstyoneill6609]

I love this song but I do agree with your opinion xx this was the tipping point for him xx especially when it concerns Hailie coz a think he thought he was going to actually die from drugs xx he realised he fucked up xx

[@buddah1221]

everyone says the don't like Encore but I like it I think in terms of style and storytelling it's the closest he's done to SSLP

[@jimf4194]

Cliff check out Eminem, Yellawolf & Slaughter House-SHADY 2.0 BOYS LIVE 🔥🔥🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✌️

[@southrnsweety88]

Personally I think people hate on Em cause it's popular. It makes them feel "cool". They are secretly bumping the greats if not the entire catalog. It's the only way the numbers make sense to me.

[@dangermouse9348]

Wrists weak, fingers heavy There's blood on the keys already, AB Negative. Day - 937 of asking for The Apple, Our House or Stir Crazy. Cheers Cliff.

[@CliffBeatsOfficial]

Hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

[@dangermouse9348]

@@CliffBeatsOfficial Cheers my man.

[@heatherharville4481]

I was a stay at home Mom my son who is 26 told me as a parent you can either give time or money but not really both yes right ID a shame

[@jessicathurston1645]

I remember when he first came out, a family member basically said he'd have his 15 mins of fame, oh how wronf he was 😂

[@miaclaudio5428]

Shady made him but Shady also almost killed him he brought this song all the way back around this is one of my favorite songs and like I said I think he was getting sober when he wrote this but I do believe at the time he was done with the game the whole music all that stuff because he was realizing that it took him away from his own family and I think he came back because no matter what he never lost Haley but Kim was already gone and no matter what anybody says Eminem still loves her but he knows they're just not good together there's a song I wanted you to react to I don't know if you already did I forget the name of it it's I can breathe now something like that he's talking about it's him and style of Gray I assume it could be another girl singer I don't know but it's when he says he's standing on top of the building and it's lighting up on fire I forget the song but I love it so much I can't think of the name of the song but I wish you would react to it if anybody knows what I'm talking about please put that name somewhere in here there's a lot of Stan us out there

[@twooharmony2000]

3:04 he says he's Marshall, I don't see where the Slim Shady is in this beginning. The pain you hear would be replacing SlimShady in, not glossing-over things, and not deflecting, but beginning accepting and the perception of being inept-in attention and focus gets redirected, and in the song he pleads to be accepted instead of excepted. But if he's gone like You said, then we should not expect him.-Ernie Moore Jr.

[@danielanderson4777]

Shady made me but tonight Shadys rock a bye baby

[@CliffBeatsOfficial]

This song is about putting his alter ego to bed - Cliff Beats Sr.

[@veysey2243]

I hate this new and old divide. He was the best then and still is today. Em is the Goat