Ewe, ukrazula amabele kaPamela Anderson, ukhulelisa iSpice Girls, uxelela utata wakhe ukuba ufuna ukunqumla umqala kunye nomama wakhe ukuba utshaya idope kakhulu kwaye akazange amnike ubisi olwaneleyo. Kodwa into endiyithandayo yokuziphindezela kwi-Eminem's My Name Is yenzeka xa lo mfo kwiWhite Castle, apho ebekhe wasebenza khona, ebuza i-autograph yakhe. Ngokuqinisekileyo: Dave othandekayo, Enkosi ngenkxaso. Umgqobho wempundu.
Umi emva kwekhawuntari. Funda ileyibhile kwihempe yakhe: Molo! Igama lam ndingu… Uyimbewu yeedemon emenyezelayo kwii T-shirt zase Coney Island. NguAlfred E. Newman noHowdy Doody. NguBob's Big Boy kunye ne-Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man e-Ghostbusters, ezonakalisa izakhiwo. Ungu-Cable Guy kodwa udlwengula njenge-Bugs Bunny. Ungu-Eminem, owayesakuba nguMarshall Mathers, ngamanye amaxesha ekwabizwa ngokuba nguSlim Shady, kwaye ukulungele ukuthatha iodolo yakho. Umnqweno omhle.
Ukuqala ngokukhawuleza. Mholo! Igama lam li-beats ezine, ugxininiso olunye, isampulu ecinezela umtya opheleleyo we-soul-funk kwi-bleat yomntu otyhala njengeqhosha. Kabini ngaphezulu- (Intoni?) Igama lam ngu / (Ngubani?) Igama lam ngu- kunye nokukhululwa, kunye nokukrala kwe-wicka-wicka ekhokelela kwimpendulo: Slim Shady. Phinda kwakhona. Yongeza amabali obubi obuginyelweyo kunye nentlungu malunga nokwenzelwa, uxelelwe ngobukrelekrele ngumntu oncikidayo onelizwi elingazange lishiye ukufikisa, ngesiqubulo esithi: UThixo undithume ukuba ndilitshabalalise ilizwe. Yenza i-superstar yayo: I-Slim Shady LP (Aftermath / Interscope) ithengise iikopi ezingama-283,000 kwiveki yokuqala. Ndikhankanyile ukuba umhlophe?
Akazenzi ngolunye uhlobo, nangona ade abe ngusaziwayo avele nje ukuba akabonakali. Kwilizwe lika-Eminem, zimbini kuphela iintlanga: eyaziwayo, eyaziwayo, kunye ne-dorks enesithukuthezi, isundu esineenwele, ukuphuka iimpumlo kumchamo ngumxhaphazi wesikolo ngelixa inqununu ingena. Ingoma evela Umonakalo weBongo. U-Eminem uqhekeza yonke indawo kwidrama, kwaye kwenzeka ntoni emva koko kwenzeka ngokukhawuleza okukhulu. Uhlasela umngcungcuthekisi ngentonga yomtshayelo, umi phezu kwakhe ngonyawo esifubeni, emva koko ugoduke, apho ngequbuliso angaboniyo nendlebe yakhe yasekhohlo iyopha. Ngenisa uMama:
Umama waqala ukukhala 'Yintoni le uyenzayo, iziyobisi? / Jonga wena, ufumana igazi kuyo yonke irhawuti yam!' / Undibethile entloko ngerimothi / Wavula umngxunya kwaye yonke ingqondo yam yawa ukakayi lwam / ndaliphakamisa ndakhwaza, 'Jonga njakazi, wenze ntoni?' / 'Owu Thixo wam, ndiyaxolisa nyana.' / 'Thula wena cunt!' / Ndathi, 'Yenze kakuhle!' Ndiyithathile ndayiqinisa entlokweni yam / emva koko ndayithunga ndabeka izikrufu ezimbalwa entanyeni yam.
Iidola zaseNew York zakha zabuza lo mbuzo, Ngaba ucinga ukuba ungazenza noFrankenstein? Ukoyika ulutsha kungunaphakade. Kodwa i-echo yokwenyani apha i-Institutionalized, yi-Suicidal Tendencies, apho umama weemvumi eqhubeka embuza ukuba uphakamile kwaye uqhubeka esithi yonke into ayifunayo yiPepsi, de yonke into iqhume. Ndikhumbula ukuva loo ngoma unyaka wam wokuqala ekholejini, kunye ne-Violent Femmes ditty eyayihambileyo, Kutheni ndingenakufumana i-fuck enye? Ukulindela iiSimpsons, ezo ngoma zokuqala ezingama-80 ezazithengiswa yi-bushel njengemveliso engaphantsi komhlaba kuba zajika umqala we-punk-slitting kwi-joke ye-pop, ibali elide.
U-Eminem, esokola ukukhulula indlela yakhe yokuphuma ngaphandle komhlaba we-hip-hop (ialbham yangaphambili yanyamalala kwangoko), ekugqibeleni wacofa kwawona lo mthambo wegazi, umgodi ofanayo wegolide. Uburharha bukaSlim Shady ekugqibeleni buhle-bunobuntu, bude bufudumale intliziyo, kuba konke kusapho. Njengo-97 uBonnie noClyde, apho uMarshall Mather aqhekeza intetho egqibeleleyo yosana kunye nentombi yakhe malunga nendlela ambulele ngayo umama wakhe, ohlohlwe esiqwini semoto kwaye kufuneka ahlambe ixesha elide. Okanye Isiphoso sam, uhlaziyo kuVusa uSusie omncinci apho umfazi amnike amakhowa amaninzi ukuba aqale ukuvuma iingxaki zakhe zobomi kwaye amxelele ukuba uthetha nesityalo. Kudala sixelela ezi joke naphakade. Izilo ekuthethwa ngazo zezethu. Sizokwakha ezinkulu nezigulayo kwixesha elizayo.
AmaLadies aBarenaked asungula ikhondo labo lomsebenzi ukuba bendinama- $ 1,000,000, uluhlu lweminqweno emnandi; I-Eminem's Ukuba bendinokuthi izigidi ezizigidi zeerandi bezingayi kwanela. Hayi, ufuna iesile elikhulu ngokwaneleyo ukuba liphuzwe lihlabathi liphela. Izigidi ezipholileyo azipholi kwakhona; Sele kuyiminyaka eli-10 okoko uJoker Nicholson ebobotheka nguJoker waphulukana neBatman exhaswa ngemali. U-Eminem ulwa umlo olungileyo: Utsala iitoni zikaHillary Clinton ukuba athethe ngemodeli, emva koko amtyise isherbet; ukrazula ihempe zerhinestone kaGarth Brooks; Ubiza umvelisi wakhe, uGqirha Dre, isazinzulu somculo werap esandula ukubonwa ngokurhabaxa kwividiyo, kwimbali yakhe kaDee Barnes. Kukho ubukho obuqhelekileyo, obukrwada, obugungqisa ubugwenxa kuze ke kubekho olwanamhlanje, ubungcwele, isuti yokuyila i-megamillion megacelebrity. Ngubani umtyholi kwakhona?
Icala uSlim Shady likulo liya kuphulukana nale mfazwe; ngalo mbandela, u-Eminem uya kuthi mhlawumbi abe nesiphene, afune imofo ayiyo. Kodwa, okwangoku, kumnandi ukuba neengcambu kuye; okwangoku, icwecwe lakhe yeyona nto intsha ukusukela kwinto entsha kaLauryn Hill, ukusukela kwinto entsha kaRadiohead, ukusukela ngeHanson, ukusukela kwi-Beck. Ungahlekisa: uTerrence Rafferty oziqhenyayo wenza inqaku lika-Matshi le-GQ, egxotha nayiphi na imbono ye-Ezra Pound's dictum Yenze intsha kubugcisa njengokhetho phakathi kweziphumo ezizodwa zokuxhaswa kweArmagedon kunye nexesha elide eligqityiweyo le-avant-garde.
Kodwa u-Eminem mtsha. Njengabafana beBeastie, ekuphela kwabantu abamhlophe kwisithuba seminyaka engamashumi amabini ngoku benze isitayile esikhethekileyo, uthembele kuburharha obuphezulu kunye neenkcukacha ezilinywayo ezizigidi. Ngokungafaniyo neBeastie Boys, akazange atyelele i-White Castle njenge-lark; Iimali ezintlanu ngeyure zabonakala zilungile. Kwaye unakho ukudlwengula kwimigaqo ye-rap, ukukhawulezisa ukuhamba kwakhe ukuya kufana nesantya se-staccato olu hlobo luye lwathatha kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo ngelixa igcina ithoni yakhe ikhanya kwaye incokola. Yiyo loo nto uGqirha Dre wayengenazintloni zokusebenza naye.
Ewe, loo nto kunye nayo yonke imali. Xa i-pop phenomenon ihlasela, kwaye ilungile, iyintsusa, intsha ngenkcazo-ukungxama ukuba ubekuyo kuqhuba iingcinga zexesha elidlulileyo kunye ne-promosh whoosh. Iziphumo zokugqibela zinokuba kuphela kukungena komhlaba phantsi komhlaba, indlela u-Eminem azisa ngayo uTsicidal Tendency kuJay-Z. Kodwa oko kunokwaneleyo. Into ethile iyaphakama kwaye iyandinyanzela, nam. Kwaye zonke ii-archetypes ziphakama ukuze zanga iesile lakhe. Kwigama lam yividiyo, apho iisuti zikaPamela Anderson zihlolwe emilebeni kwaye uphawula nje umhlaba, u-Eminem udlala noMarilyn Manson kwindawo enye kwaye uMongameli ufumana i-blowjob kwenye, ityala elinentloko emhlophe kunye nomlobi we-blonde kwigumbi lebhalbhu yokukhanyisa ekupheleni kweNdoda engabonakaliyo. Kodwa ngamanye amaxesha ungumbonisi-ntetho, naye, efana noJohnny Carson, enxibe enye yezo grins zaseMelika.
