Eminem was 26 when SSLP dropped, wow

[FreeSpeech]

He was definitely one of the late bloomers of most of the major rappers. Yeah, he'd been recording since at least 92, but this was his first major album. He's 38 now, but if he had dropped SSLP when he was 21, he'd only 33 at this point in his career. I know everything would have been different if he had found early success, but I can't but feel deprived of a longer Eminem career

Age at the drop of first major album:
Jay-Z, 26 too
Snoop Dogg, 20
2pac, 20
Biggie, 22
Nas, 21
Lil Wayne, like 13 haha

[cocaine2011]

25 to Life

[FreeSpeech]

25 to Life

He was born Oct 17 1972. SSLP dropped Feb 23 1999. That's 26 years, 4 months. He wasn't 25...

[mecuryball]

25 to Life

What?.

[cocaine2011]

25 to Life

He was born Oct 17 1972. SSLP dropped Feb 23 1999. That's 26 years, 4 months. He wasn't 25...

Well Eminem meant he became famous near the age of 25

and he made a song about it.

[BILI]

25 to Life

He was born Oct 17 1972. SSLP dropped Feb 23 1999. That's 26 years, 4 months. He wasn't 25...

1985-2010

[FalseProphet]

25 to life is a prison sentence, usually meaning until death. That's how I took it when Em said it.

[Fa-Q]

25 to life is a prison sentence, usually meaning until death. That's how I took it when Em said it.

THANK you

[ShadyVsEminem]

25 to life is a prison sentence, usually meaning until death. That's how I took it when Em said it.

Almost sure i read or heard somewhere he began rapping when he was 13,so that would be 25 years from when the song was made

[Mahmoud48]

funny thing is Pac left his legacy as 25
and eminem just emerged at late 20's

[mdemaz]

So young...Yet so intelligent.

[EminemBase]

25 to Life

He was born Oct 17 1972. SSLP dropped Feb 23 1999. That's 26 years, 4 months. He wasn't 25...

Well Eminem meant he became famous near the age of 25

and he made a song about it.

No he didn't.

The song's title is akin to the phrase, derived from a life prison sentence.

He's speaking about hip-hop like it's a woman and he's in a relationship with 'her', being careful to always imply it's a woman, until the last line - "fuck you hip-hop, I'm leaving you - my life sentence is served".

He's saying he's tried of not getting what he puts in from it and that he's basically served a life commitment to hip-hop as it is, so he's done with that commitment (emotionally / mentally). It's just a concept song.

I don't know people keep confusing it and trying to attach the title to his age etc. - the concept is so obvious.

[KieranLewisEM]

funny thing is Pac left his legacy as 25
and eminem just emerged at late 20's

Pac was only a year or two older than em

[cocaine2011]

There's no delete button for a post

[Mahmoud48]

funny thing is Pac left his legacy as 25
and eminem just emerged at late 20's

Pac was only a year or two older than em

ya but his all he has done, with all the albums/material
and movies
its just amazing