How a News Poster Keeps Entertained When There Is No News

[Amaranthine]

I'm bored, and TR is slow today, so I thought I'd show you guys what I do when I'm bored and Em news is dry. This is my collection of Em articles, videos, etc. If there are any titles/descriptions that seem interesting to you and you'd like to read/see, just post or shoot me a PM and I'll post the actual article or video or whatever it is.

Viola. You'll have to right click > view image to see the whole thing.

[ShadysDisciple]

Swift on not performing with Eminem seems kinda cool. Same with D12 waiting to release album.

[Amaranthine]

Swift on not performing with Eminem seems kinda cool. Same with D12 waiting to release album.

Speaking of Eminem, he's going to do a handful of dates on your tour, but not all of them, is that correct?

If Eminem can make it, it cool. If he can't make it, we understand. He had a head start at first. There's a lot of things that Eminem had to take care of and do without us. We all understand, so we try to make it happen, and try to bring that vibe. With him there, we more outstanding than ever. But we gonna try our best to put it down without him. We all understand that he have things to do. So he support us to the fullest. When we have things to do, he support us. He puts that motivation in our hearts and mind to go ahead and do it like we're supposed to do it, even when he's not around.

Do you think it's important to let fans know that he may not be at the show that they attend?

Well, I mean, it all depends on the fan. You can't justify what makes a person mad or angry. A person might stand in the crowd and say, "Eminem's not coming? [Forget] it." Or they might say, "D12 is just as good." I respect a person's opinion. All we can do is do our thing, and hopefully, they can enjoy both sides--with Eminem and without Eminem. He in the same clique. People in the hip-hop gang understand how it really is. Like, if Eminem not there, they know we represent for him. And he represent for us. I hope the crowd know that we represent for each other.

http://www.d12world.com/interview2.php

Though D12 — whose lineup also includes Proof, Kuniva and Swift — formed back in 1994, it's taken this long for them to put out an album. The MCs made a pact, agreeing that whoever got signed first would come back for the rest of the group.

"Basically, Eminem was just so busy," Bizarre said, adding that he never doubted the album would happen eventually. "Em is kind of a loner — he doesn't have many friends, so he basically just kept us around him during his whole career. We just had to wait our turn and be patient — that's what he told us to do." Bizarre said the group plans to put out one album per year from now on. D12 will get started on Devils Night's follow-up in Eminem's home studio this week, and the group will continue plugging away on it in between tour breaks and work on Em's next solo album, he said.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/144459 ... ally.jhtml

[gvdz]

stan

[Amaranthine]

stan

Banned.


Someone asked for this one, on Em not paying attention to what the average listener likes on Relapse.

What Eminem has spent a great deal of time thinking about, however, is artistic merit. He continues to speak openly about what he believes is the mixed quality of his last two albums. "I was pretty much in full-blown addiction while I was creating ["Encore"]," he says, "and as far as 'Relapse,' when I first got sober I got really happy because I was not a prisoner of addiction anymore, so life was brand-new to me. I was like, 'Shit, man, trees are beautiful again. What a nice day it is.' I don't think I was paying attention to what the average listener might like or not like."

http://www.billboard.com/#/news/eminem- ... ory?page=1

[ImANoob]

the "3:11 insight into writing kim" one seems cool

[Amaranthine]

the "3:11 insight into writing kim" one seems cool

[Amaranthine]

Kuniva/Kon Artis friendship, is that recent at all?

No sir, that's from 2004.

[Amaranthine]

This thread is amazing

LOL thanks?

Kuniva/Kon Artis friendship, is that recent at all?

No sir, that's from 2004.

Well, post it anyways. And thanks

Sure!

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Question mark? Smh, it was a compliment. Smh....................................................................smh!

[Elision]

i would be so fucking sick of eminem if i were you

and no, name

[Amaranthine]

Do news posters get paid for their jobs?

LOL no.

[Never_Enough]

I'd like to read the "Going out, fame, hailie and parents" one.

Anyway thank you, this is an awesome thread.

[BigBoss]

How recen is the D12 one you posted?

[Amaranthine]

How recen is the D12 one you posted?

Early this year, I think it's from when they were in Australia...the Swift talking about Em not performing with them one at least.

Nope, both of those D12 articles are from 2001.

I'd like to read the "Going out, fame, hailie and parents" one.

Anyway thank you, this is an awesome thread.

Sure! You're welcome, and thanks!

MTV: Jay-Z has a new album coming out where he says fame is both a gift and a curse. Do you agree with Jigga's assessment?

Eminem: You gotta take the ups and downs with it. Fame has got its pros and cons. The pros would be you don't have to ride one of these double- decker buses anymore. The cons would be all the craziness that comes with it. When you get rid of some of your small problems, like having bills, and then transition to getting to where somebody like me or Jay-Z is, you have a whole new slew of problems, like lawsuits and other things I never knew could exist.

MTV: The tour is going well and you've sold millions of records, but you're one of the few rappers that we never hear talking about ice or cars or your bank account. What do you do with your money? Better yet, what's the first big-ticket item you bought?

Eminem: The first big-ticket item that I bought was a house. When I first started seeing money, I treated that like it was the only house I would ever buy and the only royalty check that I would ever get. That's how I treat every check. The truth is, you don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow. This is a crazy ride and nothing is guaranteed. I could wake up tomorrow and this could all be over. You have to invest.

MTV: What was it like owning your first home?

Eminem: At the time I bought it, I had no idea how famous I really was. It was across the street from a trailer park and we had kids coming across all day knocking on the door. We had a pool in the backyard, kids were jumping in the pool. It was crazy. The house was on a main road so we had people whipping in my driveway like, "Em, what up?" I literally couldn't go outside my house. So we deaded that real quick, sold the house, lost money and bought a new house. That's probably the best investment I've made, my new house.

MTV: You say you weren't aware of your fame when you first started blowing up. When did you start sensing how popular you were becoming?

Eminem: The first time I really sensed it was flipping through channels and seeing my face on every channel. You kind of get sick of yourself. The first time I experienced it was probably walking through a mall or something and not realizing how many people really know who you are. I probably got the most unmistakable nose and chin in the business. Sometimes I'll go out and cover up most of my face. If they see one eye people know it's me, it's crazy.

MTV: Your daughter Hailie is obviously a huge inspiration in your life and music, and the two of you have even recorded a song together. But does she know the depths of her daddy's fame yet?

Eminem: Yeah, she knows. She's six and she's getting the grasp of that whole thing. She's starting to realize. She goes to school like, 'My dad's on TV,' and these other kids, their dads aren't on TV.

MTV: Hailie is becoming a mini celeb in her own right. She seemed really comfortable recording "My Dad's Gone Crazy." Do you see her following in your footsteps and making music when she gets older?

Eminem: When she's 25, maybe she can. She's gotta grow up first. She scares me a little bit 'cause she's got that "little star" quality.

MTV: So will Hailie be getting any siblings anytime soon? Maybe you could spearhead a hip-hop Partridge family.

Eminem: No more kids. I'm good with Hailie. I'll spoil her and give her everything I never had. I have other family members that I take care of and want to take care of, but as far as kids, I'm cool. No more, one is enough.

MTV: As you approach the big 3-0, are you getting this whole parenting thing down pat? How would you rate yourself as a father?

Eminem: I do the best I can right now. I truly believe I'm doing the right thing and I do a good job. I'm a father before anything. I'm a father before I pick up the mic. I'm a father before I'm Eminem. Of course I'm not the perfect parent. There may be things I'm doing wrong and I'll find out in 10, 15 years, but right now I'm doing the best job I can and that's all I can do.

MTV: As much as she depends on you, in "Say Goodbye Hollywood" you liken Hailie to sort of your lifeline, saying "I gotta get up, thank God/ I got a little girl/ And I'm a responsible father/ So not a lot of good I'd be to my daughter/ Layin' in the bottom of the mud ..." Do you think that your daughter has saved your life?

Eminem: I think that in a roundabout way she did save my life. I always had drive coming up and I always wanted to make it as a rapper. That was my dream. But when she was born, it was the reality of "I have to do this." I had nothing else. I had no high school education. I want her to be able to grow up and look back on this and be like ? whether people agree with it or not ? "My dad put me on a song. My dad wrote songs for me, my dad said my name all over the place." I want her to be able to look back in magazines and everything and just know. I don't ever wanna be like my father was to me.

MTV: In the video for "Cleaning Out My Closet," you talk a lot about your mother, but some of the most mind-searing images portray your recollection of how your father treated you and your mother. Have you ever tried to reach out to him?

Eminem: I have never spoke to my father and I never will. I'm cool. It's not a void in my life, [I don't feel there's something] missing or anything. I'm happy and I've got who I need in my life and I think I've found a peace, an inner peace. I don't feel like I ever need to meet him one day and be like, "Oh my life is complete." I don't want to know him.

MTV: You've been feuding with your mother for quite some time, you've dissed her numerous times in songs and even took a couple of shots at her during the Anger Management Tour. What type of toll, if any, has your estrangement taken on Hailie's relationship with her grandmother?

Eminem: That's a difficult situation because my little brother lives with me now so my mother occasionally has to come there. I know that I can't imagine what goes on in a six-year-old's head. I know there's probably part of Hailie that maybe wants to see her grandmother but she doesn't know what's going on, and I just basically keep her sheltered from it. When my mother does come to the house, I try to occupy Hailie. When she's old enough and she wants to know her grandmother, she can make that decision on her own. But as of right now, I'm not gonna subject my daughter to any of that.

MTV: You have a first-hand perspective of what it's like to come from a home where the parents are not together. How much of an effect do you think your divorce from Kim will have on Hailie?

Eminem: I think that it's good that this happened while Hailie was real young and didn't get so used to seeing her mother and father together all the time. I think it's better we did it early because sh-- was rocky for a while ... I don't wanna subject my seed to that type of turmoil, 'cause it was turmoil a couple years ago. I think that right now when I look at it, she's a happy little girl. To me she doesn't show any signs that something's bothering her or anything like that. Maybe when she gets older she could tell me, maybe it was something I didn't know.

http://www.eminemlab.com/eminemintervie ... iew10.html
I quoted basically the whole interview, there's one more paragraph at the end.

And guys if you aren't [and I know some of you aren't, because the dates of the articles are in the source links] you really should really these interviews in their entirety, they're pretty great.