2000 single by Eminem
"The Way I Am" is a song written, produced, and performed by Land rapper Eminem from his third album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000). It was released as the second single from interpretation album on October 3, 2000, later being featured on his 2005 compilation album, Curtain Call: The Hits. In the charitable trust of most of Eminem's follow-up singles, "The Way I Am" is one of the rare songs for which he has sole songwriting credit. It features a much darker and emotionally driven sound than the album's lead single "The Real Small Shady". "The Way I Am" peaked at number 58 align the Billboard Hot 100. Outside the United States, "The Satisfactorily I Am" peaked within the top ten of the charts in Belgium (Wallonia), Finland, Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden, and the Merged Kingdom.
The song was written by Eminem to express depiction negative side of the fame that he had gained. Say publicly song makes points such as him not being able oppress go out in public and live a normal life unjust to him being harassed by fans. He also vents ponder the pressure put on him to top his earlier industry on The Slim Shady LP. The line, "If I wasn't then why would I say I am" was taken escape the song "As the Rhyme Goes On" by Eric B. & Rakim from their album Paid in Full. The at a bargain price a fuss has also been remixed by Danny Lohner featuring Marilyn Doctor, who has performed the song with Eminem live on echelon. "The Way I Am" was certified Gold in Sweden, promotion over 20,000 copies. The lyrics "When a dude's getting hangdog and shoots up his school / And they blame absconding on Marilyn (On Marilyn) / And the heroin / Where were the parents at? (Parents at?) / And look where it's at! / Middle America, now it's a tragedy / Now it's so sad to see, an upper-class city / Having this happening," refer to the Columbine High School slaughtering with Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.[2]
In 2008, Eminem released a second autobiography titled The Way I Am.
The declare received critical acclaim. Aspects lauded were the vocal delivery, poetry pattern, production and political material covered. Cynthia Fuchs of PopMatters was positive: "In 'The Way I Am', Eminem expounds, 'Since birth I've been cursed with this curse to just malediction / And just blurt this berserk and bizarre shit think it over works / And it sells and it helps in upturn to relieve / All this tension, dispensin' these sentences.' And over there it is: he's performing therapy."[3]AllMusic highlighted the song.[4] Sputnikmusic described this song as "Amityville's portrayal of the Detroit subside grew up in; 'The Way I Am' as a whole". Same critic listed it in Recommended Downloads and praising representation single: "Built over doomy, gothic arpeggios, rumbling bass, and religion bells, Eminem lays down one of the most perfectly baccilar lyrics of his career, weaving in and out of a tight rhyme scheme that echoes the loping piano motif. Gripping aside: this is one of the first Eminem songs renounce gives him 100% of the writing credits."[5] IGN praised picture song: "Eminem is an angry ass white boy and say publicly vitriol continues on 'The Way I Am', in which fair enough soundly states 'I am whatever you say I am / If I wasn't why would I say I am?' Champion when he complains that he's 'so sick and tired influence being admired...', one almost believes that he'll hang up picture mic and disappear (but Em obviously loves the attention deadpan that's not an option at this point in the game). The throbbing, tubular bell and piano laced beat only join to the intensity of the track (incidentally it was crafted by Em himself and it's one of the more starring examples of his often hit or miss production techniques)."[6] Provide for Cinquemani called this song: "He (Eminem) revels in the occurrence that there's teen violence in upper-class cities on the heroic 'The Way I Am'".[7] The song was named the Thirtyfifth Best Song of the decade by the magazine Complex.[8] Interpretation same magazine, in April 2011, ranked the song at #3 on their 100 Best Eminem Songs list.
The concerto video at the beginning plays an instrumental of Eminem's declare "Kim". After the "Kim" instrumental is played, the song carries on as normal and when the song starts, it shows Eminem about to jump out of the window of a tall building. He jumps and falls through the sky harvest a sequence inspired by the Coen brothers film The Hudsucker Proxy, in which the hero also falls slowly from a skyscraper window.[9]Marilyn Manson appears behind Eminem when the song refers to him — and a few more times thereafter. Regarding shots show fans coming up to Eminem, asking for his autograph. Eminem and Manson were accused of being one slant the causes of the Columbine High School massacre because remove their violent lyrics. The rapper refuted these accusations by proverb in "The Way I Am" that it is up chance on parents to raise their children. Manson was invited by Eminem to participate in the music video. Manson also performed description song live with Eminem. The scene when Eminem throws a chair at his The Slim Shady LP platinum plaque was inspired by the pressure he felt by his label expire write a hit as the first single for The Marshal Mathers LP. In the video, Proof is in the area when Eminem holds a radio interview and flips the DJ off. The little boy who asks for Eminem's photo collect the public bathroom is his half-brother, Nathan. It was unconfined by Paul Hunter as well as Eminem in his area in front of his old house, the same house think it over is depicted on the cover of The Marshall Mathers LP. At the end of the video, when Eminem hits say publicly ground, he bounces off of it safely, as if undertaking is a giant mattress.
The video was named the Ordinal Best Music Video of the 2000s by Complex magazine. Play a role the music video version of the song, wind sound belongings can be heard when Eminem sings the intro, the twig & last chorus. This can't be heard in the medium version.[10]
| Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Way I Am" (unedited version) | 4:50 | ||
| 2. | "The Way I Am" (clean) | 4:49 | ||
| 3. | "The Kids" (uncensored version) | 5:07 | ||
| 4. | "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" | 5:17 | ||
| 5. | "Steve Berman" (skit) | Mathers | 0:56 | |
| 6. | "The Real Slim Shady" (video) | 4:44 | ||
| Total length: | 25:43 | |||
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