20 Nov EMINEM Talks Biggie, Beasties and 2PAC In New Rolling Stone

EMINEM is about to appear on ESPN alongside Brent Musburger. Why does he all of a sudden look spaced out?

I knew we were about to show the ‘Berzerk’ video, so I was doing what I call the Berzerk face,” he says. “The whole song to me feels like vintage Beastie Boys. And you know the ‘Pass the Mic’ video where Ad-Rock is making that face, kind of not looking the camera? I was doing my own version.”

Eminem discusses this in the new issue of Rolling Stone with Eminem on the cover. This is Em’s 8th cover of Rolling Stone.

He talks about that this is the happiest he has ever been and that rap saved him although because of that he considers himself to be an idiot savant.

For what Eminem had to say about the Beastie Boys, Biggie, and Pac, click here…

Em claims he wasn’t much into the Beastie Boys “Paul’s Boutique” record when it came out.

“When Paul’s Boutique came out, I was one of the fans that didn’t get it,” he says. “It took me years to realize how fucking genius it is. I felt bad for sleeping on it.”

“Obviously, yes, there was something about Licensed to Ill — you had the Zeppelin samples and their vibe. You had Run-DMC, who were so cool, with the attitude of ‘Fuck you if you don’t like us.’ Same as the Beastie Boys. ‘Fuck you. We fucking curse. We spit beer. We throw it on our fucking fans.’ And obviously as they got older their views and things changed, as all of ours do. You can be mad at their shit for not sounding like their last shit, but if it did, then they didn’t grow as artists. Same as me.”

Eminem also talked about how Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac influenced him:

“Being a student of hip-hop in general, you take technical aspects from places,” he says. “You may take a rhyme pattern or flow from Big Daddy Kane or Kool G Rap. But then you go to Tupac, and he made songs. His fucking songs felt like something — ‘Holy shit! I want to fucking punch someone in the face when I put this CD in.’ Biggie told stories. I wanted to do all that shit.”

Well, we believe Eminem has done all that and more.-DocFB

Diagnosis: Eminem’s new album sold almost 800,000 in his first week, the second biggest 1st week sales this year. Number one? Justin Timberlake with “The 20/20 Experience Vol. 1”

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