Under the Influence
2000 · Aftermath 069490629-1 · Detroit, Michigan
- Artist
- Eminem
- Title
- Under the Influence
- Release
- The Marshall Mathers LP
- Year
- 2000
- Label
- Aftermath # 069490629-1
- Format
- Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · Hip Hop · Hardcore Hip Hop · Conscious Hip Hop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
Influential Hip Hop artist, associated with Hardcore Hip Hop and Conscious Hip Hop genres, said to have helped popularized the genre with Middle America in the late 1990s / 2000s, and contributed towards crossing over racial barriers.1 Born on 17 October 1972, Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He played himself in the film 8 Mile, set in Detroit. Eminem frequently used Vietnam as a reference point for city and community violence, including "Bad Meets Evil" (1999) (with Royce da 5'9"), "Under the Influence" (2000) (with D12), "Crack a Bottle" (2009) (with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent), "On Fire" (2010), "Headlights" (2014), and "Stepdad".Heading into the 2000s, this Eminem album continued the trend started in the late 80s and throughout the 90s, in using Vietnam as a metaphor for violence, showing the continued pervasiveness of the war in American culture. The song "Under the Influence" (Aftermath Entertainment # 069490629-1) was a collaboration with D12, a Hardcore Hip Hop group from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1996 - on verse 3, rapped by Bizarre (born Rufus Arthur Johnson on 5 July 1976 in Detroit, Michigan), he said: "I drop bombs, like I was in Vietnam". Sources1Wikipedia: Eminem↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I'm fuckin' anything when I'm snortin' / It's gonna cost three-hundred dollars to get my pit bull an abortion / Some bitch asked for my autograph / I called her a whore, spit beer in her face and laughed / I drop bombs, like I was in Vietnam / All bitches is hoes, even my stinkin'-ass mom
About the artist
Influential Hip Hop artist, associated with Hardcore Hip Hop and Conscious Hip Hop genres, said to have helped popularized the genre with Middle America in the late 1990s / 2000s, and contributed towards crossing over racial barriers. (1) Born on 17 October 1972, Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He played himself in the film 8 Mile, set in Detroit. Eminem frequen.