EMINEM - THE WAY I AM
He's been called too crude, too violent too white, too black. He's been praised and vilified - made enemies in the White House and fans around the globe. Even after taking the rap game to a whole new level with his Goliath-sized record sales and startlingly self-eviscerating songs, Eminem has remained an elusive figure, avoiding the limelight and spending the majority of his time in his home town of Detroit.
What is Eminem really like - after the curtains go down? In The Way I Am, for the first time, the world's most controversial and enigmatic rapper writes, candidly, about how he sees the world. About family and friends; about hip-hop, rap battles, and his searing rhymes; about the conflicts and challenges that have made him who he is today. And, in so doing, Eminem reveals new sides of a complicated, raw personality: confrontational, as always, but also direct, down-to-earth, sincere, and very funny.
More than 250 full-colour and black-and-white photographs -including never-before-published family snapshots and personal Polaroids - illustrate The Way I Am. This visual self-portrait spans the rapper's entire life and career, from his childhood in Missouri to the basementhome studio he records in today, from Detroit's famous Hip Hop Shop to sold-out arenas around the globe.
'I get a line in my head and then BOOM, Eminem says. Readers who have marvelled at Eminem's intricate, eye-opening rhyme patterns can see, firsthand, the way his mind works in dozens of reproductions of his original handwritten, never-before-published lyric sheets. Taking readers deep inside his creative process, Eminem reckons with the way that chaos and controversy have fuelled his music and helped to give birth to some of his most famous songs (including "Stan", "'Without Me" and "Lose Yourself).
Also available only in this edition, a bonus DVD features footage from Em's personal camcorder, with his own real-time (and often hilarious) narration Sure to become a collector's item, this DVD includes previously unreleased documentary footage as well as original interviews, offering a fascinating, backstage, up-close look into Eminem's world through his own eyes -produced exclusively for The Way I Am.
2008 Hardcover
ISBN: 978-07528-8866-8
Condition: Extremely Fine
MB (Music)
He's been called too crude, too violent too white, too black. He's been praised and vilified - made enemies in the White House and fans around the globe. Even after taking the rap game to a whole new level with his Goliath-sized record sales and startlingly self-eviscerating songs, Eminem has remained an elusive figure, avoiding the limelight and spending the majority of his time in his home town of Detroit.
What is Eminem really like - after the curtains go down? In The Way I Am, for the first time, the world's most controversial and enigmatic rapper writes, candidly, about how he sees the world. About family and friends; about hip-hop, rap battles, and his searing rhymes; about the conflicts and challenges that have made him who he is today. And, in so doing, Eminem reveals new sides of a complicated, raw personality: confrontational, as always, but also direct, down-to-earth, sincere, and very funny.
More than 250 full-colour and black-and-white photographs -including never-before-published family snapshots and personal Polaroids - illustrate The Way I Am. This visual self-portrait spans the rapper's entire life and career, from his childhood in Missouri to the basementhome studio he records in today, from Detroit's famous Hip Hop Shop to sold-out arenas around the globe.
'I get a line in my head and then BOOM, Eminem says. Readers who have marvelled at Eminem's intricate, eye-opening rhyme patterns can see, firsthand, the way his mind works in dozens of reproductions of his original handwritten, never-before-published lyric sheets. Taking readers deep inside his creative process, Eminem reckons with the way that chaos and controversy have fuelled his music and helped to give birth to some of his most famous songs (including "Stan", "'Without Me" and "Lose Yourself).
Also available only in this edition, a bonus DVD features footage from Em's personal camcorder, with his own real-time (and often hilarious) narration Sure to become a collector's item, this DVD includes previously unreleased documentary footage as well as original interviews, offering a fascinating, backstage, up-close look into Eminem's world through his own eyes -produced exclusively for The Way I Am.
2008 Hardcover
ISBN: 978-07528-8866-8
Condition: Extremely Fine
MB (Music)
He's been called too crude, too violent too white, too black. He's been praised and vilified - made enemies in the White House and fans around the globe. Even after taking the rap game to a whole new level with his Goliath-sized record sales and startlingly self-eviscerating songs, Eminem has remained an elusive figure, avoiding the limelight and spending the majority of his time in his home town of Detroit.
What is Eminem really like - after the curtains go down? In The Way I Am, for the first time, the world's most controversial and enigmatic rapper writes, candidly, about how he sees the world. About family and friends; about hip-hop, rap battles, and his searing rhymes; about the conflicts and challenges that have made him who he is today. And, in so doing, Eminem reveals new sides of a complicated, raw personality: confrontational, as always, but also direct, down-to-earth, sincere, and very funny.
More than 250 full-colour and black-and-white photographs -including never-before-published family snapshots and personal Polaroids - illustrate The Way I Am. This visual self-portrait spans the rapper's entire life and career, from his childhood in Missouri to the basementhome studio he records in today, from Detroit's famous Hip Hop Shop to sold-out arenas around the globe.
'I get a line in my head and then BOOM, Eminem says. Readers who have marvelled at Eminem's intricate, eye-opening rhyme patterns can see, firsthand, the way his mind works in dozens of reproductions of his original handwritten, never-before-published lyric sheets. Taking readers deep inside his creative process, Eminem reckons with the way that chaos and controversy have fuelled his music and helped to give birth to some of his most famous songs (including "Stan", "'Without Me" and "Lose Yourself).
Also available only in this edition, a bonus DVD features footage from Em's personal camcorder, with his own real-time (and often hilarious) narration Sure to become a collector's item, this DVD includes previously unreleased documentary footage as well as original interviews, offering a fascinating, backstage, up-close look into Eminem's world through his own eyes -produced exclusively for The Way I Am.
2008 Hardcover
ISBN: 978-07528-8866-8
Condition: Extremely Fine
MB (Music)