Archive for the ‘Music Videos’ Category

Eminem – “Like Toy Soldiers” Music Video

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The song’s video, released in 2004, which depicts Eminem’s fellow D12 member Proof being gunned down in a drive-by shooting, took a sudden and tragic turn in the early hours of April 11, 2006, when Proof was actually shot and killed at the CC nightclub on Detroit’s 8 Mile Road. Cameo appearances in the video [...]

Eminem – “Just Lose It” Music Video

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The music video for “Just Lose It” is considered controversial and generated trouble with singer Michael Jackson with his song Beat It and many music channels. It was banned on the BET channel, after complaints from Benzino and others (but was later reinstated, as critics of the ban argued that Nelly’s “Tip Drill” video could [...]

Eminem – “Sing For The Moment” Music Video

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A music video for “Sing for the Moment” was made and released in 2003. It consists of a collage created with various clips, including shots from the Anger Management Tour. It also contains cameos appearances by various fellow rappers, including Dr. Dre, D12, 50 Cent and Ludacris. The video is very similar to the 50 [...]

Eminem – “Without Me” Music Video

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The music video of the song features a number of scenarios built around its context, including Eminem and Dr. Dre as parodies of comics in general, specifically Batman, Robin and Blade trying to save a child who bought a copy of The Eminem Show that has a Parental Advisory sticker. Eminem and his band of [...]

Eminem – “Lose Yourself” Music Video

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The music video for “Lose Yourself” was filmed in Detroit, Michigan, and thus contains numerous shots of the city, including the Ambassador Bridge. The video is a mixture of multiple scenarios, including scenes from and reminiscent of the movie 8 Mile, and Eminem rapping next to the “8 Mile Rd. Mobile Court” sign that appears [...]

Eminem – “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” Music Video

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“Cleanin’ Out My Closet” is a song by American rapper Eminem released in 2002. It was from his worldwide hit album, The Eminem Show. “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” was the second single released from the album following “Without Me”. However, unlike the preceding single Eminem departed from his humorous Slim Shady persona to take observers [...]

Eminem ft Dido – “Stan” Music Video

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he music video was directed by Phil Atwell and Dr. Dre in California. It is primarily a visualization of the story the song tells, featuring Canadian actor Devon Sawa as Stan, the obsessive fan, and British pop singer Dido, who sings the chorus, as his pregnant girlfriend. It features a cameo appearance by Jane Yamamoto, [...]

Eminem – “The Way I Am” Music Video

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The music video plays a slow instrumental of his song “Kim”, and part of the “Steve Berman” skit (which is the track before this song in the album), and when the song starts, it shows him about to jump out the window of a tall building, and shows him falling through the sky. Marilyn Manson [...]

Eminem – “The Real Slim Shady” Music Video

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The music video features Eminem performing the song in a psychiatric ward, a local Detroit neighborhood nearside a park, a fast-food joint, the Grammy Awards, and even in a factory where multiple clones of the rapper are produced. The video also features cameo appearances by Dr. Dre, D12, Kid Rock, Fred Durst, Carson Daly, Kathy [...]

Eminem ft Dr. Dre – “Guilty Conscience” Music Video

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The video for “Guilty Conscience” has a nonstop back-beat with a chorus, unlike the album version, and a different narrator, voiced by actor Robert Culp. The lyrics in the chorus interpolate those found in the song “I Will Follow Him” by Little Peggy March. The version that aired on MTV eliminated the murder at the [...]