1997 Rap Olympics Lyrics

[RAP BATTLE 1]
I'ma tell you this for your own benefit
Your shit was dope as hell, 'specially when you wrote ninety-percent of it
What you need to do is practice on your freestyles
'Fore you come up missin', like Snoop Dogg's police files
This type of literature that I'm spittin' be hittin'
You gonna swear to God this shit was written
But it wasn't,
I'll kill a dozen rappers when I'm buzzin'
Guzzlin', beat your ass like a jealous husband
Now, you boys are about to suffer and see north
When you go in a coma longer than Vladimir Konstantinov
Cut the damn machine off
Get a clean cloth, and wipe this bloody video screen off

[RAP BATTLE 2]
I'm movin' in for the kill, plus I got the trap set
I can tell you're wack as fuck, and I ain't even hear you rap yet
Look at you thinkin', "I'm about to whip his ass
‘Cause I'ma do some written shit, plus I get to go last."
Well, guess what? Even if I go first, it's no worse
My shit's still gon' demolish yo' verse
I'm 'bout to slice you like a Ginsu
And anything you say can and will be used against you
In a court of law, I'm short and raw
Take your fuckin' shit and cut it off
Yo, you wanna be a dope MC?
Look, don't get mad and start takin' your period out on me
'Cause I ain't done shit to you
[RAP BATTLE 3]
You wanna represent on the microphone, but you rap sleazily
I ain't about to battle this fake ass Eazy-E
There ain't no way I'ma do this bullshit
I don't give a fuck, I'm loaded up with a full clip
Rhyme of the month? You couldn't get the tape of the day
Take him away, I rip him like a paper mache
I heard you rap before, you ain't about shit
This whole battle was mismatched, like your outfit
Try to battle me and get your mouth split
You sold out, like Ticketmaster Outlet
Ha ha, I bust and I crush
I don't give a fuck, ain't no way that you can fuck with us
I'm givin' back with pimp shit
I laminate that ass in a badge and wear it at the Rap Olympics

[RAP BATTLE 4]
Blah-badee-blah-da-blah-blah—stop babblin'!
You so fuckin' wack I'ma walk away while you battlin'
Fuck that, I'm on a brand new solo mission
To make sure that Wendy Day kicks your ass out of the Rap Coalition
I throw a switch at an execution
With an overdose of devotion
Don't talk back, I'm the dope, bitch

So who you sound like on the mic?
There was only one 2Pac, your thug style is just one big sike
Take a big hike, bitch, you can't catch me
Your best rhymes still ain't shit, like a patsy
What the fuck you gonna do?
I'll battle anybody in your crew
And I don't give a fuck, I slaughter boys
Especially wack-ass emcees that will wear a fake-ass corduroy

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These are some of the verses Eminem spit at the 1997 Rap Olympics.

Em took 2nd place, losing to Otherwize, a member of the West Coast rap community Project Blowed.

As a result of being out in California for the battle tournament, Em made an appearance on the world famous Wake Up Show (hosted by Sway and King Tech). The freestyles he did on the Wake Up Show caught the attention of Dr. Dre. To get cash, he also recorded his guest verse on “Green And Gold” for The Anonymous (Band).

The professionally shot footage of the full ‘97 Rap Olympics was stolen, so the full tournament is lost media, including all verses by Eminem’s opponents, and a lot of his own verses. What survives is a short highlight reel of Eminem’s verses which was commissioned by Wendy Day to show off her protegé.

As the full footage is lost, most of what is known about the ‘97 Rap Olympics comes from written accounts. Born A Villain by Riddlore? presents an oral history of the events, focusing on the Project Blowdians, who were Eminem’s opponents. Jason Mallory, a friend of Eminem at the time, wrote an article including details about the Rap Olympics. Westsiders by William Shaw describes the '97 Rap Olympics from the perspective of an observer who was taken with the novelty value of a then unknown white emcee. Eminem has described his experience at the Rap Olympics in various interviews and his own autobiography, The Way I Am (2008).

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October 24, 1997
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