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To be considered ‘washed up’ denotes a sense of irrelevance and insignificance; Eminem transforms this phrase by adding his own clever twist to it; the critics basically claimed he is washed up so, he proved them wrong by taking a blood bath, thereof he’s no longer ‘washed’ since blood isn’t a pure liquid to cleanse oneself with ! He adjusted and adapted to the flaws they labeled him with.
The wordplay on blood bath can be also referencing the horrorcore content on Relapse, where several celebrities were slaughtered in Slim’s dark anecdotes.
To fill up this last can, man, will I survive in this climate or what? Eminem (Ft. Liz Rodrigues) – Survival
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The Ripper's at your service, girl, I can see that you're nervous
But I barely scratched the surface like my last batch of girlfriends
That I buried in my fucking backyard, still trying to dig their way out 50 Cent (Ft. Eminem) – Psycho
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A reference to Jack The Ripper, an unidentified serial killer from the 19th century who targeted female prostitutes. Presumably Eminem only dates prostitutes.
His victim reveals emotions of fear and nervousness; instead of comforting her, Slim implies in a nonchalant way, there is still more horrible encounters to experience – effectively reinforcing this unrelenting psycho demeanor of his.
Slim places more emphasis upon the suggestive cruel and barbarous treatment yet to come, by enlightening his victim, that he still has unfinished business with his last set of victims, despite them being buried already.
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Eminem admits that he is far from perfect. He raps about rape and violence, and has a long list of legal troubles. But despite all that, he has never been affiliated with a gang or participated in gun violence. So in a genre that is becoming more and more influenced by the gang-banging lifestyle, Eminem claims that his music is actually becoming the lesser of two evils. Normally the mind of a sinner would be thought of as a dark and dangerous place, but compared to the mind of a murderer it’s preferable.
Similar idea to the phrase “in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king”. In other words, having one eye isn’t ideal, but when surrounded by a bunch of blind people you are going to be thankful for what you have.
Note the alliteration of the ‘s'es. This specific technique is used in poetry a lot, because it is auditory imagery in reference to a snake. The snake is usually associated with Satan, keeping this story in mind.
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Eminem seems to be describing one particular kid from one particular situation, but this one kid is really a symbol for a lot of his fanbase – mistreated adolescents fed up with the way life is going.
This kid chooses to lock himself in his room and listen to rap all day instead of spending time with his family. The parents assume he is just being corrupted by artists like Eminem, when in reality this is caused by the way he was brought up. He has been pressured his entire life to become what his parents view as “the perfect son”, which in reality just screws him up even more. So now he takes solace in listening to rebellious music and hoping for better days.
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