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Torture chambers, secret passageways, vats of acid, and deadly vaults Eminem – I’m Having a Relapse Freestyle

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The sample comes from the trailer of H. H. Holmes: America’s First Serial Killer, a 2004 documentary which details the crimes of Herman Webster Mudgett, aka H.H. Holmes, who set up a hotel to ensnare victims near the World’s Fair in the late nineteenth century.

It is said that Holmes built murder and torture rooms into his hotel, such as the vaults and vats of acid described in this sample, but these claims are not supported by evidence and were invented by the sensationalist Victorian-era press.

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I’m Having a Relapse Freestyle Eminem – I’m Having a Relapse Freestyle

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This scripted freestyle was a preview of Relapse, similar to “Despicable”

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I'm having a relapse Eminem – I’m Having a Relapse Freestyle

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An obvious reference to his 2009 album, Relapse

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[Intro] Eminem – I’m Having a Relapse Freestyle

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This sample is the voice of Tony Jay, who voiced the villain Judge Claude Frollo in Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3pMlKXAZWM
Hear the resemblance?

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Sub in the trunk, thumpin' up against the dead cops Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. Vince Staples) – epaR

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“Sub” is short for subwoofer, a large speaker that adds bass. They are responsible for the vibration one feels when a car is blasting music. The speakers in Earl’s car are shaking the bodies of the cops he ends up killing in the final verse of the song.

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[Verse 1: Royce] Royce da 5'9" (Ft. Eminem) – Renegade (Original Version)

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Some people think that Royce Da 5'9"s first verse on “Renegade” (original version) served as the base for Eminem’s verse on this song. It is the other way around, as Eminem recorded this song before Royce and Em recorded Renegade.

Royce has stated that he was hanging with Em when he recorded this track. Recently, Royce, in an interview with Complex, explained the story of the two verses:

As soon as he was done making the beat, I took it home. I wrote some stuff to it, then took it back to his house the next day. When I got there he already had his first verse and the first half of the hook done. I went in and did the second half of the hook, laid my verse, and then we finished it from there. I did that after Em did “Dead Wrong,” so I [used the same flow he used] because I was on a song with him. It was a pretty easy breezy session.

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Some people think that Royce Da 5'9"s first verse on "Renegade" (original version) served as the base for Eminem’s verse on this song. It is the other way around, as Eminem recorded this song before Royce and Em recorded Renegade.

Royce has stated that he was hanging with Em when he recorded this track. Recently, Royce, in an [interview with Complex](http://www.complex.com/music/2011/06/royce-da-59-25-essentials/renegade), explained the story of the two verses:

> <small>As soon as he was done making the beat, I took it home. I wrote some stuff to it, then took it back to his house the next day. When I got there he already had his first verse and the first half of the hook done. I went in and did the second half of the hook, laid my verse, and then we finished it from there. I did that after Em did ["Dead Wrong,"](/The-notorious-big-dead-wrong-lyrics) so I [used the same flow he used] because I was on a song with him. It was a pretty easy breezy session.

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Boy, I told you, boy, I'm a soldier boy, I'm Deshaun
Holton in this bitch, I'm the proof, boy, you're a fraud Eminem – Drop the Bomb on 'Em

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A play on words, Deshaun Holton was Eminem’s friend who died, who went by the name of Proof.

On another note Em’s elaborated on the concept of remaining strong like a soldier in both “Soldier” and “Like Toy Soldiers”

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3 years

soulja did it first

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10 years

can also be a reference to “Soulja Boy” (who raps mostly about being ‘fresher than most’, so Em is a real Soldier since he’s “doper than all”

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11 years

Also a reference to catch in the rye, The main character’s name is Holden – which sounds like holton-
Holden viewed everyone as phony and saw himself as real

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Drop the Bomb on 'Em Eminem – Drop the Bomb on 'Em

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This song, the seventh and last track on Relapse: Refill, has Eminem assuming a Jamaican accent/dialect (hence all the “boy"s), and features plenty of cultural references within the spitfire-type lyrics

Em manages to say “boy” some 35 times in this song (37 if you include “Cowboys” and “Chef Boyardee”)

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9 years

This song is a possible soldier boy jab.

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8 years

Am I the only who thinks he sounds like GradeAUnderA in the first few lines?

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7 years

It’s a diss track on this underground white Tennessee rapper named Haystack. Haystack has made many of songs dissing Eminem, but Eminem never fired back. Until this came out, killing Haystack in one song.

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3 years

Maybe I’m just crazy, but what if the title has another way of understanding? Like, Shady could be referring to Eminem when he says “Em”, and in the next line he’s, as Eminem, saying not to drop the bomb on him, as if Shady wanted to kill Eminem and such.

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2 years

Also the term “bomboclaat” is Jamaican expletive used to add emphasis similar to the “fuck”

Example: “Move yuh bomboclaat from ya suh!” Which translates to “Get the fuck out of here”

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1 year

The title could be a refrence to Mobb Deep’s 1996 single “Drop A Gem On Em”,dissing 2Pac

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Until the head of Jakes investigate Sway & King Tech (Ft. Chino XL, Eminem, Jayo Felony, Kool G Rap, KRS-One, Pharoahe Monch, RZA, Tech N9ne & Xzibit) – The Anthem

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“Jake” is popular slang for law enforcement officers, found in the vernacular of many New York rappers, that perhaps originates from the crime drama television show Jake and the Fatman

Kool G’s violent onslaught won’t be stopped until the chief of police himself starts snooping around

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