did eminem sell his soul for fortune and fame? first we have to look at some of his earliest work.. this is from the song "its ok" from the album 'infinite' (some is edited out for length's sake) Dreaming with a watering mouth Wishing for a better life for my daughter and spouse In this slaughtering house, caught up in bouts with the root of all evil I've seen it turn beautiful people crude and deceitful But in the mist of this insanity, I found my Christianity Through God and there's a wish he granted me He showed me how to cope with the stress And hope for the best, instead of mopin depressed I quit smoking cess to open my chest I'm using smarter tactics to overcome this slum I won't become as dumb as some and succumb to scum It's cumbersome, I'm trying to do well on this Earth But it's been Hell on this Earth since I fell on this Earth in that album you hear someone who would love to be successful but this person does not have the ability or means to make it so then after the release of the album 'infinite' and it being a failure.. he took a hiatus.. then he came back and this is the first thing we hear from him when he came back with the slim shady alias (not to mention the 'rot in pieces' tattoo he acquired at that time) then on "rock bottom" we heard him saying this: There's people that love me and people that hate me But it's the evil that made me this backstabbin', deceitful and shady I want the money, the women, the fortune and fame even if it means I end up burnin' in hell, scorchin' in flames even if I'm stealin' your checkbook and forgin' your name ...a lifetime bliss for eternal torture and pain when he says "its the evil that made me..."
that can also possibly be a reference to jay-z's song "d'evils" which was about how money can tear people apart.. because 'the love of money is the root of all evil' certain things are very suspect about eminem like how he was wearing a cross for a while then he started wearing that triangle (pyramid) necklace or how he came out with that marshall mathers lp 2 and did the photoshoot with his hand as devil horns over one eye his story sounds like a classic "robert johnson" esque situation either way i haven't really peeped any of his music since the eminem show but i wanted to bring this up and maybe see what some of you people think
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