Losing Yourself All Over Again

[kkaniff]

An oral history of the ‘8 Mile’ rap
battles
BY AMOS BARSHAD ON APRIL 16, 2014
Excerpt:
Byrd: Em was complying for the mostpart. But some dude spit something and the crowd actually liked it.
MarvWon: I was one of the people
that was selected. And I had a verse
that wasn’t specifically for him, but,
you know what I’m saying, it fit. And,
uh, he didn’t take too kind to the
reaction that I got.
Jones: He was just supposed to be
mumbling stuff, pretending for the
camera.
Byrd: And all of a sudden Em shook
his head like, “Hey, man — I can’t let
you get away with that. That shit you
spit was written.”
MarvWon: He wasn’t supposed to rap
against [me]. He had laryngitis or
some shit. The director told him, you
have to save your voice, so they cut
his mic off. But he cut it back on. And,
you know, he had a few choice words
for me.
Eminem: I was told that the mics
were going to be off when we were
doing the montage scenes of Rabbit
coming up through the ranks and we
were supposed to pantomime. For
some reason, some of the others’
mics were on and they started going
at me in front of the crowd.
Very interesting read.

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[StanBase]

Isn't there footage of this in the bonus features of 8 mile on DVD?

[RSoares]

Nice read, indeed!

It's quite long, but very interesting. Thanks!

[gutawafang]

thanks for sharing

[Da_Capo101]

We actually can see that on the 8mile DVD bonus, there are some others unseen battle with a chick and a fat guy pretty funny to watch how Em murders them

[Josh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6vluYYliDQ GOAT

[Shuttle Destroyer]

thanks for sharing

Brian

[Mike_88]

We actually can see that on the 8mile DVD bonus, there are some others unseen battle with a chick and a fat guy pretty funny to watch how Em murders them

It's not just a "fat guy". This dude have a great respect on battle rap scene in Detroit.

[Da_Capo101]

We actually can see that on the 8mile DVD bonus, there are some others unseen battle with a chick and a fat guy pretty funny to watch how Em murders them

It's not just a "fat guy". This dude have a great respect on battle rap scene in Detroit.

I guess you are talking about Marv Won from The Fat Killaz ? I know this guy has a huge respect in the D, I was talkin about the other guy don't remember his name, Em says something like "I can't even see his face when he smiles" and puts the mic between his tits or something like that...