Da Beatminerz Talk Making "Any Man" For Eminem

[M15HKA]

Exclusive: Evil Dee and Mr. Walt discuss first impressions of Slim Shady, the triumphant track KRS-One swiped from them, and their absence from recent Duck Down projects.

They may be the most celebrated creators of grimey, gritty, dark and dingy boom-bap beats, but blood brothers Mr. Walt and DJ Evil Dee, better known as Da Beatminerz, actually scored arguably the biggest credit of their career for crafting the fairly lighthearted track that helped introduce a future superstar to the world.

“Well, the story was this,” began Mr. Walt this past Tuesday (April 26th) as he proceeded to recall the events that led to Eminem’s “Any Man,” “before we was on Rawkus I was a big fan of Rawkus Records, and I told Jarret [Myer], who was the owner of Rawkus, I said, ‘Listen man, I like the stuff that you’re puttin’ out, you guys are really doin’ it, whatever you need from me I got you.’ He was like, ‘Well Walt, I got this new kid, I want you to make a beat for him ….’”

“So, I walk into D&D [Studios],” he continued, “and Eminem is sittin’ in the lounge – doesn’t look like a rapper, regular guy. And I’m like, ‘Hey, what’s up?’ I met his manager, Paul Rosenberg – cool dude. So, I play beats for [Eminem], and he picks the beat for ‘Any Man.’ I never heard this guy rhyme [before]; I didn’t hear the stuff he did with Royce [Da 5’9”] … all the stuff [they] did on Game [Records as] Bad Meets Evil, never heard none of that stuff. So, he gets in the vocal booth and the first thing he says [in a high-pitched nasally tone] is ‘Hi!’ I look at my engineer like, ‘Oh my God, what did I just get myself into?’ [Laughs] And then the rest is history.”
lim Shady proceeded to hit Walt “with some ill flows that don’t even make sense, like dykes using dildos” for the second installment in Rawkus Records’ groundbreaking compilation series, SoundBombing.

“I couldn’t laugh,” replied Walt when asked about his reaction to Em’s gut-busting rhymes. “I couldn’t really laugh because Paul and Jarret was in the room with me. But I looked at my engineer and I was like, ‘Yo, what just happened?’”

[djdixie]

cool post. never heard the track with the long intro. its gd tho.

[Wreck]

I never heard this song in HQ, it was always shitty quality, and never heard it with the intro either, awesome shit- should of been on SSLP. Good read, thanks for posting.

[Wreck]

Also, I never heard this 3rd verse either. Awesome shit.

[master360]

download link?

[Elision]

good read

[B.A.D.]

download link?

[zedzero27]

download link?

http://www.listentoyoutube.com/index.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6Lg0EDz8QE

[Slim Fiasco]

Good read indeed.

[DanWS]

Nice read. What site is this from originally?

[Sam.]

Good read indeed.

[Trimss]

I imagine how the dude felt. He went from "who's that guy he looks like a shitty rapper." to " Wow wtf "

[Sam.]

I imagine how the dude felt. He went from "who's that guy he looks like a shitty rapper." to " Wow wtf "

that's what everyone who worked with Eminem in his underground days must have felt .

[Wreck]

Lmao at people posting in here that didn't know a thing in the Duck Down thread.

I imagine how the dude felt. He went from "who's that guy he looks like a shitty rapper." to " Wow wtf "

that's what everyone who worked with Eminem in his underground days must have felt .

[KingDavid]

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