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He's been equally praised and criticized for his wild tone in the studio, at home and on the streets, and now Eminem is involving himself in yet another wild and titillating venture — Slim Shady will be the host of an upcoming "Girls Gone Wild" video. A spokesperson for Eminem's label said that "Girls Gone Wild" is filming during the Anger Management Tour, and a source on the tour said a shrink-wrapped "Girls Gone Wild" bus and film crew have been following Eminem for the past two weeks and will continue to travel with him until the end of the trek. The crew has been shooting Eminem fans removing their tops backstage and on the "Girls Gone Wild" bus. And Eminem's been more than an innocent bystander — according to the source, the Detroit MC has been part of the action, and is being filmed talking to the wild girls and doing voiceovers. The resulting video will likely be called "Girls Gone Wild: Eminem" and will be released sometime in 2003, a spokesperson for "Girls Gone Wild"'s parent company, Mantra Entertainment, said. "Girls Gone Wild: Eminem" will be the second artist-assisted video to be released by Mantra Entertainment. "Girls Gone Wild Doggy Style," which features Snoop Dogg with ladies at this year's Mardi Gras in New Orleans, will come out in September (see "Snoop Dogg Asks Mardi Gras Women To, Uh, You Know ...") 
Insane Clown Posse recently had their annual "Gathering of the Juggalos" in Peoria, IL. ICP and Twiztid have a seminar where you can go in and ask them questions, it's also filmed. Twiztid mentions Eminem in their seminar. They talk about how Eminem "stole" some of their ideas, and copies some of the things they do. They used to all know eachother in Detroit years ago. Go to Twiztid.com to watch the seminar video and see what they say about Eminem.
A new trailer for Eminem's movie debut '8-Mile' will be available next week. This new trailer features all new footage from the movie plus the music from the first single off the '8-Mile' soundtrack, "Lose Yourself" by Eminem. It can be seen on the previews for such new movies as 'XXX' and should also be available on Launch.com sometime next week.
MTV premiered Eminem's new video for "Cleaning out my Closet" today, the second single from The Eminem Show.
Eminem, P.O.D. and Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott are the early favorites to rule Radio City Music Hall when the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards are handed out on August 29. Em, P.O.D. and Missy scored the most nominations for this year's VMAs, with each artist garnering six nods apiece when nominations were unveiled Monday morning (July 22). While the visual complement to Missy's "One Minute Man" was indeed "so addictive," the real battle for top honors pits the rap-rockers against the rock-rapper (Click here for a complete list of nominees). P.O.D. and Eminem are both vying for the Best Video of the Year, with their clips for "Alive" and "Without Me," and each artist is also contending for Moonmen in their respective genres: Best Rock Video (P.O.D.'s "Youth of the Nation") and Best Rap Video. Additionally, Eminem has his hat in the ring for Best Male Video, while P.O.D. are gunning for Best Group Video for "Alive." Given that the Southtown boys and Slim Shady are neck and neck in nominations, it may take the power of the people to decide who winds up triumphant by evening's end. Both are also up for the Viewer's Choice Award, competing against Brandy ("What About Us"), Enrique Iglesias ("Hero"), Michelle Branch ("Everywhere") and B2K ("Uh Huh"). While odds are even that they'll come away with the most statuettes, at the moment Eminem has one thing P.O.D. doesn't: a performance slot onstage. Slim will grab the mic for a song, as will Pink and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. Additional performers, as well as presenters of the awards, will be announced later. Missy Elliott gets props for her "One Minute Man," which features Ludacris and Trina, in the Best Hip-Hop Video category, though most of her nods stem from the technical side of video production: Best Direction, Best Special Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Editing and Best Cinematography. "Saturday Night Live" cast member Jimmy Fallon will serve as the show's host, taking the reins from last year's master of ceremonies, Jamie Foxx. Hopes for the future hang on the five nominees in the Best New Artist in a Video category. Striving for that "rookie of the year"-type honor are three-time nominee Ashanti ("Foolish"), John Mayer ("No Such Thing"), Avril Lavigne ("Complicated"), B2K ("Uh Huh") and Puddle of Mudd ("Blurry"). Shakira and the White Stripes could pose a challenge to the frontrunners for most awards. Shakira is up for Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video and Best Cinematography in a Video for "Whenever, Wherever"; while the White Stripes fascinated viewers and the VMA panel alike with the unique "Fell in Love With a Girl" video, which also received four nominations. The Lego-constructed clip garnered consideration for Best Video of the Year, Breakthrough Video, Best Special Effects in a Video and Best Editing in a Video. Other multiple nominees include 'NSYNC, Ashanti and Linkin Park. The 2002 MTV Video Music Awards will take place August 29 at New York's Radio City Music Hall, and broadcast at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
For a few moments Thursday night at the Anger Management Tour kickoff, you couldn't help but wonder if Eminem was thinking, "I've created a monster, 'cause nobody wants to see Marshall no more." The curtain was down and the lights on the stage were up, showing a set modeled after a carnival. It was five minutes before Slim Shady revealed himself to the nearly sold-out crowd. As the headliner, he'd heard openers Xzibit, Ludacris and a frustrated Papa Roach get rousing applause, but now, the crowd was booing profusely at the mere mention of Em's name. Of course, that was because the people mentioning the rapper's name were, among others, Lynne Cheney and C. Dolores Tucker, who, in a seemingly endless succession of TV news clips, read prepared statements hurling mud on the Detroit MC with the speed of a Dwight Gooden fastball circa 1985. The more the people on the three screens that were suspended in the air at the start of "The Eminem Show" scoffed at his music, the more vocally furious the crowd became that somebody was badmouthing their champion. Em ended all harsh feelings as he made his way onto the stage via a Ferris wheel, starting his set with "Square Dance." "People, it feels so good to be baaack," he said, stepping to the forefront in a black ball cap and yellow T-shirt, flanked by his hypeman and D12 member Proof. "Don't be scurred, 'cause there ain't nothin' to worry about," he exhorted to the screaming crowd as he ran down the three runways that extended off the stage and formed an "E" around two pits of people. Em's set mirrored the maniacal genius of his latest album's music and theme. In addition to the amusement ride, screens, and a huge tent that Em and D12 went in and out of throughout the night, there was a giant mouth full of teeth as a backdrop, a platform above the tent where mixtape guru DJ Green Lantern let his records spin, and a trampoline. "Holy sh--," there goes Jermaine Dupri," Em joked at the beginning of his follow-up number, "Business." Adding humor, another man wearing a top hat and tails and about as rotund as D12 member Bizarre joined the festivities, dancing with an open umbrella. Regardless of the extras of the set, Em was holding true to his lyrics on the song: The spectators were experiencing "hip-hop at its most purest" as the hungry MC prowled the stage and moved the crowd. The screens became the centerpiece again during "White America." An animated video of the cut played, displaying, among other things, police stomping and kicking a man and a poster of Uncle Sam pointing his finger that read, "I'll Kill You." Down below, Em let out his bellicose calls of "White Americaaa/ little Eric looks just like this," while the clip played out, showing kids that look strikingly similar to the animated Slim Shady wearing "I Am Eric" shirts. When members of D12 started coming out for "When the Music Stops," life imitated art: The beat cut off. Later, during "Fight Music," the track abruptly conked out again. "Buffalo, y'all are so hot, the system shorted out," Em explained. The fans literally brought the heat minutes later, pulling out their lighters. Two years after the song "Stan" dropped, the tune remains one of Em's most popular — everyone sang Dido's part in unison and swayed their hands along with the MC. After Obie Trice performed his verse from "Drips," Slim Shady let everyone know he was no different from Puffy: He needs a girl. "Ladies, I ain't married no more," he told the females, much to their delight. A woman pleading with him to save her cut off his monologue. She was inside the giant mouth and had only managed to get one arm out. "I'mma tell you like I told Mariah, 'Bitch, you make me hurl," he responded to her appeal, setting up "Superman." The girl, who turned out to be frequent Slim Shady back-up singer Dina Rae, made her way out the mouth on her own. However, as she sang her ad-libs to the cut, she looked strikingly like the curly-headed Mariah Carey who made her debut singing "Vision of Love." The blond-haired rapper left "My Name Is" and "The Real Slim Shady" off the playlist, and no one seemed to miss them. After all, his current theme song, "Without Me," which served as his closer, is probably his most popular (at least for 99.9 percent of the people in attendance). "I hate you, Slim Shady," a voice boomed out the speakers as a man ran out onstage, tossing a myriad of insults at Em. Dressed in a red Adidas sweat suit and bearing a striking resemblance to Moby, the man started flying in the air. Not letting him get away, Obie Trice pulled out a fake shotgun and took aim at him. By this time the Moby doppelganger was out of eyesight, and then a dummy dressed like him fell to the ground and was consequently pummeled. "Obie Trice, real name no gimmicks" started to blare through the speakers, signaling the start of "Without Me." And just to make sure everyone got their money's worth (and all that money he paid for those screens didn't go to waste), Em performed a grand finale of "My Dad's Gone Crazy." A cartoon of his daughter Hailie sang the chorus on the screen. The MCs were the overwhelming favorites throughout the night. Xzibit got things started with a flurry of his bangers and unreleased material, including the first single from his upcoming Man Vs. Machine, "Multiply." Wearing all white, X, who's been out with Eminem on several tours, injected his dark humor into the end of his set. "Where the ladies?" he asked, setting up the segue to his most popular verse. "I got two words for you ... not 'Love you.' Bitch please!" Ludacris loves the ladies so much he has to bond with them everywhere he goes, as cited in "Area Codes," which rang through the arena. Cris' set was almost as big a spectacle as Slim Shady's. His DJ's booth was made to look like the front end of a Cadillac Escalade, and he had giant, three-dimensional cartoon characters of himself and the dog on his album cover onstage. Cris' call of the wild rivaled X's vulture-like yell. "Oooh, oooh," he exclaimed, signaling "Saturday (Oooh! Oooh!)." "How you gonna act like I don't get loud," he rhymed, standing on the tip of the third runway. And while his solo hits like "Southern Hospitality" and "Ho" kept the crowd reciting his words, his posse cuts kept them in motion. "Break some, break some, take some," he and his Disturbing the Peace clique ordered, performing one of their new songs. "Move Bitch" had to be the most energy-filled song of the night, as he and DTP had them throwing them bows. Many of the fans were still saying part of the song's chorus, "Get out the way," a few minutes after the ATL collective went backstage. In between performances, the X-ecutioners extinguished some of the boredom, spinning and cutting records by everyone from Wu-Tang Clan to Freeway. But who really sits in their seats during breaks in the show, anyway? The concert staples of hitting concession stands and cruising for cuties were in full effect with the crowd. The enthusiasm level went down a few notches for Papa Roach, the only act to use live instrumentation. The group, which wore all black and went with a propless set, was plagued by sound problems. Lead singer Jacoby Shaddix was visibly upset with having to use a confining microphone with a cord. He previously tried to amp things up by walking in the mosh-less pits, and even climbed into the stands. However, the "cordless piece of sh--" he threw down in disgust kept his words muffled. "This is the first night, ladies and gentleman," he reminded the crowd. His words almost doubled as a pep talk to his crew that things would get better as the tour progressed. The situation brightened a bit for Papa Roach toward the end of their performance. With the sound improving, they recovered with "Born With Nothing, Die With Everything" and their bread-and-butter finale, "Last Resort." "Thank you and f---" Shaddix told everyone as they exited. You have to believe the latter words were for the soundman, whom the P-Roach frontman nicknamed "F---face" for the night. —Shaheem Reid mtv.com Rapper Nelly, who has topped the U.S. pop singles charts for the last three weeks, now also has the No. 1 album in the country. His second release, "Nellyville," ended Eminem ( news - web sites)'s five-week reign by selling more than 714,000 copies in its first full week of release, Nelly's Universal Records label said Wednesday. The album had been forecast by Billboard magazine as having a shot at exceeding 800,000 units. Still, it did better than Nelly's 2000 debut, "Country Grammar," which opened at No. 3 with sales of 252,000 copies and ultimately spent five weeks at No. 1. The Nelly single "Hot in Herre" also topped the latest pop singles chart, which is based on a mixture of retail sales and radio airplay. Nelly's real name is Cornell Haynes, Jr. "The Eminem Show" from Eminem (a.k.a. Marshall Mathers) slipped to No. 2 on the album charts with nearly 308,000 units sold in the week ended June 30, taking his total to 3.6 million, said his Interscope Records label. |
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