Esham is a Detroit acid rap artist. He is also known as « Esham the Unholy ».
The whole beef started when Eminem mentioned acid rap in his « Slim Shady LP ».
In the « Kill You » track from the Marshall Mathers LP, he says : « I don’t acid rap, I rap on acid … »
Esham pretends to have the same content than Eminem in his lyrics :
“It’s a fucking major struggle, when the same lyrical content that Eminem has is the same lyrical content that I have. But at the same time, they won’t put me up on MTV saying that shit. It’s just different rules. We’re all playing on different sides of the fence.”
Esham accuses Eminem of stealing his style. Eminem was influenced by Esham, but whatever Esham may say, both artists sound completely different.
In his « Still Don’t Give A Fuck » lyrics, Eminem claims : « I’m a cross between Manson, Esham and Ozzy ».
On the 2001 Warped Tour, a struggle between Esham his NATAs member T.N.T and the D12 members (except for Eminem who wasn’t involved because he didn’t participate to the tour) happened that lead to Esham’s hospitalization. Esham accuses Eminem of programming and anticipating his murder.
Road manager Brian Curran witnessed the scene :
« I was walking toward the area where all of the buses were parked, and saw them [Esham and T.N.T,] walking by the guard rails that surround the buses. Then I see this blue bus which later I was told was D-12′s, drive by them bust a u-turn and then 30 or 40 guys piled out of the bus and started to beat on Esham and T.N.T. »
D12 member Proof has admitted being involved :
“…at the show in Philly. I hoped off [our bus] and D12 followed and we whooped him and TNT ass”
Esham dissed the D12 group on his album. He insisted on how much the D12 were scared of him (why should they ?). In his song « Chemical Imbalance » he disses Hailie badly : “I wont get on MTV cuz I beat up Carson Daily, remind Eminem of D’Angelo Bailey, Hailie’s in a coma, Hailie’s in a coma I smell the aroma of a dead body killa.” Esham also calls « D12 » « Dick 12 ».
Most of Eminem’s enemies don’t seem to have serious arguments against the talented MC and Hailie seems to be their main target. They calculate the effect created by their diss on Hailie in advance in order to get a mad answer from Marshall. Personal attacks are meant to weaken him (anybody who would attack my kids that way would certainly affect me). But even if it may affect Marshall and get on his nerves, they seem to forget that they have to do with the best battle MC !
Eminem’s enemies also lack originality most of the time. Their attacks on the talented rapper appear to be publicity stunts. They more they talk about Eminem, the more they are talked about.
The D12 member Swifty MC Vay expressed on Esham in an interview given to « Live Daily » :
« Esham is doing that to get money.this is my opinion. Esham been out, as far as I know, since 1991.He dropped over 10 albums already and they did nothing for nobody, except for [Esham’s side project] NATAS. I can’t knock him for bringing his boys out. But he does nothing for nobody. Now Eminem took the world by storm and I’m not saying this just to be arrogant. Esham’s in the same city.He’s dissing (Eminem’s) daughter, he’s dissing his ex-wife. He’s dissing Eminem for no reason except to make us talk about him again.…It’s a publicity stunt. …Eminem doesn’t even know him.He doesn’t have any kind of excursion with him. They never hung out. They never exchanged money. He never borrowed any money. It seems to me that he is doing this so we can talk about him back, just so the crowd can see what Esham is gonna say about us. »
Maybe Eminem has found some inspiration in Esham’s style, but Esham has never been his one and only source of inspiration. Eminem’s musical influences are various and numerous, you can find them in Ice T’s music as well as in the Beastie Boys, NWA or LLCool J and many others.
Many artists like Esham or Cage have accused Eminem of copying their style. Matter of fact : those artists are still underground and unknown by many people. If their art was that great, why didn’t they emerge from their « underground status » ?
Eminem has nothing to prove in that way. Even if some artists’ style has been a source of inspiration to Marshall Mathers, he has fully proven to be an original artist with a lot of imagination and a sophisticated rhyming style.
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ok im here too finally tell why eminem is doin well tahts becasue eminem signed to dre and what u did think esham had a chance to be mainstreamm the truth is as i was watching a icp dvd called halls of illusion tehy had bakgrounds bout thier artsit and when tehy got to esham he bascially stated he never wanted to be big and famous becasue it would kill his style as bein reincarnated and he sticks to his fans and he dosnet wanna kill his style off by goin mainstream so he always stayed underground but if u think meinem is ne richer then esham check ur self esham could buy half the label out rite now qith 10 cds and one comin out in the summer tahst more buks rite there oo and pne more thing obie trice and esham are best firends tahst why in a song where he disses emnem he states and i quote “i got a blonde fag trying to take my style/ he claims hes form 8 mile/he aint shit but a bitch ass wigga/ no matter hwat happens dog obie ure always be my nigga so tehre u go folkjs now u no why obie got signed by em too get him against esham but it didnt work because in a new song with game called from the hood he spits no matter what em is my boy cuz we all from detroit and even tho he my boss and he fitin with my dog/esham i got u b/so cheers/and second rounds on me/ so tehres many sides to dis story but u no how battles go and so far to me esham has won the battle and the war
Esham spits the wickedest sickest and best shit out there. I hate eminem because hes a sell out bitch whos out for the money, thats not what everythings about its all about influence and what the fans want. im a juggalo till the day i die and even though esham aint on psychopathic no more he is still the dopest rapper out there he raps the truth and it scares those people that dont know what to do when they hear it. thats why there brains are stuck on ems fake ass hollywood, sesame street muppet lovin ass who would dog on his homies for a second of fame. He tries to act tough on stage when in reality he was just another white trash hillbilly havin dreams to make it big and when he finally did he forgot about his true home which is supposibley 8 mile but if you seen his ass on 7 mile it would be draggin from the back of a regal ridin on 24′s. U see monoxide representin the white trash with tattoos and not giving a fuck but em will suck a dick for a quarter anything to add to his bank so fuck this you like who u like but every devils night we hunt em down and slaughter d12
peace
SV
it aint all about that now its about who reppin the D like on detroit stand up Esham And Proof straight ripped that track for Detroit stand up it would have better if eminem would have spit a verse on that track.
i heard Esham and Eminem might do a somng together for Detroit
Hey now, i like eminem, i think he is dope (some of his shit) but im a juggalo and a suicidalist..one thing that strikes me funny about this, which tnt said in an interview “give D:12, eminem, any of these radio wonder boys 5 years, and they wont be shit” That was in 2001, now look at it, they aint shit. Esham has calmed down alot…but closed casket, kkkill the fetus, and one im going to poing out, his ep ozone layer. Eminem says it flat out, “im not a player just an ill ryhme sayer that’ll spray an aerosol can up in the ozone layer” I dont know about you, but it seems he got that directly from that EP from esham. His persona is definately derived from esham. “supporting abortion” eminem says, thats another one that you know he copied off of. Eminem has terrific skill, but only has 3 good albums and even so half of the songs on those three are whack. He is a sold out, never paid his dues, he does it for the money, the money, and more money. Esham is an artist, eminem is an artist but he uses it for money purposes. Esham is an influence because no one gives him credit for his foundations in rap, maybe if eminem and d 12 didnt come out like hey we the first rap peoples from detroit it would of been different. The only ones that give him his due are ICP, twiztid, most of psychopathic. I dont ever see anyone else give him any dues…look at proof, they called him kurt kobain. The first artist to ever compare themselves to kurt kobain was esham..slim shady is a generic copy cat rip off of old school esham, icp, and house of krazees. You think they dont have all that other influence in them too? you think icp dont know nwa and too short? How is it that the label who used to run tupac’s shit…death row…is so fucked up that icp, esham, and twiztid all talked shit but not a thing happened..thats because these three prove their gangster..people like dre and feminem, they just talk about it..simple as that..i like eminem but seriously, i listen to a lot of esham, he copied. Even listen to the terror wheel from icp, eminem copies the whole chicken hawk foghorn leghorn idea from then “when i get out”. know your facts before you listen to the governments 4th branch, the media
Esham has been wack for a minute now. He had some hott shit, but now is wack as fuck. ICP ain’t shit. FUCKAJUGAHOASSBITCHEZ!!!!! Jugabitchboyz have been wack since day one.
Fuck feminem and she 12. Proof’s all good (RIP) cause he’s Underground, but feminem is a pop star and a wack mc who can eat a dick. I’ve noticed everyone feminem has beefed with (Benzino, ICP, Ja Rule, Esham, Everlast, Limp Bizkit) makes way better music than him. Esham is way more lyrically sick than feminem.
mainstream music is a dieyin industry the ignorant fucks that listen 2 that shit havnt realised it yet bitches like eminem an 50 an all thos other fuckin dickheads will die with it thats bcaus the underground doesnt need big shiny diomonds an celebrity magazines 2 survive the underground is reality an the wicked clownz an ther juggalo family ar the leaders ov it so i sit bk an laugh at all thos fools listenin 2 ther top 40 chart bullshit, im juggalo an this is uk juggalo sayin eminem u ar a bitch peace ot
fuck those niggers who try to be black. rap is a black mAN’s music feminem is a white boy trying to be black its as simple as that. He dont even write his own music either. he uses computer to make his lyrics sound good and SO DOES THAT FAKE ASSBITCH TWISTER, LIL WAYNE , NEW BOYS ALL THEM SORRY NIGGER WITH NO TALENT USE THERE COMPUTERS TO MAKE MUSIC. IVE NEVER SEEN NONE OF THEM FAKE ASS BITCHES RAP WITH A BAND WHO ACTUALLY HAVE TALENT. THEY ALL HIDE BEHIND THEIR MPC4000XL AND THINK THIR DOING SOMETHING NEW. ITS HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE LIKE BACK IN THE 80′S WHEN PRINCE USED TO BANG ON HIS MPC60
And D-Lyrical, you think Limp Bizkit, Ja Rule, Benzino, Everlast, and ICP make good music. You’re a faggot.
Out of the ones you mentioned, Esham is the only good one. But he still sounded like a jealous bitch when he talked about Eminem.
ICP is for piece of shit trailor trash faggots that get raped by there dad.
Limp Bizkit sucks because Fred Durst is a little bitch and his lyrics sucks. He even admits Eminem is a much better rapper than him.
Ja Rule made gay love songs with Ashanti and J-Lo
Benzino is just wack
And Everlast was only good when he was with Rhyme Syndicate