1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,410 [Eminem singing] 2 00:00:03,622 --> 00:00:05,072 Thanks for meeting with me. 3 00:00:05,072 --> 00:00:06,682 I appreciate it. 4 00:00:06,949 --> 00:00:09,631 You know, my goals to become a raper. 5 00:00:09,631 --> 00:00:10,921 And I don't know... 6 00:00:10,921 --> 00:00:11,681 Are you serious? 7 00:00:11,681 --> 00:00:13,236 Yeah, I am serious. 8 00:00:13,868 --> 00:00:15,279 I'm sick of doing the show, 9 00:00:15,279 --> 00:00:16,959 to be honest with you. 10 00:00:17,748 --> 00:00:18,909 Really sick of it. 11 00:00:18,909 --> 00:00:19,449 Okay. Well, 12 00:00:19,449 --> 00:00:21,889 ... for me, when I'm doing my career is 13 00:00:21,889 --> 00:00:24,809 I like to draw like things from my past. 14 00:00:24,809 --> 00:00:25,949 You know what I mean? -Yeah 15 00:00:25,949 --> 00:00:28,009 Taking something that upset you as a child. 16 00:00:28,009 --> 00:00:28,899 Or something like that. 17 00:00:28,899 --> 00:00:29,877 Like emotional pain. 18 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,330 Yeah! Like emotional pain, like things to 19 00:00:32,330 --> 00:00:33,060 you know... 20 00:00:33,060 --> 00:00:33,570 Oh! Alright. 21 00:00:33,570 --> 00:00:36,088 Umm, when I was in High School, 22 00:00:36,088 --> 00:00:38,388 I was manager of the shoe department 23 00:00:38,388 --> 00:00:39,048 at the clothing store. 24 00:00:39,048 --> 00:00:42,018 And I never really felt appreciated. 25 00:00:42,018 --> 00:00:43,388 So that could be something. 26 00:00:43,996 --> 00:00:45,426 That, that, that's a start. 27 00:00:45,426 --> 00:00:46,876 That's a start. You know... 28 00:00:46,876 --> 00:00:47,316 You know... 29 00:00:47,316 --> 00:00:50,276 What the worst thing that happened to me I think as a kid is? 30 00:00:50,276 --> 00:00:52,776 It was my first day at Junior High School. 31 00:00:52,776 --> 00:00:54,366 And my dad got a new briefcase. 32 00:00:54,679 --> 00:00:57,219 And so its old briefcase was sitting in the kitchen. 33 00:00:57,219 --> 00:00:58,559 And my mom said I have a good idea. 34 00:00:58,928 --> 00:01:01,038 You should put your books in the briefcase. 35 00:01:01,038 --> 00:01:04,538 And the first minute of my first day of Junior High School, 36 00:01:04,538 --> 00:01:06,488 I walked into the school cafeteria 37 00:01:06,488 --> 00:01:07,728 and with my briefcase, 38 00:01:07,728 --> 00:01:09,748 and these big kids screamed at me: 39 00:01:09,748 --> 00:01:11,398 Hey, Briefcase Joe! 40 00:01:12,943 --> 00:01:15,023 Well, you mean you could use that 41 00:01:15,033 --> 00:01:17,173 as your rap name: The Briefcase Joe. 42 00:01:17,822 --> 00:01:19,892 You’re saying takes like my weakness 43 00:01:19,892 --> 00:01:20,762 and turn it into a... 44 00:01:20,822 --> 00:01:21,312 Yeah. 45 00:01:21,312 --> 00:01:22,062 Strength. -Yeah. 46 00:01:22,947 --> 00:01:25,157 That you turn your negatives into a positive. 47 00:01:25,167 --> 00:01:26,917 I like that. I could do that. 48 00:01:26,917 --> 00:01:28,587 I mean, you should be writing all 49 00:01:28,587 --> 00:01:29,987 these things down honestly man. 50 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:32,860 Yeah, let’s put them on a paper with pens. 51 00:01:34,728 --> 00:01:35,888 Are you trying to think of things that 52 00:01:35,888 --> 00:01:37,798 rhyme with Joe? 53 00:01:37,808 --> 00:01:39,348 Because it’s Briefcase Joe. 54 00:01:39,579 --> 00:01:40,759 And I was thinking like the word 55 00:01:40,809 --> 00:01:42,549 like go rhymes with Joe. 56 00:01:42,741 --> 00:01:43,451 -Right. 57 00:01:43,451 --> 00:01:46,161 Like Moe, like somebody’s name was Moe. 58 00:01:46,161 --> 00:01:46,871 -Right. 59 00:01:46,871 --> 00:01:50,871 Doe, uh that’s good, like uh… 60 00:01:50,871 --> 00:01:52,591 They call me Briefcase Joe. 61 00:01:52,591 --> 00:01:57,931 I gotta body made of pizza doe, you know… 62 00:01:57,931 --> 00:02:00,191 Wait, you got a body made of pizza doe? 63 00:02:00,191 --> 00:02:01,111 Pizza doe, yeah. 64 00:02:01,111 --> 00:02:03,631 I got testicles. 65 00:02:03,631 --> 00:02:05,131 Oh, I do have those. 66 00:02:05,131 --> 00:02:06,101 -Yeah! 67 00:02:06,101 --> 00:02:07,341 I have two of them. 68 00:02:07,341 --> 00:02:08,661 I’m like a scamo'd. 69 00:02:08,661 --> 00:02:12,661 I go to Mexico with my vegetable, testicles. 70 00:02:12,661 --> 00:02:14,071 Yeah, yeah, yeah, there you go. 71 00:02:14,071 --> 00:02:15,841 I’ve got a guard and hoes. 72 00:02:15,841 --> 00:02:18,931 ‘Cause that’s clever because it seems 73 00:02:18,931 --> 00:02:22,291 I have prostitutes living in my garden. 74 00:02:22,306 --> 00:02:23,136 Ummm well... 75 00:02:24,494 --> 00:02:26,424 It’s good enough. It’s good enough. 76 00:02:26,429 --> 00:02:27,459 But you’re not in a gang with those evils. 77 00:02:27,459 --> 00:02:29,469 I am in a gang, I am in a gang. 78 00:02:29,469 --> 00:02:32,829 I’m in a couple of gangs right now. 79 00:02:32,829 --> 00:02:35,109 Reach down, deep inside you. 80 00:02:35,109 --> 00:02:37,209 And like always make your life seem 81 00:02:37,209 --> 00:02:38,849 worse than it actually is. 82 00:02:38,849 --> 00:02:39,339 Worse? 83 00:02:39,339 --> 00:02:40,059 -Yeah. 84 00:02:40,059 --> 00:02:42,109 You could take like little truths and 85 00:02:42,109 --> 00:02:43,879 just stretching them as far as you can. 86 00:02:43,879 --> 00:02:44,969 You know what I mean? 87 00:02:44,969 --> 00:02:46,489 Yeah. So I would I should say 88 00:02:46,489 --> 00:02:47,549 maybe is my mother chop me up 89 00:02:47,549 --> 00:02:48,969 and put me inside of the briefcase 90 00:02:48,969 --> 00:02:50,189 and then mailed me into school. 91 00:02:50,189 --> 00:02:51,219 Yes, exactly. 92 00:02:51,219 --> 00:02:52,159 Okay. Good. 93 00:02:52,741 --> 00:02:57,261 So, I’m in the briefcase like a hungry man dinner. 94 00:02:57,261 --> 00:02:59,731 I was thinner back then. 95 00:02:59,731 --> 00:03:01,771 That’s why I fitted in it. 96 00:03:01,771 --> 00:03:03,431 My mom spitted in it. 97 00:03:04,081 --> 00:03:06,071 And sealed it up and closed it. 98 00:03:06,071 --> 00:03:07,181 Don’t lock it mom. 99 00:03:07,710 --> 00:03:09,500 Octomom... 100 00:03:09,500 --> 00:03:10,270 Octomom! 101 00:03:10,270 --> 00:03:11,430 -Octomom! 102 00:03:11,430 --> 00:03:12,370 -Yeah! 103 00:03:12,370 --> 00:03:12,980 Yeah. 104 00:03:13,728 --> 00:03:14,208 No, no. 105 00:03:14,208 --> 00:03:14,968 She doesn’t have anything 106 00:03:14,968 --> 00:03:16,108 to do with this, actually. 107 00:03:16,108 --> 00:03:18,128 It’s not good enough I could try like… 108 00:03:18,128 --> 00:03:19,068 If you don’t like it… 109 00:03:19,068 --> 00:03:20,198 It’s not like it’s not good enough. 110 00:03:20,198 --> 00:03:21,518 Know what I’m saying? 111 00:03:21,518 --> 00:03:22,858 It’s just that I am mad at her. 112 00:03:22,858 --> 00:03:23,888 Okay. 113 00:03:23,888 --> 00:03:24,688 You know... 114 00:03:24,688 --> 00:03:25,598 -I’m mad at you. 115 00:03:25,598 --> 00:03:26,588 I’m mad at you. 116 00:03:26,588 --> 00:03:27,508 -Yeah, I’m mad at you. 117 00:03:27,508 --> 00:03:28,738 Good. I'm mad at you. 118 00:03:28,738 --> 00:03:29,658 Know what I’m saying? 119 00:03:29,658 --> 00:03:30,158 Yeah. 120 00:03:30,158 --> 00:03:31,378 I’m feeling it. 121 00:03:31,378 --> 00:03:32,088 You know what I’m saying… 122 00:03:32,088 --> 00:03:32,908 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 123 00:03:32,908 --> 00:03:34,098 Know what I’m saying? 124 00:03:34,098 --> 00:03:35,148 Definitively. 125 00:03:35,148 --> 00:03:36,358 It’s like you know what I’m saying? 126 00:03:36,358 --> 00:03:37,128 Maybe something like this. 127 00:03:37,128 --> 00:03:38,738 Maybe you could say something like this: 128 00:03:38,738 --> 00:03:41,738 Yo, here I go, they call me Briefcase Joe. 129 00:03:41,738 --> 00:03:42,538 I'm flippin' it, skippin' it 130 00:03:42,538 --> 00:03:43,158 Rippin' it, dippin' it 131 00:03:43,158 --> 00:03:44,258 Hit 'em with venom in 'em 132 00:03:44,258 --> 00:03:45,178 I gave them an enema 133 00:03:45,178 --> 00:03:46,038 Then hit 'em up 134 00:03:46,038 --> 00:03:46,998 Right in front of the cinema 135 00:03:46,998 --> 00:03:47,618 Skin them alive 136 00:03:47,618 --> 00:03:48,318 Rocking the party 137 00:03:48,318 --> 00:03:49,308 As soon as the women arrive 138 00:03:49,308 --> 00:03:50,978 Then Imma drive a stake in their heart 139 00:03:50,978 --> 00:03:51,918 And squirt lemon in their eyes 140 00:03:51,928 --> 00:03:52,858 Like something like that. 141 00:03:52,858 --> 00:03:53,328 You know what I mean? 142 00:03:53,328 --> 00:03:55,508 Like just kind of simple. 143 00:03:55,508 --> 00:03:58,218 [Laughs] 144 00:03:58,218 --> 00:03:58,798 Yeah... 145 00:03:58,798 --> 00:04:00,868 [Music playing] 146 00:04:00,868 --> 00:04:01,718 Alright. 147 00:04:01,718 --> 00:04:02,866 So remember, just you know, 148 00:04:02,866 --> 00:04:04,236 kind of rock with it. 149 00:04:04,236 --> 00:04:04,866 You know, just, 150 00:04:04,866 --> 00:04:06,046 your natural rhythm just let it, 151 00:04:06,046 --> 00:04:08,696 let it, you know, flow free. 152 00:04:08,696 --> 00:04:09,516 Yeah, okay. 153 00:04:09,516 --> 00:04:10,046 Okay, good. 154 00:04:10,046 --> 00:04:13,216 [Music playing] 155 00:04:13,216 --> 00:04:13,816 Yeah. 156 00:04:14,118 --> 00:04:17,710 This one is going out for all my homies in Compton. 157 00:04:17,710 --> 00:04:18,750 You know what I’m saying? 158 00:04:19,068 --> 00:04:20,508 Hey! hey. 159 00:04:20,508 --> 00:04:22,028 Do you know anybody? 160 00:04:22,028 --> 00:04:22,838 - Umm? 161 00:04:22,838 --> 00:04:23,428 Do you know anybody? 162 00:04:23,428 --> 00:04:23,968 Compton? 163 00:04:23,968 --> 00:04:24,508 From Compton? 164 00:04:24,508 --> 00:04:25,988 No, I don’t know anyone. 165 00:04:25,988 --> 00:04:26,988 Then you don’t wanna say that then. 166 00:04:26,988 --> 00:04:29,898 Oh okay. Alright, let me try it again. 167 00:04:30,757 --> 00:04:32,927 [Music playing] 168 00:04:32,927 --> 00:04:37,887 Yo, this one is going to all my homies in Sherman Oaks. 169 00:04:39,736 --> 00:04:40,726 I know people out there… 170 00:04:41,740 --> 00:04:42,450 Hang on one second. 171 00:04:42,450 --> 00:04:42,930 Yeah. 172 00:04:45,754 --> 00:04:46,284 Ohh 173 00:04:46,466 --> 00:04:47,286 Try that... 174 00:04:47,439 --> 00:04:48,019 Ohhh! 175 00:04:49,359 --> 00:04:50,099 Alright. 176 00:04:50,209 --> 00:04:51,009 Your inspiration. 177 00:04:51,009 --> 00:04:51,489 Thank you! 178 00:04:54,452 --> 00:04:55,752 Yeah this is going out 179 00:04:55,899 --> 00:04:57,259 To those two jerks 180 00:04:57,259 --> 00:04:58,599 From Junior High School 181 00:04:58,599 --> 00:04:59,969 Who called me Briefcase Joe 182 00:04:59,969 --> 00:05:00,739 And guess what? 183 00:05:00,739 --> 00:05:01,479 Now It's come to past that 184 00:05:01,479 --> 00:05:03,979 It's turned out to be a good thing for me 185 00:05:04,094 --> 00:05:04,614 - Yeah, tell 'em 186 00:05:05,101 --> 00:05:05,741 Yo here I go 187 00:05:05,741 --> 00:05:07,381 They call me Briefcase Joe 188 00:05:07,381 --> 00:05:08,881 I write my lyrics down 189 00:05:08,881 --> 00:05:10,923 For a keepsake, yo 190 00:05:10,923 --> 00:05:11,503 On the microphone 191 00:05:11,503 --> 00:05:13,523 Here the beats they go 192 00:05:13,523 --> 00:05:15,303 You could be the rapper 193 00:05:15,303 --> 00:05:16,643 I'm the DJ, yo 194 00:05:16,643 --> 00:05:19,713 My lyrics just erupt like a volcano 195 00:05:19,713 --> 00:05:21,133 Everywhere I walk 196 00:05:21,133 --> 00:05:23,073 When I talk they know 197 00:05:23,073 --> 00:05:24,073 I'm flippin' it, dippin' it 198 00:05:24,073 --> 00:05:24,843 Trippin' it, rippin' it 199 00:05:24,843 --> 00:05:25,473 Hit 'em with venom in 'em 200 00:05:25,473 --> 00:05:26,223 I gave them an enema 201 00:05:26,223 --> 00:05:27,193 Then hit 'em up 202 00:05:27,193 --> 00:05:27,993 Right in front of the cinema 203 00:05:27,993 --> 00:05:28,753 Skin them alive 204 00:05:28,753 --> 00:05:29,353 ... ... ... 205 00:05:29,353 --> 00:05:30,983 As soon as the women arrive 206 00:05:30,983 --> 00:05:32,913 I am driving a stake in their heart (yeah) 207 00:05:32,913 --> 00:05:33,623 And squirt (yeah) 208 00:05:33,623 --> 00:05:34,233 Lemon in their eyes 209 00:05:34,753 --> 00:05:35,843 You know what I'm saying? 210 00:05:35,843 --> 00:05:36,763 Chicka, chicka, chicka, chicka 211 00:05:36,763 --> 00:05:38,173 Briefcase Joe 212 00:05:38,173 --> 00:05:40,023 They called him, they called him 213 00:05:40,023 --> 00:05:41,503 They called him Briefcase Joe 214 00:05:41,503 --> 00:05:42,223 Chicka, chicka 215 00:05:42,223 --> 00:05:42,813 His name is 216 00:05:42,813 --> 00:05:44,313 His name is Briefcase Joe 217 00:05:44,313 --> 00:05:47,593 He don't carry that briefcase to the school no more 218 00:05:47,593 --> 00:05:48,033 Chicka 219 00:05:48,033 --> 00:05:50,773 My testicles are vegetables 220 00:05:50,773 --> 00:05:52,203 They're going to Mexico 221 00:05:52,203 --> 00:05:53,693 They're on a jet-jetroll, yo 222 00:05:53,693 --> 00:05:55,613 Chicka, chicka, chicka, chicka 223 00:05:55,613 --> 00:05:56,603 Briefcase Joe 224 00:05:56,603 --> 00:05:57,813 They called him, they called him 225 00:05:57,813 --> 00:05:59,833 They called him Briefcase Joe 226 00:05:59,833 --> 00:06:00,773 Chicka, chicka 227 00:06:00,773 --> 00:06:01,393 His name is 228 00:06:01,393 --> 00:06:02,503 His name is Briefcase Joe 229 00:06:02,503 --> 00:06:06,093 He don't carry that briefcase to the school no more 230 00:06:06,093 --> 00:06:07,734 Chicka 231 00:06:07,734 --> 00:06:09,375 Eminem, ladies and gentleman 232 00:06:09,375 --> 00:06:11,016 Briefcase Joe. Some kind of name you probably haven't heard. 233 00:06:11,156 --> 00:06:12,996 I love listening to myself. 234 00:06:12,996 --> 00:06:14,056 I really love it. 235 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:15,580 It’s crazy! You sound good man. 236 00:06:15,785 --> 00:06:17,185 Thank you, thank you. 237 00:06:17,304 --> 00:06:21,504 You got it, Briefcase Joe is cancel because to your briefcase Eminem. 238 00:06:21,883 --> 00:06:25,883 You are done son. Goodbye. 239 00:06:26,036 --> 00:06:27,146 Yo Briefcase Joe... 240 00:06:27,146 --> 00:06:28,536 Hey! That’s in the water. 241 00:06:28,536 --> 00:06:33,406 It’s my briefcase. Hey! Hey! Wait up!