I think that being the star that he is people seem to forget that he's just a normal guy who happened to make it. Trying to be a good father, and living a real life. Underneath all of the bad boy image there's a man that is just like any other man you may know. One thing I really liked about this book was it made him seem human. He says what he needs to say and that's it. He doesn't sugar coat or try to play around the issue. Being a rapper it seems obvious that Eminem has a way with words, but the way he says things is so simple. I think the book was fairly well written. So for me reading this took me back to the time when I was into all of that stuff. I used to LOVE Eminem and not that I don't like him now but I'm not really into rap like I used to be. I'm not quite sure what I expected out of this book. While it's definitely not to the point I would stop him in public for an autograph, I'll definitely always give his tracks a run or two hundred. My family is wealthy but they didn't come from a lot so I had a job as soon as I was old enough, so I respect and relate on a certain degree. I had a feeling this one would be honest though, and it is. I'm a fan of his music but I'm not really into what people eat for breakfast, which is why I don't bother reading bios. This is the book's largest appeal, and to a lesser degree, big fans of Eminem will get a kick of his history, album to album, the movie, public stuff, beef and all that I don't keep up with, and where he's at now. And I'm glad I'll never be there or live that life. We get to catch a glimpse of what it's like to be ridiculously famous. But it's the honest telling of the drastic difference from welfare to uber fame that makes it so entertaining. Marshall Mather's story is equally difficult to relate to, on both sides of the spectrum, from dirt poor working at Little Ceasars to practical billionaire. It becomes hard to relate to their story. I'm not big into bio's because I don't feel many celebrities have anything significant to offer, mostly because they lead such different lives than normal people (over the course of time). Providing his millions of fans with a personal tour of Eminem's creative process, it is poised to be hailed in much the same way as Tupac's The Rose that Grew from Concrete, Bob Dylan's Chronicles, and Journals by Kurt Cobain. Illustrated with never-before-seen photographs of Eminem's home and life along with original drawings, The Way I Am is filled with reflections on his greatest hits, previously unpublished lyric sheets, and other rare memorabilia. Now, in The Way I Am, he shares his private thoughts on everything from his inner struggles, to the trials of being famous, to his love for his daughter, Hailie, creating a book that is every bit as raw and uncensored as the man himself. For the first time, one of music's most popular and headline-making rap artists shares his private reflections, drawings, handwritten lyrics, and never-before-seen photographs.įiercely intelligent, relentlessly provocative, and prodigiously gifted, Eminem is known as much for his enigmatic persona as for being the fastest-selling rap artist and the first rapper to ever win an Oscar.
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