Whatever You Say I Am
The Life And Times Of Eminem
Published on 5. July 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-552-15095-8 (ISBN)
Description
Eminem is currently the world's biggest and most controversial music star. He has been blasted for what many of his critics regard as overtly homophobic and misogynistic lyrics, and resented both for his record-breaking commercial success and being a white man in a black genre. But Eminem's sheer talent has transcended such condemnation and established him as the most important figure to come out of popular music since Kurt Cobain.
Whatever You Say I Am - based on exclusive interviews with members of Eminem's family, key figures in the music business, sociologists and reviewers and featuring previously unpublished photographs - is the first book to reveal the man behind the controversy. Most crucially, Anthony Bozza's unprecedented access to Eminem himself makes him uniquely qualified to answer the big question - why does Eminem matter?
The answer is found in Eminem's unlikely life story, in his extraordinary ascent to super-stardom and in an analysis of his music and lyrics. Whatever You Say I Am will keep Eminem's legions of fans riveted, and will enlighten his critics.
Whatever You Say I Am - based on exclusive interviews with members of Eminem's family, key figures in the music business, sociologists and reviewers and featuring previously unpublished photographs - is the first book to reveal the man behind the controversy. Most crucially, Anthony Bozza's unprecedented access to Eminem himself makes him uniquely qualified to answer the big question - why does Eminem matter?
The answer is found in Eminem's unlikely life story, in his extraordinary ascent to super-stardom and in an analysis of his music and lyrics. Whatever You Say I Am will keep Eminem's legions of fans riveted, and will enlighten his critics.
Reviews / Votes
A thorough and overdue appraisal * Guardian * Bozza works at the why and how of the story, discussing the origins and development of hip-hop culture, examining Detroit's place in American music history and looking at race and ethnicity in the US before getting back to Eminem's lyrics and what he 'means' * Independent * The most dangerous threat to American children since polio -- George Bush He has created a sense of what is possible. He has sent a voltage around a generation -- Seamus Heaney Delivered with pace ...The most exhaustive trawl through the things that matter most about the most dominant artist of the age * Q Magazine * Bozza weaves personal thoughts with interviews with Dre and others to explore what made the 'white man in a black man's game' so hugely successful * Maxim *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
266 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-552-15095-8 (9780552150958)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
E-Book
11/2010
1st Edition
Transworld Digital
€9.99
Available for download
Person
Anthony Bozza is a very well respected former Rolling Stone journalist, who wrote the first big profile of Eminem in the USA and has worked with him repeatedly since.