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Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem

by Anthony Bozza

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Jimmy Garner said: " Anthony Bozza wrote a biography on the artist Eminem A.K.A Marshall Bruce Mathers III A.K.A Slim Shady. Bozza depicts the life of the artist through his personal experiences. As well as he captures the view of Eminem through the eyes of those who kno Anthony Bozza wrote a biography on the artist Eminem A.K.A Marshall Bruce Mathers III A.K.A Slim Shady. Bozza depicts the life of the artist through his personal experiences. As well as he captures the view of Eminem through the eyes of those who know him well such as Paul Rosenburg (Music Industry Producer) and through articles and magazines like New York Times and the Rolling Stones. The biography goes in depth of the Artists accomplishments; Lose Yourself, 8 Mile and Eminem’s Grammy awards. Not only glamorizes his accomplishment but reveals the hard times such as the difficulty Eminem faced as being a white rapper in a predominantly black industry, the struggle of growing up in such a rough area of the nations and even the start of a career with a failing album.

In My opinion this biography was spectacular. At first sight of this book caught my attention which is rare. I had and as I read the book it had me hooked in a heartbeat. The biography gave the life of the phenomenal rapper Eminem and although the noval was not in chronological order, it astonished me how the life of Eminem was told. Bozza used a line from a song of Eminem to list each chapter and told the background of why this line has been used in Eminem’s song. I enjoyed having each chapter title because it had me thinking of the flow of the song and other lyrics and the meaning to give me an idea of what the chapter will be. This biography made me feel as if I knew Eminem personally which I really felt it was impossible because after hearing almost every song published by Eminem I have felt I understood what made up Eminem. What made me feel as I knew Eminem was that the lyrics I constantly hear from his songs, I found out why he writes them and how they make up his story, I found out the influences that creates a song. Although I did enjoy the book greatly I upset me that there was not interviews with Eminem and others. Although that was not the case, it would not keep me from reading this book multiple times. ...more "

Oct 23, 2013 06:20PM · see review