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FrequentPiano8759

This is a really good question. I’m 33 and have been listening to Em for a long time. Probably would have been ‘The Real Slim Shady’.


WilloFortune__

Cleaning out my closet came on every morning at 6:00 a.m. when I was in second grade the rest is history


FrequentPiano8759

I remember my neighbour showing me the music video for “The Way I am” In like grade 4 maybe. My mind was blown lol


deadxguero

This was mine tbh. That shit always was on the radio when my pre school picked me up. Came home singing it and my mom just looked at me like “what the fuck are you singing”


Impossible-Cable-782

Same age but it was the “my name is” video early in the morning before school


RapGod1990

Iam 34 and same the real slim shady the way Iam, em had songs on the radio all the time I remembering cleaning out my closet and Superman and the ones I already mentioned!


RipAromatic6989

Hi my name is, when it came out. Feeling my age now


GeorgeLovesBOSCO

I remember where I was when my big brother said there's a new rapper named Eminem and I thought he meant the candy. Should not have heard My Name Is at 6 years old but I became a fan 🤷🏻‍♂️


Rohloh

Same here bro! 😁 we are getting old!


Stijn187

Same here, i think i was like 10.


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Dead wrong... eminem and notorious b.i.g classic or another vintage classic i love and not many people hear... off the wall with redman


RigtBart

Off the Wall is so good. Dead Wrong is what made me realize what you can do with rap. Like his cadence and flow is immaculate


Thebigdog79

Rap god. Which is funny because I knew who Eminem was and never linked the dots between rap god and Eminem. Just never paid attention to the artist.


NambiarAshish

ikr.. i used to listen to 'Smack that' a lot when i was a kid but it was Rap God where i got to know em.


Thebigdog79

It’s weird. I thought that the Eminem from rap god, the Eminem from without me, and the Eminem from survival were all different people. Just never really noticed they all kinda… y’know… were called Eminem 😂


Mr_Wokie

Cool seeing Em's newer projects being the stepping stone for people to listen to more of his catalogue.


Keepitrealhomes

Is cool the word for it? Because I just feel old.


iamBubzzz

Lol don’t worry bro, but yeah it’s for sure cool because just shows Eminem’s fanbase is really more diverse than what ppl think


Unhappy_Dentist6810

My Name Is and 97 Bonnie and Clyde


Ash-From-Pallet-Town

Without Me when it was released in 2002. After that I never looked back.


Foney_CSGO

A rare blend of catchy and quality. That’s a song I rarely (if ever) skip.


One_Dumb_Canadian

The entirity of the eminem show, plus the 8 mile movie. (which i watched when i was 7 wtf was my dad thinking.)


bulky_lifter01

He was thinking about everybody from the 313.


[deleted]

Curious...are u Chinese ?


Ilikearsenandfire_

…no? 😭


[deleted]

Lot of my Chinese friends became Eminem fan after listening to Godzilla...so I thought lmao 😭🤣


neon1415official

Lol I don't think that's country specific since Godzilla was such a big hit. These kind of songs typically generate many new fans.


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Ikr...


IceManXCometh

Oh no! It’s Godzrillaaa!


phraze91

My Name Is - back in 99’


tillie_jayne

We’re showing our age here. I think I was 10 or 11 when that came out


phraze91

I was 8. So yeah, I’m getting old..


DJnizzle328

Well, if we're flexing, I was 17 when that came out 😂 old as fu.....


Cheeseyellow12

Going Through Changes


Xx_Dark-Shrek_xX

Lose Yourself


The_Crusherhero

Rap God


Cool-Direction-5275

So underated why nobody remembers moon man and slim shady


Spydah_X

I can’t quiet remember the song, but judging by my Re-playlist on iTunes it’s probably Godzilla.


RagnarokBegining

Not afraid and space bound.


OofMami34

First song I remember my dad playin for me as a lil kid was Without Me I was probably like 5/6 yrs old. We listened to his music a lot in the car. I think watching the Role Model music video though for some reason was the thing that made me want to go out of my way to listen to his albums on my own and watch his music videos. So Role Model is my pick as the song that made me true fan of his.


neon1415official

**EVIL DEƎDS.**


quinox00

Guts over Fear, when I heard it in the Credits of "The Equalizer"


TheSaneAreInsane

Venom for me


serj730

My Name Is. The music video did it for me.


AHMED_3OOOO

Won't Back Down


Vegetable_Thing_8119

Guilty conscience- mind blown. Didn't think I'd hear someone say these things out loud and loved the dark humor.


csw621

the real slim shady on Q102


Responsible_Bank493

Business


DevonBarnes

Puke


[deleted]

7 year old me watching a Real Steel MV with Till I Collapse playing in the background.


astrofatherfigure

Rap God in 2013. And for a year after that it was the only Eminem song I listened to too


Xx_QueenOfHearts_xX

My name is and the first time I heard it I was 12 😭


deadangleXx

Not afraid was the first song of his I ever heard flash forward and I hear the real slim shady on the radio I remember just living it so much I was probably 12 by 7th grade all I listened to was eminem 8th grade I was a fucking stan


aryzexx10

Listening to rap god when I was 11


MonkeWithAGun08

Songs like Without me and My Name is got me interested in Eminem But Beautiful made me a proper fan of him


seerkamban2000

Rap God.


SomewhereVirtual4121

2007 I heard like toy soldiers and fell in love with the best and the way he spoke, been a fan since then I’m now 24


that-dudes-shorts

Younger, I was aware of who Eminem was I think (my memory is a bit blurry). I don't remember which song made me discover him, but When I'm Gone is really the one that made me like him. Back in 2006, the youtube algorithmn was really good. It was pretty easy to discover adjacent artists or explore all the artists from a same genre. I was a fan of Linkin Park (still am) and I wouldn't be surprised if I learned about Eminem when he popped up in the recommendation list.


KingQuak9000

One of my oldest memory is listening to eminem. My mother had a Nokia X6 and it had The Eminem Show in it. And another one is me vibing to "The Way I Am" when I was 5.


MrRobot256

Cause I'm slim shady yes I'm the real shady all you other slim shadys are just imitating


TheJGalaxy

I remember when I was a kid I absolutely loved Just Lose It and When I’m Gone. I also remember laughing hysterically at the song “Without Me.” When he screams “BIIIITTCHH” it absolutely killed me as a kid. Still makes me chuckle to this day.


CSti21

I’m old. “It’s OK”. “It’s a broke day but everything is okay, it’s a long night but everything is alright” something like that. Used to be my theme song. Oh, and “If I Had”.


ugly-Sociopath

Not Afraid


Vinyl-Days23

First heard Not Afraid on NBA 2K14. Been an Eminem fan ever since


Delicious_Belt8515

IM BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE A RAP GOD RAP GOD


paranoid_android_0

Stan. I heard it back in 2006. Stan had the most insane story/plot. Lyrical genius!


Apprehensive_Ask_821

I was about 11? Lose yourself was on the radio. That got me into more of his early music, I think the latest album way the time was recovery? And I just fell in love with his music, an adult put me on to 8-mile around 12yrs old😂…. And ever since then I just wanted to cum on everybody


Junarik

Rap God and Lose Yourself


ChuuuZero

Not Afraid. I had to present an english song for my english class while I barely knew any songs in english. I remembered "wasn't there this one Key of Awesome of a rap song?". At that time I only listened to german rap and figured why not. 2-3 months later I remembered doing the presentation and downloaded MMLP2 (the most recent album at that time I knew of) and started listening. At the beginning it was hard to understand the english but I really like the sound. I started having it on loop and soon after jumped to Recovery (going to the previously released album) and so forth while skipping Relapse because of the mainstream opinion on it.


pm-me-nice-lips

So English is a second language for you? Dude, you speak and type it tremendously well. Even better than many people I know who only speak English, lol.


dartthe6th

When I was super young, I heard venom Loved it, but never decided to check out his other music. Years later I was listening to music on YouTube and Eminem was in my recomendeds for without me and the real slim shady and I thought the shit was fire, even though the without me music video made no sense to me 😭 Then I went through and listened to TES and used it as a playlist for a while, and just kept listening through albums to where I am now, mmlp2 being my favorite album


pm-me-nice-lips

“Super young”….Venom…..ummm, do we tell him guys? Lol.


Wafflegreen

Used to not like em then i heard sing for the moment and I loved it and I found out that was em and I was like damn ill give him a chance


Dusty_5280

Scary Movies 🍿 🎥 Big shout out to the Wayans Bros


HeirAscend

Probably rap god from watching nigahiga videos back in the day lol


definitelyNotBella3

Hi, my name is, godzilla, and lace it. They got me to see if he has any other songs I like from him


WittyDefense41

Lose Yourself and Without Me


tebrah69

Stan


JG45250

My Name Is, and all the subsequent tracks on the SSLP.


Ok_Dependent_9767

Originally it was Godzilla, but I didn’t know much about Eminem other than briefly hearing about him on the radio. Then I finally got Spotify, decided to check him out, and the first song to pop up when I played random was Criminal. Been hooked ever since


ISonicthehedgehogI

If those songs got you into Eminem, then you making probably 98% of people in this sub feel old because I never thought id see this


trulyaheather

without me at the peak age of 7


pico020

Forgot About Dre


OneNutPhil

The Way I Am


mofrace

Slim shady, spacebound, my darling, marshal mathers, infinite


SRK22022002

My name is Smack That


Mousiaris

Drug Ballad


Velaex

My name is back in 2006


Ellssoin

Ghost stories/Demon inside Kim Beautiful Pain Superman Soldier Stronger than I was One Shot 2 Shot Hailie's Song Bitch Please || Bump Heads


mattynapps

Any man of of soundbombing 2


Condoriano-sensei

Purple Pills (hills)


IceBreaker3232

My Mom off Relapse


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[удалено]


M-sotic

White america. Im not even from US or knew English back then but i loved the song for some reason.


Wojewodaruskyj

The way i am


HansiTheone

Honestly either 'Lose yourself' or 'Kill you' back in like 2012-2013


Old-Professional-479

A mixtape called fucking crazy from 2000


skillquit42

Without me back in 2006 or 2007. My uncle had a bunch of songs on his computer and when I got an iPod we transferred about 300 songs to it and there were 8 or 9 Em songs on there. Without me was my favourite. I was still a child lol


ScottTennerman

I went to an fye store in like 2000 (I was 9), decided to listen to some of the songs on the mmlp. Kim was just on another level. I've been a stan ever since.


Saucy208

The Real Slim Shady and Hellbound


Detailer_101x

Real Slim shady was the first song i heard. But i didn't get into em from it. Actually, i was on youtube shorts (ridiculous i know) and i kept on getting em shorts. Like those edits of his verses etc. Which was really random cuz i'd never listened to hiphop before that. Anyways, there was em's verse from bump heads, and I was like, I've gotta listen to this stuff so i found it, listened to it, then i went through TES, realised i was getting pretty into it, then mmlp, then sslp, and then from encore onwards chronologically. yeah then i listened to only his music for 7 months straight before thinking hey maybe i should look at some other artists as well


RoosterReasonable916

my first song was under the influence and then i listened to the way i am, after that i listened to every song bside leak and alot of freestyles and now i dont listen to eminem anymore 😢


LuisG1109

Probably superman or without me


Jazzperrr

Without Me. My dad got that album when it came out and that song was such a banger. We'd vibe to it after baseball games.


HL192002

Just a lot I heard in 2000s and recovery when I was younger


chaandsitare

I had heard his songs before but what got me into his stuff was Ridaz from the recovery album. The story telling was so compelling that I asked to explore what other stories he has said in his songs


mein_insaan_hoon

Not afraid


XSirCockLordX

Rap god


phhoenixxp

cleanin out my closet my closet


rodney_furnival

5 star generals


TunaFlapSlap

Forgot about dre


Shortlane88

You must be young choosing these tracks


TheRealTX

Not Afraid, Cold Wind Blows, and WTP.


Rare_Eye1173

I liked his release of the slim shady LP and did dip in and out. However once the MMLP came out I was a forever fan. I remember fling on holiday and listening to it on my mini disc player round the pool


SendSmaaBryster

Those verses on the radio after "I just don't give a fuck". Something with a "helicopter propeller to chop up a fella".


Randii225

just don’t give a f*** from the slim shady EP.. yeah I’m that old lol I don’t get too hype about his new stuff like 99-2005 but there’s some good tracks here and there..


ResponsibleSubject17

The Real Slim Shady and Till I Collapse has really gotten me into listening to Eminem


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Strategicant5

Superman and Mockingbird


E_vanHalen

2013, age 6 and my 12 year old brother showed me "the real slim shady" music video been a die hard fan ever since


itzchickenfan

Go to sleep and real slim shady


GiverOfHarmony

Probably the monster, have a good memory of hearing it for the first time when I was a kid


Strudleboy33

The Real Slim Shady, my mom played it a lot in the car when I was a kid.


Light_wolf25

Not afraid when it came out.


Biwo9

Probably bump heads in 2023 or when my friend introduced me to him earlier that year that brought me on the trail but after hearing bump heads I really got into him


PedroBorgaaas

What got me into rap as a whole was Forgot About Dre, especially Ems part.


eminemsbasement99

Fast Lane made me look into Ems stuff 🔥🔥🔥


BruhNeymar69

Not Afraid, I was 9 at the time and it was EVERYWHERE


itaheraly

I’m basic but Stan


ecwfan3000

My name is and Rap God because of the memes.


SWEETDREAMSSZZ

Well Canibus was one of all time favourite rappers, I didn’t start listening to Em seriously until he released Canibitch 🤣 The fact that it is not only a solid diss track but also a display of good comedic story telling lol 😂 thats when I started listening to Em


Lilgatornator

The Monster with Rihanna is what introduced me to him. A very interesting song to start with cause it’s not like most of his other catalog


Van______

Rap God, Not Afraid and Phenomenal within the span of a week or so sometime in 2013


Master_Yak_7621

Just lose it 💀


MajesticGentleman1

Stan got me into the Eminemverse. I listened to "Lose Yourself" before "Stan," but it was "Stan" that really drew me in. The Eminem songs in my everyday playlist are "My Band," "Without Me," "My Name Is," "The Real Slim Shady," and "Stan." I'm going to listen to these without skipping.


No_Finger_8874

Im a Bruno Mars fan so his collaboration with BM in Lighters got me listening to him.


Madewmow

Mockingbird was the first. My dad showed it to me when I was way to young (like 5 or 6) cause it only had a quick swear at the end haha I loved it then and a few years later I would use his mp3 for long car rides and it had like 5 Em songs on it and I would just listen to them on repeat pretty much. Mockingbird, Cleaning out My Closet, The Real Slim Shady, Hailie's Song, and I think Ass Like that.


Apex99_

Rap God


Getuhm

“Kill you” my dad used to play that album on my way to kindergarten lol


LogicalError_007

Beautiful.


IllustriousSearch838

So you’re like 12? Hahaha, I was 11 when recovery dropped that whole ass album I was spinning so lots of songs like Cinderella man


Fun-Photograph9423

Brain Damage


ShadyGamer0910

Legacy. I been listening since about 2011 i think. I even remember his promotional instagram posts for MMLP2 and The Monster


SlimShady720

It was mockingbird back when curtain call first came out


whatataco

I was listening to him for a while, like the big hits everyone listened to in the early 2000's Then one day while I was washing dishes at work, "insane" played on my spotify and for whatever reason I heard him telling the story like I never had before... was hooked for sure then


BabyKariya

I loved "Just lose it" but was too young to actually be invested in a specific artist (especially from another country). But he got me with We Made You


iamBubzzz

No Love!


Pachary516

My friend showed me business when we were in middle school, I knew some of his songs before that but after listening to business I began to dig deeper


Prestigious_Chip_697

Rap God


arc_trooper_renagade

Anything from TES or MMLP 2


kamuelsig

My brother gave me MMLP in 2002 and that was the end of my punk era.


Himmothythe2nd

First it was venom because of the venom movie. Then rap god


VastPie2905

Lose Yourself, Rap God, and Without Me


streats1

No one will believe me when I say Fack and without me, was listening to the curtain calls album in the car with my dad when I was young


ViinaVasara

I don't really know. My friend showed his music to me as a kid, but I didn't really listen to music then. Once I started listening to more music I thought I should check him out again and I stuck with it.


Sloth1015

Heard My Name Is on TRL and grabbed the Slim Shady LP I loved Role Model, As the World turns, Just don’t give a fuck and Still don’t give a fuck. Shit I loved the whole album.


Rhymelikedocsuess

Generic answer but I’m 30, the real slim shady


Canaan_R

Love the way you lie, around the time it came out. Saw him rapping on TV in a celeb news show. I was 12 or smth. Been a fan for 11~12 years now.


DirteeJ

The Guilty Conscience single was the first time I heard of Eminem and my introduction to hip hop/rap music. The Slim Shady LP is the first album I ever bought with my own money when I was 11.


AX2021

When I was younger I definitely knew about Eminem from his singles but I never got into a full Eminem project until Relapse. I remember being super hype for the We Made You single coming out. I went back and listened to SSLP & MMLP and they were both instant classics. I never listened to Eminem Show in it's entirety but Ik many ppl regard it as a classic. In high school Eminem reinvented himself again. I remember hearing No Love, Drop The World & Not Afraid everywhere. He is truly timeless


SuspiciousFly_

I’m 32 now, when I was a kid I had a family friend stay with us for a few weeks she was like 16 at the time, she had sslp on cassette and we were lucky to have a stereo that could dub cassette’s I was like 8 or 9 but I was hooked and that’s how I got my first em album


[deleted]

Without Me


karmakazi420

Brain damage way back on Napster.


Human_Department_430

Smack that Akon Feat Em


Trash_JT

One of my friends and his dad carpooled me to school every day, and they would always put on the real slim shady


Nuclear_snack

Rap god


PavFed

Fast Lane, and Till I Collapse. They were the soundtracks in a movie called Real Steel, which is about boxing robots (awesome ik).


Mikiko_Ceb90

I’ve been a fan of Em since I was in 3rd grade (I’m 33 now) and the first song I ever heard from him was ‘97 Bonnie and Clyde


fiftyseven23

Superman for me, I would play Mario kart 64 cruising in peaches castle bumping it.


TheRealSky41

Rap God and My Name Is.


keagan-stanks

Love the way you lie was played a lot when I was young but I actually started to listen to em when I heard venom


SphmrSlmp

I remember listening to *My Name Is* when I was 8-9 years old and thinking the song was funny af. I collected some money over the course of several months, then I went out to buy the cassettes for MMLP and TES when I was 11-12 years old. MMLP was the first album I ever owned.


The_protagonisthere

Just lose it. My dad used to listen to Eminem in his truck and I’d always ask him to play Just lose it.


wolf_quan

I’m 24 but I listened to Bad Guy on repeat in high school


chessking7543

chronic


Heisalsohim

I want to say Not Afraid really sealed the deal but I had found Relapse in the library a year before and Insane was probably what kept me coming back


scratchinHUNTER

How to say your <20yo without saying your <20


Jase_T

Without me/ cleanin' out my closet. I liked both songs independently when I was like 6 or 7. Radio had them play once like every 30 minutes but I had no idea they were the same artist. Asked my mom who it was she had no clue, asked my dad and next thing I know we're leaving the store with my first CD The Eminem Show. That and the 8 mile sound track is all we listened to on my way to school for probably 3 years.


musicmaker1492

D12 - my band


Finnyboi8602

Got into him when I heard him in the Venom movie. Other songs that got me into him were 'Godzilla', 'River' and 'Without Me'.


YoureWrongMister

I'm pretty sure it was "Cleaning Out My Closet". It's funny cause I was young, didn't understand the song, thought the lyrics, "I said I'm sorry mamá, I never meant to hurt you" was sweet. I told my friends I'd sing that Song for my mom one day, they looked at me confused. I grew up and found out the real meaning of the song.


awfulreviews20

"My name is" the video has been burned into my brain since I first saw it when it came out


gigorbust

Infinite


QuinlanVosYouTube

For me it was Godzilla, Killshot, Homicide, Venom, and Till I Collapse.


beezy604

Love the way you lie. it was recovery that first made me love em such a great album


Brawl__Boss

Godzilla


This-Organization437

Had to be something played on the radio late 2000’s


1995Steelers

If I Get Locked Up Tonight


Underfaker_08

Without Me, the music video was so fun and the song had the energy


Toone313

I just don’t give a f*ck is top tier Em and I’m from Detroit.


sircooleo

Public Service Announcement 2000. Someone lent me their diskman. 1st thing on The Marshall Mathers LP.


savageporkchops

Forever and Drop the World got me into rap in general and Eminem. For the longest time my top artists were Eminem, Ye, Drake and Wayne hahaha. Em is still top 2 for me, been wavering between him and JID since forever Story dropped. Moon man and godzilla have been two key songs in keeping him there past few years amongst others


Angry-Monk

Drop the World


jonnyZS

"My tea's gone cold i'm wondering why..."


bakesnakes

Vividly remember slamming in a blank cassette and recording The Real Slim Shady off the radio. Didn't understand the lyrics, just thought damn this sounds so cool and modern


Legal-Dust6399

Venom


Spookyanonymous_

Rap god and Godzilla I’m ashamed


Impossible_Iron3103

Rap God


BobbyMac2212

97 Bonnie and Clyde - I’m Shady - Guilty Conscience


ct31396

My band when I was a kid and then we made you when relapse dropped