The song gave Eminem's his biggest opening week for a single in the UK to date, racking up 199,000 sales in its first seven days on sale to land at Number 1. The track opened with 86,000 sales to land at Number 1 ( just ahead of Samantha Mumba's Gotta Tell You) and has notched up 1.24 million combined sales to date, including 66.2 million streams.Įminem's disturbing yet gripping tale of an obsessed fan became his second chart-topping single in December 2000. Dre and caused plenty of controversy at the time for poking fun at pop stars. The lead single from his third album The Marshall Mathers LP was co-produced by his mentor Dr. The Real Slim ShadyĮminem's first UK Number 1 arrived in the summer of 2000. First up, here are the numbers behind some of his most notable hits. View Eminem's complete Official UK Chart history so far.Ĭheck out the official ranking of his 40 biggest songs at the bottom of the page, based, on sales and streams compiled by the Official Charts Company data. Since making his debut on the worldwide stage with My Name Is, Eminem has landed 42 Top 40 singles on the Official Chart, 32 of which have gone Top 10, including an almighty nine Number 1s. In this case, it takes the shape of irrational hatred of men who show feminine characteristics, or the fear of being seens as having those traits.Since landing his breakthrough hit in the late '90s, Eminem has become one of the rap's biggest international sensations. Genderphobia is a covert form of gender discrimination based on gendered behavior. In this way, his lyrics not only show homophobia but also genderphobia. Fag is being used to reinforce the gender binary, primarily because it is an insult that is used mainly against boys. In this way, he demeans femininity as weak, pathetic, and lesser than masculinity.
In his more recent song, ‘Rap God,’ he uses lyrics such as “You fags think it’s all a game / ‘Til I walk a flock of flames / Off a plank” and “Little gay looking boy / So gay I can barely say it with a ‘straight’ face looking boy.” Rather than referencing same-sex attraction, he refers to an effeminate appearance. Some have observed that Eminem’s use of the word “fag,” while inherently homophobic, cannot be explained purely in terms of homophobia. The important point is that they word “fag,” only has these meaning because of the their association with male homosexuality, considered disgraceful for the same reasons. The insult assumes that gay men will be more like women, which is considered disgraceful.
Penetrated men symbolize a masculinity devoid of power, which, in its contradiction, threatens both psychic and social chaos.” The implication is that gay men are men who have forfeited their power, causing a dangerous blur in gender norms. Pasco, “represents a penetrated masculinity in which ‘to be penetrated is to abdicate power’. Fag, as stated in the reading ‘Dude You’re a Fag’ by C.J. The word fag has always had disrespectful and negative connotations attached to it. While his use of the word fag might come largely from ignorance of the weight that the word carries, that does not excuse it. So that word was just thrown around freely back then.” He is quick to point out that he does not actually have any problems with gay people and does not feel he is disrespecting them when he uses those words in his song lyrics. He says in an interview with Rolling Stone, “It was like calling someone a bitch or a punk or asshole. He argues that he uses homophobic slurs because of the environment in which he grew up, where these words were commonly used among peers. Eminem has provoked controversy for his gratuitous amount of homophobic slurs in song lyrics.
0 kommentar(er)
