I moved out of my parent's house at the age of 18. The ensuing years involved a series of highs and lows as I struggled to find my place in the world. I graduated college with a B.A. in philosophy. I served 8 years in the U.S. Marines. Then I entered the civilian world and discovered veterans with liberal arts degrees aren't employable. So, I got a room mate and an apartment in a bad part of town. I was lulled to sleep by the sound of gunshots each night, and I worked a crappy call center job that didn't pay my bills. I ate canned ravioli three times a day, and friends commented on how skinny I looked. I was hungry and ashamed. I'd done everything that the school counselors told me was required for success. I wore suits to interviews, I looked potential employers in the eye when I shook their hands, and I even spent money I didn't have to
Eminem dropped a surprise album recently called, Music to Be Murdered By- Side B The first half of the album was dropped in January of this year,. In both recordings he took on the entire music industry to prove his continued dominance of the rap game. He went after his his haters, music critics, new-school rappers, old-school rappers, and anyone who might have blinked at him wrong in the last 10 years. Imagine a man screaming, "Get off my lawn," at a bunch of kids while he torches his neighbor's car with a flamethrower. That was Eminem on the Music to BE Murdered By LP . And I loved every minute of it. To be fair, I'm a little biased. Eminem aka Marshall Mathers and I have a long history. I've never met him in person. Be there's some common ground. We both grew up in dying, rustbelt towns, we both got picked on in school, and we both have an unreal amount of family drama. The biggest difference is that Eminem expressed his childhood anger by climbing