Crack a Bottle - Intellectual

175 pounds is the weight of a light heavyweight in boxing – one of Eminem’s favourite sports of interest. He may not be a professional boxer, but he sure as hell can beat you up on the microphone.

The numbers all have time-of-release significance as well. The 17 rapes represent 17 different beefs that Em had participated in. The 400 assaults correspond to a rough approximation of the different songs and features that Em has been a part of. The 4 murders represent the number of platinum albums that he has.

A “low rider” is a vehicle with adjusted suspension that allows it to bounce up and down at the driver’s will. Dr. Dre is often seen driving one in his music videos; notable examples are the music videos for “Still D.R.E.” and “Nothin' but a ‘G’ Thang”.

“Six-Trey” is a term used to refer to the ‘63 Chevrolet Impala, a car model that’s considered particularly suitable for being converted into a low rider.

‘63 Chevrolet Impala converted to a low rider

Eminem often makes fun of people who pretend to be more important than they are.
Here he’s saying: don’t pretend you’re a star — your rise is accidental and temporary.

Reference to Queen’s song (and famous phrase), “Another One Bites the Dust”.

2005-2009 is considered by many to be the worst years for hip hop. 2005-2009 was also the timeline of Eminem’s hiatus.

Here Dre is asking what car he should use now that he crashed his Mercedes-Benz

He is having difficulties choosing between the Cadillac Eldorado, the Chevrolet El Camino and the Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

A night out with 50 Cent comes with zero restrictions on alcohol and narcotics consumption.

Like Eminem, 50 finishes the verse without the ending word that rhymes. Anyone that knows the line will in fact finish it in their head with “dawn” (break of what?)

This line is also the only use of the word “nigga” on the Relapse album.

“Till the break of what” is a clever device used to show how we are blinded by whats in front of us. We are “brainwashed” to finish the line with the obvious, “dawn”.
Think of how that applies to everyday life. These guys aren’t just rapping for no reason; they’re trying to get a message across.

A Tahoe is an full-size SUV produced by Chevrolet, and can seat up to 9 people, so this line infers that Eminem gets a lot of attention from the females.

Only motto that I follows:
Anything I drive, whether its a Navajo
Or a Tahoe, it’s got a ho in it

“Riding shotgun” means travelling as a guard next to the driver of a vehicle (Em and his Tahoe) or sitting in the passenger seat (next to Em). But, along with all the other girls, she’s naked.
Riding shotgun likely also means literally riding a shotgun (sexually), which would make sense with the “bitches hoppin'” in the previous line.

Rubbers are obviously condoms. Em’s asking which girl has the condoms he needs.

The wrestler Andre the Giant had an appearance in the film Conan the Destroyer, as a horned monster named Dagoth:

In addition, elephant’s tusks are made of ivory. Ivory, like Eminem in the hip-hop industry, is white and rare to find

His car blasts beats through the speakers that “quake like Waco” (a city in Texas). Waco is infamous for the FBI siege, and eventual assault on the Branch Davidian fortified compound filled with families, women and children, in which 76 people died in a massive fire. During the 50-day siege preceding the assault, the FBI famously blasted music louder than humanly tolerable in an unsuccessful attempt to drive the Branch Davidians out.

Those are some massive speakers!

50 isn’t talking about joints here. Since in the last line he mentions how he is “Napalm, the bomb, the don, and King Kong” (all violent things) he is talking about hurting someone.

To get “rolled on” is to quickly and abruptly be jumped, and to get “wrapped up” is to get killed. Originating from wrapping up bodies in sheets. I can see how one could confuse this with weed though since he mentions wrapping and rolling.

Maaco is a nation wide body and paint shop known for budget repairs and paint jobs.

There are so many unoriginal and copying rappers, and there are barely any original rappers like Em and 50.

But, connecting this one with the previous lines, it probably also means that there are a lot of girls in his Tahoe, and barely any boys (probably just Em).

50 Cent is thought to be one the richest rappers alive, having about 400 million in the bank (as of January 21, 2010).

Crack a bottle meaning getting another alcoholic beverage. In this case it symbolises Em releasing more songs/albums.

“Let your body waddle” meaning dance. Dance to this catchy song.

There are so many unoriginal and copying rappers, and there are barely any original rappers like Em and 50.

But, connecting this one with the previous lines, it probably also means that there are a lot of girls in his Tahoe, and barely any boys (probably just Em).

Crack a bottle meaning getting another alcoholic beverage. In this case it symbolises Em releasing more songs/albums.

“Let your body waddle” meaning dance. Dance to this catchy song.

Rubbers are obviously condoms. Em’s asking which girl has the condoms he needs.

According to Eminem’s descriptions of his mother, she reportedly had multiple relationships after separating from Eminem’s father, which could have potentially resulted in additional pregnancies.
As Eminem gained fame, numerous individuals claiming to be his relatives emerged. He frequently depicts his mother as neglectful towards both him and his brother Nate.

Consequently, as indicated here, he is just one of the sons his mother abandoned.

The war I assume..nice play with “the napalm, the bomb” from above – napalm was invented to deforest the rain forest in Vietnam where the Viet Cong were hiding.

Also related to the “so calm” said before – that can be heard as SOCOM.

Relapse was Eminem’s first album since his 2004 album Encore. Encore was poorly rated by many since Eminem was having a lot of trouble with drugs at the time, which explains the quality of the album. Relapse was Eminem’s redemption, as it was his return from a disappointing album.

From its search-result snippet, “Precision Collision is the premier auto body shop in Orange, California.” Orange had a median household income of $78.8K from 2009 to 2013, which is high for southern California (compare to $59.9K in LA).

So like a body shop in an upscale town, Dre’s garage has lots of fancy cars. But in a body shop, all the cars are under repair – not just the aforementioned Benz – which tells us a lot about how Dre drives.

Crack a bottle meaning getting another alcoholic beverage. In this case it symbolises Em releasing more songs/albums.

“Let your body waddle” meaning dance. Dance to this catchy song.

A very Slim Shady line here as Em repeats one of the things he’s said the most “kiss my ass”. And fromunda cheese is the residue under a man’s testicles.

Em’s alter-ego Slim Shady, has been known as a diabolical persona. This is where Eminem proclaims “Slim Shady,” truly the most diabolical villain in the world.

“Let’s Go” is certainly right; Eminem was anxious to be on the mic after a long break.
The song “When I’m Gone”, at the time, gave the implication that he was retiring. Of course looking back on it, he was retiring the
“Slim Shady character, However it pulled a Brett Farve, coming out of retirement.

His crew partying. Also recalls the old West when the sheriff would round up a posse to ride off and chase down the bank robbers.
“Kicking up dust” is a fine example of an anachronism, where a reference to a chronological item is referred to outside of it’s context – in this situation, Eminem is referring to “kicking up dust” while it is highly unlikely that they actually intend to ride horses through drier climate areas.

Nice reference back to “Tahoe” as well, Tahoe is the old west kind of city on the border between California & Nevada, from which the car model takes its name.

A possible little diss at Insane Clown Posse? Eminem has dissed them before, such as in the songs Marshall Mathers , and more recently Asshole

The beat is sampled from Mike Brant’s “Mais Dans La Lumière”.

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/watch?v=ow_ms3Zw_QU

This is an interpolation of 50 Cent’s track “I’m Supposed To Die Tonight” where he raps:

It’s elementary
Life is but a dream, you know row, row your boat
Ya blood forms a stream

The nursery/elementary imagery indicates that if Eminem could make his words perfect, then everything would be too simple – his creativity is in using words imperfectly.

While Eminem is proud of his signature style of intentionally mispronouncing vowels to make unexpected rhymes, the imagery suggests a moral imperfection rather than an aesthetic one – “the elephants have entered the room” is a twist on the phrase the elephant in the room, which means that there is a controversial topic or question everyone is aware of, but nobody wants to discuss. The elephants represent Eminem, Dr. Dre, and 50 Cent, who all experienced significant threats to their careers (and even lives) due to their controversial lyrics and personas. At the time Relapse was released, it was meant to form part of a comeback tryptic with 50’s album Before I Self Destruct (which got delayed) and Dr. Dre’s ill-fated Detox (which never came out).

“The elephants have entered the room” is also a reference to the three men having gigantic penises, calling back to Eminem’s earlier reference to Dr. Dre as “the Giant, Mr. Elephant Tusk”.

References to:

The incredibly big deal in the rap game: Dr. Dre
Deceased pro wrestler Andre the Giant

to the earlier line “My posse’s kicking up dust”, by talking about “Andre The Giant Has a Posse”. Not the wrestler himself, but the street art with his face, made by Shepard Fairey, that later became his clothing line logo.

Eminem often makes fun of people who pretend to be more important than they are.
Here he’s saying: don’t pretend you’re a star — your rise is accidental and temporary.

Rubbers are obviously condoms. Em’s asking which girl has the condoms he needs.

The bat symbol alludes to the distress signal used often in the Batman universe. When Gotham City is in a serious crisis, the police department will project a large bat symbol in the sky as a means of both contacting Batman and intimidating the villains of the city.

This is not the first time Batman has been referenced by Em. In the music video for “Without Me”, Eminem and Dr. Dre parody Batman and Robin as they attempt to stop a child from buying the parental advisory labeled album from which the song is off of, The Eminem Show. Also, Em is featured on the 50 Cent track “Gatman and Robbin”, an obvious play on the two heroes in which they discuss their beef with Benzino and others.

Between the ‘Platinum Trio’ of Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, they have 11 albums that have reached platinum sales. Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show have both been certified 10x Platinum (Diamond) each.

Worcestershire is a popular steak sauce made from soy sauce and vinegar. Phonetically, it sounds like worst-er-shir. So when Em gets on the mic, things get worse than worst for his competitors.