eminem did not mention suge knight in toy soldiers.
who does eminem not mention in toy soldiers?
suge knight
"like toy soldiers" tells the story of eminem's attempts to calm a violent community of rappers. eminem speaks openly about problems with "the source" magazine and its editor benzino, as well as the situation between 50 cent and ja rule and his label murder inc., which eminem felt went far beyond the jay z vs. nas feud. the song finishes as eminem offers a truce to his enemies. in addition, this song also reveals that eminem had tried to stop ja rule & 50 cent's feud, but lost it when he heard ja rule making fun of his daughter on a track called "loose change" – ("the ja shit, i tried to squash it, it was too late to stop it, there's a certain line you just don't cross and he crossed it, i heard him say hailie's name on a song and i just lost it"). in the song "loose change", ja rule says eminem claims his then ex-wife is "a known slut" and his mother "a crackhead", and then asks him "so what's hailie gonna be when she grows up?". "like toy soldiers" was later included on eminem's compilation album "" in 2005. throughout his career, eminem, at most, only alludes to suge knight, completing a line in this song, "my intentions were good, i went through my whole career without ever mentioning -." styles p used the instrumental version in his song "soldiers song", in 2006.
like toy soldiers
"rolling stone magazine" described: "it's really mature, as when the martika-sampling "like toy soldiers" renounces battle rhyming and its deadly consequences." "usa today" noted: "a military drumbeat drives like toy soldiers, in which eminem offers an explanation for his beef with the murder inc. rap clique, the source magazine and its rapper/owner benzino, and his part in a dispute between 50 cent and ja rule. he seems to wish none of it had ever happened, and he's ready to move on." rapreviews was less positive: "continuing to wring out sympathy from his tear-soaked towel of a life, eminem doubles-up with "like toy soldiers," another self-produced, self-sorry introspection on the slim shady saga." "the guardian" was happy of sampling: "like toy soldiers, about ja rule and benzino, is similarly brilliant. set to the album's one genuinely fantastic backing track, involving a military drumbeat and a sample from martika's forgotten 1980s hit toy soldiers, its lyrics switch from truce-calling to belligerent indignation and back again, often in the space of one line." "the new york times" described:
like toy soldiers