Five Years Ago: 8 Mile-Inspired “Battles” Get Nuts
Five years ago today, the comments page for Johnny’s review of 8 Mile got so out of control that we had to break it off into a separate page because it was crashing our server: Your Comments on 8 Mile Is Worth the Hype.
And then the insanity continued on our message boards: Eminem’s 8 Mile Battles…and yours.
Looking back today, it cracks me up that we attempted to moderate these lunatics at all. Now, I wish we would have just let the crazies go on forever. What a snapshot of 2002 internet culture. Online rap battles. Wow.
scotty
1636 days ago
anyone know where I can get the battle lyrics from 8 mile? thanks a lot.
Lou Berkman
1635 days ago
Five years ago I saw 8 Mile in Memphis at the tail end of a life changing road trip to the Mississippi Delta. I loved that Eminem’s character kept being called Elvis by the other characters in the film.
Mixmaster Shecky
1633 days ago
Oh dear god, never give suburban white boys the encouragement to bust rhymes again…