
People from the 313 are supposed to be cool unlike the people from the 810 area. People from the Detroit ghetto are proud to belong to the 313 area calling code. Put ya muthafuckin hands up and follow me He feels better about himself and has gained some confidence. Papa Doc.īunny Rabbit has managed to get rid of two of his enemies. He also definitely shuts his mouth about the « white jokes ». Tanktop screamin, “Lotto I don’t fit you » I get the 7 digits from ya mother for a dollar tomorrow »īunny Rabbit makes the battle become more lyrical as he criticizes Lottos writing ability: Tanktop screamin, “Lotto I don’t fit you”īoys like, how Vanilla Ice gone diss you? Go home, write some shit, make it suspensefulĪnd don’t come back until somethin dope hits you Jimmy fully counters his attack in the second part of his verse: His hatred of Jimmy as a white man clearly appears in his whole speech. You think these niggas gone feel the shit you say? »

That makes me believe, you really don’t have an interest in livin
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Like his fellow Lickety Split, Lotto comes with a strong racial argument, which appears to be a bad strategy:īut a black guy doesn’t die in this movie Lickety is too slow to follow Rabbits rapid flow:Īnd walk my white ass back across 8 Mile »īunny Rabbit conquered the crowd. He also makes himself look in a positive light, he enforces his role as a fighter and shoots at his enemy in a funny way. « That’s ok, you look like a fuckin worm with braids
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He goes on making fun of the Free World leaders: The great majority of a hip hop battle audience is usually composed of men: « This guy raps like his parents jerked him » In the first battle, Bunny Rabbit battles his opponent on his sugarcoated music style that questions his masculinity and his music style that looks like it was aimed at a 100% female audience. Ya need to take your white ass back across 8 Mile to the trailer I don’t know why they left you out in the dark You’ll get dropped so hard that Elvis will start turnin in his Silly Rabbit, I know why they call you thatĬuz you follow Future, like he got carrots up his asscrackĪnd when you act it up, that’s when you got jacked upĪnd left stupid like Tina Turner when she got smacked up

This guy’s a hillbilly this ain’t Willie Nelson musicĪnd have ya lookin foolish like Cheddar Bob when he shot You tha new kid on the block, bout to get smacked back to the I leave ya lost witout a paddle, floatin shit’s creek Ya better off shootin ya-self wit Popa Doc’s handgun He also points out his mistakes and the mistakes of his friend like Cheddar Bob! The only reference to a black artist is Tina Turner in a weak position, when she gets beaten up by her husband. The reference to Willie Nelson who -by the way- makes country music is intented to ridicule Jimmy. He wants to prove that Jimmys music is bad rap or even worse, no rap at all. He enumerates numerous white artists like Vanilla Ice and Elvis. Lickety Split battles B Rabbit on the « whiteness » of his music. Three battles will help Jimmy to build his reputation. He had to take his lyrical revenge and prove his skills – also in order to keep his honor safe.

He had been knocked out by the Free World leaders in real life. Since the time he was unable to spit any word on stage, Jimmy Smith had been humiliated by Alex who had cheated on him with Wink. Losing a battle is terrible in an aspiring rappers mind.

That’s one thing that I want this movie to get across, is that people who live in this world of hip-hop - how seriously we take this, how seriously we take our music and battling and the sport of it and the competition and everything. You can feel this kind of fever in 8 Mile when the crowd shouts : « What? What? » which means that it is your turn to respond.Įminem perfectly knows the importance of a battle: Its a matter of honor, you have to expose and verbally annihilate your enemy in order to make him look bad or ridiculous in front of the crowd that expects your answer with impatience. When you get verbally ripped off, it is your turn to show your teeth and to use your verbal weapons in order to weaken your adversary. Words used in a freestyle or a rap battle are like a sword, they expose your opponent in a total nudity. People who are not very much into hip hop need to realize the importance of a rap battle rap battles can be compared to battles we have to face in real life. A real challenge for Jimmy Smith who was left with no voice at the beginning of the movie: a typical case of stage fright. Three battles at the end of the 8 Mile movie made Jimmy Smith aka B.
