# What's the Best Eminem Song??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-eminem-song/126299 "2002-08-30T14:40:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![surfersean22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@surfersean22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surfersean22)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-eminem-song/126299/1 "2002-08-30T14:40:16Z")
The Way I Am ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-eminem-song/126299/2 "2002-08-30T15:10:12Z")
IMO, \*\* Role Model\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-eminem-song/126299/3 "2002-08-30T17:12:50Z")
Since I haven’t purchased _The Eminem Show_ yet, I’m going to have to go with **Stan**. The first time I heard it, I got chills I was so creeped out. However, when I’m in a pissy mood, there is nothing like singing **The Way I am** to vent frustration. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-eminem-song/126299/4 "2002-08-30T17:22:36Z")
Cleaning Out My Closet Its so full of real and raw emotions, many of which I can relate to. ---
**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-eminem-song/126299/5 "2002-08-30T17:42:31Z")
Without Me. Cleaning Out My Closet is depressing, IMHO, although Amp is right … lots of raw emotion there. When I first heard it I wondered what the hell his mother did to him to make him that resentful. I hope someday he can get over the anger. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-eminem-song/126299/6 "2002-08-30T17:52:47Z")
**WV\_Woman** - Having only heard “Cleaning Out My Closet” twice, I felt that he was trying to get rid of the anger by making the song, or at least explain why he was angry in the first place. Either way, dude has got some issues. ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-eminem-song/126299/7 "2002-08-30T20:24:06Z")
Well, I’d have to say that my personal favorites are the ones where he’s either gay bashing, talking about raping women, or talking about killing the mother of his child. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-eminem-song/126299/8 "2002-08-31T00:13:33Z")
Most of the singles; I tend to find the album tracks are mainly filler. I nominate **Cleaning Out My Closet** , because I thought music couldn’t shock any more. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-eminem-song/126299/9 "2002-08-31T05:32:46Z")
For all the above reasons, plus the fact that it reminds me of my own mother, which just kind of messes me ALL up, I agree with the nomination for “Cleaning Out My Closet.” But I still haven’t bought _The Eminem Show,_ so I have to base that agreement on the few times I’ve heard the censored version on MTV. So disqualifying myself from voting for it for that reason, my favorite Eminem song would have to be “The Way I Am.”