# Who Is Eminem Sampling in "Lose Yourself" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-eminem-sampling-in-lose-yourself/329959 "2005-11-07T20:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-eminem-sampling-in-lose-yourself/329959/1 "2005-11-07T20:59:53Z")
In the Eminem song “Lose Yourself” there’s a guitar riff in the background that I think is sampled (not uncommon in rap music). Of course, it might not be sampled, in which case this thread is moot. Anyway, the guitar riff sounds vaguely Led-Zeppelin-esque. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-eminem-sampling-in-lose-yourself/329959/2 "2005-11-08T00:27:28Z")
It’s “Dream On” by Aerosmith. I don’t believe Em paid for the rights to it either. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-eminem-sampling-in-lose-yourself/329959/3 "2005-11-08T00:47:26Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Anyway, the guitar riff sounds vaguely Led-Zeppelin-esque. Any ideas? I think you’re thinking of “Kashmir,” and I can see a vague resemblance. > [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > It’s “Dream On” by Aerosmith. That’s in “Sing for the Moment,” not “Lose Yourself.” I can’t find the credits online now, and I’m going to speed home to try and see all of _Arrested Development_, but I don’t think another song is sampled in “Lose Yourself.” ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-eminem-sampling-in-lose-yourself/329959/4 "2005-11-08T03:46:50Z")
If you don’t mind watching an iPod ad, you can listen to some of the song [here](http://www.apple.com/itunes/ads/). Actually, it doesn’t sound like any guitars there, just keyboards. Pretty simple chord progression (but that doesn’t rule out a sample). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-eminem-sampling-in-lose-yourself/329959/5 "2005-11-08T04:32:19Z")
As best I can tell, the song was written by Eminem and Jeff Bass. I don’t see any credits for a sample or evidence that there was one. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-eminem-sampling-in-lose-yourself/329959/6 "2005-11-08T19:13:43Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > As best I can tell, the song was written by Eminem and Jeff Bass. I don’t see any credits for a sample or evidence that there was one. If there were, it would have been ineligible for the Oscar that he won for it. ---
**Author:** ![Eagle7777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Eagle7777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eagle7777)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-eminem-sampling-in-lose-yourself/329959/7 "2019-03-15T23:19:40Z")
The song is called Kashmir by Led Zepplin ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-eminem-sampling-in-lose-yourself/329959/8 "2019-03-15T23:25:17Z")
Perhaps it’s from “She’s Not There” or “Time of the Season” by The Zombies. ---
**Author:** ![gvntofly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@gvntofly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gvntofly)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-eminem-sampling-in-lose-yourself/329959/9 "2019-03-16T01:21:24Z")
> [@Eagle7777](#): > > The song is called Kashmir by Led Zepplin “Songs written by gorgeous men for $2,000, Alex.” Page, Plant & Bonham I mean, not Marshall.