Everything he wanted to say about B-Rabbit (his poverty status, unfaithful girlfriend, and friend, Cheddar Bob) had already been said by B-Rabbit himself. That’s right, his competition, Papa Doc, is SPEECHLESS. He leans into the mic ready to tear down B-Rabbit and he says.NOTHING!!! Over the same pulsing beat, he gets ready to launch into his own freestyle. Papa Doc takes the mic to skewer B-Rabbit and to exude his dominance yet again. In 90 seconds, he turns a crowd of doubters into supporting fans. But what happens next is even more powerful. He ends with a challenge to Papa Doc, “Now tell them something they don’t already know about me!” He takes all the “negative” material that his competition could use against him and says it himself. He rhymes about his modest means (lives in a trailer and tattered clothes), his unfaithful girlfriend and his crazy friend Cheddar Bob. Instead, he decides to shred himself first.ī-Rabbit proceeds with a freestyle inspired first and foremost by exposing all his own weaknesses and shortcomings. Now what do you think he rapped about next…How great he is? How he has the best lyrical ability of any rapper in Detroit? He takes the mic, takes in a deep breath, faces down a staring crowd waiting for him to choke once again. Over a pulsing beat, he launches into first bar, “Everybody from the 3-1-3, put your hands up and follow me.”
With the confidence & belief of his friend, Future (played by Mekhi Phifer and inspired by Proof), B-Rabbit has the chance to win the respect and accolades of his peers, and even more important, confidence in himself, by defeating Papa Doc in the freestyle round finals.įuture operating as the competition MC, flips a coin to determine who goes first.
Apollo like fashion, B-Rabbit is the big underdog having “choked” and succumbed to the pressure in an earlier competition, becoming the laughing stock of the underground Detroit hip-hop scene. It’s the final scene in the movie, 8 Mile, the docu-drama film inspired by Eminem’s rise from an unknown to one of the biggest musical artists ever.ī-Rabbit (Eminem) overcomes his stage fright and makes it to the finals of the freestyle competition in the Shelter-inspired basement venue (it really exists), to face his nemesis Papa Doc with bragging rights and street credibility on the line between their two camps, 3-1-3 and The Free World. In Rocky vs.
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