Originally Posted by Eminem

"Due to a massive amount of bootlegging, and massive downloading, people are no longer buying CD's so that we can get paid for our fucking work. They are just continuing to get songs for free. Teenagers, older folks, and little fucking brats alike. See, what they do, is they buy computers, strictly pick songs that they like, and burn them onto CD's, or put them on iPod's. Causing major decrease in soundscan, putting music retail in a tremendous slump, causing artists such as myself to make no money for record sales, and be forced to TOUR, causing MORE stress, arguments with my WIFE, NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE MY KIDS, DRINK MORE, TAKE MORE PILLS, PUNCH MORE PEOPLE IN THE FACE, HATE THE WORLD, AND END UP IN REHAB!!!!!!!!!!!

This has been a public service announcement, and an excuse to vent, by Marshall Mathers. Not that I wouldn't have done the same thing if I could get music for free when I was a kid, but now that I rap for a living, BUY MY GOT DAMN CD'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"