The song peaked at number 6 on the US BillboardHot 100 and reached number one in Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK as well as the top 10 in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway.
Two skits regarding the Michael Jackson controversy were included on Encore, "Paul (Skit)" and "Em Calls Paul (Skit)". The lyrics to "Just Lose It" refer to Jackson's legal troubles, however he does state in his song "... and that's not a stab at Michael, That's just a metaphor, I'm just psycho...." At the beginning of the song there is a lyrical excerpt from Eminem's 2002 single "Without Me" about how "Shady's back". The line "Snap back to reality. Look! It's B. Rabbit" and "You signed me up to battle" refers to "Lose Yourself" and Eminem's character in the movie8 Mile. In the second verse of the song there is a line "So fellas, fellas..." which is a reference to Sir Mix-a-Lot's song "Baby Got Back". The line "Girl you know you're my world," from the chorus, is a reference to the chorus of his song "Superman" from his album The Eminem Show.
Critical reception
The song received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom found it too similar to Eminem's previous work. AllMusic highlighted the song in a review of the album.[1] Pitchfork was also positive: "'Just Lose It' is still most notable for dancing with paedo and homoerotic imagery: It's the one track here that seems as potentially multilayered as the best of The Marshall Mathers LP, yet it's still more curio than anything else."[2]NME wrote: "Em (is) reduced to making funny noises to keep things interesting."[3] David Browne of Entertainment Weekly, however, felt mixed: "First [on the album] came the sarcastically bouncy "Just Lose It", a lazy retread of earlier hits that, with its easy-target references to Michael Jackson, made Eminem appear to be the one who'd actually lost it."[4]HipHopDX panned the song and called it "by far the worst song Eminem or Dr. Dre has ever made. It really seems like their object here was to make the worst song possible. The interlude leading into it is damn hilarious though."[5]Los Angeles Times called it "the album's hilarious slap at celebrity voyeurism, with Eminem himself a prominent target."[6]
RapReviews argued it isn't "dropping any jaws or widening any eyes."[7]Rolling Stone described this song as "dance-music dis."[8] In a review praising Encore's "edginess," Steve Jones of USA Today cited the song's mocking of the Michael Jackson child-molestation scandal.[9] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian, however, wrote: "[Eminem's] plan appears to involve belching and making fart noises, which, with the best will in the world, won't suffice."[10] Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times wrote that song "unfolds as a series of puzzlingly unfunny jokes."[11]Stylus Magazine was negative as well, calling it "Em’s brand new tendency to bite himself."[12]The Austin Chronicle was a bit negative as well: "Where 2002 smash 'Without Me' was bitingly clever, Encore's carbon copy 'Just Lose It' is puerile and embarrassing, even though he quotes Beavis and Butt-head and does a wicked Pee-wee Herman."[13]Slant Magazine said that the song "was so derivative that it had to be a joke—even the song’s title seemed to mock the Academy Award-winning 8 Mile theme song that elevated the Great White Rapper to a whole new level of acceptance (as if he hadn’t already transcended nearly every other boundary in pop culture). Not only is 'Just Lose It' the worst song on Encore, it’s easily one of the most annoying songs of the year (credit Em’s incessant Pee Wee Herman impersonations and tired attacks on Michael Jackson)."[14]
Music video
The video contains a parody of a rap battle scene from 8 Mile in which it is Eminem, as B-Rabbit, versus Eminem, as Slim Shady. It also contains several scenes where Eminem is walking down the streets naked. As he is doing this, Dr. Dre is driving next to him, looking disgusted. For the music video, the lyrics were edited slightly, notably the phrase "shake that ass", becoming the less provocative "shake that thing". Other changes include the muting of some parts of the second verse, and the phrase "butt naked" becoming "buck naked". Such examples of parodies that are included in this video are Michael Jackson, MC Hammer and his hit single "U Can't Touch This", Pee-wee Herman, Madonna, blink-182 and the music video for What's My Age Again, and the movie Bad Santa, by displaying Eminem as a "mall santa", and even going so far to include Tony Cox, the actor who played the elf from the actual movie, as Eminem's helper. Some of the celebrities who appeared in this music video were Paris Hilton, Monica Parales, Erik Estrada, Alyson Stoner, BooBoo Stewart, Omar Benson Miller, De'Angelo Wilson, 8 Mile co-star Mekhi Phifer and Dr. Dre. The video was later nominated at the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rap Video, but lost to Ludacris' "Number One Spot". Much Music's 50 Most Controversial Videos ranked it #1 for its jokes on famous people.
A week after the release of "Just Lose It", Jackson called into Steve Harvey's radio show to report his displeasure with the video. "I am very angry at Eminem's depiction of me in his video," Jackson said in the interview. "I feel that it is outrageous and disrespectful. It is one thing to spoof, but it is another to be demeaning and insensitive." Jackson continued: "I've admired Eminem as an artist, and was shocked by this. The video was inappropriate and disrespectful to me, my children, my family and the community at large."[16] Many of Jackson's supporters and friends spoke out about the video, including Stevie Wonder, who called it "kicking a man while he's down" and "bullshit",[17] and Harvey, who declared, "Eminem has lost his ghetto pass. We want the pass back."[17] The video was banned on the BET channel, after complaints from Benzino and others (but was later reinstated, as critics of the ban argued that Nelly's "Tip Drill" video which has been alleged to be misogynistic was aired; both were seen on BET: Uncut). However MTV did not drop it, and the video became one of the most requested on the channel.
Remix
The song was remixed by Shady Records DJ and producer DJ Green Lantern. The remix's only official releases were on the British, German and digital download of "Like Toy Soldiers" and the second British edition of "Mockingbird".
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Just Lose It is a song by American rapper Eminem from his fifth studio album Encore 2004 It was released on September 28 2004 as the lead single from Encore and was later included on his greatest hits compilation album Curtain Call The Hits 2005 The song caused controversy as its lyrics and music video parodies Michael Jackson who was being accused of child molestation at the time The song also pokes fun at Beavis Cornholio MC Hammer Madonna and others It also heavily spoofs Pee wee Herman going as far as imitating his signature shout during the chorus and Eminem dressing like him in the video Just Lose It Single by Eminemfrom the album EncoreReleasedSeptember 28 2004Recorded2004GenreComedy hip hopLength4 08LabelAftermathShadyInterscopeSongwriter s Marshall MathersAndre YoungMike ElizondoMark BatsonChris PopeProducer s Dr DreMike ElizondoEminem singles chronology One Day at a Time Em s Version 2004 Just Lose It 2004 Mosh 2004 Music video Just Lose It on YouTubeAudio sample source source track Just Lose ItfilehelpThe song peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one in Australia Denmark New Zealand Spain Switzerland and the UK as well as the top 10 in Austria Belgium Finland France Germany Ireland Italy the Netherlands and Norway Contents 1 Background 2 Critical reception 3 Music video 3 1 Controversy 4 Remix 5 Track listing 6 Charts 6 1 Weekly charts 6 2 Year end charts 7 Certifications 8 Release history 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksBackground EditTwo skits regarding the Michael Jackson controversy were included on Encore Paul Skit and Em Calls Paul Skit The lyrics to Just Lose It refer to Jackson s legal troubles however he does state in his song and that s not a stab at Michael That s just a metaphor I m just psycho At the beginning of the song there is a lyrical excerpt from Eminem s 2002 single Without Me about how Shady s back The line Snap back to reality Look It s B Rabbit and You signed me up to battle refers to Lose Yourself and Eminem s character in the movie 8 Mile In the second verse of the song there is a line So fellas fellas which is a reference to Sir Mix a Lot s song Baby Got Back The line Girl you know you re my world from the chorus is a reference to the chorus of his song Superman from his album The Eminem Show Critical reception EditThe song received mixed reviews from critics many of whom found it too similar to Eminem s previous work AllMusic highlighted the song in a review of the album 1 Pitchfork was also positive Just Lose It is still most notable for dancing with paedo and homoerotic imagery It s the one track here that seems as potentially multilayered as the best of The Marshall Mathers LP yet it s still more curio than anything else 2 NME wrote Em is reduced to making funny noises to keep things interesting 3 David Browne of Entertainment Weekly however felt mixed First on the album came the sarcastically bouncy Just Lose It a lazy retread of earlier hits that with its easy target references to Michael Jackson made Eminem appear to be the one who d actually lost it 4 HipHopDX panned the song and called it by far the worst song Eminem or Dr Dre has ever made It really seems like their object here was to make the worst song possible The interlude leading into it is damn hilarious though 5 Los Angeles Times called it the album s hilarious slap at celebrity voyeurism with Eminem himself a prominent target 6 RapReviews argued it isn t dropping any jaws or widening any eyes 7 Rolling Stone described this song as dance music dis 8 In a review praising Encore s edginess Steve Jones of USA Today cited the song s mocking of the Michael Jackson child molestation scandal 9 Alexis Petridis of The Guardian however wrote Eminem s plan appears to involve belching and making fart noises which with the best will in the world won t suffice 10 Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times wrote that song unfolds as a series of puzzlingly unfunny jokes 11 Stylus Magazine was negative as well calling it Em s brand new tendency to bite himself 12 The Austin Chronicle was a bit negative as well Where 2002 smash Without Me was bitingly clever Encore s carbon copy Just Lose It is puerile and embarrassing even though he quotes Beavis and Butt head and does a wicked Pee wee Herman 13 Slant Magazine said that the song was so derivative that it had to be a joke even the song s title seemed to mock the Academy Award winning 8 Mile theme song that elevated the Great White Rapper to a whole new level of acceptance as if he hadn t already transcended nearly every other boundary in pop culture Not only is Just Lose It the worst song on Encore it s easily one of the most annoying songs of the year credit Em s incessant Pee Wee Herman impersonations and tired attacks on Michael Jackson 14 Music video EditThe video contains a parody of a rap battle scene from 8 Mile in which it is Eminem as B Rabbit versus Eminem as Slim Shady It also contains several scenes where Eminem is walking down the streets naked As he is doing this Dr Dre is driving next to him looking disgusted For the music video the lyrics were edited slightly notably the phrase shake that ass becoming the less provocative shake that thing Other changes include the muting of some parts of the second verse and the phrase butt naked becoming buck naked Such examples of parodies that are included in this video are Michael Jackson MC Hammer and his hit single U Can t Touch This Pee wee Herman Madonna blink 182 and the music video for What s My Age Again and the movie Bad Santa by displaying Eminem as a mall santa and even going so far to include Tony Cox the actor who played the elf from the actual movie as Eminem s helper Some of the celebrities who appeared in this music video were Paris Hilton Monica Parales Erik Estrada Alyson Stoner BooBoo Stewart Omar Benson Miller De Angelo Wilson 8 Mile co star Mekhi Phifer and Dr Dre The video was later nominated at the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rap Video but lost to Ludacris Number One Spot Much Music s 50 Most Controversial Videos ranked it 1 for its jokes on famous people Controversy Edit The music video for Just Lose It generated controversy by parodying singer Michael Jackson s child molestation trial plastic surgery and an incident in 1984 when Jackson s hair caught fire whilst filming a Pepsi commercial 15 A week after the release of Just Lose It Jackson called into Steve Harvey s radio show to report his displeasure with the video I am very angry at Eminem s depiction of me in his video Jackson said in the interview I feel that it is outrageous and disrespectful It is one thing to spoof but it is another to be demeaning and insensitive Jackson continued I ve admired Eminem as an artist and was shocked by this The video was inappropriate and disrespectful to me my children my family and the community at large 16 Many of Jackson s supporters and friends spoke out about the video including Stevie Wonder who called it kicking a man while he s down and bullshit 17 and Harvey who declared Eminem has lost his ghetto pass We want the pass back 17 The video was banned on the BET channel after complaints from Benzino and others but was later reinstated as critics of the ban argued that Nelly s Tip Drill video which has been alleged to be misogynistic was aired both were seen on BET Uncut However MTV did not drop it and the video became one of the most requested on the channel Remix EditThe song was remixed by Shady Records DJ and producer DJ Green Lantern The remix s only official releases were on the British German and digital download of Like Toy Soldiers and the second British edition of Mockingbird Track listing EditDigital download 18 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Just Lose It Marshall MathersAndre YoungMike ElizondoMark BatsonChris PopeDr DreMike Elizondo4 092 Lose Yourself soundtrack version MathersJeffrey BassLuis RestoEminemJeff Bass a 5 21Total length 9 30 Digital EP 19 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Just Lose It Marshall MathersAndre YoungMike ElizondoMark BatsonChris PopeDr DreMike Elizondo4 092 Just Lose It acapella MathersYoungElizondoBatsonPopeDr DreElizondo3 203 Just Lose It instrumental MathersYoungElizondoBatsonPopeDr DreElizondo4 10Total length 11 39 UK CD1 20 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Just Lose It Marshall MathersAndre YoungMike ElizondoMark BatsonChris PopeDr DreMike Elizondo4 092 Lose Yourself soundtrack version MathersJeffrey BassLuis RestoEminemJeff Bass a 5 21Total length 9 30 UK CD2 21 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Just Lose It Marshall MathersAndre YoungMike ElizondoMark BatsonChris PopeDr DreMike Elizondo4 092 Just Lose It acapella MathersYoungElizondoBatsonPopeDr DreElizondo3 203 Just Lose It instrumental MathersYoungElizondoBatsonPopeDr DreElizondo4 104 Just Lose It video MathersYoungElizondoBatsonPopeDr DreElizondo4 10Total length 15 49 German CD single 22 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Just Lose It Marshall MathersAndre YoungMike ElizondoMark BatsonChris PopeDr DreMike Elizondo4 092 Lose Yourself soundtrack version MathersJeffrey BassLuis RestoEminemJeff Bass a 5 213 Just Lose It instrumental MathersYoungElizondoBatsonPopeDr DreElizondo4 104 Just Lose It video MathersYoungElizondoBatsonPopeDr DreElizondo4 10Total length 17 50 German 3 CD single 23 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Just Lose It Marshall MathersAndre YoungMike ElizondoMark BatsonChris PopeDr DreMike Elizondo4 092 Lose Yourself soundtrack version MathersJeffrey BassLuis RestoEminemJeff Bass a 5 21Total length 9 30 Notes a signifies an additional producer Charts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 2004 05 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 24 1Australian Urban ARIA 25 1Austria O3 Austria Top 40 26 4Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 27 6Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 28 8Denmark Tracklisten 29 1European Hot 100 Singles Billboard 30 1Finland Suomen virallinen lista 31 2France SNEP 32 7Germany Official German Charts 33 2Ireland IRMA 34 2Italy FIMI 35 2Netherlands Dutch Top 40 36 5Netherlands Single Top 100 37 5New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 38 1Norway VG lista 39 3Russia Airplay Russia Top 20 40 9Scotland OCC 41 1Spain PROMUSICAE 42 1Sweden Sverigetopplistan 43 12Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 44 1UK Singles OCC 45 1UK Hip Hop R amp B OCC 46 2US Billboard Hot 100 47 6US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 48 35US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 49 5US Hot Rap Songs Billboard 50 7 Year end charts Edit Chart 2004 PositionAustralia ARIA 51 36Belgium Ultratop Flanders 52 93Belgium Ultratop Wallonia 53 93France SNEP 54 78Germany Official German Charts 55 69Ireland IRMA 56 15Italy FIMI 57 27Netherlands Dutch Top 40 58 66Netherlands Single Top 100 59 87New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 60 2Sweden Sverigetopplistan 61 84Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 62 43UK Singles Official Charts Company 63 23US Billboard Hot 100 64 98Chart 2005 PositionSwitzerland Schweizer Hitparade 65 77Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 66 Platinum 70 000 Norway IFPI Norway 67 Gold 5 000 United Kingdom BPI 68 Platinum 600 000 United States RIAA 69 2 Platinum 2 000 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Release history EditRegion Date Format s Label s Ref United States September 27 2004 2004 09 27 Contemporary hit rhythmic contemporary urban contemporary radio Shady Aftermath Interscope 70 See also EditList of number one singles in Australia in 2004 List of number one hits in Denmark List of European number one hits of 2004 List of number one singles in 2004 New Zealand List of number one singles of 2004 Spain List of number one hits of 2004 Switzerland List of number one singles from the 2000s UK References Edit Stephen Thomas Erlewine 2004 11 12 Encore Eminem Songs Reviewed Reviews Credits Awards AllMusic Retrieved 2014 04 02 Scott Plagenhoef 2004 11 11 Eminem Encore Album Reviews Pitchfork Retrieved 2014 04 02 Eminem Encore NME 2005 09 12 Retrieved 2017 05 04 Browne David 2004 11 19 Encore Entertainment Weekly 793 80 Retrieved 2017 05 04 J 23 2004 11 15 Eminem Encore HipHopDX Retrieved 2017 05 04 Hilburn Robert 2004 11 08 With Encore Eminem melts Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2017 05 04 Corne James 2004 11 09 Eminem Encore Shady Aftermath Interscope RapReviews Retrieved 2014 04 02 Robert Christgau 2004 12 09 Encore Album Reviews Rolling Stone Retrieved 2014 04 02 Jones Steve 2004 11 11 Eminem s edgy Encore deserves an ovation USA Today Retrieved 2014 04 02 Alexis Petridis CD Eminem Encore Music The Guardian Retrieved 2014 04 02 Sanneh Kelefa 2004 11 15 All the Time in the World Slim Shady That s Scary The New York Times Retrieved 2017 05 04 Love Josh 2004 11 12 Eminem Encore Review Stylus Magazine Archived from the original on 2014 02 09 Retrieved 2014 04 02 Gray Christopher 2004 11 26 Eminem Encore The Austin Chronicle Retrieved 2017 05 05 Sal Cinquemani 2004 11 13 Eminem Encore Slant 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