Eminem vs Juice Scribble Jam August 7, 1997

Eminem's pre-fame freestyles, showing the stage-stealing battle style that would inspire his filmic breakthrough 8 Mile at his commercial peak a decade later. It's all there already — the verbal dexterity, the too-timely pop culture references, even the self-effacing racial humor ("My face is pale, you look like you've seen a ghost"). The only real difference is that Em hasn't looked this chubby — in a healthy way! — in about 20 years.