

At the start of the third verse, Eminem states that his comments regarding his mother are not made for the sake of public attention.Īllmusic highlighted this song. The second verse then moves on to how his father abandoned him and his mother did drugs. In the song's first verse, Eminem criticizes his mother. When editing the song, Eminem chose to leave it in the song. At the beginning of the song, after the music begins to play, Eminem asks "Where's my snare? I have no snare in my headphones." Eminem explained that this actually happened the recording engineer had muted the snare drums in his headphones during the recording of the song. The song's drum programming was handled by DJ Head. "Cleanin' Out My Closet" is a hip hop and rap rock song written and produced by Eminem and Jeff Bass, the latter of whom provided the guitars, bass, and keyboards. You gotta say it.' He ultimately gave into the group and was like 'You know what? Fuck it, man.'" Composition It's too much.' So, he got a call from Dr. Dre, Bizarre decided to pass on the record, and Eminem picked it up from there: "The whole group was like 'Yo, you can't say this shit. According to group member Kuniva, Bizarre was on the song first, but was talking "crazy" on the record and was encouraged to tone it down. The instrumental for "Cleanin' Out My Closet" was created by Eminem during the making of D12's debut studio album, Devil's Night. "Cleanin' Out My Closet" was also used in the initial theatrical trailer to Eminem's film 8 Mile, released in November 2002, but was not included on the film's soundtrack.

The song did not reach number one on any foreign charts, but was certified Platinum in Australia. It became the second Top 10 single from the album, reaching number four on the United States Billboard Hot 100 chart, and one of the highest-charting singles of his career. In the chorus, Eminem sarcastically apologizes to his mother for hurting her and making her cry, but takes it back by showing the world what his mother, according to him, was like. It depicts Eminem venting his anger towards his mother, Debbie Mathers, for the way she raised him. Unlike the preceding single which was as his humorous Slim Shady persona, "Cleanin' Out My Closet" was a serious song inspired by the events of Eminem's childhood and relationships.

"Cleanin' Out My Closet" was the second single released off the album following " Without Me". " Cleanin' Out My Closet" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his album The Eminem Show (2002).
