"Just Don't Give a Fuck" is the debut single by American rapper Eminem. The original version appears as the only single on his debut EP, Slim Shady EP. A re-recorded version appeared on his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP. According to the book Angry Blonde, this was Eminem's first "real" song, and was when he first came up with the whole "Slim Shady" theme. The song samples the song "I Don't Give a Fuck" by Tupac Shakur.
Lyrical content
Some of the song's lyrics started disputes with other white rappers, namely Everlast, Miilkbone and Vanilla Ice. All three artists later released diss tracks against Eminem. Miilkbone released "Dear Slim" and "" and Vanilla Ice released "Exhale" and "Hip Hop Rules", while Everlast had a long-lasting feud with Eminem. Although Eminem dissed Vanilla Ice in other tracks, he did not reply to either him or Miilkbone after their respective disses. The version of the song on The Slim Shady LP is one of a small number of Eminem tracks which has selective censorship on the uncensored version of the album. In the third verse, the wordraped is reversed and replaced by a woman screaming.
Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic marked it as a stand out on LP. RapReviews described the beat of the song as "head nodding" but he also noted that the remix is subpar: the "new one is lifeless and oddly out of place among an album full of mostly dope cuts" in comparison to the original.
Music video
The black-and-white video, interspersed with some color, is set in a trailer parkin the summer. A variety of scenes, unrelated to each other, are shown, starting with a boy being stopped by a woman from taking food off a table. The boy returns as Eminem and chokes the woman. In one version, the video shows him beating her and throwing her on a bed. The video also includes scenes of people drinking and swimming in a pool. Additional scenes include aliens, a clown, and people eating watermelons. "The Slim Shady LP" version of "Just Don't Give A Fuck" was Eminem's first single and it was also his first song to have an official music video. This music video, which is Eminem's first, was released in 1998. The clean version of the accompanying music video for this single is known as "I Just Don't Give A".
