Eminem's ultimate ambition is to be respected as the greatest rapper of all time.

The SLIM SHADY rapper is constantly trying to up the ante and improve on his last track - and he is confident that he has the talent to get to the top.

The 32-year-old says, "I mean, regardless of whatever you want to say about me, the one thing that you can't say is that I can't rap. You can't say that I ain't got the talent, the skills or that I suck. That's not an ego trip - that's the truth.

"I don't have to prove myself to nobody but myself. That's why I'm a perfectionist, why I always want to top, not just my last album, but my last song. Every time I sit down and write a song, I want the rhyming style, the best and the song to be completely different from the last one.

"I just want to be the greatest rapper ever. And if not the greatest, then at least one of the best. That's what I want - along with respect. But I'm not going to beg for respect, or beg for acceptance. I'm going to take it."

29/10/2004 14:23