I'm the Man (EP)

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{{Infobox album

| name = I'm the Man

| type = EP

| artist = Anthrax

| cover = AnthraxI'mTheMan.jpg

| alt =

| released = December 8, 1987

| recorded = 1987

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Thrash metal|rap metal|{{nowrap|comedy rock}}}}

| length = 28:01

| label = Megaforce, Island

| producer = Anthrax, Eddie Kramer, Paul Hammingson

| chronology = Anthrax EP

| prev_title = Armed and Dangerous

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = Penikufesin

| next_year = 1989

}}

{{More citations needed|date=September 2022}}{{Album reviews

| rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=DaRonco|first=Mike|title=Anthrax: I'm the Man|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/im-the-man-mw0000194287|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=October 6, 2012|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502222514/https://www.allmusic.com/album/im-the-man-mw0000194287|url-status=live}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2score = B−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=A&bk=80|chapter=A|access-date=August 16, 2020|title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|publisher=Pantheon Books|year=1990|isbn=0-679-73015-X|via=robertchristgau.com|archive-date=July 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712082304/https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=A&bk=80|url-status=live}}

|rev3 = The New Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book|last1=Brackett|first1=Nathan|last2=Hoard|first2=Christian David|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|date=2004|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/20 20]}}

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I'm the Man is the second EP by American metal band Anthrax, released in 1987 by Megaforce Worldwide/Island Records (although the song was supposedly written three years before).{{cite web|url= http://www.metrolyrics.com/im-the-man-91-lyrics-anthrax.html|title=MetroLyrics Anthrax – I'm the Man '91 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625030420/http://www.metrolyrics.com/im-the-man-91-lyrics-anthrax.html|archive-date=2016-06-25|url-status=unfit| access-date=May 10, 2018 |date=February 2015| work=Metrolyrics }} The band, along with Eddie Kramer and Paul Hammingson, produced the EP, which includes the single "I'm the Man". The single is considered among the first rap metal songs.

The title track is a comedy/novelty song that parodies the style of the Beastie Boys, and its main guitar riff is based on the melody of the Jewish folk song "Hava Nagila"{{Cite news |last=Krueger |first=Alyson |date=2023-06-24 |title=Is That ‘Hava Nagila’ I’m Hearing at the Club? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/24/style/hava-nagila-bars-clubs-sports-events.html |access-date=2024-08-02 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} (guitarists Scott Ian and Dan Spitz, as well as all the members of the Beastie Boys, are Jewish); according to Charlie Benante, the song was meant to have the Beastie Boys as the MCs on the song, but scheduling conflicts prevented it, so the band performed the vocals themselves.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp8dbbM9DV8|title=Anthrax Interviewed by Chuck D: 40 Years of Thrash, Part 1|date=July 13, 2021|via=YouTube}}

For live performances, Joey Belladonna and Benante would switch places, Benante performing some of the raps and Belladonna drumming. A 7" single was also released, containing only the second and fifth tracks.

A new version titled "I'm the Man '91" would appear on the 1991 b-sides collection Attack of the Killer B's