Editing I'm the Man (EP) (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name         = I'm the Man
| type         = EP
| artist       = [[Anthrax (American band)|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 Records|Megaforce]], [[Island Records|Island]]
| producer     = [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], [[Eddie Kramer]], Paul Hammingson
| chronology   = [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] EP
| prev_title   = [[Armed and Dangerous (EP)|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}}<ref>{{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}}</ref> 
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2score = B−<ref name="Christgau">{{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}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="New RS">{{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]}}</ref>
}}

'''''I'm the Man''''' is the second [[Extended play|EP]] by American metal band [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], released in 1987 by [[Megaforce Records|Megaforce Worldwide]]/[[Island Records]] (although the song was supposedly written three years before).<ref name=MetroLyrics>{{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]] }}</ref> 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]]"<ref>{{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}}</ref> (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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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]]