Some 15 years later, how do you feel about Eminem?

[Ns1]

Man this guy was seriously in a league of his own.

So many ridiculously awesome tracks, with actual story lines and meaning.

"Stan" in particular is really killing it for me now, and I've finally learned to appreciate "Kim".

Guy can paint movie scenes with verses.

 

[blackangst1]

Amazing lyricist.

 

[Wyndru]

Pugilistic linguistics.

 

[purbeast0]

inb4 rap h8rs.

 

[videogames101]

really, he was one of a kind - amazing lyricist

 

[Ns1]

inb4 rap h8rs.

I'm usually a rap hater, but my usual criticism of rap does not apply to eminem.

 

[Corporate Thug]

top 5 of all time.

 

[Train]

Skilled yes but I feel that he rehashes a lot of the same topics over and over.

Ok we get it, you are a white kid trying to rap, who had a rough life, and you don't give a fuck what anyone thinks. you wanna kill your ex/current/ex/current/ex wife And you have a man crush on Dre.

I'd prefer he go back to his earlier style... where he kept it light and comical, Tom Green and Dick Cheney jokes and doing weird shit with D12.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

I never meant to give you mushrooms, girl
I never meant to bring you to my world
Now you sitting in the corner crying
And now it's my fault my fault

-W. Shakespeare

 

[SphinxnihpS]

But wait, there's more!

Susan wait! Where you goin? You better be careful
Leave me alone dad, I'm sick of gettin my hair pulled
I'm not your dad, quit tryin to swallow your tongue
Want some gum? Put down the scissors, 'fore you do somethin' dumb
I'll be right back just chill baby please?
I gotta go find Dave he's the one who gave me these.
John, where's Dave at before I bash you?
He's in the bathroom; I think he's takin a crap dude!
Dave! Pull up your pants, we need an ambulance
There's a girl upstairs talkin' to plants
choppin' her hair off, and there's only two days left
of Spring Break, how long do these things take to wear off?
Well it depends on how many you had? I took three she ate the other
twenty-two caps Now she's upstairs cryin' out her eyeballs, drinking lysol.
"She's gonna die dude." I know and it's my fault!

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Sometimes I hate that I love eminem.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Skilled yes but I feel that he rehashes a lot of the same topics over and over.

Ok we get it, you are a white kid trying to rap, who had a rough life, and you don't give a fuck what anyone thinks. you wanna kill your ex/current/ex/current/ex wife And you have a man crush on Dre.

I'd prefer he go back to his earlier style... where he kept it light and comical, Tom Green and Dick Cheney jokes and doing weird shit with D12.

Personally, I think he evolved a lot from rough life/fuck everyone/kill ex to battling drug addictions/will to overcome obstacles/death of best friend/rasing daughter.

 

[Fritzo]

I read that as "How do you feel about Enimas."

I hold them in higher regard.

 

[Ns1]

I read that as "How do you feel about Enimas."

I hold them in higher regard.

I hold Aenima in very high regard.

 

[SheHateMe]

I've never liked Em. Often, I've been accused of not liking him because he's a white rapper.

Really, I don't like him because his debut song sucked. I wasn't into "the real slim shady", plus....I'm definitely not listening to a dude that raps evil shit about his mother.


I just don't think he's good. He isn't the "top 5" of anything....and its pretty obvious why he gets so much hype..he is really the only white rapper out there that can produce something half decent. So, I guess he gets brownie points for that...but no, I wouldn't put him up there with good rappers.

 

[SunnyD]

It's really been 15 years?

 

[BoomerD]

meh...the same as I did when he was "in his prime."

Stupid white boy trying to rap.

 

[Mxylplyx]

Stupid white boy trying to rap.

Vanilla Ice was a white boy trying to rap. Eminem makes most of the black rappers look like novices.

 

[QueBert]

I get too blunted off of funny home grown
Cause when I smoke out I hit the trees harder than Sonny Bono (OH NO!)
So if I said I never did drugs
That would mean I lie and get fucked more than the President does
Hilary Clinton tried to slap me and call me a pervert
I ripped her fucking tonsils out and fed her sherbet
My nerves hurt and lately I'm on edge
Grabbed Vanilla Ice and ripped out his blond dreads
Every girl I ever went out with has gone lez
Follow me and do exactly what the song says
Smoke weed, take pills, drop out of school, kill people and drink
Jump behind the wheel like it was still legal
I'm dumb enough to walk in a store and steal
So I'm dumb enough to ask for a date with Lauryn Hill
Some people only see that I'm white, ignoring skill
Cause I stand out like a green hat with a orange bill


EM's nice, like his older stuff much better, I like his Slim Shady ego, but he's still good on regular non funny, non psycho tracks.

 

[Miramonti]

Elite is elite.

 

[zerocool84]

I've never liked Em. Often, I've been accused of not liking him because he's a white rapper.

Really, I don't like him because his debut song sucked. I wasn't into "the real slim shady", plus....I'm definitely not listening to a dude that raps evil shit about his mother.


I just don't think he's good. He isn't the "top 5" of anything....and its pretty obvious why he gets so much hype..he is really the only white rapper out there that can produce something half decent. So, I guess he gets brownie points for that...but no, I wouldn't put him up there with good rappers.

He got where he's at not because he's white but because of his lyrics and how he puts them together. He had to be that much better than everyone else because he is white. It's not like you see only white people listening to his music, everyone does because he does it so well.

 

[rh71]

still listen to some of his collaborative efforts (ie. Rihanna), but not anything of his own.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Did he really fly through Mariah twice?

 

[surfsatwerk]

who?

 

[almightyobo]

undoubtedly one of the most talented artists of his genre