Right? He's kind of awful.
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 18 July 2008 01:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Always thought so, as a matter of fact.
― Oilyrags, Friday, 18 July 2008 01:14 (fifteen years ago) link
yep
― Creeztophair, Friday, 18 July 2008 01:14 (fifteen years ago) link
now this looks like a job for me so everybody just follow me cos we need a little challopsy
― jabba hands, Friday, 18 July 2008 01:26 (fifteen years ago) link
smh
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 18 July 2008 01:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Regardless of whether or not you acutally enjoy listening to his records, his talent for wordplay & (lyrical) cadence is pretty much indisputable (especially when he's free-styling, obv)
Personally, I would:
Search - His twisted murder fantasies & self-loathing introspection tracks; dis tracks
Destroy - All his post-Eminem Show output; His daughter-ballads, mom fuck-yous; & the entirety of his cheapo toilet humor (not that I don't enjoy the occasional poop joke, he just does that schtick in a particularly annoying way); Most aspects of his production style (the parts he didn't steal outright from Dr Dre, I guess); All his boy-band ranting didn't age to well, either, did it?
Again with the obvious but, if nothing else, "Stan" is a sterling pop masterpiece & even tho the lyrics are a bit corny, "Lose Yourself" just sounds fucking brilliant. Both are, and will likely remain, two of the more memorable hit singles of the decade.
― Pillbox, Friday, 18 July 2008 01:52 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb_myEtM24I
best eminem related thing
― deej, Friday, 18 July 2008 02:00 (fifteen years ago) link
When did Eminem not suck?
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 18 July 2008 02:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, why the bollocking fuck is Eminem in my phone's dictionary but apricot, custard and bollock are not?
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 18 July 2008 02:19 (fifteen years ago) link
still gotta love the ems
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
― Surmounter, Friday, 18 July 2008 02:20 (fifteen years ago) link
haha surmounter is convincing
― deej, Friday, 18 July 2008 02:21 (fifteen years ago) link
I wish he'd release a new album.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 18 July 2008 02:21 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.freewebs.com/ajaxwidowmaker/Eminem_170154g.jpg
― gr8080, Friday, 18 July 2008 02:22 (fifteen years ago) link
-- deej, Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:00 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JTgg7VulOY
― and what, Friday, 18 July 2008 02:27 (fifteen years ago) link
In retrospect, Eminem kind of sucks right?
― musically, Friday, 18 July 2008 02:36 (fifteen years ago) link
wait he dissed alyssa fuck him
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 18 July 2008 02:40 (fifteen years ago) link
well yes.. he's as much a guilty pleasure as something like limp bizkit. not the worst, but at the time he was absolutely the most overhyped thing in music.
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 July 2008 02:54 (fifteen years ago) link
whatever like that song didn't rule your world
― Surmounter, Friday, 18 July 2008 02:55 (fifteen years ago) link
=]
he's as much a guilty pleasure as something like limp bizkit. not the worst, but at the time he was absolutely the most overhyped thing in music.
-- billstevejim, Friday, July 18, 2008 2:54 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
this is the part of the thread where i ask if you have sat and listened to any of the albums
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:01 (fifteen years ago) link
uh oh!!!
― Surmounter, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I used to hate Eminem, but I've completely turned around this year...So many genius singles! "Stan"! "My Name is"! "Guilty Conscience"! etc.
I haven't heard the Slim Shady/Marshall Mather LPs, but I see they both have five-star ratings on AMG. Weird!
― Tape Store, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:04 (fifteen years ago) link
i know, right!!?>!?
― gr8080, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Are you serious? If you had friends between the years 1999 and 2002 or listened to the radio at all, Eminem was unavoidable. Believe me, I tried. (Although I have successfully gone without ever hearing Creed's "My Sacrifice" but only because I was forced to put my hands over my ears and hum other songs to myself while it blasted from bar jukeboxes or at other functions.. I'm sure I looked foolish, but at least I've never heard "My Sacrifice.")
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I've heard the 1st 2 albums.
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:13 (fifteen years ago) link
You don't wanna fuck with Shady, cos shady will fucking kill you.
catchy
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:17 (fifteen years ago) link
They call me Slim Shady, I'm black, I'm black.. wait, thats not what he's singing...
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Forgive me if my hackles raise when you compare one of the best rappers of the 90s to Froederick fucking Durst.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Like seriously, do you just hear them and your brain goes *WHITE GUY RAPPING URRGG* cause I mean in a post-"Jump Around" world I totally feel you but come on
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Eminem didn't bother me as much as his idiotic fans did.
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Cold blooded.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:29 (fifteen years ago) link
hoos don't stop the love
― Surmounter, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:30 (fifteen years ago) link
was eminem a rapper of the 90s??? am i that fucking old?
― deeznuts, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:30 (fifteen years ago) link
-- billstevejim, Friday, July 18, 2008 3:18 AM (9 minutes ago)
dang!
― Lingbert, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Sorry, I spoke without really thinking because I haven't listened to him in years.. Eminem now strikes me as an extreme guilty pleasure because every single from The Eminem Show and the last D12 album were just as bad as Limp Bizkit, and since that's his most recent solo material, it's what came to mind first..
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:32 (fifteen years ago) link
# 1999: The Slim Shady LP # 2000: The Marshall Mathers LP # 2002: The Eminem Show # 2004: Encore
answer to self: no
― deeznuts, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:33 (fifteen years ago) link
haha I meant Encore!!
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:34 (fifteen years ago) link
fair enough xxp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:35 (fifteen years ago) link
also fair enough xp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:36 (fifteen years ago) link
however many xs yall know wtf i'm talkin baout
what hoos is talkin baout: In retrospect,Eminem kind of sucks right?
― deeznuts, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:38 (fifteen years ago) link
this duder is shit in any colour
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:39 (fifteen years ago) link
They call me Slim Shady, I'm black, I'm black.. wait, thats not what he's singing... -- billstevejim, Friday, July 18, 2008 3:18 AM (9 minutes ago) dang!
I always wished he was actually singing those words. Afterall he's the Eminem, chocolate on the inside, candy coating on the outside. Get it LOL?!?!
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:39 (fifteen years ago) link
uhhhhhhhhhhhhh wahtthehell
― deeznuts, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Marshall Mathers
― gr8080, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:42 (fifteen years ago) link
;)
maybe he's not really white btw ;)
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh come on, the "chocolate on the inside" thing had to be intentional.
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:45 (fifteen years ago) link
no you come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― gr8080, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I kinda love "Purple Pills."
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 July 2008 03:48 (fifteen years ago) link
arrested development > am0n
― gabbneb, Friday, 18 July 2008 14:42 (fifteen years ago) link
kd lang = gabbneb
― am0n, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
pff eminem wuz great before he started takin himself so srsly. bonnie n clyde man bonnie n clyde
― Pooping Christ, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
in retrospect, eminem was pretty good, pretty overrated and unfairly hated, all at once
― deej, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:21 (fifteen years ago) link
calling his albums 'masterpieces' always sounds ridiculous. they were just as flawed as any records put out by rappers that folks around here ignore
― deej, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I think deej is pretty much on it, here. I loathe him but recognize his talent, I just think he mostly wasted it - but I'm a cornie indie rap fuxxor. Which for me means I hate his voice and never was feeling Dre's Chronic 2001 and after production.
― Oilyrags, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Feel free to point out that I think Talib Kweli used to be really, really good and therefore my opinions are null and void.
― Oilyrags, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
never liked much of his stuff and found the critical fawning and fanbase annoying. I guess a few of his singles are okay ("My Name Is", for ex.). But "Stan"? fuck that shit
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:12 (fifteen years ago) link
can a mod please add "i'm white btw" to every post on this thread
― n/a, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:15 (fifteen years ago) link
you 35 and you still rappin? UHHHHH
-- The Brainwasher, Friday, July 18, 2008 12:36 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Link
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 July 2008 16:21 (fifteen years ago) link
i always thought the marilyn manson of rap cult that surrounded him was wacky as fuck and good for lols but you can stack these 6 up with any consecutive 6 singles by any artist this decade and that's more than enough for me
"My Name Is" "Guilty Conscience" (feat. Dr. Dre) "Bitch Please II" (feat. Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, & Nate Dogg) "The Real Slim Shady" "The Way I Am" "Stan" (feat. Dido)
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 July 2008 16:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Bitch Please II is so amazing
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
cuz you don't really wanna fuck with me only nigga that i trust is me fuck around and make me bust this heat........
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
You got the munchies Look at you, junk-food junkie Potato chips and lunchmeat Up in the front seat
― Eazy, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
uh
― HI DERE, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:38 (fifteen years ago) link
just a bit of fun, be cool
― n/a, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
alternately: jokes, bruv
I like Eminem, but I also like Princess Superstar...
Ask me a question, I love to lie, hey look girl is that Jimi Hendrix? 'Scuse me while I kiss your guy Everyone tells me I'm the female Eminem, well all I'm gonna talk about is getting fucked up the ass then Don't be mad Em I'm just playin, I wish I had a Dr. Dre and sold out shows, One million white faces in Dayton
― Finefinemusic, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow, is there ever some crazy talk on this thread, especially early on. Thanks to HOOS, deeznuts, John D., and gabbneb, et al, for righting the ship.
the best stuff on Slim Shady LP, Marshall Mathers LP, and a few later tracks ("My Dad's Gone Crazy") was dense, funny, smart,conflicted, and fascinating then and no different now.
I mean, Marshall Mathers LP is surefire Album of the Decade contender.
― Hubie Brown, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Whoa I tried to read this thread but it got a bit long. Crazy stuff in here.
I always liked Em's voice, it's got way more character and appeal to me than a lotta rappers out there. His flows are great. The hooks are obnoxious, he's totally snotty, beats are catchy and often sorta ridiculous...I think he's awesome.
A scattershot of otms for j0hn, hoos, neb, nuts, (like Hubie was sayin)
― RabiesAngentleman, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't got that bad of a mouth do I fuck shit ass bitch cunt shoobadeedoowhop Ohh, skibadeebeebop, christopher reeves sonny bono, skis, horses, and hittin some trees....
awesome album
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
The guy's a character and massively entertaining.
― RabiesAngentleman, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link
"You know why Dre's record was so successful? He's rapping about big-screen TVs, blunts, 40s, and bitches. You're rapping about homosexuals and Vicodin. I can't sell this shit."
― Hubie Brown, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:22 (fifteen years ago) link
My English teacher wanted TO DEFLONT ME IN JUNIOR HIGH THANKS ALONT NEXT SEMESTER I WILL BE 35
― usic, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:33 (fifteen years ago) link
JAZZ HANDS! http://www.thewhitepapers.com/eminem%20-%20not%20so%20fast.jpg
― velko, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Then EM SHOW came out. I totally hate that record save maybe "White America" and :"Business" and maybe one other song.
Square Dance is one of my faves of his
otm tho, rest of that album kinda sux
― dmr, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:38 (fifteen years ago) link
loved his diss tracks on the Source and Benzino during that whole feud
"The Sauce" and uh what was the other one. forgot the title
― dmr, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:40 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuZuiKr85Vs
― dmr, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:41 (fifteen years ago) link
what's that image in white america about being surrounded or something that really cut deep \
M<UY BRAINES DEAD WEIGHT I"M TRYIN T KEEP MY HEAD STREAIGHT BUT I CAN"T FIGURE OUT WHICH SPICE GIRL I WANTT EMPREGNATE QWELL SINCE ZGGE !@ I THOGUHT I WAS SOMEKON E ELSE O I HUNG MY ORIGINAL SSEPCLG FROM THE CTO{ BUNK WITH A BELT ????? EXTREA YRERREDYIASL KILLING PEDESTRIANS RAPING LESBIANS WHILE THE&YRE SCRESAMING "LETS JUST BE FRIENSD!!!!!!!!!!!!:" symopatyhikze
― usic, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:52 (fifteen years ago) link
uh pt 2
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
emineddie murphy
― usic, Friday, 18 July 2008 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
oh, how did i forget "square dance"? that was great.
the "without me" video was total lolz, esp. when he's dressed like osama and the d12 dudes are chasing him around...
― Beatrix Kiddo, Friday, 18 July 2008 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
"Stan" and all the foofaw around it was great entertainment
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 18 July 2008 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
"fuck that, take drugs, rape sluts, make fun of gay clubs, men who wear makeup...."
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Friday, 18 July 2008 19:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I didn't realize that people actually, sincerely liked "Square Dance" before today.
― HI DERE, Friday, 18 July 2008 19:34 (fifteen years ago) link
"You learn something new every day."
― Beatrix Kiddo, Friday, 18 July 2008 19:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I was reaaaaaaaaally let down by The Eminem Show. I'm not against the "silly rapper decides to become more serious" album, but it really didn't sound like Eminem was up to the task. Not to mention the beats become more overdramatic and his meter was more subdued and predictable.
I did like "Soldier" a lot from that one, though. Really in my eyes, just buy Slim shady lp and Marshall Mathers LP
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Friday, 18 July 2008 19:43 (fifteen years ago) link
My Dad's Gone Crazy and Square Dance are the best tracks on The Eminem Show. Encore is a better album.
― gabbneb, Friday, 18 July 2008 20:22 (fifteen years ago) link
i only pay attention when he's (ostnesibly) funny - my name is, without me, guilty conscience, real slim shady
― will, Friday, 18 July 2008 20:29 (fifteen years ago) link
HE SUCKS.
― Pitchfork.com, a music recommendation Web site (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 16 October 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
he's no tech n9ne.
― scott seward, Saturday, 16 October 2010 18:23 (thirteen years ago) link
loved Eminem's stuff back in the day, but now I know why they call it windowpane
― markers, Saturday, 16 October 2010 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
actually, I probably would still like his older singles
bitch please pt II still ownez
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 16 October 2010 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PANEcjhSfv4
― j. sargent & lil k3v (deej), Saturday, 16 October 2010 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
He sucks now. The Slim Shady LP is classic.
― The Brand Most Dentists Smoke... (Viceroy), Saturday, 16 October 2010 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XIoXLQUbvs
― scott seward, Saturday, 16 October 2010 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD10kWdwxjs
― scott seward, Saturday, 16 October 2010 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
i can't believe that "what is love"-sampling song is actually being promoted as a single
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 16 October 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
On the grossness of "Love the Way You Live."
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 December 2017 04:42 (six years ago) link