Apr 10, 2015

Hmm, I used to like TES the best and have MMLP and SSLP tied behind it.
Now that I'm not 15 anymore, TES' emotional side doesn't seem quite as powerful.
It's brand of humor also seems to be a primer for Encore.

I'd say it's the opposite now, but at this stage in my life it's like ranking the best Adam Sandler movies or something.
A lot of the perspective I once had doesn't apply anymore and I'm not motivated to form a new one.

 

Apr 10, 2015

Asher Roth would be much more to blame/thank for that boom, Eminem closed more doors for white rappers than he opened. In the same vein that Vanilla Ice closed doors for white rappers by being a cornball; Eminem closed them by being too good, too commercially successful, too different from everyone else, WAY too big of a pop star etc. It's not like a bunch of white rappers started popping up and becoming huge fixtures in rap after SSLP dropped.... or even after 8 Mile... it took the internet.

 

Apr 10, 2015

the only true answer to thinking such as this, is that eminem was and is(?) a modern day elvis/johnny cash/michael jackson in terms of bringing the music they preform to a huge mainstream popularity

without these artists those genres would not have been what they became .. so yes a pop culture phenomenon, but to leave it at that is not giving credit where it is due

that alone makes him a "legend" regardless how his content is or how you personally feel about it

the legend of the angry blonde lives on through you when i'm gone

 

Apr 10, 2015

MMLP and TES are 10/10s imo
MMLP>TES tho

 

Apr 11, 2015

MMLP.. it always has been and will always be his best album, period.

 

Apr 11, 2015

Asher Roth started the idea that an average college kid white guy could blow up to become legitimate in rap and the white youtube rapper was born which brought to fame everyone from Sam Adams to Mac Miller to Hopsin (whiter than everyone on this list) to Macklemore

 

Apr 10, 2015

In my opinion, The Marshall Mathers LP is his best piece of work. And I see where you're coming from in one of your points and I agree - it did turn him into a phenomenon. But what were the most prevalent criticisms of his first two studio albums? The claim that he relied too much on shock value - so he could bring attention to himself. This was what shifted his mind-state into putting out more personal and relatable songs ; opposed to tracks such as k--- you, criminal, stan, i'm back, etc.

Now Hypothetically speaking - let's say that he never listened to this criticism. That he continued to create albums with the same tone as The Marshall Mathers LP. He wouldn't be nearly as accessible as an artist, and his fan-base wouldn't be as remotely large as it is today. That means no till i collapse, no say goodbye hollywood, no sing for the moment, no rabbit run, no lose yourself. Him creating this album silenced the claim he relied on shock value, and convinced even the non hip-hop fans to admit he had talent.

Even if you don't believe he is a "legend" musically, it is undeniable that this era was what solidified the degree of his popularity today.

 

Apr 11, 2015

MMLP is the answer

 

Apr 10, 2015

this is pretty spot on for me as well

I think nowadays I find myself liking SSLP the best? MMLP had the most impact of his big three, and probably the greatest highlights as well, but it was also the spottiest. TES is really great overall but it has its flaws too (does anyone genuinely like Say What You Say?)

 

Apr 10, 2015

i didn't notice you until this week but you're an aggressively dumb poster

 

Apr 10, 2015

The Eminem Show is the album that showed everybody he would become a legend in his own right

 

Apr 10, 2015

The Eminem Show. hands down

 

Apr 11, 2015

you said so many times in the past that TES is his best album tho lol

havent you?

 

Apr 10, 2015

relapse sums up my life in one album tbh

 

Apr 10, 2015

MMLP is GOAT but I do love The Slim Shady LP as well