Eminem To play devil's advocate

WPG · Dec 1, 2015

Dec 1, 2015

captain awesome said

fair enough, likely true... there's no accounting for taste. i think his "inspirational" watered down b rabbit image is also an easy sell -- he's both the fmrly crazy renegade who also.... loves his daughter and 'cares about the underdogs'

am curious why? in my review, and also based off having been conscious in the late 90s, it seemed to me eminem's early output was a contrast to alot of what was popular at the time. or at least he was at the forefront of a wave that allowed mainstream rap to go beyond braggadocio and/or flash. you mentioned his propensity for cartoonish violence earlier and thats a wholly valid thing to tweak him on. but at his best, i think even those verses tended to have a certain context, or weaved within a larger artistic narrative, that made him kind of stand out. obviously other rappers had been emotional on records before -- dmx, ja rule hah. but i think the universe building was fairly groundbreaking no? songs in those first three albums were like chapters in a novel -- not merely in the cinematic kanye lucifer sense, but you knew ronnie, hailie, etc

i'd never heard a track like cleanin out my closet before
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Cuban Linx is more cinematic than anything eminem did. scarface went several degrees beyond "Cleaning Out My Closet." i think eminem's achievement is making it digestible, and i'm arguing that that came through his being white as much as through any creative calculation.

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