Sep 26, 2017 Because it's entirely subjective. You can say an album you like is classic or that an artist is the GOAT, but does your statement really have any merit besides it being based on your preference?
Sep 26, 2017 Maybe but consider the new generation of stans that cropped up around Recovery and kept him going to the sales heights he's seen.
Sep 26, 2017 what??????? lmao what world do you live in, bro? eminem had a cult following among rap fans and was a big pop star. but by NO MEANS would "most people" think he was the greatest rapper of all time. what are you even talking about? lmaooooooooooooooo you goofy a---
Sep 26, 2017 Sigh The main argument against Eminem is the fact that he fell off. If he died in 2003 most people would say he's the GOAT. Same thing if Nas died after IWW or I Am...
Sep 26, 2017 I mean yeah, that's what I'm saying. Pretty much all his albums is trash really besides 1-2 of em.
Sep 26, 2017 no. no. not even f---ing close, dude. yes, eminem's early work was better than what came later. but you're living in a fantasy world if you think "most people" had him at #1 all time. that's mostly an opinion that started to crop up from stans during his post-encore hiatus. when mmlp was out, no one was like "wow, this guy...better than big, better than q-tip."
Sep 26, 2017 I'm not saying everyone. Em still lacked good subject matter. But, most people would probably choose Eminem if he died in 2003. Nobody was saying BIG or Pac were the GOAT in 96 and 97. After they died, people started saying it. They had the "best rapper alive" status but not the GOAT status. If Eminem died in 2003 people would praise him more because of his death
Sep 26, 2017 I bet he was comfortably in the conversation for more than a few people's top ten, including hhh. The hype was contagious.
Sep 26, 2017 oh so you're not even talking about the arc of his career, you're just doing a meaningless hypothetical? got it
Sep 26, 2017 its not meaningless when applied to the question in the OP, my point still remains why tf does it matter if they're dead.
Sep 26, 2017 No, I'm making that reference to say Kendrick isn't the GOAT because we haven't seen the full extent to his career, and if Eminem died in 2003 more people would say he's the GOAT because we would've never seen him fall off
