16 years later, how do you feel about "Forgot about Dre"?

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Not my favorite song but this was that real arrival moment for him as an artist and for Dre sans Death Row.
 

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Its been the common criticism for years that Eminem's verse had nothing to do with the song, I don't know why everybody is being sappy over it. Wasn't even the best Dre/Em song on 2001

A lot of features don't stay with the general meaning. People hyped over this because of the way he spit. Out of this and what's the difference, I'd choose this. What's the difference was good but nothing special. I prefer X's verse on that.
 

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Eminem taking a sub at Nas ghostwriting Dre verse and mentioning Firm flopping

Nas setting up Em with his shot at him on Ether

Em being scared to respond
 

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A lot of features don't stay with the general meaning. People hyped over this because of the way he spit. Out of this and what's the difference, I'd choose this. What's the difference was good but nothing special. I prefer X's verse on that.

The chorus (which is amazingly delivered) and production of the song is what had people gassed. Em's verse really wasn't nothing that special besides to cacs who always swoon over this song for some reason. Go back and listen to What's The Difference, his flow was 10x better on there and his usual off-kilter eccentric storytelling was better too
 

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It is literally a perfect song. There....there can't really even be a discussion about this. I don't see another way that Dre could have helped launch off Em's career. He tore the hook apart, then with his verse, that nikka ABSOLUTELY RIPPED IT.

I hear the song probably once a day whenever I work, cause we fukk around with pandora at my liquor store. Still one of my favorite Eminem verses though. He was in his fukking element. He was FEELING it when he wrote that shyt, I'm sure. I wish he would have collabed with other black artists more. I feel like if Em and Game ever got a chance to do work, it could have been dirty as fukk.
 

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The chorus (which is amazingly delivered) and production of the song is what had people gassed. Em's verse really wasn't nothing that special besides to cacs who always swoon over this song for some reason. Go back and listen to What's The Difference, his flow was 10x better on there and his usual off-kilter eccentric storytelling was better too

Meh. Every man for his own.
When did Nas diss Eminem in ether?

If anything, he complimented Eminem.:what:

Nas and Eminem respect each other, Nas was a great influence on Em as proven on Infinite..
Pretty sure Em produced some shyt for Nas on God's son too.
 

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When did Nas diss Eminem in ether?

If anything, he complimented Eminem.:what:

Make no mistake, that was a clear shot

"You let that white boy body you on your shyt nikka" was what Nas was saying and Em knew that

But Jay doesn't respect that white boy either "Industry shady, it needs to be taken over"
 

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Nas was supposed to do an Em collab 9n Gods Son but just did The Cross solo

He didnt want to be outshined

Em woulda murked that beat

Nas struggled on it
 
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