Relegated
And no
He was handpicked by Jimmy, and can sustain a fan base
Because he was handpicked his singles are going to be pushed regardless of how they perform, in fact … they have to perform atrociously before they scale back any of the promotional push (Just Lose It, Bezerk)
The first 3 from that series of singles (by now you should recognize that Interscope’s business model leans on their acts reiterating the success of previous singles) were great song productions with unique character that was meant to crossover to wider audiences, and introduce them to his brand of work and thus a percentage of those exposed to the single will become a fan of the less single-like content that makes up the near cinematic -like dramatization of the rest of his catalog
There are so many more factors at play, largely industry and small amount of him having the skillset to back it up. He’s a viable brand, hence the fan base that exists when he is not on an album cycle promo-run
Don’t put your head in the sand
You wanna know why Eminem is Eminem … read the Drake lawsuit and apply that
The Coli has a natural naive tendency to think that everything is just organic, it’s not
Most of it isn’t
Still waiting for respectable discussion on here about a top 10 non-mainstream rapper list … it won’t happen though, because the mainstream consumer’s awareness is largely attuned to what it’s programmed to be tuned to
There’s a trillion songs out there and everyday millions more are made but you know the same 10 songs from the same 5 people and you think that’s the whole world view
No, that’s what the industry packaged up and sold you
This thread summarized: Jimmy Iovine, end of discussion
Also in regard to Eminem the young abused and alienated man who has natural interest in serial killer mindset (apparently his fondest pastime study) dumped all of that serial killer energy into vocabulary, syntax and linguistics
If he were born today whatever school he’s going to would have to keep an eye on him
shyt’s not organic but Eminem is a unique case and only a small portion of his success is based in skill rather than position, but it is all predicated on skill and that’s what makes it work
They’d have tried to plug others into the same machine
Big 3 music industry is designed to have 10-15 cash cows and a bunch of artists that are “in development” but realistically utilized for creative accounting efforts to minimize taxable revenue associated with their top acts (check network of their top acts all in the $200 million + range, now realize the label made a minimum of 5x more off of their career … each of those acts: Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Drake, Katy Perry
All have generated billion + revenue
Need to stop thinking of this in such naive terms like someone just passed a demo got discovered and introduced music to the market that was loved by the masses
No album cycles, promo budgets
Look at the way they try to stylize Eminem’s logo to match Nine Inch Nails, they Nine Inch Nails to be so much bigger than they are, Jimmy must be really fond of Trent Reznor, he’s most successful in his industry position than his music - but I am outside of the target audience so they may be the biggest thing in the world to some
