How many classics does Eminem have ? (poll)

[USSInsiders]

Lol not ride or die. His latest shyt is p trash but his older shyt I do fukk with heavy

I smell it

 

[MoneyBags]

I don't see the 0 option

 

[MoneyBags]

first 3 albums are lyrical classics PERIOD...just cuz u cant "relate" dont mean dude wasnt rhyming circles around your favorite artist

so was Canibus from 97-98, but that don't make his shyt great and definitely not classic.

 

[MoneyBags]

That's what I mean to say, mmlp is the one most people would agree on, SSLP had it's impact and moment as a mainstream debut but it's a little more iffy, TES is debatable but I feel like if I can say relapse is something I enjoy more it's hard to call it a "classic" in favor for that.

I fukks with you Sunzoo, but what impact did MMLP have on the game? Really? Impact to me is Jay's Blueprint and everyone doing the soul samples, BIG's Life After Death where every rapper had to have a double time flow track, snoop Dogg's Doggystyle...those were IMPACT records. I don't recall anyone using anything off MMLP. It sold like crazy, but honestly, it sold like that cuz he was white. you see his fans were the TLR crowd, the same crowd supporting NSync and Backstreet Boys. the nikka actually dissed pop stars like they were some threat. Nas, Jay, DMX would be laughed at for even mentioning them in 98/99.

 

[MoneyBags]

8 mile soundtrack. Gsoat?

above the rim soundtrack, new jersey drive soundtrack, too many over 8 mile.

 

[JYoung24]

0

 

[No1]

Nas and Jay-Z don't have any classics. 50 Cent has two, DMX has one, Shady has one. Mobb Deep have one. etc. Nas and Jay-Z are just commercialized shyt products only known because of their promotional machine.

The level of absurdity in this post

 

[ROFL_GUY]

my name is
guilty conscience
brain damage
if i had
97 bonnie n clyde
role model
my fault
cum on everybody
just dont give a fukk
as the world turns
im shady
bad meets evil
still dont give a fukk
kill you
stan
who knew
the way i am
the real slim shady
im back
marshall mathers
drug ballad
amittyville
bytch please 2
kim
criminal
white america
business
square dance
soldier
say goodbye to hollywood
drips
without me
sing for the moment
haileys song
say what you say
till i collapse
my dads gone craazy
stimulate
lose yourself
8mile
rabbit run
evil deeds
never enough
yellow brick road
toy soldiers
mosh
rain man
spend some time
crazy in love
mockingbird
encore
we as americans
love you more
riky ticky tock
3am
hello
same song and dance
stay wide awake
deja vu
beautiful
underground
my darling
careful what you wish for
hell breaks loose
buffalo bill
forever
talking to myself
going through changes
not afraid
seduction
no love
spacebound
cinderella man
so bad
love the way you lie
your never over
berzerk

 

[MINT]

Eminem > Nas

 

[mrken12]

above the rim soundtrack, new jersey drive soundtrack, too many over 8 mile.

Space Jam Soundtrack > > Everything else

 

[MINT]

Eminem > Nas

We all know that

 

[MINT]

at these nikkas disrespecting Eminem

 

[SunZoo]

I fukks with you Sunzoo, but what impact did MMLP have on the game? Really? Impact to me is Jay's Blueprint and everyone doing the soul samples, BIG's Life After Death where every rapper had to have a double time flow track, snoop Dogg's Doggystyle...those were IMPACT records. I don't recall anyone using anything off MMLP.

Impact to me just means an album/artist/song had a remarkable presence for whatever reason, you have albums and songs that kinda have their own moment. I don't think you can negate the presence of MMLP just because of some sales inflation or because you didn't like who he made a punchline out of.

And I don't really think people have to be rushing to duplicate an albums sound or style for it to have impact. Jay's "blueprint" wouldn't have been the blueprint if ghostface had kept those beats. That album, from kanye's debut, to the battle to jay-z just being a pop star (hint) at that point in his career all played more of a part in it's impact than a couple people imitating it...or even buying from the same batch of beats.

The only thing you could really "use" from an album like MMLP aside from lines or some patterns (jay/masta ace ect.) is the personal approach to making an album. Look at one of the more noteworthy albums as of late with GKMC (how you feel about that album is whatever), out of all those albums you brought up it's probably more similar to MMLP than any of them. I don't remember that much vintage/early hip hop being as grounded in the artists personal lives and back stories.

The lyrical/style influence is easier to see, and people like lupe and kendrick have even said as much, but it goes deeper that in my opinion.

It sold like crazy, but honestly, it sold like that cuz he was white. you see his fans were the TLR crowd, the same crowd supporting NSync and Backstreet Boys. the nikka actually dissed pop stars like they were some threat. Nas, Jay, DMX would be laughed at for even mentioning them in 98/99.

And IMO, and he's said as much...eminem understood he was getting grouped together with the boy bands and the pop stars, they were now his "peers" for better or worse which is not what he really wanted. Him making them punchline fodder was his way of separating himself and making it known that he was hip hop/ MC first and foremost.

When his peers in the game were JUST other rappers he was saying shyt "fukk ICP, buy my CD", shyttin on brandy and mase, ripping mystikals voice box out ect...nobody gave a shyt then though.

 

[Reindeer of the Roc]

at denying MMLP and SSLP. Certified classic albums.

TES falls short, but how dudes don't recognize the former two as classics blows my mind.

 

[Brown Ant]

Just listened to this. It's a classic.

His verse 3 from Kill You was