Is Eminem good for Hip-hop?

[Mandarin Duck]

I know a lot of people(Guess what race )who don't listen to Hip-hop other than Em. For example I was working with a dude today who didn't know who Outkast was, and thought Flava Flav was in NWA, yet is a huge Em fan. You'd think if you found 1 artist you like in a new genre of music, you'd try to give other artists a listen, but with some (not all) Em fans, they don't do this. It's like Em allows them to stay in their comfortable bubble. So my question is is Eminem good for expanding hip-hop to people who otherwise wouldn't listen to it, or does he just allow people to live in a box, and merely make them feel like they are expanding musically?

 

[MiC]

The exposure that eminem gave to other hip hop artists by bringing (some of) the white people who heard him before any other hip hop outweighs the negative of (some) white people listening to him but no other hip hop.

The former brought about lots of exposure and money to the genre...the latter simply inflated eminems sales compared to other rappers

 

[Pop123]

I know a lot of people(Guess what race )who don't listen to Hip-hop other than Em. For example I was working with a dude today who didn't know who Outkast was, and thought Flava Flav was in NWA,

all of this had me crackin up for some reason,

 

[intilectual recipricol]

funny thing happened... at work yesterday, we were in a meeting, and the dude talkin said,"Never ever, use (blah blah blah)" then through out the room different mufukkaz go into the whole "Sorry Ms Jackson" shyt "Forever ever...."

so then I say outloud, "Nacho cheese, I'm Castro" and no one sung along...

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

I know a lot of people(Guess what race )who don't listen to Hip-hop other than Em. For example I was working with a dude today who didn't know who Outkast was, and thought Flava Flav was in NWA, yet is a huge Em fan. You'd think if you found 1 artist you like in a new genre of music, you'd try to give other artists a listen, but with some (not all) Em fans, they don't do this. It's like Em allows them to stay in their comfortable bubble. So my question is is Eminem good for expanding hip-hop to people who otherwise wouldn't listen to it, or does he just allow people to live in a box, and merely make them feel like they are expanding musically?

eminem got three types of fan a) hip-hop fans b) music fans c) white fans

seems coworker might just be a white fan/music fan

 

[SunZoo]

funny thing happened... at work yesterday, we were in a meeting, and the dude talkin said,"Never ever, use (blah blah blah)" then through out the room different mufukkaz go into the whole "Sorry Ms Jackson" shyt "Forever ever...."

so then I say outloud, "Nacho cheese, I'm Castro" and no one sung along...

 

[Im Kemet Rocky & I like penis]

no