"So I can sit next to Carson Daly an Fred Durst..." -EMINEM

[I love Latina women]

I will say in real time everyone around my age fukked with EM...

But again I was 12 in 2002 so

Yeah

Fast forward to today and everybody likes to shyt on him but in real time back then, people listened to Eminem's music

shyt, before Eminem really got popular, I remember back right before the Slim Shady LP came out, hip hop heads was fukking with his freestyles heavy, people admired/respected his talent as a lyricist and emcee, even if they didn't connect with his story and or like his gimmick, they still could acknowledge his talent as an emcee and lyricist.

He did fall off hard though and probably the hardest from an emcee of his level of popularity

Eminem from 99' to 02' was prime years

But then Encore came in 04' and the run was over; the juice he had before was gone and has never returned

 

[I love Latina women]

Is he?

Yeah

Right before he left MTV - TRL, he also had his own late night show (The Late Show) that came on like after Jay Leno and Conan shows on NBC. Carson's show was like in that third slow and came on like at 1 in the morning.

That ran from like a decade or some shyt, then he made the move to The Today Show (the NBC morning show) with Hoda, Kathie Lee (she ain't on there no more), Al Roker etc etc. He's been on the Today Show for a long time now too.

 

[spliz]

It wasn’t for no reason. He got mad cause she aired out he was married to the world but it ain’t like he wasn’t telling a million people about Kim on his records. Lol. That white boy was crazy as fukk. But EVERYONE fukked wit Em back then tho. nikkas need to stop rewriting history on here it’s mad annoying.

 

[Fukwatutalkinwatisaylaw]

Not a em fan but The Way I Am he snapped on and is one of my fav rap songs

 

[Juggalo Fred]

Eminem went down hill when he started dissing ICP and they destroyed him

 

[CarltonJunior]

I thought that verse was good social commentary on the state of hollywood/celebrity culturr at the time.

I didn't particularly think Em was trying to air people's business, he just thought they were obnoxious, toxic ass people. And they were.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Am I the only ly one who thought that shyt was so lame?

I was confused on why he was making up lies and airing people business and cacs ate it up...

And that dude get put into ALL TIME greats list

Em subject matter gotta be the worst in rap history yet he gets overrated and put on a pedestal because he's a cac...

Does Eminem have the worst subject matter in rap history?

It was a brilliant strategy to separate himself from the teeny bopper of that Era. And it worked in real time

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]

 

[Art Barr]

Am I the only ly one who thought that shyt was so lame?

I was confused on why he was making up lies and airing people business and cacs ate it up...

And that dude get put into ALL TIME greats list

Em subject matter gotta be the worst in rap history yet he gets overrated and put on a pedestal because he's a cac...

Does Eminem have the worst subject matter in rap history?

review the albums or stfu.

all this ol act like you reviewed the record fake critic shyt is over.

review the record or stfu.

review the record and expose wtf you do not know.

tired of you nikkaz in here. Talking bad about the pedigree that was bested.

yet supply none that are better.
plus do not review it either.

till y review record.

I am smashing on site o. Any of y'all toys.

thus is a four pillar discussion based board.

what Chu write.

cause y'all ain't no dj emcee or bboy. So you must write so what Chu wrote.

if you lost it is because you are a toy in hiphop.

simple as that.

you are the poser.


review the records or stfu.
till you nikkaz supply a better artist frfr.
stfu.



art barr

 

[pawdalaw]

He was flowing hard on that one.

Crazy to think "The Real Slim Shady" was made at the last minute because Jimmy Iovine thought the MMLP didn't have a lead single. If he hadn't pushed so hard, this song and "The Way I Am" wouldn't exist.

"The Way I Am" is undeniable classic, 5 mics!

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[CarltonJunior]

It was a brilliant strategy to separate himself from the teeny bopper of that Era. And it worked in real time

This too. He waa basically letting it be known that he wasn't trying to be one of those gimmick celebrities that were running rampant in the industry.

Plus with him running with Dre it got the attention of actual hip hop heads rather than just little white kids and teenagers, although he had plenty of them as fans, he was mostly considered a legit hip hop act

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

This too. He waa basically letting it be known that he wasn't trying to be one of those gimmick celebrities that were running rampant in the industry.

Plus with him running with Dre it got the attention of actual hip hop heads rather than just little white kids and teenagers, although he had plenty of them as fans, he was mostly considered a legit hip hop act

Em is a great talent with a nice catalog of music. But keeping it a buck, he was gimmicky and also benefitted from cacness like them. I still respect the strategy and believe it helped in real time.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Eminem went down hill when he started dissing ICP and they destroyed him

Never change

 

[CarltonJunior]

Em is a great talent with a nice catalog of music. But keeping it a buck, he was gimmicky and also benefitted from cacness like them. I still respect the strategy and believe it helped in real time.

Absolutely, especially in hindsight now that the internet is bigger and we are now seeing what those Em fans grew up into.

But it was a good strategy nonetheless and it's clear as day that he had an impact on hip hop in particular. Wasn't a flash in the pan early 00s celebrity like the boy bands he was dissing