So with backlash against Ross would Eminem's "Guilty Conscience" get the same?

[OnlyInCalifornia]

You have no idea if they're watching Em interviews or not. Let's stick to the facts here. Eminem has went out of his way to tell people his lyrics are bullshyt. Whether or not people "see the interviews" has nothing to do with anything. The interviews exist.

And whether he does or not, doesn't change the influence he has over individuals. That is the real issue with the lyrics, not because Rick Ross said he raped a woman but rather that someone may want to live out the lyrics.

So again, just because Eminem said in Interviews people haven't seen (including myself who is a hip hop fan) doesn't mean the lyrics don't influence people.

ticks to the script. So that costs him a Reebok endorsement.

Finally yeah, a double standard exists. It's the fact that people want to hold 2 rappers to the same standard, despite the fact that only one of them wants to be taken seriously.

Fred.

Whether he wants to be taken seriously or not, which you are wrong because clearly wants to be known as a legend, doesn't change the fact of why people are upset with these kinds of lyrics. Eminem wanting to hurt his wife and hates his mom is a THEME in his music. Not a one off line. That is why you can't continue to let him hide behind context or anything.

There is a double standard for him. He can make songs about murder and rape while people argue for 'context' and him playing a 'character' but Rick Ross can't. YOU know hes playing a character but you still want to pretend like because Eminem said in some obscure interview hardly anyone saw its different. It's not. You are proving the double standard right now. You are making excuses for one that clearly can apply for another.

 

[Omerta]

I was gonna post something, but I see the damage has been done.

OnlyInCali...you're trying way too hard breh.

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

this song was so piff

just listened to it again

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

[Eminem]
Now listen to me, while you're kissin her cheek
and smearin her lipstick, I slipped this in her drink
Now all you gotta do is nibble on this little bytch's earlobe..
(Yo! This girl's only fifteen years old
You shouldn't take advantage of her, that's not fair)
Yo, look at her bush.. does it got hair? (Uh huh!)
fukk this bytch right here on the spot bare
Til she passes out and she forgot how she got there
(Man, ain't you ever seen that one movie _Kids_?)
No, but I seen the porno with SunDoobiest!
(shyt, you wanna get hauled off to jail?)
Man fukk that, hit that shyt raw dawg and bail..


Supposing it was released it in 2013?

eminem can get away with that,given the fact he can fukkin MC

y'all do understand em got away with NOTHING

he was fukking picketed and condemned and boycotted by groups of gays, moms, whites, blacks, etc

only difference was there was no social media for anyone to give a fukk

 

[Wildin]

y'all do understand em got away with NOTHING

he was fukking picketed and condemned and boycotted by groups of gays, moms, whites, blacks, etc

only difference was there was no social media for anyone to give a fukk

BS...that was manufactured bullshyt propaganded by mtv and the record label to keep eminem edgy and in your face. name one sponsor that stopped airing ads on mtv due to its 24/7 and relentless exposure of em? name some sponsors that stopped fukkin with stations that played his songs, name stations that refused to play his songs?

There was a lot of smoke, but there was no fire.

 

[BulletProof]

BS...that was manufactured bullshyt propaganded by mtv and the record label to keep eminem edgy and in your face. name one sponsor that stopped airing ads on mtv due to its 24/7 and relentless exposure of em? name some sponsors that stopped fukkin with stations that played his songs, name stations that refused to play his songs?

There was a lot of smoke, but there was no fire.

Evidence or speculation?

 

[Chip Skylark]

I swear some of you have to be young. I'm 25 and I remember how PEOPLE hated and boycotted this video and song. Eminem got some of the worst backlash ever for his lyrics. Especially this one. Failed attempt at another thread trying to bash eminem. The backlash Em received was 20 times worse than what Ross did.

 

[NvrCMyNut]

BS...that was manufactured bullshyt propaganded by mtv and the record label to keep eminem edgy and in your face. name one sponsor that stopped airing ads on mtv due to its 24/7 and relentless exposure of em? name some sponsors that stopped fukkin with stations that played his songs, name stations that refused to play his songs?

There was a lot of smoke, but there was no fire.

Eminem had no sponsors. He was banned from entering multiple countries.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

BS...that was manufactured bullshyt propaganded by mtv and the record label to keep eminem edgy and in your face. name one sponsor that stopped airing ads on mtv due to its 24/7 and relentless exposure of em? name some sponsors that stopped fukkin with stations that played his songs, name stations that refused to play his songs?

There was a lot of smoke, but there was no fire.

but breh i never said anything about sponsors nor mtv


i'm talking about actual people in the street doing this... now if you gonna say those people were all paid by the label to appear in places and talk shyt... along with maad, glaad, and lbgtalskdjfalsdf whatever the fukk group... then hey... that's your belief

my point was the same people who would come out today on social media, write letters, demand apologies... were the same people doing it back then... but thank god almighty.. in the 90s/00s rappers and labels didn't give two fukks what people was doing



look at death row and pac.... death row was getting shyt steamrolled in the streets by preachers

motherfukking congress was having hearings about how horrible rap lyrics were


labels were like who gives a fukk




nowadays a couple thousand tweets will have them nikkas like please apologize ross

 

[Jack Skellington]

1999-2002 Em

shyt went downhill fast after 03, his music became unlistenable

 

[Da_Eggman]

some of you stupid young nikkas werent around when marshall was catching hell from fakkits, soccer moms and females in general. he had EVERYONE going at his neck and it was on a much larger scale because of the nature and the weight mtv etc held back then.

the bottom line is this, employees get fired all the time for talking out of line and saying stupid shyt and rick ross was let go for that, no matter the reasons. get over that shyt.

Nothing more needs to be said

 

[Wildin]

motherfukking congress was having hearings about how horrible rap lyrics were


labels were like who gives a fukk




nowadays a couple thousand tweets will have them nikkas like please apologize ross

I understand how it was, I was alive. There were legitimate news stories and shyt about banning rap music. And im not talking about NWA im talking about people of color that wanted to speak out and use mainstream music as an outlet to do so. This was at a time when blacks had to play it safe or risk having there shyt pulled. It wasn't about being edgy and funny, and rapping like Eminem about killing, it was about white people trying to silence black people and keep our voices and appearances behind closed doors, we were intended to neither be seen nor heard. But when it came time to tap dance, or sing a ballad, they loved us then. Sponsorships were different then you didn't have rappers everywhere and people willing to have them endorse their shyt. Theres more of a financial structure in place now that people could say fukk Ice cube, im boycotting his music, his movies, starbucks, target whatever and wherever his face is at. Back then if people left some albums or posters at Sam Goody, it wasn't a thing.

 

[Wildin]

Eminem had no sponsors. He was banned from entering multiple countries.

MTV and viacom has sponsors. MTV and Viacom were Eminem's biggest sponsors, they had the nikka on tv 24/7 invading TRL and alladat. What civilized country was Em banned in last I checked he was doing shows all over the world and getting paper. I dont wanna hear no shyt, "Well he was banned from mogadishu..." fukk outta here with that.

 

[SunZoo]

MTV and Viacom has sponsors.

Now we going from stopping an individual artist from promoting a certain product to asking why 1/3 of the media itself didn't "lose" sponsors over a rap lyric, the fukk.

 

[mr.africa]

The color of Eminem's skin allowed him to use a black art form to call black women "******s" and suffer ZERO consequences. He's the great white hope, he'll get away with damn near everything

nothing but truth in this post!!!

that privilege!!!
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