Nov 16, 2005 12:48 AM
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(Updated Nov 16, 2005 12:51 AM)
Hey I'm sure ya'll don't know me here on MS, this is my 2nd review...But hey, I'm here to speak my heart!!!
Ok a lot of ya'll have written about EMINEM's past, his life, but seriously who cares? It's all in his music! We don't need to know some information copied and pasted from the plethora of websites out there paying tribute to the white king of rap.
It was thought that rap was a black man's game...WAS!!!
But that all changed...NO, not with EMINEM, but in fact it was all changed with someone not as well known here in India. His name, Vanilla Ice...Any rap fanatic will remember right off the back ''Ice Ice Baby'' C'mon, you have to, after all, it was the FIRST time any white guy ever took a proper shot at Hip Hop, and know what, he succeeded, with his first hit topping the charts for a long time.
Now that I've cleared a lot of confusion as to claims that EMINEM was and is the messiah of the game, statements that he shifted the tides, and paved the way for others (non African Americans) to play the game, let's get back to the topic at hand: EMINEM. Ok, EMINEM is a multi platinum artist, his album sales compare to those of 2Pac and Notorious. He's got Grammys, he's got money, the backing of THE Dr, Dre...and dope lyrics! BUT LET'S FACE IT EMINEM CAN'T RAP!!! Sure that's a strong statement for me to make, challenging what the whole world thinks! Well look at it, open your ears, listen to more than just the dope https://lyrics. Sure he's got his way with words, his rhymes are tight and he's got it all on the beat. But when it comes to rapping skills he just don't cut it.
Ya'll prolly still think I'm whack! Well let's see how many of ya'll know Pac? How many know the B.I.G.? Diddy anyone? Ice T, the Furious 5, oldschool LL Cool J!!! Grandmaster Flash??? Run DMC!!! NOW THAT'S RAP!!! Those are some rappers with skill!!! Sure they say that the old days are gone, and that the big playas, especially Pac an Biggie ain't comin' back. Well we got some new talent in the game as well! Stop listening to that stupid mainstream crap! U wanna hear true to the hood skills, listen to The Game, but only some of the hardcore tracks, like ''Put ya on the game''. Ludacris boy got skills! Xzibit. DMX!!!
Why DMX? cuz he's the man! He's the ONLY rapper of the current era to bring hardcore like the game's never seen! How many people have actually heard classics like ''Ain't nothing but a gangsta party''; ''When thugs cry''; ''Party up in here''; ''Gangsta's Paradise''
Sure EM and D12 are fun to listen to for some time, but they're way too mainstream that it makes me wonder if it's still rap, or what!
Finally how am I qualified to say all of the above?
1) I'm a person with an OPINION
2) I'm a connoisseur of Rap, R&B, and Hip Hop
3) I've heard and listened to more rap artists than u know exist, also I know of more rappers than u know people!
4) I'm a professional DJ, and I mix and play a lot of Hip Hop, it's my hobby, and part time profession!
5) Damn dawg I'm in the game!!!
6) I've sat along the sidelines while ppl all over don't really understand what's going on and blindly follow it!!! [How many of u understand what ''Fo Shizzle'' means?]
