Eminem

more like mark diceman

a thing that i'm finding funny is that a lot of the people who are praising eminem for "best political writing" for this cypher praised the eric garland game theory thing

Tweets that didn’t age well. A four act play. pic.twitter.com/jrNklSsVgX

— Jordan Strack (@JordanStrack) October 11, 2017

I liked at the time (and still like) the first three Eminem albums - if only Encore was anywhere near as great and he'd stopped there. I'm not really interested in any of his post-comeback stuff.

it takes balls to do things that have actual stakes. this has none.

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, October 11, 2017 1:34 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

heh wait to see if it has impact before jumping to conclusions? it may matter to some people.

i mean if there was ever a cultural phenomena that could be used as a trojan horse into the mind of republicans, it's Em.

whiteness distilled into its purest form is mike cernovich is rapping at eminem to defend the president pic.twitter.com/KmZgfZu6Wq

— TWO DAMNED MAUSOLEA (@2dAmMuslim) October 11, 2017

a thing that i'm finding funny is that a lot of the people who are praising eminem for "best political writing" for this cypher praised the eric garland game theory thing

― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Wednesday, October 11, 2017 1:23 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^yes, and

olbermann gonna find soundbombing 2 via burgeoning eminem fandom and get super into def jux and rawkus and rhymesayers. tale as old as time

— Patrick Cosmos (@veryimportant) October 11, 2017

https://i.redd.it/5khdtrx7h8rz.jpg

lol xp

shakey otm btw, good on em for doing this, specifically calling out his fans who support him. the music itself is whatever, fine for what it is i guess

lol...

....two years pass

@KeithOlberman President Trump REFUSES to make May 15th, the day Cannibal Ox's The Cold Vein was released, a national holiday HAVE YOU NO DECENCY SIR?

he sounds like a middling slam poet and the portentous staging makes it sound even worse

agree w/ this

but it does sound better than most of his releases for the past 1.5 decades have been

he is soon releasing a duet with p!nk who just voiced her tentative support for trump earlier this week

lol

I did think the presentation of it (no beat, out front by himself) was weird and maybe not the best cuz as you say it was portentous, it gave it this unearned gravitas. Like, if he had just dropped all that in the context of how those ciphers usually are presented (for ex. w/Primo on the turntables and a bunch of other rappers all taking turns) it would have actually been way more dramatic, a real "oh shit!" moment

heh wait to see if it has impact before jumping to conclusions? it may matter to some people

not the point. my point is, he risks nothing by doing this. it's not bold, it's trendhopping.

What would constitute a risk for a hugely successful pop star at risk? This is about as "risky" as anyone in his position can be, because at least he *takes* a position. I guess it could have been riskier if it was pro-Trump, and he was ant NFL protest and pro VA alt-right rally?

He’s releasing a new album in November iirc and he said “fuck you” to half of his fanbase. How is that not a risk, yeah he’s got enough money to care but it’s almost a given it will affect sales negatively.

yeah simon that strikes me as blindingly cynical

I can live with that.

I would add that I'll be surprised if he takes a sales hit well beyond industry trends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NBwt24PTe0

that's so weird

i expect there will be some people who would ordinarily never bother checking out an eminem album in 2017, myself included, who will at least give the album a cursory listen/stream just to see if he delves further in the direction hinted by this promo appearance. not to say that that would necessarily push the needle significantly, but merely to point out that commercial risk was far from not the only possibility to consider when weighing the decision to do this. given the proximity to his forthcoming album release (it's likely coming out in about a month) i would guess that his label felt the ~buzz~ would be beneficial.

i don't expect a large sales decline whatsoever.

*far from the only possibility

White rural America still buy physical albums.

^ the magical incantation RIAA chants every night at the witching hour

Lol

his cutesy sing-rap collabo w/ fellow white sing-rapper (and incidental trump supporter) p!nk is out today via the latter's album release. it's misogynistic but ~cute~ about it this time so white liberals will look the other way as usual

this already feels like twice the punchline it was on arrival

his cutesy sing-rap collabo w/ fellow white sing-rapper (and incidental trump supporter)

she's.... not http://www.vulture.com/2017/10/pink-on-lashing-out-at-trump-dr-luke-and-her-new-album.html

lol

I was thinking "P!nk, Trump Supporter" sounded very Bizarro-world but then again Donald Trump is actually our President so right now any stupid thing is possible

i'm kinda kidding about the trump supporter part. just like she's probably kidding about "So I’m going for a rap Grammy, and I’d like to take you along with me."

(i would die laughing if they actually got nominated for said grammy)

What is "kinda kidding"?

idk i thought i saw some magazine scan where she says something like "we elected him and that's gotta mean something" but i can't find it now so i was probably just trolled

I assume Eminem is a Trump supporter because I keep seeing all these headlines that contains the words "Trump" and "Eminem"

same

after 27 years of doubts about rap I am now a fan. https://t.co/vJXhqzUkp8

— Desus Nice (@desusnice) October 13, 2017

New Eminem single feat. Beyonce, "Walk On Water":

https://open.spotify.com/album/2Omgx7vrxKAy0LmCYllHCk

An actual couplet from the song:

So I scrap these
As pressure increases like khakis

Our boy has finally gone full Macklemore, y'all.

this is the most ridiculous song

"So I scrap these
As pressure increases like khakis"

Eminem feat. Eric Clapton - "Dockers Boner"

what does "as pressure increases like khakis" mean?

good lord this song is awful

poop tried to warn us

what does "as pressure increases like khakis" mean?

― alpine static, Friday, November 10, 2017 12:22 PM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

see post above

I wish he'd dropped in a sample of "Too Close" at that line

haha this is so bad

in before the inevitable whiney stanning

never liked Em anyway, couldn't make it passed the halfway point on this one.

such a bizarre release. preemptively noting in the verses that it might(/will) get completely eviscerated doesn't mean it's any less deserving of such. it just... doesn't really go anywhere and is already pretty well-trodden territory for him thematically. a meandering mess.

beyoncé was an appropriate choice for the chorus given the untouchable persona she embodies in her media image. but unlike her own recent work that provides just enough of a glimpse to feel personal and soul-bearing, on this she still seems very much behind the barrier, and the simplistic tune doesn't give her voice enough room to redeem it. (on that note: the industry needs to acknowledge that it is no longer 2011 and no one wants rap music packaged with skylar grey choruses. they literally are currently trying, and failing, to make that happen with macklemore too.)