dear lord
― Simon H., Friday, 15 December 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
she said she'd be my Gwen Stacy, despite her man
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― Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 15 December 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
"Trump is gay as hell" - Eminem
― frogbs, Friday, 15 December 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
so #woke
― Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 15 December 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
https://www.theringer.com/2017/12/18/16788430/eminem-revival-donald-trump-white-america
this take seems pretty OTM to me. a lot of my classmates were big into Em in the late 90's and I feel like nearly all of them turned into #MAGA ironybros.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 14:36 (six years ago) link
Huh.
https://genius.com/a/stream-eminem-s-surprise-new-album-kamikaze
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 August 2018 04:56 (five years ago) link
Is this a whole album about how everyone hated the last album?— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) August 31, 2018
sounds much better than the last one
― niels, Friday, 31 August 2018 10:10 (five years ago) link
Had rock bottom expectations for this one, but I'm loving it. My friends and I (all ex-Eminem fans who think everything he has done after 2005 is total garbage) have a WhatsApp group chat in which we're all unexpectedly losing it over this.
― triggercut, Friday, 31 August 2018 11:03 (five years ago) link
I'm not losing it but def the most inspired I've heard him since yes 2005 or smth
― niels, Friday, 31 August 2018 11:55 (five years ago) link
I've never really been an Eminem fan at all but I dig some of these tracks mostly for the disses tbh
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 31 August 2018 12:23 (five years ago) link
he gets instant points for the sub-75-minute running time and what seems to be a reduction in big syrupy chorus hooks
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 31 August 2018 13:09 (five years ago) link
...but I got tuckered out around the fourth song. I can't deal with his voice/persona for more than 10 minutes at a time anymore and I re-remember this every time there's a new album.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 31 August 2018 13:35 (five years ago) link
hehe I can relate to that
― niels, Friday, 31 August 2018 13:44 (five years ago) link
Via Variety:
When Eminem dropped his surprise album “Kamikaze” late Thursday night, hip-hop fans of a certain age immediately noticed that the cover was both an homage to and a spoof of the Beastie Boys’ 1986 debut album, “Licensed to Ill.” A rep for the rapper confirmed that the homage was intentional; a rep for the Beasties said the group had not yet commented.
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Friday, 31 August 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
Ok this is pretty good
― President Keyes, Saturday, 1 September 2018 02:32 (five years ago) link
Love dummies who don't get that tribute art has been a thing in hip hop since forever
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Saturday, 1 September 2018 02:34 (five years ago) link
Idk why this shit so funny to me pic.twitter.com/uyPvTzp1Vb— 💜NAT PUFF💜 (@LeftAtLondon) November 19, 2017
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 1 September 2018 14:34 (five years ago) link
this album is brutalI really feel bad for him, he seems so stunted ... imagine being his age and dropping homophobic slurs about Tyler who's like 15 years younger than himhe's like the Yngwie Malmsteen of rap at good point, so much effort and technique going into songs no one will remember 2 months from now... it's kind of impressive in like the way it's impressive to watch the slam dunk contest during the NBA all star well, but not really musical in any wayalso I really hate the thing where "real" rappers define themselves by what they're not, as if shitting on Lil Xanax or whatever SoundCloud rapper is actually meaningful
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 1 September 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
otm. and his voice is just not pleasant to listen to.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 1 September 2018 16:07 (five years ago) link
Other successful rappers in their 40s tend to become moguls and stuff, don’t they? I guess he’s just About the Music (even if he’s embarrassing itself, going by some of these reviews)?
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Saturday, 1 September 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
I felt like Em lost most of his humor and ability to create classic albums by The Eminem Show.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Saturday, 1 September 2018 17:13 (five years ago) link
i was really excited about this album when i heard he was rapping about venom but it turns out he's just rapping about the spider-man bad guy and not the trve cvlt metal band, so fuck him
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Saturday, 1 September 2018 17:25 (five years ago) link
lol rapping about Cronos would be dope
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Saturday, 1 September 2018 17:28 (five years ago) link
there's plenty of rappers his age and older than still make good recordsI don't know if 4:44 was completely successful but at least Jay was trying to make an album from a real perfective of where his life was at the time
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 1 September 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
Lol rusho
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 1 September 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
Eminem's the 40 something gamer who yells QUIT SPAMMING MOVES in tourneys
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Saturday, 1 September 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal)
turns out dude is legit a world-class donkey kong player
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Saturday, 1 September 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
new Ghostface is promising, Snoop could become the Willie Nelson of rap, comfortably releasing variations of the same good album every year
can't think of more high profile rappers +40 doing well but I'm not thinking that hard either
― niels, Saturday, 1 September 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
but yeah the Yngwie Malmsteen analogy is otm
as the kids say... I'm dead
This funniest shit I’ve seen all day g. He say this how Eminem raps. pic.twitter.com/9lc8cWA5yd— Larry Legend (@larryislegend) September 2, 2018
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 September 2018 20:16 (five years ago) link
E-40? more like E-50+
also DJ Quik is 48, Run The Jewels are both 43 and at the peak of their careers
― ▫◌▫ (sic), Monday, 3 September 2018 21:26 (five years ago) link
oh yeah Quik!
― niels, Monday, 3 September 2018 21:44 (five years ago) link
You can already sense the climate is startin' to shiftTo these kids you no longer existWent from rainin' cats and dogs in this bitchTo tiny drops, little dripsAnd by the time your reign is over, you'll hardly be missed
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 02:30 (five years ago) link
And my favorite orange soda is Sunkist
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 02:31 (five years ago) link
He’s more self-aware than Malmsteen. Also I think he’s about to break the record for artist with more consecutive #1 albums (9). Had no idea his previous albums went #1.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 02:32 (five years ago) link
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8078653/eminem-revival-makes-chart-history-with-eighth-consecutive-no-1-debut-on
This was the previous album. I assume this one will get to #1 if Revival did.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 02:39 (five years ago) link
Who holds the record presently?
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 03:11 (five years ago) link
(xpost – I see that article answers the question)
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 03:12 (five years ago) link
Was driving around the other day and my wife was in control of the music. She starts playing something and I'm all, what the hell is this? And she goes, it's the new Eminem. And I say, why, you didn't listen to the last three or four new Eminems, and they were bad, too. And she says, hey, I just saw this was out to today and wanted to listen to it. (30 seconds goes by) Yeah, she goes, this is bad. And then she turns it off.
Folks making fun of his style are endlessly funny to me. Sometimes when I'm out for a walk I start coming up with ridiculous angry Eminem rhymes. "Like a constable I am constantly able to beat your head on a table til you bleed red like Day-glo or Fay-go or whatever shit glow, no, flow, 12 inches of snow won't stop this shit show, like a ho you don't know showing up wrecking homes were you go when you want to be alone and atone for some shit that you done, like signing your name in the snow with number one, or worse, number two that I got from you when you shit your pants like you were two, wrapped it up once your ass blew, oh whoops, did I offend you? whoopiedoo..."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 03:31 (five years ago) link
That said, I just played the Oops! Slim Shady Did It Again mashup a couple of hours ago, and I still absolutely love it.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 03:33 (five years ago) link
I kind of like the backing track in The Fall, sounds like a Jim Jonsin production and I love his work. he has worked with Eminem in the past so it could actually be him but no idea if the credits have been published for this one.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 03:42 (five years ago) link
Production-wise this is probably his best album in a while. I haven’t been following his career much tbh but I can’t remember liking any of his backing tracks for like a decade.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 03:45 (five years ago) link
"More self aware than Malmsteen" might be a new standard in faint praise
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 05:59 (five years ago) link
that Chris D'Elia clip just kills me, I can't get over it
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 06:01 (five years ago) link
Malmsteen at least seems to be having fun
Em was fun once (or at least, jokey)
― niels, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 09:02 (five years ago) link
yeah that's the thing he's lost the kinda antic Looney tunes "hi kids do you like violence?" aspect
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 11:24 (five years ago) link
yeah in some weird way his stance now is more that of an offended person
― niels, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 11:30 (five years ago) link
I still like the bonkers Em flow, and I would be riding HAAAARD for this thing if was just an EP of tracks 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 (i.e., just the mixtape energy stuff with none of the sad reflections, Marvel crossovers, ex-girlfriend/bad-boyfrend whinges)
― 5th Ward Weeaboo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:38 (five years ago) link