My feelings about Em are much like those that I have about Modest Mouse . When Em first blew up with "My Name Is", it was my shit. The Marshall Mathers LP was in constant rotation and the only other time I was that impressed with lyrical ability up until then was Big L. It made me appreciate lyricism, rhyme scheme, and freestyling on another level. If you've never seen videos of the young Em...
When I first heard this song, I fell in love with Eminem again. I've been disappointed with his latest offerings, but hearing this old album, especially this song reminded me why I like him.He is the voice of the people. Not *the* people. Rather, he speaks for people who were born on the wrong side of the tracks and just can't catch a break. Average people. People like me.In his rhymes, he's ab...
this is by no means new. it’s eminem’s first album, released in 1996. i figured, with all the people hating on the new album (despite it going gold in the first week) and saying he needs to go back to his original roots, why not show people how he used to rhyme. he was incredibly [...]