Eminem is getting old?

Chiva · 11-27-2004, 08:39 PM

Im not a huge fan of hip hop and rap but i try to listen to as much music as i can and so forgive me if im offending anyone here but - is it just me or is eminem getting really dull? I mean he's been doing the same stuff since he got famous (yeah he hasn't been famous that long, but still). Every video is the same. He dresses up and do some crazy dance and tries to offend as many artists as he can (moby, michael jackson etc.....or maybe it's only those two....i dunno). The music is the also same and it's just starting to get boring. I'd say his last few singles is 98% pop and 2% hip hop.
Is it just me?

Opinions?

onop · 11-27-2004, 11:41 PM

Step 1. Eminem creates 'controversial' video making fun of Michael Jackson.
Step 2. Jackson's people get mad and stir up attention
Step 3. Eminem's video get's pulled form MTV and VH1
Step 4. With video pulled, everyone wants to see it een more, because it's 'rebelious'
Step 5. Eminem has sucessfully reinstated the hype about himself, funding more popularity and setting the stage for his anti-bush campaign, which didn't work anyways.

He, or at least the people working for him, know what they're doing.

But yeah he's slipping a little.

Chiva · 11-27-2004, 11:43 PM

Moby's career kinda went downhill after that "beef" with eminem...

onop · 11-27-2004, 11:44 PM

But Em's didn't, strangley...

Chiva · 11-27-2004, 11:50 PM

Hey. Eminem can get away with almost anything. Even being a racist.

Shelly Werewolf · 11-28-2004, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by mjw

I mean he's been doing the same stuff since he got famous (yeah he hasn't been famous that long, but still). Every video is the same. He dresses up and do some crazy dance and tries to offend as many artists as he can. The music is the also same and it's just starting to get boring.

His new single starts just like his first single of "The Eminem Show" and his stuff is being repeated in his videos. But in an interview he already said the his producers wanted him to make another song like "My name is" for The Marshall Mathers LP, if not they wouldn't record his album. He said he couldn't, but he did. The lyrics of "My way" say that he wants to do stuff his way, but he can't and so on. So now each time he records a new album, he needs to have songs like "The Real Slim Shady", "Without Me"... But I agree that he is getting old. Though his songs are fun, an artist who bends to producers will for fame isn't really an artist.

MC Cool · 11-28-2004, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by mjw

Hey. Eminem can get away with almost anything. Even being a racist.

Not to mention extremely sexist/homophobic.

Blue Train · 11-28-2004, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Bonnie00

His new single starts just like his first single of "The Eminem Show" and his stuff is being repeated in his videos. But in an interview he already said the his producers wanted him to make another song like "My name is" for The Marshall Mathers LP, if not they wouldn't record his album. He said he couldn't, but he did. The lyrics of "My way" say that he wants to do stuff his way, but he can't and so on. So now each time he records a new album, he needs to have songs like "The Real Slim Shady", "Without Me"... But I agree that he is getting old. Though his songs are fun, an artist who bends to producers will for fame isn't really an artist.

Isn't Dr. Dre his producer?

Shelly Werewolf · 11-28-2004, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Blue Train

Isn't Dr. Dre his producer?

Sorry, I used the wrong term (I feel ashame). I meant manager(s) and record label.

onop · 11-28-2004, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by mjw

Hey. Eminem can get away with almost anything. Even being a racist.

Which is pretty funny, when you think about it.