I wish I was a producer myself and then I would produce some "heterosexual" bashing, male bashing rap songs to counterbalance eminem's.

Eminem's 15 minutes are up.

rap, rock, who cares. whatever makes you feel better about liking Eminem.
if you can't sleep at nite cause you don't want to admit that you like a rap artist, then call him a rock star.

YES!!!

now these guys DO have talent and they DID form their own genre by fusing parts of just about every style that existed before them into one cohesive sound...

enimem is a star because he's super easy to market...

Amazing. In another forum I spent several posts explaining that Linkin Park was a pop band to someone over and over, and he didn't believe it because he didn't want to acknowledge that he was listeining to corporate pap.

Now, we have someone who says Eminem is some kind of "unique" genre where the lead vocalist happens to rap for similar reasons. Eminem is rap, simple as that. He is a very good rapper, certainly one of the more talented of the high-profile rappers out right now. Personally, I despise his subject matter, and that takes away from his appeal to me. But as someone who once tried to put a rap project together, I am more sensitive to "good" versus "bad" rappers. Like Kid Rock. He sucks. He's every bit as bad as I am Fred Durst. Worse. The loser in Linkin Park? Absolutely pathetic, and quite possibly the worst rapper I have ever heard, not that I am some sort of expert on rap as whole.

The Beastiie Boys have had influence on the genre, strange for a few white former hardcore punks. "Paul's Boutique" and "Check Your Head" still enjoy regular rotation on my playlists. It's hardly a shame enjoy a few artists in a genre you dislike, but to make someone into something he isn't indicates a person in denial.

Do you think I should send this to the Rap forum ?

oh yeah, use you power Baha!!!!

I don't think they are...too many people like his music.



Preach to Sheep: I think that saying all new rappers suck and are only in it for the money is a bit of a mass generalisation don't you think?

Bahar: A moving is needed!!!

right, i wouldnt call it rock either.. but to say its not music is just a pathetic thing to say.. whether you like his music or not, its still music...

Why do people keep quoting my post and then say something that's not even related to it? To clear things up:

I NEVER SAID WHETHER I LIKED HIS MUSIC OR NOT AND I NEVER SAID IT WASN'T MUSIC EITHER! ALL I SAID WAS THAT HIS MUSIC IS ELECTRONICALLY PRODUCED AND HE RAPS OVER THE TOP OF IT. TO ME THAT ISN'T ROCK!!!

Sheesh...