Brundlefly 2,385 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Bringing some diversity to this forum. Last time I did this with Queen you ignored my poll. Don't do that again or Slim Shady will fucking kill you! What is your favourite Eminem album and why? Do you listen to that kind of music at all? I wanna know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,440 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Yes I listen to it. Just the Slim Shady and Marshall Mathers LPs. Eminem was one of the few major artists who said just about anything that was on his mind, even if it was ugly or made him vulnerable, to an extent that few others have done. It set him apart and still does. He's sometimes done this in a calculated way, and has to keep milking it now that it's been successful for him, but it felt raw and real in the beginning (even if it was already somewhat calculated). "I'm like a head trip to listen to, ‘cause I'm only givin' you Things you joke about with your friends inside your livin' room The only difference is I got the balls to say it in front of y'all And I don't gotta be false or sugarcoat it at all" He didn't hold back on saying offensive shit, but it also extended to expressing himself emotionally. A lot of his lyrics are emotionally raw and I think a lot of people identified with that. You feel a connection to the artist that goes beyond just the surface level of admiring their music... you feel like you know them. Brundlefly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 None. I hate him and his "music." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,511 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 There are a lot of things I don't like about the guy, and I probably have only heard two or three albums - early ones. But of them, The Eminem Show was the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Ugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Smeltington said: "I'm like a head trip to listen to, ‘cause I'm only givin' you Things you joke about with your friends inside your livin' room The only difference is I got the balls to say it in front of y'all And I don't gotta be false or sugarcoat it at all" Somehow, I don't think that was Walt Whitman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,440 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 There's something to be said for speaking to people directly, using common vernacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 The Eminem Show is a seminal album. I still listen to it regularly. 12 year old me first discovered it on MTV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Oh, Brundel. On the surface you seem calm and ready to drop bombs, but you're choking how, and we're all joking now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 The Marshall Mathers LP, by a long way. It's the album which made his name and it's one of the greatest hip-hop records ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 I've never owned or listened to a whole Eminem album, but he's had some great songs over the years, that's for sure (hearing "Lose Yourself" at this year's Oscars was a treat!). If I am to listen to rap or hip-hop, however (which I don't do that often), I always go back to the ol' masters from the 80s and early 90s -- Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC, Sugar Hill Gang, Public Enemy, NWA, A Tribe Called Quest, that kind of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 On 3/2/2020 at 1:12 PM, Quintus said: The Marshall Mathers LP, by a long way. It's the album which made his name and it's one of the greatest hip-hop records ever. Definitely my #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 I really like Relapse, that one is so insane. Some of the beats have an orchestral dimension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 On 3/2/2020 at 3:05 PM, woj said: None. I hate him and his "music." That is not very credible, when your rank is saying "shoot, shovel, shut up". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 On 3/3/2020 at 7:12 AM, Thor said: I've never owned or listened to a whole Eminem album, but he's had some great songs over the years, that's for sure (hearing "Lose Yourself" at this year's Oscars was a treat!). If I am to listen to rap or hip-hop, however (which I don't do that often), I always go back to the ol' masters from the 80s and early 90s -- Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC, Sugar Hill Gang, Public Enemy, NWA, A Tribe Called Quest, that kind of stuff. Good list, with that P-Funk influence! I'd definitely add Digital Underground on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Anyone like De La Soul? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 22 minutes ago, Koray Savas said: Anyone like De La Soul? Another apple from the P-Funk tree! "Not Just Knee Deep" up the wazoo in this track. As far as modern groups, I like Psyche Origami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,353 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Why is the poll multiple choice? Marshal Mathers LP all the way! I did some of my first WAV editing with a track from this album, I made a version of "Criminal" that removed the opening skit and interlude skit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,440 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Nice, yeah I do the same for some hip-hop albums with too many interludes. A lot of times I leave them in and make them gapless so I can decide whether to skip them or not. Enter the Wu-Tang and Aquemini are good examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fargo 297 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 The only rap album I've ever owned was The Eminem Show, not really sure why I bought it, or if it was a gift or something. It was ok - I actually prefer more songs on The Marshall Mathers LP. But I only listen to maybe one or two rap songs per month, depending on my mood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 His earlier stuff is his best but has aged so poorly. For what seems like the best part of the last 15 years though his music Has consisted of him just shouting over the music. It’s pretty much all crap. Lose Yourself is still class though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Didn't he come out of the closet a few years ago on some talkshow, revealing that most of his songs really are about him being gay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 New Kids on the Block suck a lotta dick, boy/girl groups me sick, and I can't wait till I catch all you fa****s in public, I'm goin' love it. Hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fargo 297 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Didn't he come out of the closet a few years ago on some talkshow, revealing that most of his songs really are about him being gay? That's not information that Kim Jong-un would want you to know. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 On 3/5/2020 at 12:08 PM, Bilbo said: His earlier stuff is his best but has aged so poorly. For what seems like the best part of the last 15 years though his music Has consisted of him just shouting over the music. It’s pretty much all crap. Lose Yourself is still class though. While a lot of it is rooted in Bush administration politics, I still find songs like “White America” and “Square Dance” relevant today. “Without Me” is still a banger too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 On 3/6/2020 at 9:46 PM, Koray Savas said: While a lot of it is rooted in Bush administration politics, I still find songs like “White America” and “Square Dance” relevant today. What about "Mosh"? And in terms of being relevant today, he just dropped a new bomb called "Darkness"! I'm now familiar with all Eminem albums and I'd rank them as follows (not what my personal preference is, but what I think is objectively his best): The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013) The Eminem Show (2002) Music to Be Murdered By (2020) Kamikaze (2018) The Slim Shady LP (1999) Recovery (2010) Revival (2017) Encore (2004) Relapse (2009) Infinite (1996) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Blues 65 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 I used to love Eminem's older stuff as an angsty teenager, but I got sick of him. Nowadays he's a boomer who can't adapt to new trends in rap and sticks to the same old gimmicks of rapping really fast, diss tracks, and being angry. Kamikaze was literally just "old man yells at cloud". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 I don't agree at all. His new stuff is so great. Albums such as Music to Be Murdered By even have less bad songs than The Eminem Show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 My favourite M&M are the blue ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 They increase blood flow to the junk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 On 6/24/2020 at 5:04 PM, Bespin said: My favourite M&M are the blue ones. BTW, if there wasn't the candy, Eminem would probably have picked "M&M" as his artist name. But in the end, he worried about a law suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 On 3/1/2020 at 5:41 PM, Brundlefly said: Bringing some diversity to this forum. Last time I did this with Queen you ignored my poll. ... Gee. I wonder why? Hmmmm... Oh, right; they suck! Shouldn't 8 MILE be on that list? Brundlefly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 What about Eminem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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