i think it has something to do with the fact that a lot of hip hop fans already thought nicki was corny and "starships" was pop bullsh!t, rosenberg sharing the same sentiments and voicing it to the public was cool to them. the eminem/benzino thing is a different dynamic, theres really nothing benzino could say to convince people that eminem isn't a beast on the mic and should be eradicated. benzino being one of the worst rappers of all times didn't help his cause either
benzino didnt say anything that people on the streets or the internet werent already saying. and i honestly cant remember any lines from benzino's disses aside from the "if you were black, you'd be cannibus" line which was TRUE.
i think the fact that people were more worried about the messenger and also the fact that they didnt like benzino as a rapper, is why the overall message got lost. when you bring this up to younger heads or downright silly individuals, the 1st thing they say is that "benzino cant rap". nevermind the fact that most of his statements were off-wax.
Also didnt they give the Marshall Mathers LP like 2 mics but gave his own artists shyt like 4 mics? Come on son the Source been biased. Benzino was just mad at the kid Em and had his own agenda. We saw who won tho. Wtf is Raymond doing now?
this is false.
MMLP got 3 1/2 mics(which is what it was worth at the time) and he won 2 source awards that summer, includling lyricist of the year; which he didnt deserve considering that he didnt even drop an album within the deadline. the source didnt do eminem dirty leading up to the benzino beef at all.
what is benzino doing now? he and dave mayes own the biggest rap magazine in the world right now. hip-hop weekly came out and pretty much instantly surpassed the source, xxl, etc.
I like how this part got ignored and everyone posted poppy Eminem tracks.
If Minaj gave us multiple albums worth of quality material maybe it would be a more apt comparison to what Benzino dealt with.
nobody is ignoring anything. youre not making any points whatsoever. benzino never said that eminem was wack.
i think some of you need to go back, do some research, and actually read what was being said so that you can get an understanding of what was going on.