IAmListenin'
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And that's what determines a classic in any medium to begin with. A period of time has to have elapsed before you can truly know. The term "instant classic" some people use is an oxymoron.
The Marshall Mathers LP was 1 of the most popular albums in the 2000s, is it a top 25 Hip Hop album?
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And that's what determines a classic in any medium to begin with. A period of time has to have elapsed before you can truly know. The term "instant classic" some people use is an oxymoron.
WallStreet
Rookie
Can someone start a thread of the top 25 or even top 10 of the 2000-2008 era? Since we’re talking about it. I’d be really interested since I remember back in those days how people called it the worst hip hop era as far as content went.
AlainLocke
Banned
Its a classic and been a classic album for a while...it's on multiple greatest album of all times lists...
If you don't think it's a classic then IDK what to tell you...
If you don't think it's a classic then IDK what to tell you...
Fortunate Lee
Superstar
Not 25 but def a classic
Had some good songs on it
Stan
Kill You
The Way I Am
Who Knew
I’m Back
Bytch Please 2
Criminal
Drug Ballad
Remember Me
Marshall Mathers
All legit tracks
Had some good songs on it
Stan
Kill You
The Way I Am
Who Knew
I’m Back
Bytch Please 2
Criminal
Drug Ballad
Remember Me
Marshall Mathers
All legit tracks
cosign
Yeah, if it stands the test of time.
ArchStanton
All Star
Kim is a bit much to take, but I always laugh at the "Kim, why don't you like me?" line...
Evil Grandson
Pro
Impact, influence, longevity, on multiple GOAT lists, has a top 10 rap song of all-time, and is the 2nd best selling rap album of all-time. I dont give a fukk what any1 says, MMLP top 10 all-time.
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Slim Shady EP and LP were miles better. Those I'd rate in my top #30.
still a classic though
still a classic though
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AlainLocke
Banned
Really?
I think people need to put Eminem in perspective
MMLP and Eminem Show are about being White in Hip Hop and White America's double standard when it comes to White pain and suffering compared to Blacks
When White people suffer, it's what about the kids and what about the humanity. When Black people suffer it's fukk them they are scum.
So when Em raps about the white trash lifestyle and the impact of the lifestyle...its a problem. But
The songs Who Knew and The Way I Am touch on the double standards of White people...
The song Remember Me touches on the fact that the only reason he is so successful is because he is White.
The songs Criminal is ultimately about the censorship of his music because it offends White sensibilities.
You can't just isolate music and take it out of its historical context.
Most of MMLP and The Eminem Show is an argument about the value Whiteness and how unrestrained self-expression can be a threat to it.
Kim is WOAT tbh, I never really understood for myself why other people regarded that track so highly
Amityville is trash too, but I think we already knew that upon release
"I don't do black music, I don't do white music, I do fight music for High School kids" - Em
Em on MMLP represented the rebellious nature of White American teens at the time. Even though he loathed Limp Bizkit, Aguilera, Britney, Nysnc, BSB, he was lumped in there as the hip white performers (who were culture vultures anyway).
Most of the white boys I knew never fukked with Hip Hop at all until Eminem came along and they often deemed him better than Pac, Big, and Pun at the time.
Back to the point, from a creative standpoint, it's shock rap and terribly corny then and unlistenable now. Dissing Fred Durst and N'Sync makes them a tough guy while he dodged Canibus his entire career?
The only points I give him are tying Kim to SSLP, Stan, and Remember Me...
Columbo
Lieutenant
You should join the Kanye forums. Hold this neg cac
