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Thread started 09/10/14 11:49am

Orestespragmat
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Eminem, Elvis and other great white hopes

Sorry, but I just don't think Eminem is nor ever was the genius that American music journalists claim him to be. Just like Elvis before him, Em's entire style was a runoff of lesser known Black rappers for which the media was all to willing to give him credit and proclaim him king.
Really? After two decades if hip hop made by Black artists who lived and died the music.....the most prolific ever is the white guy who comes along?
Sadly the public ate it up too. Don't forget tho....they did try the same thing with Vanilla Ice ten years prior...but by the time Em came ailing they had learned from their previous mistakes and now knew what to do to fir the list impact and ti get people to buy into it.
Get him a Black cosigner....one who is respected in the industry and make sure Em claims to idolize him.
And make*wallah*
A new king is born to rule over the fooldom
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Reply #1 posted 09/10/14 12:13pm

Shawy89

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Eminem didn't steal from black rappers, he literally invented comedy hip hop.

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Reply #2 posted 09/10/14 12:24pm

Orestespragmat
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Shawy89 said:

Eminem didn't steal from black rappers, he literally invented ?comedy hip hop.


Really?...and maybe parents just DON'T understand
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Reply #3 posted 09/10/14 12:25pm

MotownSubdivis
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Shawy89 said:

Eminem didn't steal from black rappers, he literally invented comedy hip hop.

This is false.

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Reply #4 posted 09/10/14 12:34pm

Graycap23

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Shawy89 said:

Eminem didn't steal from black rappers, he literally invented comedy hip hop.

Ever heard of Biz Markie?

FOOLS multiply when WISE Men & Women are silent.
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Reply #5 posted 09/10/14 12:37pm

chriss

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I disagree

It wouldn't matter

what color he is

It's his style

and lyrics that

make him brilliant

white or not

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Reply #6 posted 09/10/14 12:38pm

chriss

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chriss said:

I disagree

It wouldn't matter

what color he is

It's his style

and lyrics that

make him brilliant

white or not

and don't even

get me started

on Elvis...

no no no!

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Reply #7 posted 09/10/14 12:53pm

Orestespragmat
icmaxim

But then....his style isn't HIS style .
When he came away from his assumed style because the public got wind of it and started calling him out....that's when his popularity took rapid decline
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Reply #8 posted 09/10/14 1:01pm

hausofmoi7

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chriss said:

I disagree

It wouldn't matter

what color he is

It's his style

and lyrics that

make him brilliant

white or not

I think the OP is probably talking about success.

He's level of success is unprecedented for a rapper.

If you think looking like Cindy Brady on the cover of magazines doesnt help him gain a wider audience than other rappers- you tripping.

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He is unthreatening.

It's also why he was able to make career out of "trolling" celebrities, not many could get away with it (He was also smart in trolling those who were considered 'weak' or easy targets.

He had no political or social reason behind who he trolled, just as long as it was someone he knew he would not cop backlash for trolling, e.g Pamela Anderson, boybands ect...)

.

.Only Cindy Brady could get away with all of that..............

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Reply #9 posted 09/10/14 1:04pm

Lockwood88

hausofmoi7 said:

chriss said:

I disagree

It wouldn't matter

what color he is

It's his style

and lyrics that

make him brilliant

white or not

I think the OP is probably talking about success.

He's level of success is precedented for a rapper.

If you dont think looking like Cindy Brady on the cover of magazines doesnt help him gain a wider audience than other rappers- you tripping.

.

He is unthreatening, It's also why he was able to make career out of "trolling" celebrities, not many could get away with it (He was also smart in trolling those who were considered 'weak' or easy targets)

That's one punchable face eek

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Reply #10 posted 09/10/14 1:45pm

Orestespragmat
icmaxim

hausofmoi7 said:



chriss said:


I disagree


It wouldn't matter


what color he is


It's his style


and lyrics that


make him brilliant


white or not



I think the OP is probably talking about success.


He's level of success is precedented for a rapper.


If you think looking like Cindy Brady on the cover of magazines doesnt help him gain a wider audience than other rappers- you tripping.



.


He is unthreatening.


It's also why he was able to make career out of "trolling" celebrities, not many could get away with it (He was also smart in trolling those who were considered 'weak' or easy targets)



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I agree with all that you point out here....he even used to dye his hair blonde. Yeah....he looks just like Cindy Brady in that pic.

Furthermore....I remember suddenly all if this people playing his music that would have never associated themselves with the genre before. Reviewers who would have never give hip hop the time of day suddenly writing depth articles comparing his lyrics to fricken Shakespearean sonnets
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Reply #11 posted 09/10/14 10:49pm

TonyVanDam

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Graycap23 said:

Shawy89 said:

Eminem didn't steal from black rappers, he literally invented comedy hip hop.

Ever heard of Biz Markie?

.......or The Fat Boys? cool

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Reply #12 posted 09/12/14 1:13am

mjscarousal

LOL @ the title of this thread. I died laughing for almost 5 minutes lol

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Reply #13 posted 09/12/14 6:23am

Graycap23

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mjscarousal said:

LOL @ the title of this thread. I died laughing for almost 5 minutes lol

wink biggrin

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