Does Eminem offend you?

[Guaranteed]

Poll question: Does Eminem offend you?

[tjdee]

1. And also he's hot.

Good looking white boys are usually unoffensive.

Am I right?

Am I right?

:silly:

[Guaranteed]

2. Alright, 12-1-0 he's not offensive...lemme push it a bit, then.

"Kill You" by Eminem

When I just a little baby boy,
my momma used to tell me these crazy things
She used to tell me my daddy was an evil man,
she used to tell me he hated me
But then I got a little bit older
and I realized, she was the crazy one
But there was nothin I could do or say to try to change it
cause that's just the way she was

They said I can't rap about bein broke no more
They say I can't rap about coke no more
(AHHH!) Slut, you think I won't choke no whore
til the vocal cords don't work in her throat no more?!
(AHHH!) These motherfuckers are thinkin I'm playin
Thinkin I'm sayin the shit cause I'm thinkin it just to be sayin it
(AHHH!) Put your hands down bitch, I ain't gon' shoot you
I'ma pull +YOU+ to this bullet, and put it through you
(AHHH!) Shut up slut, you're causin too much chaos
Just bend over and take it like a slut, okay Ma?
"Oh, now he's raping his own mother, abusing a whore,
snorting coke, and we gave him the Rolling Stone cover?"
You god damn right BITCH, and now it's too late
I'm triple platinum and tragedies happen in two states
I invented violence, you vile venomous volatile bitches
vain Vicadin, vrinnn Vrinnn, VRINNN! {*chainsaw revs up*}
Texas Chainsaw, left his brains all
danglin from his neck, while his head barely hangs on
Blood, guts, guns, cuts
Knives, lives, wives, nuns, sluts

Chorus: Eminem
Bitch I'ma kill you! You don't wanna fuck with me
Girls leave - you ain't nuttin but a slut to me
Bitch I'ma kill you! You ain't got the balls to beef
We ain't gon' never stop beefin I don't squash the beef
You better kill me! I'ma be another rapper dead
for poppin off at the mouth with shit I shouldn'ta said
But when they kill me - I'm bringin the world with me
Bitches too! You ain't nuttin but a girl to me
.. I said you don't, wanna fuck with Shady (cause why?)
Cause Shady, will fuckin kill you (ah-haha)
I said you don't, wanna fuck with Shady (why?)
Cause Shady, will fuckin kill you..


Bitch I'ma kill you! Like a murder weapon, I'ma conceal you
in a closet with mildew, sheets, pillows and film you
Buck with me, I been through hell, shut the hell up!
I'm tryin to develop these pictures of the Devil to sell 'em
It ain't acid rap, I just rap on acid
Got a new blow-up doll and just had a strap-on added
WHOOPS! Is that a subliminal hint? NO!
Just criminal intent to sodomize women again
Eminem offend? NO! Eminem insult
And if you ever give in to him, you give him an impulse
to do it again, THEN, if he does it again
you'll probably end up jumpin out of somethin up on the 10th
(Ahhhhhhhh!) Bitch I'ma kill you, I ain't done this ain't the chorus
I ain't even drug you in the woods yet to paint the forest
A bloodstain is orange after you wash it three or four times
in a tub but that's normal ain't it Norman?
Serial killer hidin murder material
in a cereal box on top of your stereo
Here we go again, we're out of our medicine
out of our minds, and we want in yours, let us in
Chorus (first line starts "Or I'ma kill you!")


Eh-heh, know why I say these things?
Cause lady's screams keep creepin in Shady's dreams
And the way things seem, I shouldn't have to pay these shrinks
this eighty G's a week to say the same things TWEECE!
TWICE? Whatever, I hate these things
Fuck shots! I hope the weed'll outweigh these drinks
Motherfuckers want me to come on their radio shows
just to argue with 'em cause their ratings stink?
FUCK THAT! I'll choke radio announcer to bouncer
from fat bitch to off seventy-thousand pounds of her
from principal to the study body and counselor
from in-school to before school to out of school
I don't even believe in breathin I'm leavin air in your lungs
just to hear you keep screamin for me to seep it
OKAY, I'M READY TO GO PLAY
I GOT THE MACHETE FROM O.J.
I'M READY TO MAKE EVERYONE'S THROATS ACHE
You faggots keep eggin me on
til I have you at knifepoint, then you beg me to stop?
SHUT UP! Give me your hands and feet
I said SHUT UP when I'm talkin to you
YOU HEAR ME? ANSWER ME!

[AlCzervik]

4. I've heard he wrote that about his wife but i think it's really

about his mom. No he doesn't offend me.

[Guaranteed]

6. "Kim" 's even worse.

I seriously have nothing against the guy, though. He's an artist.

I actually think he's a genius, to play people like he does. Reminds me of Andy Kaufman. He's trying really, really hard to make people angry.

[mark414]

5. Em says:

"A lot of people ask me.. stupid fuckin questions
A lot of people think that.. what I say on records
or what I talk about on a record, that I actually do in real life
or that I believe in it
Or if I say that, I wanna kill somebody, that..
I'm actually gonna do it
or that I believe in it
Well, shit.. if you believe that
then I'll kill you"

edit to say haha those lyrics are fucking wild

[AlCzervik]

8. i still think it's a swipe at his mother

it's just hyperbole in the form of rap.

[jonnyblitz]

9. I couldnt tell you chimpstarter

All I know Is that I am supposed to be offended by him since I am gay and he is supposedly a homophobe BUT I KNOW I saw him hugging Elton John on tv. :P :hi:

[AlCzervik]

14. I guess i should be offened by him as well since i'm a woman

but i'm not. I save my real outrage for people like Bush.

[jonnyblitz]

3. not at all .

I like him.

[Guaranteed]

7. I'm actually surprised there aren't more here

who have a problem with him.

[mark414]

10. you must not remember

the days immediately after "mosh" was released

[jonnyblitz]

11. I remember a few threads when his MOSH video came out..

that had many DUers posting somewhat snarky things about him. Those guys might not be online tonight. :shrug:

[Guaranteed]

13. Yeah, I've seen people talking a lot of trash about him

around here.

Yeah, I guess we're just not seeing them.

That's good, though. It makes me feel good to be here when I see this kind of intellectual tolerance. We're surrounded by really good, thoughtful people.

[pinniped]

12. No, and his latest video is funny as hell.

.

[SarahB]

15. Everything offends me.

This posts offends me. This is the Lounge dammit. No room for offensiveness here. :P

[Guaranteed]

16. Good!! Get riled up.

He loves it. :P

[Radical Activist]

29. I heard that sex offends you

And that you cheered when sex threads were banned on DU. ;)

[Catchawave]

17. He doesn't offend me....

...maybe because "I get him" ? Loved his movie 8 Mile too:o

[lenidog]

18. I would have to think about Eminem for him to have a chance

at offending me. Never listened to his music much and really don't intend to. Just not my cup of tea.

[BamaGirl]

19. Not offended

I think he tries to piss people off and sometimes that even makes them stop to think. I'm definitely not letting my kids listen to him though lol. ;)

[AngryLizard]

20. Something else: He amuses the hell out of me

He just does.

[mark414]

21. damn

i'm listenin to the marshall mathers lp album right now and shit it is so good

[Guaranteed]

22. Yeah, it's his best.

Really, really good.

[hickman1937]

23. I'm not proud of this

But my daughter was in the macomb county jail with Kim Mather. My kid's second DUI in six months. they recognised each other from friends in common. Kate ( my daughter) says Kim is a good person just trying to adjust. She got lost in the tidal wave of her husband's fame. can't find her balance. Or words to that effect.

[Guaranteed]

24. Yeah...he really did a number on her.

Lots of nasty stuff flying at her from him.

[hickman1937]

31. No, he tried to protect her.

couldn't be there 24/7. I think it was the money, and hangers-on. Rumor has it that he is still very protective. He's raising her second kid by another man, last I heard. I just wish her well, and to be well.

[Guaranteed]

32. Somehow I don't think his fans really got that from

his music, though.

[hickman1937]

36. I don't think he gives a damn.

He takes care of his own. That's just my impression from macomb county.

[miss_kitty]

25. Yes a lot of stuff he does is offensive

and I like it a lot. So call me a hypocritical biatch. I don't care.

[forgethell]

26. No because

I don't listen to his music, do not care what he thinks, and generally do not allow him to bother me. Being laid back is even better than tooth-gritting "tolerance"

[Cadence]

27. I like him. Yes he can be offensive

and I like it. I like that he's not afraid to express himself or have a voice. I think he's intelligent and self aware. I also like how the night of the Oscar's he was asleep in bed. That was fucking cool. His lyrics are controversial and he definitely has an image, but then in interviews the only thing I hear him consistently talk about is his love for his daughter and how he puts her first.

[2bfree]

37. Maybe later he will write a song about his daughter................

as nice as the ones he has written for his Mother and x-wife. I'm thinking that if he really loved his daughter he wouldn't write songs that talked about women in such a horrible way.

[Cadence]

39. Meh! They probably did something to deserve it.

If I had an abusive father or drug addict ex-husband and I called them on it, that wouldn't necessarily mean I hated all men or that I didn't love my son. Come on!

[jellybelly]

28. hate him

when he bashed homosexuals, liberals wanted to murder him. Now that he's bashing Bush, he's a decent man. I never like Eminem. He is a racist. I would never want him censored though.

[hickman1937]

35. He was reflecting words from the street

Throwing whispers into the light and challenging people to deny it. Sometimes he rants on his life and sometimes just holds up a mirror. I don't know if he's a genius, or just a scared angry kid who made good.

[Floogeldy]

30. He offends me because he has no talent

[Boswells_Johnson]

33. I find him hilarious! His stuff is great satire

[2bfree]

34. I find him offensive.

And I'm not ashamed to say it. However I can see the artistic side as well but have trouble with anyone who has such a violent, misogynistic view of life.

[UdoKier]

38. NDoesn't offend - sometimes funny, sometimes boring & contrived.

But I'm not a big rap fan...

[SKKY]

40. Besides being a very savvy business man...

...he's just about the "dope-est" lyricist on the freakin' planet. The guy is amazing.

[MrSlayer]

41. No, I don't care about him one way or the other.

I don't listen to his stuff and I don't care what he says.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

42. No. I simply don't find him worthy of my regard.

:beer:

[Eugene]

43. No. Tiresome and just occasionally clever.

[Mojambo]

44. Occasionally

Which makes him no different than anyone else in the entire world.

[Turn CO Blue]

45. Not so much either way. I say let him spout out his rage, using

his freedom to express himself and all that. If everybody or nobody buys his CD's then the public will have spoken either way.

Personally, I try to listen to music that calms my nerves, but that's just me.

However, I gotta give him or his director proper credit (I mean, "props") for his MOSH anti-Bush video.