Can someone tell me the appeal of eminem?

[brettdale]

10 Grammys noms???

Oh please.

[Tunkamerica]

1. I liked slim shady, but eminem in his angry emo misogynist costume

is pretty boring.

[veganlush]

2. No.

[jobycom]

3. Can you dance me the appeal of architecture?

If you don't get him, you don't get him. No one can tell you his appeal.

[mrbscott19]

4. Go listen to every one of his albums,

5 times each starting with the first one, before going on to the next and actually LISTEN to what he says. His life story is in there and it's as real as it gets. Far too many people grew up the same way and we can relate. Here is one select verse. You should listen to the song. Dream on.



They say music can alter moods and talk to you
But can it load a gun up for you and cock it too?

Well if it can, then the next time you assault a dude
Just tell the judge it was my fault, and I’ll get sued

See what these kids do, is hear about us toting pistols
And they want to get one, cos they think the shit's cool

Not knowin' we're really just protectin' ourselves
We entertainers; of course this shit's affecting our selves
You ignoramus.

but music is reflection of self, we just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail
It's fucked up ain't it, how we can come from practically nothin'
To bein' able to have any fuckin' thing that we wanted

It's why we sing for these kids that don't have a thing
Except for a dream and a fucking rap magazine

Who post pinup pictures on their walls all day long
Idolize their favorite rappers and know all they songs

Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in they lives
So they sit and they cry at night, wishing they die

Till they throw on a rap record, and they sit and they vibe
We're nothing to you, but we're the fuckin' shit in their eyes

That's why we seize the moment, and try to freeze it and own it
Squeeze it and hold it, 'cos we consider these minutes golden

And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone
Just let our spirits live on, through the lyrics that you hear in our songs.

[byronius]

5. That was a damned good answer.

Thanks. I prefer Mos Def myself, but you've enlightened me. I liked Eight Mile, but generally avoid Slim. Perhaps I'm mistaken.

[brettdale]

6. So basically all his music is about

His life and how he has had it rough?

My arcitle explained it right, he is the only gangsta rapper in hisotry that has hired the same image consulting
firm as dick cheney.

[Tunkamerica]

7. him and leadbelly, why don't they sing happy songs??

oh and robert smith, and nina simone, and morrisey, and, and, and....

[brettdale]

8. I dont mins singers not singing happy songs

But the whole, ME,ME,ME thing gets a bit old, and hes happy enough to do the whole MTV coporate thing also.

[Iggo]

9. Stay away from rap then.

If in-your-face loosely autobiographical stories don't do it for you, then rap ain't your thing, baby.

[brettdale]

10. Perhaps

I guess its all the marketing and the look at how much money I got thing that gets me.

[Iggo]

11. Gets me, too.

But I've been a metal-head for decades, and I'm well familiar with people not liking or getting my music, or even admitting that it is music. I've got a young teen at home who swears if I just listen to Justin Bieber I'd change my mind about him. I've tried telling her about David Cassidy and Bobby Shermman (hell, that Bieber kid's even got the same haircut) and Lief Garrett and the Johnny Bravo episode of The Brady Bunch, but there's no convincing her otherwise.

The people who like eminem, or bieber, or my current fave Julie Christmas (you call that singing? screaming is what I call it! now get off my lawn!) well they are allowed to like what they like. That's just the way it is I'm afraid.

I try not to get all worked up for the grammys anyway. Awards for art are lame.

[infidel dog]

12. No, and I can't explain the appeal of his worthless genre of "music" either.