iascoot Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 About time. But I notice they like to state his last SOLO act so im sure there will be more **** to come :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minhaferzz Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 From reading the article, it sounds like he would pull a Puff Daddy -> P Diddy stunt and change his moniker to something else and continue making albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_skrilla Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 it was a good time... one of the best artists ever... his rhymes were so smart and funny. He had so many good songs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Server.System Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 I have listened to all his ablums all the way through (even Infinite) and a D12 album. All i have to say is that IMO its total crap and I'm glad when he leaves. And just so I dont get any crap I have Jay-Z albums, Ludacris, Jadakiss, and and old Nelly, I'm also 22yo and white. I just always hated Eminem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 (edited) I can't understand why people have so much hatred/disliking for Eminem, the man is clearly talented, I bet you if michael jordan had bad grammar people would still be his fans as long as he played like he did ;), Eminem may not have a pulitzer award as a song writer, but he can rhyme and make his anger-filled songs #1, and I bet they don't go #1 because he has bad grammar. It's sad to see him part as a solo and go as a producer, going on duos just won't cut it :( , hip-hop just won't be the same without him... btw. best record: The Marshall Mathers LP IMO... Edited July 18, 2005 by maudit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futb0l Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 He willl still gain money from D12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted July 18, 2005 Veteran Share Posted July 18, 2005 Spewing out what popular culture wants to hear is not art and its not beauty, its sad. If you want to admire him, admire his perfectly oiled money press.(Y) This post is my opinion, and to be taken as that, this is the internet and people have opinions, if mine differs from yours tough **** 586234175[/snapback] Funny how you would choose my post to reply to. Either way, it's art to me. Whatever your opinion is, his ability to mesh words and syllables and sounds into a pattern that sounds natural and energetic is one that is unrivaled by most other artists out there. There's no hidden message or generic "I'm a gangsta, look at my riches and bitches" talk. It's all there for everyone to see/hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 I liked the old Eminem (Slim Shady LP) not the new Em, or what he turned into He lost his underground feel, but i guess that's what happens when you blow up. ;) Also i lost alot of respect for him when he released that "2pac" album with the whack ass "Game" and "G"-Unit. by the way pick up the latest Murder Dog magazine and Game is on the cover with a big interview on him and how he claims to be the "King of Compton" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted July 18, 2005 Veteran Share Posted July 18, 2005 I liked the old Eminem (Slim Shady LP) not the new Em, or what he turned into He lost his underground feel, but i guess that's what happens when you blow up. ;)Also i lost alot of respect for him when he released that "2pac" album with the whack ass "Game" and "G"-Unit." by the way pick up the latest Murder Dog magazine and Game is on the cover with a big interview on him and how he claims to be the "King of Compton" 586234218[/snapback] The problem with guys like Game and any of the morons from G-Unit is that they say the same things that every other single main stream rapper is saying. Rap is going through this glamour phase and it's going to need to fall a bit if they want to save it. As for Em, he had the ability to branch out to people who normally wouldn't listen to rap, like myself. His lyrics have different meanings to them and his approach is just so different that it, in many ways, resembles the rock music I love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 i agree with ripgut, i liked his older stuff more, he had a few "serious" songs i liked on his newer albums. Bring back the days of Infinite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticktron Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 If you are not intelligent enough to appreciate the skill required to write 12-14 syllable-per-line rhymes, let alone to freestyle at that pace, then you go on chanting "Eminem sucks!!! OMG! He's dumb!! Good Charlotte rock the Earth!!". For the rest of us, like him or not, we KNOW Eminem is one of the most talented lyricists ever in the game, and not only that, but one of the brightest writers of our generation, period. In the old days, his art was called poetry. Today, some of the best culturally-aware short form writing finds itself at the heart of Hip-Hop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 The problem with guys like Game and any of the morons from G-Unit is that they say the same things that every other single main stream rapper is saying. Rap is going through this glamour phase and it's going to need to fall a bit if they want to save it. As for Em, he had the ability to branch out to people who normally wouldn't listen to rap, like myself. His lyrics have different meanings to them and his approach is just so different that it, in many ways, resembles the rock music I love. 586234228[/snapback] In some retrospect, i agree with ya. When he first busted out in the scene, everyone in my neighborhood was trying to put me down for listening to him because he's from the East and and he's white. But i didn't care, he had tight flows, and the song "i still don't give a ****" and "role model" are my favorite Em jams (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted July 18, 2005 Veteran Share Posted July 18, 2005 If you are not intelligent enough to appreciate the skill required to write 12-14 syllable-per-line rhymes, let alone to freestyle at that pace, then you go on chanting "Eminem sucks!!! OMG! He's dumb!! Good Charlotte rock the Earth!!".For the rest of us, we Eminem is one of the most talented lyricists ever in the game, and not only that, but one of the brightest writers of our generation, period. In the old days it was called poetry. Today, some of the best culturally-aware short form writing finds itself at the heart of Hip-Hop. 586234281[/snapback] To that, I have to quote em: See I'm a poet to some, a regular modern day ShakespeareJesus Christ the King of these Latter Day Saints here To shatter the picture in which of that as they paint me as a monger of hate, satanist, a scatter-brained atheist But that ain't the case, see it's a matter of taste We as a people decide if Shady's as bad as they say he is Or is he the latter - a gateway to escape? Media scapegoat, who they can be mad at today See it's easy as cake, simple as whistlin Dixie while I'm wavin the pistol at sixty Christians against me Go to war with the Mormons, take a bath with the Catholics in holy water - no wonder they try to hold me under longer I'm a motherf*ckin spiteful, DELIGHTFUL eyeful The new Ice Cube - motherf*ckers HATE to like you What did I do? (huh?) I'm just a kid from the gutter makin this butter off these bloodsuckers, cause I'm a muh'f*ckin The point is: if you hate him, great, good for you. However, there are those of us who see him as a poet of modern times, a voice for a generation that is frustrated and angry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 i dont know where my mind would be today if i hadn't opened my musical horizons to include rap AND rock (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertobaggio2k Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 i think he was great his first albums were awesome..his last one like everyone said was alright..very different from other...but yea ebtter to step out big then over do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon1 Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 I am going to be perfectly blunt here. Every single one of you (with a few exceptions) are a bunch of fecking idiots. I cant believe you are arguing about something that is as subjective as music, and further, that you have the audacity to actually suggest that the music/artist you listen to is better/more talented than the ones I, or any others do. I hate rap. I do, really. I cant stand it. BUT, I dont go around to others who may enjoy it and tell them not to listen to it because I dont like it. Music varies so much, as does personal taste, and I think that it is about time you guys open your eyes and realize that probably half the music you are listening to now, whether it be rap, rock, country, blues, or any other variation, is actually talking about acceptence of others. Maybe its time to start taking those messages to heart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk26 Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 DETROIT (Reuters) - Rap superstar Eminem plans to make his last solo performance in Ireland in September, the Detroit Free Press, his hometown newspaper, said on Friday. Citing sources close to the 33-year-old rapper, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, the daily also said his current album "Encore" would probably be his last as he moves to full-time work as a record producer. The final solo appearance of Mathers, the best-selling hip-hop artist ever, would be at a concert in Dublin, Ireland, on Sept. 17, the Free Press said. The newspaper quoted his manager, Paul Rosenberg, as saying no official decision had been made about the future of the Grammy and Oscar-winning artist who has recorded three top-10 albums. But Rosenberg said Mathers' current multi-platinum album was "certainly the cap on this part of his career." Mathers' spokesman at Interscope Records in Los Angeles could not immediately be reached for comment. The Free Press said the rapper, who has sold more than $1 billion worth of records, has grown weary of the media spotlight and may be musically spent. "Marshall feels he's said everything he can say as Eminem," one insider was quoted as saying. "The idea that he intended this ("Encore") to be his last record is something that everyone on the inside circle has known for a while." Another source said "Encore," which was released last year, had been an especially difficult record for the artist to make. "Marshall really struggles to write for himself now, to speak through the voice of Eminem," the source said. "He knows as well as anybody that there comes a point where you risk beating this thing to death." The cover shot on "Encore" shows Mathers taking a bow, and its closing song is entitled "Curtains Down." In the album's liner notes, and in his current concert tour, Mathers has also played up the figurative death of Eminem. "This is how you go out with a bang, baby," Mathers says in one video," after pulling the trigger of a pistol that misfires on himself. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/leisure_eminem_...HNlYwMlJVRPUCUl 586221195[/snapback] This is very good news. This should be on the front page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevelMore Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 i was watching TRL today and it was confirmed that this would not be his last performance, i dont know who what or where people heard this. it is false. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boffa Jones Veteran Posted July 19, 2005 Veteran Share Posted July 19, 2005 Thread Cleaned Please grow up and if you are going to post something negative do it constructively and in more than an emoticon and a poorly thought out post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogan Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 The Marshall Mathers LP is the best album of all-time :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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