Post by The Curmudgeon on Apr 13, 2015 12:01:50 GMT 2
Half way through, and I've decided to go back to keep with someone I don't have to give a three paragraph description of who the hell they actually are. In fact, you'd be hard pushed to find someone who hasn't heard of this guy. He started off white hot, "retired" and then came back to middling indifference and barely passable songs. He's picked it up recently, though, hence his inclusion today.
It's this guy.
There's seldom modern artists with a career as spotty as Eminem. What could potentially have been a novelty rap single ("My Name Is") and a token "LOL white rapper" character turned into arguably the best commercial rap artist going. Intelligent, fierce, fearless and a world removed from the usual empty posturing and money throwing idiots on MTV.
The rot did set in, though, and his stint with D12 is largely best forgotten (the excellent "Fight Music" notwithstanding) and once he returned from his "retirement" he was like a parody of his former self, whether that was down to drugs or creative fatigue is up for debate.
This is an interesting Your Verdict this week because this is Commerical Pop Eminem, still peppered with F bombs, obviously, but the chorus is sung by Bruno Mars, for fucks sake, so it'll be interesting to see just what you make of it.
He teamed up with long time rap buddy Royce Da 5"9 (rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?) to create Bad Meets Evil. Dunno about you, but when you have a name like that, bringing in Bruno Mars shouldn't be high on the agenda. But they did, and hey, I like it a whole lot. See if you do too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWt4wmZ_EMI
It's this guy.
There's seldom modern artists with a career as spotty as Eminem. What could potentially have been a novelty rap single ("My Name Is") and a token "LOL white rapper" character turned into arguably the best commercial rap artist going. Intelligent, fierce, fearless and a world removed from the usual empty posturing and money throwing idiots on MTV.
The rot did set in, though, and his stint with D12 is largely best forgotten (the excellent "Fight Music" notwithstanding) and once he returned from his "retirement" he was like a parody of his former self, whether that was down to drugs or creative fatigue is up for debate.
This is an interesting Your Verdict this week because this is Commerical Pop Eminem, still peppered with F bombs, obviously, but the chorus is sung by Bruno Mars, for fucks sake, so it'll be interesting to see just what you make of it.
He teamed up with long time rap buddy Royce Da 5"9 (rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?) to create Bad Meets Evil. Dunno about you, but when you have a name like that, bringing in Bruno Mars shouldn't be high on the agenda. But they did, and hey, I like it a whole lot. See if you do too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWt4wmZ_EMI
