I'm a big Eminem fan, so its only fitting that i give you a little blog about him.
I'm going to rewind to 1999 when he first came out. I remember thinking who is this rapper and yes i thought he was black when i heard My Name Is. Afterwards i was a fan, but not a huge fan. In 2002 i was given his first 2 albums. Also I had managed to get a (Bootleg) cd copy of The Eminem Show. So its safe to say that that is when I became a big fan.
Eminem is a very interesting rapper. He raps mostly about his personal life: His ex wife Kim, his Mother, His Daughter, and then he disses other people( This includes non rappers). He has incredible creativity lyrically. In retrospect you kind of argue that Em was in his prime when he first came out....(Up until right after 8 mile).
8 Mile had one or rap's best songs, Loose Yourself.
Around 2004 he released Encore. It was his worst album to date, but it showed that for once, Shady was losing his ability. I dont blame it entiresly on drugs either. He just couldnt miss as far as hits go from 1999 to 2002.
In 2009 Em dropped Relapse. I remember initially really liking the album. Despite it being horrocore. I think i was just starving for an Eminem album. Eminem later would say on Recovery that he was disapointed with Relapse. In 2010 I thought Em was spitting with much more focus. This was true. Recovery was a great album and a tad bit better than Relapse. There were no skits for once...just straight spitting. His punchlines wern't that great but then again lyrically it was an impressive perfomance.
In 2011 he teamed up with Royce da 5'9 for a short album Bad Meets Evil Hell the Sequel. It was a decent album but it failed to be as good as Recovery or Relapse.In 2013 Em released Marshall Mathers LP 2 which isnt really similar to the first one, but its like a conglomaration album that is, i think Em's 2nd or 3rd best album.
I know Eminem is getting old, but he still has his skills. He's reinvented himself several times. Its clear that Em wasnts to go down as the best rapper ever. I will acknowledge that him being white is a big deal, but with that much skill he's easily a top 5 rapper.
I'm going to rewind to 1999 when he first came out. I remember thinking who is this rapper and yes i thought he was black when i heard My Name Is. Afterwards i was a fan, but not a huge fan. In 2002 i was given his first 2 albums. Also I had managed to get a (Bootleg) cd copy of The Eminem Show. So its safe to say that that is when I became a big fan.
Eminem is a very interesting rapper. He raps mostly about his personal life: His ex wife Kim, his Mother, His Daughter, and then he disses other people( This includes non rappers). He has incredible creativity lyrically. In retrospect you kind of argue that Em was in his prime when he first came out....(Up until right after 8 mile).
8 Mile had one or rap's best songs, Loose Yourself.
Around 2004 he released Encore. It was his worst album to date, but it showed that for once, Shady was losing his ability. I dont blame it entiresly on drugs either. He just couldnt miss as far as hits go from 1999 to 2002.
In 2009 Em dropped Relapse. I remember initially really liking the album. Despite it being horrocore. I think i was just starving for an Eminem album. Eminem later would say on Recovery that he was disapointed with Relapse. In 2010 I thought Em was spitting with much more focus. This was true. Recovery was a great album and a tad bit better than Relapse. There were no skits for once...just straight spitting. His punchlines wern't that great but then again lyrically it was an impressive perfomance.
In 2011 he teamed up with Royce da 5'9 for a short album Bad Meets Evil Hell the Sequel. It was a decent album but it failed to be as good as Recovery or Relapse.In 2013 Em released Marshall Mathers LP 2 which isnt really similar to the first one, but its like a conglomaration album that is, i think Em's 2nd or 3rd best album.
I know Eminem is getting old, but he still has his skills. He's reinvented himself several times. Its clear that Em wasnts to go down as the best rapper ever. I will acknowledge that him being white is a big deal, but with that much skill he's easily a top 5 rapper.