Poll: Eminem. Yes or No?

[Choppaduel]

well I vote no immediately, like you do, but now that I have a chance to think about it... he is helping his medium, rap or is it hip-hop (I can never tell them apart) to be considered a valid and meaningful form of artistic expression. We should embrace diversity in art. (forgive the cheesiness of that otherwise true statement)

so, I give this a yes.


On the side, it would have been nice to know weather poll was asking "do you enjoy his music?" or "Eminem: should he exist as an artist?" (OP your poll description should have been more specific, you know what I'm sayin?)

 

[MrSteveyP]

I like eminem, mainly because when I listen to him rap I don't want to cut my ears of with an angle grinder.

 

[bakonslayer]

I am very surprised how this poll has turned out, since Eminem is such a polarizing character. The poll is currently over 50% in his favor, which means that this forum can not only stand rap, but even appreciates the angry ranting of a bitter and broken man as he goes through life fighting to live and living to fight. Cool.

Personally, I enjoy Eminem for his outrageousness and how fired up he gets people about current events but also I enjoy following his metamorphosis as a completely average man in most respects (other than attitude and spirit) as he comes from nothing on the streets to becoming a celebrity, dealing with success and settling down, having a family, managing entertainment while trying to stay true to the fans, etc. to now. I think its pretty cool.

I dunno, I guess I enjoy Eminem for how he represents life for the average man and all of its trials and tribulations. I don't listen to a lot of his music, but I appreciate what he does.

 

[Nazulu]

Definitely 'Yes' from me, I love his early albums and 8 Mile as well. I didn't like him at first since I was more of a fan of rock and his swearing and violent lyrics kinda put me off, but I gave some of his songs a chance and found them both funny and interesting. Don't like his new stuff though.

 

[adledog]

I am thoroughly surprised on how evenly split this is. But personally I like him, he has some really clever lines and you can really tell how much of himself he puts into his music

 

[clipse15]

Ultimately Eminem is an amazing lyricist, his word play is really interesting however his one problem is he doesn't really rap about anything significant that doesn't involve himself. I think he will go down as one of the greatest rappers of all time but he won't be able to hold a candle to people like OutKast and the Wu-tang Clan

 

[EeveeElectro]

Yes.
He writes silly and serious stuff, very few of his songs are about bitches and money.

Although all his songs are about the same thing. I know a few people with drug addicted mothers, marital problems and children but they haven't made a career out of it...

 

[ParkourMcGhee]

Either you love him or you hate him.

... meh.

He's ok, but I don't know him personally so there's no way my opinion can be based on anything concrete.

 

[Serge A. Storms]

I like him, but I have to wonder about some of the guys here that can't name a better rapper.

 

[Mr Cwtchy]

No.

But that's really because I hate rap, pseudo-rap, rap impersonators and anything that is sorta but not really rap.

 

[Goremocker]

Oddly enough, he seems to be the only rapper left with real meaning behind his songs. So yeah, he's great.

 

[clipse15]

Oddly enough, he seems to be the only rapper left with real meaning behind his songs. So yeah, he's great.

Wow you couldn't be more wrong

Edit: What meaning does an Eminem song have over an OutKast song or an MF DOOM song? sorry for being brash earlier but your statement is untrue

 

[Boonesbane]

Eminem is the only rapper who's music I enjoy. I think its easy to enjoy his earlier stuff more, but if you really listen to the new album I find his wordplay has gotten more advanced.

 

[Flying Dagger]

His old stuff was alright, his new stuff not so much...

Not anywhere near the brilliance of dan le sac vs scroobius pip.

 

[superbatranger]

He's one of the few rappers I can listen to, and enjoy listening to at the same time.

 

[Goremocker]

Oddly enough, he seems to be the only rapper left with real meaning behind his songs. So yeah, he's great.

Wow you couldn't be more wrong

Cool, I only hear that by word of mouth. I hate rap so I don't even listen to it. May you elaborate?

 

[Azure Sky]

Damn right I like M&Ms! They be tasty!

...wait, you meant Rap music?
*Grabs torch and pitchfork*

Only genra of music I dislike more is Country. =(

 

[CovertCell]

Out of the albums I've got Recovery is by far his best work. I thought Relapse was great, but I'm glad to see Recovery take a more serious tone.

 

[blankedboy]

Oh god no. It's rap, you can't do that well unless it's I'm Awesome by Spose, and that's only because it's kind of hip-hop instead...
And because the lyrics are fucking hilarious