Rap God

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sportchampps
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Oct 15, 2013 12:37am
New Single by Eminem. This is the Eminem I miss. I don't listen to much rap anymore but he absolutely murders this song and proves he is a rap god.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S7cQ3b0iqLo
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Trueblue23
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Oct 15, 2013 7:03am
I have a few thoughts..

- the beat is just okay, but not terrible like everyone is making it out to be

- I just feel like he is trying WAY too hard to be Slim Shady again.

- His pop culture references were cool 15 years ago.. I mean come on, Monica Lewinsky and Columbine?


--- With that said.. his flow cannot be touched and this song goes hard. 4:25-4:40 good god. The last line.. "Why be a King when you can be a God"... shot at Kendrick?
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Trueblue23
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Oct 15, 2013 7:05am
To add on to my previous post.. dude is almost 41 years old.. it's not a horrible thing to think that Marshall Mtthers/Eminem exist but Slim Shady doesn't anymore. It feels forced, like he sat down and said "Okay, what would I write if I was in that Slim mind set".

I've heard rumors that he's doing Marshall Mathers LP2, then a final album. I would love to see him release it as Marshall Mathers, not as Eminem, and just fucking destroy everyone then walk away.
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Oct 15, 2013 7:21am
Based God fucked all of the bitches.
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Oct 15, 2013 7:23am
Trueblue23;1518104 wrote:I've heard rumors that he's doing Marshall Mathers LP2, then a final album. I would love to see him release it as Marshall Mathers, not as Eminem, and just fucking destroy everyone then walk away.
Reps
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Oct 15, 2013 7:31am
Trying too hard to be Slim Shady? Get the fuck out of here. He's the same person. He just threw out a couple of bad albums. Like any musical artist, he's trying to go back to what was most successful. There's nothing wrong with that.

Trying too hard to be Slim Shady....lol.
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Oct 15, 2013 10:27am
I'll give it a listen, but after Beserk being so fucking terrible....I don't have high hopes.
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Oct 15, 2013 10:35am
Trueblue23;1518103 wrote:I have a few thoughts..



- I just feel like he is trying WAY too hard to be Slim Shady again.
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SnotBubbles;1518110 wrote:
Trying too hard to be Slim Shady....lol.
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Oct 15, 2013 12:23pm
SnotBubbles;1518110 wrote:Trying too hard to be Slim Shady? Get the fuck out of here. He's the same person. He just threw out a couple of bad albums. Like any musical artist, he's trying to go back to what was most successful. There's nothing wrong with that.

Trying too hard to be Slim Shady....lol.

No big secret that his different personas are musically different
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Oct 15, 2013 1:51pm
Automatik;1518175 wrote:I'll give it a listen, but after Beserk being so fucking terrible....I don't have high hopes.
This.
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MontyBrunswick
Oct 15, 2013 2:01pm
He's been in a downward spiral since 2002 or so
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sportchampps
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Oct 15, 2013 4:04pm
He went with the columbine line because it was edited out from a previous cd
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Oct 15, 2013 4:43pm
dlazz;1518266 wrote:He's been in a downward spiral since 2002 or so
Thankfully.
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Oct 15, 2013 10:39pm
Dude is incredible, no one even close to his skill level
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Oct 15, 2013 10:51pm
Biggie. Eminem. And Tupac. The Rushmore of Rap.

Rap God is incredible. The M of old. I highly disagree with anyone who thinks Eminem's career stopped in 2002. Not even close. His flow has only gotten smoother with age. Even his worst albums were better than almost anything else being put out in the last decade. There's a reason the man sold more albums than any other recording artist in the world during that span, edging out both Michael Jackson and The Beatles. In the world.
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Oct 15, 2013 10:58pm
He used like 30 different deliveries on one fucking song, unreal. GOAT
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Oct 15, 2013 10:59pm
reclegend22;1518587 wrote:Biggie. Eminem. And Tupac. The Rushmore of Rap.

Rap God is incredible. The M of old. I highly disagree with anyone who thinks Eminem's career stopped in 2002. Not even close. His flow has only gotten smoother with age. Even his worst albums were better than almost anything else being put out in the last decade. There's a reason the man sold more albums than any other recording artist in the world during that span, edging out both Michael Jackson and The Beatles. In the world.
I've enjoyed every album he has ever put out, all of them were dope imo. Some of the subject material wasn't the greatest but the skill level and lyricism was still miles better than anyone else.
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Oct 15, 2013 11:06pm
robj55;1518596 wrote:I've enjoyed every album he has ever put out, all of them were dope imo. Some of the subject material wasn't the greatest but the skill level and lyricism was still miles better than anyone else.
Agreed. I wore the hell out of Relapse, and even Eminem has said that he hated that album. It was sick. The song he did about being a serial killer and murdering Brittany Spears and Lindsay Lohan -- Same Song and Dance -- is one of my favorite tracks of his, ever. And it appeared on, what critics refer to as anyway, Eminem's worst album. The dude could rap a Hilary Duff song and it would win awards.
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Oct 15, 2013 11:07pm
robj55;1518593 wrote:He used like 30 different deliveries on one fucking song, unreal. GOAT

75% of rap fans don't understand the breakdown of songs and raps.. if that makes sense. Em is unreal.
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Oct 15, 2013 11:12pm
I liked it, not so much the hook...but the verses were dope.
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Oct 15, 2013 11:14pm
Trueblue23;1518603 wrote:75% of rap fans don't understand the breakdown of songs and raps.. if that makes sense. Em is unreal.
Most rappers haven't used that many deliveries in their ENTIRE careers, they have one or two. He uses multiple per song, hell sometimes multiple per verse.
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Oct 15, 2013 11:14pm
Trueblue23;1518603 wrote: Em is unreal.
was unreal.

Not sure how any self-respecting rap fan can truly enjoy anything after MMLP

but those bars


shitty production
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Oct 15, 2013 11:15pm
That song alone puts 99% of rappers all time to shame.
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Oct 15, 2013 11:17pm
Mohican00;1518613 wrote:was unreal.

Not sure how any self-respecting rap fan can truly enjoy anything after MMLP

but those bars


shitty production
Eminem Show, Encore and Recovery were all outstanding, relapse was the only album that wasn't outstanding imo and it was still better than 99% of hip hop and it had quite a few tracks that I loved. His skill level didn't fall off at all, if anything he's way better than he ever has been imo.
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Oct 15, 2013 11:19pm
Eminem is a chameleon on the mic. The only other rapper off the top of my head that is even in the same league as Em in terms of versatility and ability to adapt to any type of beat, flow or rhyme structure is -- maybe -- Andre 3000.

I think The Notorious B.I.G., had he lived longer, had the potential to become this variety of artist. On "Notorious Thugs," Biggie not only replicated perfectly Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's tip-of-the-tongue delivery, but he sounded like the 6th thug. A damn shame he died before reaching his peak.