RKOunion wrote:Slim Fiasco wrote:Role Model is my favorite Em song, so yeah.
Really? It's a great song, but what elevates it over the likes of Brian Damage, Kim, B&C 97, Criminal, Rock Bottom, SFTM, Lose Yourself, etc..?
Ok, first of all I want to make it clear that I'm not saying it's his best song, just my favorite. Second, I find it his most Hip-Hop song so to say and I love the beat, especially that bubbling sound. The verses are a perfect combination of humor and rhyming, and have a great balance of seriousness and goofiness. I love the paradoxical lines such as "a premature birth that was 4 minutes late", and those strings of rhyming ala "Will someone explain to my brain that I just severed a main vein with a chainsaw and I'm in pain?". Not that he hasn't done that in other songs, but the choice of words here is the best to me. The delivery is amazing as well, it shows another great balance of anger and rawness (i.e. he yells but he's not annoying). And lastly, it's not an overexposed song which is kind of a plus for me. Not many people have it as their favorite Em song (actually it's probably my favorite song overall), and I like that.