da.relapse.lp wrote:Alaine wrote:dude not like it's really matter but as far as POPULARITY goes, EM>>>>>>>>Tupac ever was. That's the true. Sorry but Pac was only popular in AMERICA, not the rest of the world. Can MJ be this big if he's only known in America? Nope, you have to capture the whole world, and that's what Em did. Outside of the states, Em is pretty much the first rapper that everyone knew and listened to, in the other way, Em introduced them to hip-hop, I'll not be surprised if the majority of this board knew about Em and got into hip-hop after that.
and no offense if Pac was everywhere in rap magazines, but Em was everywhere in EVERY magazines, not just rap magazines, in like every countries too. I hate to say it but lots of people see him as "popstar", that's why his music is more everywhere than Pac, he has fans that don't even like hip-hop.
Fuck it, NO RAPPER has ever came close to Em's popularity at his peak, that's all. Don't bring Jay-Z or Wayne here, they're all LOCAL act and can't sell shit outside US. Jay-Z sold 14k of BP3 outside the states in first week and Wayne did like 50k outside the states in total, that should explain all.
P/ZS: that's my "commercial" view
Alright, Stan, I surrender. Eminem is more pop than any rapper ever.
u should cuz he IS
i traveled to vietnam last summer, not like its such a big and influential country but dude, i heard them playing Em's records in their coffee shop and when The real slim shady came on, ppl were like OHHHH Eminem!.. yeah, half way around the world and they're still pumping his old shit and even sang to it..well, the chorus mostly.. and i didnt feel like a foreigner right then lol but thats besides the point.. nvm just wanted to share
