raped the women's swim team

[Jimmy Conway]

People have always talked about how outside the box Em is. How he was so controversial and pushing the boundaries.

But it wasn't really ever like it. He was made up to be commercial. I don't blame him really. You have to sell out to an extent or you stay poor.

But did he really ever need to censor anything? I get he was trying to appeal to white kids.

I mean it was OK for Immortal technique to rape his own Mom and watch her be murdered, but Em can't talk about his rape of a swim team, killing a kid or columbine.

I think it's bullshit.

I'm not sure where I'm going with this. It just still annoys me every time I here a censored song of him.

So much for free speech for Em.

[LEVITIKUZ]

[slimsoxshady]

ever Heard 50's song Man Down? has about 20 seconds of silence

[Trimss]

ever Heard 50's song Man Down? has about 20 seconds of silence

Rom Pom Pom Pom?

[Jimmy Conway]

ever Heard 50's song Man Down? has about 20 seconds of silence

I wish the entire song was censored. It was horrible.

But yeah, I get they censor things sometimes. I think Em has said a lot crazier things that haven't been censored than has been censored.

So if you're Em, why let that fly? Especially after SSLP, he had some pull then.

[slimsoxshady]

ever Heard 50's song Man Down? has about 20 seconds of silence

I wish the entire song was censored. It was horrible.

But yeah, I get they censor things sometimes. I think Em has said a lot crazier things that haven't been censored than has been censored.

So if you're Em, why let that fly? Especially after SSLP, he had some pull then.

i liked the track though so i was always mad i couldnt hear 50 talk about shooting a cop...like cmon...you can talk about shooting everyone and their grandma but you cant say you're gonna shoot a police officer...thats lame

[UofLCard]

As someone said, he's said far more crazier things that weren't bleeped out.

[Jimmy Conway]

ever Heard 50's song Man Down? has about 20 seconds of silence

I wish the entire song was censored. It was horrible.

But yeah, I get they censor things sometimes. I think Em has said a lot crazier things that haven't been censored than has been censored.

So if you're Em, why let that fly? Especially after SSLP, he had some pull then.

Em said in that Fan-atic MTV shit that he never intended to make a clean version of the album, and that Interscope did that. He was gonna keep everything uncensored on the SSLP. Can't tell you about the MMLP though, not sure who's idea that was. Probably Interscope's, I think the only thing that Em wanted to censor on that album was the word "*****".

I can understand Em having to listen to the label. But it's still crap. I mean Dre was in NWA. It's not like they sell a family values type vibe. You know what you're getting.

And with MMLP and encore censors, I don't see how Em let that fly. He didn't write these things so they could be blocked.

[Blu]

It's because he's W-H-I-T-E, you heard what I S-A-I-D.

[kiki]

are we back in 2001 again or what is this about?

[SliK]

He probably had to do it to have certain samples cleared and things like that.

And he did NOT censor the word nigger, that was the entire point, he didn't have to say the word at all.

[NjNets15]

You're talking about 2 entirely seperate things, Immortal Technique can rap about fucking himself up the ass if he wants because only 38 people are gonna hear him say it, Eminem is on a global spotlight and obviously is going to get more attention for his racy lyrics than someone not very relevant in hip hop culture

[AbramIsaac]

I mean it was OK for Immortal technique to rape his own Mom and watch her be murdered, but Em can't talk about his rape of a swim team, killing a kid or columbine.

Immortal Technique didn't rap about raping his own mother. He rapped about Billy Jacobs raping his own mother, and that is a completely different type of song. It's a cautionary tale...the two can't really be compared at all.

Beyond that, the difference is fairly obvious. Eminem is and was on a major label, and Immortal Technique isn't and wasn't. Kid Rock was censored on his album too, DWAC. Those were different times, censoring rap music was more acceptable.

And Columbine? Really? The media was trying to blame artists like Eminem and Marilyn Manson for just about everything, including things like Columbine. Interscope didn't want more pressure than it already had over a couple lines that it was easier to just edit out.

And Eminem's status wasn't exactly assured BEFORE the release of the MMLP. Since they don't wait until an album is released to censor it (obviously), there's only so much an artist with one successful album can really do.

Of course it was the record label. Dr. Dre might have been a part of NWA, but they weren't on Interscope. Jimmy Iovine and Interscope brass were obviously uncomfortable with certain content, and that's why the records were censored. Not because Eminem looked back and said "Oh, I probably should cut that bit about Columbine out...I mean, I'll rail against the fact that I have to, bringing attention to the fact that I actually wanted to say it...and will be quoted as such...but...let's just censor it anyway.".

[SliK]

You don't think it was his decision to censor Hailie's Song?

[BigBoss]

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