Em Bending Words Again

[EminemBase]

He always kinda has but, back in his SSLP days he did it legendary... well, all through his prime really, and it sounded seamless, I know it's cliche to say he 'rhymes words that shouldn't rhyme' by now, but I do definitely think he did it in a big way with rhyming the sounds of words, it's not that he rhymed the words, it's that he produced a similar sound so you felt like it was a rhyme...

In more recent times (apart from Relapse, which is magical), it's sounded more like he literally BENDS the word to try and force it to rhyme, less natural, like on "You're Never Over". But lately...

I noticed in his "My Life" verse he does it a bit... I mean, in a way his rhymes seem simpler these days in the sense that he rhymes a slew of small and easy words in a row, like little bursts a lot, but his "He's bugging again, he's straight thuggin', fuck who he's o'fffennding"...

When you say "thugging" and "offending" out loud, they sound nothing alike. I know it's relatively easy in the sense he's just emphasizing the 'ing' and that sound but, sounds pretty badass. I like those kind of layered bursts of crafted flow where he repeats similar schemes in a row.

Also on "C'Mon Let Me Ride", the 'brooadd killer' / 'gooood zilla', not much of a stretch but it just sounds nice and natural, and a little left-field. Sounds to me like he's crafting a real spark with his phrasing again. Just needs to total out those occasionally awful puns lmao.

Wtf am I rambling about this for? I've been awake way too long now. Vintage Base ©

[AbramIsaac]

Base is on the 'base again.

Hurrah for vaporized cocaine!

[Sam.]

I new this thread was coming the moment I heard My Life.

Till date the way he says "scurred" on The Warning stands out.

[righfield]

Base is on the 'base again.

Hurrah for vaporized cocaine!

im still waiting for that encore analysis he was surpose to do but i guess embase is more interested in drugs drugs then providing decent material hes like em when he made encore lol

[AbramIsaac]

Eh, EmBase has covered just about everything a time or two.

When there's a shortage of new material to talk about though, you have to space your breakdowns more widely apart, lest you run out of things to talk about or become redundant in your reviews. He's talked about Encore before, maybe not as in depth as some of the other material, but still a good read no doubt.

So what does Embase do when there's no Eminem material to talk about? The same thing all the greats do, get fucked up and type what comes to mind. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes it's repetitive.

All I know is that sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, and sometimes it's...wait a minute...

[Sam.]

It all started with Pinks collab. I felt happy for that lonely fact.

[EminemBase]

Also on "C'Mon Let Me Ride", the 'brooadd killer' / 'gooood zilla', not much of a stretch but it just sounds nice and natural, and a little left-field. Sounds to me like he's crafting a real spark with his phrasing again. Just needs to total out those occasionally awful puns lmao.

I agree, it really gives me hope for the future. You've noticed for the last three new verses, he uses the same rhymes the entire verse. He's obviously obsessing over rhyming again and he's sounding coherent with it, and like you said, his phrasing is feeling natural and more "Eminem" these days.

I'm also happy to say that I don't think any of his verses with Pink, Skylar and Rihanna have had awful puns. There is the butt police line which is pretty obvious it was supposed to be ridiculously stupid considering he follows up with a killer verse with regards to flow, delivery and rhyming.

Basically what I'm saying is, I feel like he's found his feet again after a year or two of being kinda lost and experimenting.

I love the butt police line

I think it's pretty clever. Something can be ridiculous / stupid, and still clever. It's a pun with a noise... the noise sounds like rear, and it's inherently a vocal moment because of the noise. Itt's not like he steps outside of the content or awkwardly slams a phrase in there for the sake of the pun like when he says "in other words..." etc. I think it flowed well.

The 'sphaghett'even' line was pretty awful, but the verse is crack cocaine.

[EminemBase]

Eh, EmBase has covered just about everything a time or two.

When there's a shortage of new material to talk about though, you have to space your breakdowns more widely apart, lest you run out of things to talk about or become redundant in your reviews. He's talked about Encore before, maybe not as in depth as some of the other material, but still a good read no doubt.

So what does Embase do when there's no Eminem material to talk about? The same thing all the greats do, get fucked up and type what comes to mind. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes it's repetitive.

All I know is that sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, and sometimes it's...wait a minute...

[Sam.]

"tearin' it down/ blaring is loud"

I think he used this one before. I've nothing to support my point, but, some where back in the days he used this. I don't know what am I exactly trying to say lol. It really sounds like a vintage shady rhyme..

[Sam.]

It all started with Pinks collab. I felt happy for that lonely fact.

Yeah, that verse was where I noticed that Em had quit with the crazy fast flows and dumb puns, he just started sounding cool and comfortable.

Like some one said, I think he's trying to teach himself to rap again and is using such collab as a practice ground.

[Jimmy Conway]

He hasn't been doing it lately. He used to be able to tell a great story rhyming very simple words. He might rap me and see or shit and hit, but before the rhyme there would be an awesome story.

Or he would bend words that make the line work perfectly.

"Thats why these prosecutors wanna convict me
Swiftly just to get me off these streets quickly
But all their kids been listen to me religiously"

The way he manipulated religiously was perfect.


He did it a lot in Relapse. The accent was smart, it really helped him attack words in a new way. It's a shame more people don't see that.

[SoldierShady]

Banned.

[UofLCard]

He pronounces again like "a-gane'" in Love You More (and I think LTWYL).

[Eminemeatinm&m]

Man, I gotta say sumthin EmBase, this guy just the mothafucka fan that study shit, like dawg you aint gon be more wise than that dawg. Man, you sum awesome fan, ya dig cuz man awesome reads and shit.

[Emadyville]

He pronounces again like "a-gane'" in Love You More (and I think LTWYL).

He does it on "Love The Way You Lie" as well, but I don't believe that's bending at all seeing as it is an actual one of two ways to pronounce that word lol. It's like "legs" being pronounced as "laygs".

ehhh yes and no