All eminem cares about is money?

[SmokeyBear]

Theres been a lot of talk about how eminem is a sell out. As much as I hate to agree with it, I'm starting too. Sure you can say he is "trying something new", but come on. Pictures with Justin Bieber? Rihanna? The re release of relapse for 15 dollars when it barely has any new content at all. (The songs were good, but not worth 15 bucks. He could've just released them for us on the internet for free). So lately I've been skeptical about Eminem and if hes actually trying to create good music, or just make a quick buck. It seems everything he does these days revolves around publicity, or making money. I then came across this picture of eminem.

http://www.rap-up.com/2010/05/31/eminem ... romo-tour/

At first glance it doesn't seem like much. But then, it starts to look a little set up. How conveniant he is wearing dre's overpriced headphones. When I first viewed it, there were only 2 comments and it looked like it was definately written to make em look good. Good use of the word humble, greatest rapper, exclamation points, and so on.

Maybe I'm just looking too deep into it (which I do when I'm high), but it seems everything em is doing is for the money. Sure hes still dropping good verses, but it just feels like hes in it to get our money and not to put out "his music". Does anyone else feel this way?

And oh yeah, i posted this at eminem.com and it got deleted fairly quickly. Which is weird, cause if you've seen the spam on that site, you wouldn't expect a post like this to be deleted. Maybe companies are also paying money to advertise on his website and forums. Who knows. Maybe em has nothing to do with all this and its all his manager trying to bring in as much money as possible.

[leekigogo]

get the fuck outta here you idiot

[HereHere]

He took a picture with Justin Bieber so his daughter could get tickets to his concert

He doesn't give a shit about money, Interscope do, not him. He's rolling in it.

[DƎRDYPK]

nice name & 1st post

[electroencephalogram]

I don't think it's for the money one bit, but I think it's for publicity. He doesn't need any more money but he probably does want to be remembered, most people do. I feel the same way about Jay Z. He wants to solidify his spot and be important, it's human nature.

[DanWS]

At first glance it doesn't seem like much. But then, it starts to look a little set up.

Set up how?

[goblue418]

[SmokeyBear]

Well as far as the dre headphones go, anyone that knows about headphones know that they are overpriced shit and most headphones on the market above $100 can perform better. Every artist you see with them on is getting paid by Monster to promote them.

As far as em seemingly being more marketable, maybe it is just Interscope making sure they can get everything they can. As far as the responses that say "NO!", how do you know? I was just speculating, I didn't say anything I said was the truth. Em is a human also as far as I'm concerned and none of you guys are close family members or friends. Every artist's goal is to make money. Just my 2 cents.

[moose35]

lmao. Only an Eminem fan can come up with this. He's selling out cause he has a song with Rihanna? Is Bono a sellout? Cause he has one too...

You honestly think he needs the money? That he came back for the money? Come on man..he has nothing left to prove. He's done it all. He's in it to make music, not money.

[M15HKA]

You honestly think he needs the money? That he came back for the money? Come on man..he has nothing left to prove. He's done it all. He's in it to make music, not money.

Please you are making to much sense.

[EminemBase]

Anybody who thinks Eminem has sold out has no idea what the term means and is a fucking idiot.

[BILI]

Anybody who thinks Eminem has sold out has no idea what the term means and is a fucking idiot.

word

[Drucifer]

If all Em cared about was money he would have played it safe and just made Relapse 2 because taking a new dirction is a risk........Working with Pink and Rhianna, he had to have known that it was gonna irritate alot of his one dimensional "Doing every thing the same way every time" fan base (Not all of you, but alot of cats really just want em to make the MML{P over and over and over...)

I actually think working with them is a bigger risk then not working with them, meaning its not a sellout move, its taking a chance.........I said in the begining and I stand buy it, Recovery will probably be one of his lower selling albums because alot of his fans will refuse to accept his new direction, but it will probably be his best album since his first 2.........

[tikigrzz]

He took a picture with Justin Bieber so his daughter could get tickets to his concert

He doesn't give a shit about money, Interscope do, not him. He's rolling in it.

Yeah, I don't think he cares about money as much as Inerscope. I don't think there is much he does care about to be honest wit you

[SgtPepper]

Don't be so fucking cynical.