masterp wrote:I feel like Em has matured. He doesn't have it in him to criticize pop stars and bubblegum rappers anymore. He's beyond that now.
Here's the begining verse of My Darling
"Yeah, look
If I were to rap about the crap that's out
That's the route you probably want me to take
'Cause you're just dying to know what I think
And my take on some other rappers
If I was to say somethin' about Paul Wall
You'd probably crap in your pants 'cause I'm white and he's white
So he's like, my competition I mean, right?
Nope, Paul Wall is dope and so is Bubba
So, bluhhh, pfft
B-b-b-but....
I don't compete with nobody
I just go hard do the rope a dope Ali shuffle
And dance around my opponents do donuts
Sometimes I play possum like I'm asleep it's awesome!
I'm like a sleeping giant and when I awake I'm like Dre
I just jump from outta nowhere and bite prey
And sink my teeth in 'em and fill 'em fulla poison
And make a noise like a snake before I kill 'em
And let 'em know that I just don't feel 'em
And smack 'em with the backward E the Eminem em-belem
I always thought if you're gonna murder somebody you should face 'em
Tell 'em why look 'em dead in the eye then waste 'em "
I think he summed it up pretty nicely. He doesn't have to prove anything. He has no competition. He's in a league of his own. Notice how he's been KILLING it on every colab with weezy. He doesn't need to start beef, he just let's his skills talk for him.
As far as Relapse and Recovery go I think people are giving him too much shit. Relapse was a good album. If he didn't have the accent it wouldve been a great album. Recovery....well it was something new. Sure, there were a lot more whack tracks than we would of liked but it was a change of pace for em. Change is good, thats what puts em above the rest. His diversity.
The one thing that has been bothering me is em is a little too willing to colab these days. I don't mind the weezy colabs, but Nicki Minaj? I'm guessing his drug rehab has just made him overly humble. I went through a similar situation and that happened to me too. EVentually you get you're ego back though and you start acting a little more aggresive again. Eventually Em will toughhen up again. Lets not forget, he's been through ALOT recently.
You make alot of very valid points.. i agree with 99.9% of what you say. Except i disagree about him being overly humble. Thats not necessarily a bad thing. Most people consider being humble as a very honorable characteristic to have. But if it impacts his music.. then thats another story, but so far i dont think its made a difference. But did you ever think that he's just happy to be back making music? Not mattering who or what... but the fact that hes just making music again. He'll find his rhythm again, it takes time to get back in the grind.
Any why is everyone hatin on nikki so bad? I mean shes literally the one and only chick left doing what shes doing. Its gotta be pretty damn tough considering she's the ONLY chick left out there bringin it..I mean lil kim fell off, she don't even put out ANY music what so ever... so that leaves nikki. Shes not THAT bad.