Mxracer6y wrote:The thing you dont understand is people make up excuses. I'm sure the pills played a part in his downfall in the recent years, no where near 100%. In fact, the pills came as a result of other shit that was going on in his life. He turned to pills to deal with his problems. Not the other way around.
Everyone has problems. Eminem used those problems to fuel his music. It wasn't until the drugs destroyed his ability to rap that his music turned to shit. I don't see what you're trying to argue here.
But at the same time the pills caused even more problems. Its a vicious cycle, the pills continue to bring you down while you think otherwise. He'd also been on pills and other drugs during the time of MMLP and TES and other shit. He just wasnt ABUSING them near as bad or as frequently. THATS where things went bad.
Occasional, recreational use and addiction to where you're taking so many pills every single day you lose count (just to not feel sick) aren't even compatible. It's not even worth mentioning.
People always say "he wuz on drugz be4!!!111" as a way of mitigating the effect of his addiction, and it's complete horse shit. Smoking a blunt and popping a vicodin while hanging out one night while you're touring isn't the same as popping 20 valiums, ambiens, and vicodins every day. Dose is the poison. These ARE prescription drugs, after all. They have medicinal uses.
When you continually hear people say negative things about you, its easy to come up with a reason why or an excuse. Its much easier to blame the pills than to blame himself.
Fact:
From 1994-2002, Eminem was a rap phenomenon. From 2004-2007, he was so bad it was mind-boggling. Oh, lookie here...he just happens to ALSO be pill-popping himself into a coma. But who am I to jump to cause-and-effect conclusions?
Nooooo. And when he got sober, his music miraculously got much better. Shocking.
Coming from someone who has tried just about every type of drug(except for the hard shit, ie. heroine.. pcp.. etc) I've eaten all types of pills.. sniffed them... the whole works. I can sit here and tell you that theres no fucking way em can sit there and blame pills for 100% of his problems.
Spoken like a true stoner. "Illicit drug use isn't as bad for you as they say, maaaaaaaan."
Were you ADDICTED to ambien, vicodin, valium, and methadone for 5 years? Did you overdose and wind up in a hospital 2 hours away from death? If not, I don't see how your situation is even close to being congruent with his. Recreational drug use is NOT what we're talking about here.
Sometimes substances bring out the REAL you... the you that you wouldn't let anyone know existed otherwise. You stop giving a shit about what people have to say or think about you, nothing is important anymore.
And that's the REAL you? The REAL you is someone who doesn't give a shit about what people say or think about you, and the REAL you thinks nothing is important anymore?
[/quote][/quote]That's exactly my point. You basing all your information from a third person perspective. How could you possibly think that is accurate information? Just because he SAID it, doesn't mean you can take that for 100% factual information. You can only get an IDEA of what it MAY have been like. Like peaking through a window. Someone could hand you a box and tell you the holy grail is inside. You could take his word for it... but unless youve opened the box and looked for yourself, how do you know for sure? Someone could give you a cup of coffee and tell you its very hot........ anyway, you get the idea.
I also saw the effects from the outside...from the perspective of someone who listened to his music and interviews and had a "before" and "after" to compare. It's jarring. Before I saw Marshall Mathers/Eminem, the most brilliant rapper on the planet. After the drug use, I saw a dough-faced zombie who was dropping a card with questions to ask 50 Cent, struggling to form a single sentence, and the music...OH, the MUSIC....
No amount of "personal problems" (which were actually FUEL for Eminem, in his own words) or "writers block" is going to turn the rapper who made "Sing For the Moment" and "Lose Yourself" into the rapper who makes "Puke" and "My First Single."
