Imagine if Em had comeback with a concept like 'Syllables'

[Elision]

Rap is finally moving away from the false gangsta bravado that was key for so long..

[xxTrigger1989xx]

Ew, what the fuck is wrong with Wayne's teeth?

[FreeSpeech]

Rap is finally moving away from the false gangsta bravado that was key for so long..

How are Kanye or Cudi portraying a gangsta image at all? Have you even listened to their music or seen how they portray themselves in their daily lives? And Wayne, yes he does portray that image to an extent. It goes back to how he grew up (I know he's been rich since 13, but everyone he grew up with was from the hood). Besides, I said rap was moving away from the image, not that it erased it completely.

Also Nollie, I've noticed that like half your posts are just quotes, images, and emoticons. Try making actual contributions and explaining your POV...

[Alaine]

FreeSpeech got the point, rap actually has got a lot better recently than few years ago with all the gansta & club rap (I'm talking mainstream only of course). It's not &THE best era of rap but it's not getting worse. Although, if you guys like hardcore rap I can see why you guys don't like the new school rappers since they are seen as soft (lol)

on topic, no, Eminem should never done this song or concept, he's in no place to do that, it would sound like he's bitter no matter what. And it's not like he's going to change the music industry by the song anyway.

[Poison Ivy]

Agree !, but I don't think it would have fit for the album so that's why it didn't get in there. But wasn't Syllables created in like 2007 ?

[Devil'sAdvocate]

always thought abt this BTW,would have made the game boiling

[sandhead]

i like this song

[VenomBlackViper]

Rap is finally moving away from the false gangsta bravado that was key for so long..

I could include Wiz Khalifa in here too but I blaze to his songs so no reason to hate.

[VenomBlackViper]

i like this song

That was very informative.

[FreeSpeech]

Rap is finally moving away from the false gangsta bravado that was key for so long..

I could include Wiz Khalifa in here too but I blaze to his songs so no reason to hate.

There will always be gangsta rappers, but nearly all of the most popular rappers out are from the suburbs and don't drop gangsta albums. That wouldn't have happened 10 years ago. I don't see how this is a hard concept to grasp...

[Master Chief]

Nah, he'd have just been a hater. I can (kinda) understand if he did it back a few more years, but 2009-2011 hiphop is some of the best ever:

J Cole
Kanye West
Lupe Fiasco
Drake
Lil Wayne
T.I.
B.o.B.
Kid Cudi
etc.

No fucking way.

[VenomBlackViper]

There will always be gangsta rappers, but nearly all of the most popular rappers out are from the suburbs and don't drop gangsta albums. That wouldn't have happened 10 years ago. I don't see how this is a hard concept to grasp...

The only popular rappers out who don't drop gangsta shit are Cudi, Kanye & B.o.B. Em & Jay are on their own legend shit and that's pretty much it. I like that gangsta shit if it's done right (Snoop, T.I. ,Ice Cube) but a lot of these "gangsta" rappers aren't even from the hood and never lived that bullshit they rap about plus they're horrible as it is. "I go harder then the muhh fuckin paint nikkuh" the fuck is that shit, does he go harder then the muhh fuckin drywall too?

[FreeSpeech]

There will always be gangsta rappers, but nearly all of the most popular rappers out are from the suburbs and don't drop gangsta albums. That wouldn't have happened 10 years ago. I don't see how this is a hard concept to grasp...

The only popular rappers out who don't drop gangsta shit are Cudi, Kanye & B.o.B. Em & Jay are on their own legend shit and that's pretty much it. I like that gangsta shit if it's done right (Snoop, T.I. ,Ice Cube) but a lot of these "gangsta" rappers aren't even from the hood and never lived that bullshit they rap about plus they're horrible as it is. "I go harder then the muhh fuckin paint nikkuh" the fuck is that shit, does he go harder then the muhh fuckin drywall too?

Lupe doesn't.
Drake doesn't.
J Cole doesn't.
Asher Roth doesn't.
Nicki Minaj doesn't.
Wiz Khalifa did on his old stuff, not now.
Yelawolf doesn't.

Waka sucks, but in his defense, it's "I go hard in the muthafuckin paint." It's a basketball term...basically means he'll body you and he hustles/works hard. I hate Waka but that's the one song of his I like, even though it's incoherent.

[Eazy-GFX]

There will always be gangsta rappers, but nearly all of the most popular rappers out are from the suburbs and don't drop gangsta albums. That wouldn't have happened 10 years ago. I don't see how this is a hard concept to grasp...

The only popular rappers out who don't drop gangsta shit are Cudi, Kanye & B.o.B. Em & Jay are on their own legend shit and that's pretty much it. I like that gangsta shit if it's done right (Snoop, T.I. ,Ice Cube) but a lot of these "gangsta" rappers aren't even from the hood and never lived that bullshit they rap about plus they're horrible as it is. "I go harder then the muhh fuckin paint nikkuh" the fuck is that shit, does he go harder then the muhh fuckin drywall too?

[Elision]

There will always be gangsta rappers, but nearly all of the most popular rappers out are from the suburbs and don't drop gangsta albums. That wouldn't have happened 10 years ago. I don't see how this is a hard concept to grasp...

The only popular rappers out who don't drop gangsta shit are Cudi, Kanye & B.o.B. Em & Jay are on their own legend shit and that's pretty much it. I like that gangsta shit if it's done right (Snoop, T.I. ,Ice Cube) but a lot of these "gangsta" rappers aren't even from the hood and never lived that bullshit they rap about plus they're horrible as it is. "I go harder then the muhh fuckin paint nikkuh" the fuck is that shit, does he go harder then the muhh fuckin drywall too?

Lupe doesn't.
Drake doesn't.
J Cole doesn't.
Asher Roth doesn't.
Nicki Minaj doesn't.
Wiz Khalifa did on his old stuff, not now.
Yelawolf doesn't.

Waka sucks, but in his defense, it's "I go hard in the muthafuckin paint." It's a basketball term...basically means he'll body you and he hustles/works hard. I hate Waka but that's the one song of his I like, even though it's incoherent.

Ayo FreeSpeech, I'ma let you finish, but