Am I Missing Something?

[TucanStanDaMan]

Evening,

I've been an Eminem fan for quite some years now, and I just happened to stumble upon this website. You guys have done a great job and seem to be the "to-go" place for the biggest Em updates. Props. Here's my issue:

I've been reading through some posts on this site for a few weeks and some of the things posted here are plain ridiculous. I understand you guys are avid Eminem fans; and for good reason; I really enjoy his work too. That said, do you actually "listen" to his work? For me, my first experiences with Em's music were The Eminem Show, Marshall Mathers LP, Slim Shady, and Infinite albums. Infinite is my favorite Em album. I loved Marshall Mathers LP. The Em show was good. Really enjoyed Slim Shady LP. Then came Encore. I heard that shit was like "this dude must be on drugs to make this bullshit." While I don't know the actual timeframe of when it happened, its kind of ironic it becomes public that hes a drug addict, so I guess he gets a Lebron James "pass" on that one. So I figured, "well every artist has a bad album, all uphill from here." Then I listened to Relapse. Holy shit. I got through the first 7 tracks, got to "We Made You" and had to turn that shit off. Here I thought this dude would stop making terrible music, but I was wrong again. Oh and I did get through the album (eventually), but at this point I lost all faith. Then came Recovery. Not very much of a recovery from the last album, this shit was also pretty terrible. The only good songs on the album were like "Love the Way You Lie," "So Bad," and "No Love" (one of the best tracks he's made in years, but I'll get to that later).

For me, good music has to be lyrical, have good punch lines, and be "somewhat" relevant - as of recent, Em doesn't do any of this. The last "relevant" line I heard Em spit was during the BET cypher where he tried to talk about Casey Anthony. That said, dude came kind weak. I listened to that shit quite a few times and when I heard "I'd make a great magician because I'd fuck a trick up," I just busted out laughing cuz this dude has run out of steam.

Don't get me wrong, I like Eminem. But when you make shitty songs like "Put it on my wee wee," how can you guys justify this shit? This dude is terrible now and has plain fallen off. His sales are even falling - The Carter IV straight up shit on Recovery the first week. Going to my "No Love" comment, the only reason that song was great was because of Weezy. Kind of funny to have a guy spit on your track and outshine you, but what can you expect from Marshall? In fact, he did the same thing on "Forever"- both Drake and Wayne. I apologize for getting off topic but when I heard people try to say Em is better than Wayne (more topics I see on this website), it just irritates me people can have no taste in music.

So I digress, do you guys actually listen to his music? I've been trying but this guy has just straight fallen off since Marshall Mathers LP. I used to think this guy was one of the greatest of all time but he just can't make good music anymore. Some of the posts I've seen on this website are just wayyyyyy left field. I know there's the joke on here that some of you guys are "Stans," but seriously come on. You guys are riding this guys nuts like a merry-go-round and I think its about time someone gave a more objective approach to Em's music. In fact, some of the hottest in the game right now are Lil Wayne (possibly the greatest rapper ever), Drake (new school flavor, great punch lines and lyrics despite same beat every song and singing), and Nicki Minaj (while shes still developing, shes putting in work and reppin female rappers and phat asses). Funny how they're all under the same record label, huh?

Let me know what you guys think.

Thanks,

Concerned Eminem Fan

Edit: Typod TES

[Aftermathers]

The Eminem Show is the best Album i heard his best Album


Recovery is also an amazing Album

[Aftermathers]

Though Encore and Relapse were not good Albums at all i think every non stan can admit this


The god awful Subject Matter and ridiculous weird Topics totally ruined both Albums.

[Bedtime Stories]

Is Nicki even a rap artist? Her newest album is basically a dance/pop album. :\

[Man1x]

Relapse was an amazing album.

And if Infinite is your favorite album, then I feel sorry for you.
And the fact that you consider Wayne the best rapper ever makes your opinion invalid.

[Bedtime Stories]

I just finished reading at. Crying at the delusion tbh! lmao!
You think songs like Lollipop, How To Love, and Got Money are better than Going Through Changes, Not Afraid etc?

[Aftermathers]

Exactly Going Through Changes is as perfect of a Song as you can get as is Not Afraid


Though Em stans who try to say Relapse is good are embarassing like the Subject Matter/Topics were as horrible as you can get.

[Sukot]

It took me until paragraph 4 to realize this is probably a troll lol.

I do think No Love is a good song though, and I think it's quite underrated. So I agree on that part, although I think Eminem's verse was much better.

[limea]

Fuck you, I thought you were being serious until you called Wayne the GOAT & praised Nicki Minaj. Wasted my time reading this.

[UofLCard]

There are some 'stans' on here, but look around and you'll see that most people aren't dickriders on here. TR has a variety of fans.

[ImHungry]

I don't listen to anything post Encore, except Deja Vu.

[kiki]

Thank you for registering and typing this long ass shit, which I didn't read completely, only to say: Eminem is whack.

[Stanforever]

Get the fuck outta here you complete shit.

[Mathers]

FreeSpeech is that you?

[Cupid Stunt]

If you only listen to Relapse once, you wont like it. Then you listen to again, again, and you start thinking: "Damn, this is an amazing album".


Oh and fuck you.