Technology takes away from music.

[Jimmy Conway]

When the MMLP came out, I didn't have internet. I didn't even have a computer, I got my first computer later in the year.

I knew Eminem was coming out with a new album, that was it. I didn't read a bunch of interviews about it. I didn't read tweets about it. I didn't listen to clips 100 times before I finally heard it. There was no leaks for me that was covered in replays halfway through the song and people screaming shit.


All there was for me was the thought of a new album. And that was enough. And when I heard the album, it was amazing. Because it was fresh. And that gets lost in todays music. Not only to you get desensitized to the new music you're getting, you get spoiled. The internet gives you so much with such ease, you become entitled.


Not to say on the other hand it isn't great too. A few months after the MMLP I got a computer and got to hear songs like Hell bound, Our house and a lot of other cool Eminem stuff off Napster.

While the internet opens a lot of doors, it also closes them.

I remember getting MMLP after school, sitting in my parents car with my big ass diskman listening to that cd and thinking wow.

Everyone should try to avoid Eminem crack fiending and have a Wow moment in 2013.

[Trimss]

HAHA UR AN OLDFART

INTERNET DA GAWD

[Jimmy Conway]

HAHA UR AN OLDFART

INTERNET DA GAWD

Yeah it is. But it was just a thought after constantly reading all the Eminem thirst on this board.


BACK IN MY DAY IT TOOK 6 HOURS TO DOWNLOAD ONE SONG. :grandpaw:

[Just Silver]

i agree with you to an extent

even though his quality has been on a rollercoaster since encore

the feeling of true hip hop and technology doesnt mix wel

[Fleka]

When the MMLP came out, I didn't have internet. I didn't even have a computer, I got my first computer later in the year.

I knew Eminem was coming out with a new album, that was it. I didn't read a bunch of interviews about it. I didn't read tweets about it. I didn't listen to clips 100 times before I finally heard it. There was no leaks for me that was covered in replays halfway through the song and people screaming shit.


All there was for me was the thought of a new album. And that was enough. And when I heard the album, it was amazing. Because it was fresh. And that gets lost in todays music. Not only to you get desensitized to the new music you're getting, you get spoiled. The internet gives you so much with such ease, you become entitled.


Not to say on the other hand it isn't great too. A few months after the MMLP I got a computer and got to hear songs like Hell bound, Our house and a lot of other cool Eminem stuff off Napster.

While the internet opens a lot of doors, it also closes them.

I remember getting MMLP after school, sitting in my parents car with my big ass diskman listening to that cd and thinking wow.

Everyone should try to avoid Eminem crack fiending and have a Wow moment in 2013.

Good old times.

[Him Shadow]

Totally agree with you

I wonder how world will change in the next 10 years... maybe in 2023 we'll say 'remember when MMLP2 came out and we had only interviews, music videos in HD, album leaked a week before the album and now (...)"

EDIT. Wait, in 2023 Eminem will be 51...

[AbramIsaac]

The meme of negativity is also a factor as a result of the internet. Tue sheep bah louder and easier now more than ever.

[Arrinef]

HAHA UR AN OLDFART

INTERNET DA GAWD

were a badass breed.


i remember downloading eminem jams off napster and winmx. back when hellbound and his infinite tracks had so many different made up track names.

i agree with the op, back then only way i found out about cds was through mtv and magazines.

times sure have changed, does anyone here remember the billboard charts card that would come in the mail. those were dope as fuck

[DanWS]

Technology doesn't take anything away from music, it only enhances it.

The only thing it takes away is the monopoly of power that record companies used to have.

[eXceL]

To be honest, I preferred when record companies ran everything...now anyone piece of talentless dog shit can make a YouTube channel, 'label' and become famous...we've seen it happen too many times already.

but on the flipside, people with talent can get exposure without the backing of a major label

[Hansen]

To be honest, I preferred when record companies ran everything...now anyone piece of talentless dog shit can make a YouTube channel, 'label' and become famous...we've seen it happen too many times already.

[Cinderella Stan]

All there was for me was the thought of a new album. And that was enough. And when I heard the album, it was amazing. Because it was fresh. And that gets lost in todays music. Not only to you get desensitized to the new music you're getting, you get spoiled. The internet gives you so much with such ease, you become entitled.

Not to say on the other hand it isn't great too. A few months after the MMLP I got a computer and got to hear songs like Hell bound, Our house and a lot of other cool Eminem stuff off Napster.

While the internet opens a lot of doors, it also closes them.

Absolutely agree with this part

What I also miss from back in the day are the cassette tapes. I still listen to my MMLP and 8 mile OST tapes once in a while (my TES tape got broken ) and the sound is fucking awesome. The quality is worse but not in a bad way, I can't explain it... if you have tapes you'd know what I mean I guess...

[Notalius]

I fucking hate YouTube rappers.

menzo throwing subliminals around like it's Recovery all over again.

[Snakebeast]

I fucking hate YouTube rappers.

Dan Bull and Destorm are cool.

[SajN]

This is why I don't want to listen to the leaks, and I don't want to be around here for the first couple of days after MMLP2 drops, I don't want to be a part of any of that. I just want to go buy the CD, listen to it like 10 times or some shit, and wait until my opinion is solidified before I come back here.

Hate to say it, if it leaks 10 days early, I'd listen. If it was literally like...the day before, I may not...but then again, it'd be the LONGEST wait for morning.

Oh yeah, it would be awful, especially because I have at least 2 friends who I actually talk to on a daily basis looking forward for the album to come out, plus a bunch of other faggots that I've for some reason not deleted off my Facebook who are going to post on my wall the minute the album leaks "DID YOU HEAR IT!?!?!?!?///1!//1/!?1" then another few people will come and spoil basically everything about it before I even decide I feel like visiting Facebook. So I might deactivate Facebook until the album comes out too.

I'll put a fucking banner over your house with spoilers