From mltsnt Sent Tue, Jul 27th 1999, 19:05
From mltsnt Sent Tue, Jul 27th 1999, 19:05
At 11:45 AM 7/27/99 -0400, wells wrote: >On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, mtheulthetant wrote: > >> oh yeah, i guess poverty and drug use are just stupid problems and no one >> wants to talk about these. Kent was right, people are scared to admit to >> that these things are a product of our society. how often do you talk to >> people who say 'oh yeah my mom's a pothead'? you think they think it's >> stupid that their mom is a pothead? no. they're scared to admit it. >> > >are you being serious? i can't tell. you are trying to tell me that eminem >speaks seriously about issues such as poverty and drug use, right? no, i'm trying to tell you that eminem is a product of poverty and to a lesser extent drug use. he speaks on what he is. he's being honest with people and with himself. so he wrote about killing his baby's mom. how many people in the world do you think about killing their baby's mom? belive it or not, loads. maybe it's an form of venting. would you rather he rap about his benz and rolex? >you're >actually proposing that? give me a break. he's making the mockery of such >issues, not me. he's a joke, his music is a (bad) joke, and how is it that he is a joke? what's so funny? he may be PERCIVED as a joke, but he's just doing what he's been doing for years. suddenly he goes platinum and it's a joke. >i may not be too familiar with >his music, then why are you arguing about it? why make such a blanket statement as 'let me assure you, he's not saying _anything_ important.' when you've probably heard no more than one or two of his songs. for all you know, the album could be a revolutionary piece of art (which it's not, fyi, but it is worth a listen or two) >whatever >"skills" he has are completely lost on me. that's because, aside from the fact that you've heard hardly any of his music, you also probably know little to nothing about hip hop. have you ever tried to write a rhyme? freestyle? it's tough. eminem has "skills", in that he can do both those well, something that most people can't. regardless of content, just to be able to do this well is something to respect. vr