Somebody stop me please...

You're not alone.....

Not an Em fan by any means, but I love the beat and it sure as heck beats anything else on the radio, though that may not be that much of an accomplishment.

I don't like his new album at all, but a couple of his songs from a couple of years ago were funny. I wouldn't buy his music, and I don't consider myself a fan, but if it makes me laugh, then I guess that's something. I generally consider Eminem himself somewhat of a twit.

I must admit that not only did I see the movie Eight Mile, but afterward my friend and I were trying to rap.

its not nearly as good as 'you've got to lick yourself' by triumph the insult comic dog. he manages to work the olson twins into the chorus, too. the song and the video are more reasons why the conan o'brien move to comedy central is one of the greatest tv developments of this year..

Don't like Eminems.

I prefer Minstrels.

:D

Originally posted by Ricardo I get quite shocked when Q readers picked two Eminem albums amongst the 100 greatest of all time ("The Slim Shady LP" at #46 and "The Marshall Mathers LP" at #5!) I thought the Brits had a better taste for music.

You said it yourself Ricardo: it was Q readers doing the chosing.

Originally posted by Spotnick Seriously!That's impossible.. I never and will never like hip-hop...

Public Enemy have done some really excellent stuff, well worth listening to even if you don't like the genre.

The Missus' boss has just come out as a fan of Mr Mathers. He's a 56 year old accountant, who's hoping to be present at the next gig he plays over here. He remains disappointed that he was talked out attending the last one.

is lose yourself the one with the led zeppelin guitar backing?

Don't know how anyone can dismiss the entire hip hop genre. It's the most influential and literate social movements of the last 20 years. Sad, but crushingly inevitable, that it's biggest star is white.

A lot of bad shits said about Eminem and plenty of it is justified, however he's got an incredible quick yet clean lyrical flow and fits his lyrics together superbly.

Theres nothing wrong with appreciating talent.

Originally posted by Grahame Ferguson Don't know how anyone can dismiss the entire hip hop genre. It's the most influential and literate social movements of the last 20 years. Sad, but crushingly inevitable, that it's biggest star is white.

Indeed, Grahame, that is the sad fact of hip-hop culture. Yet another example of suburban white kids ruining an urban black form of music. Rap is the most important cultural force to come to the scene in America, but I think a lot of people like myself are burnt out on what seems to be the oversaturation of hip-hop into mainstream culture.

Besides, I liked M&M back when he was still called "Vanilla Ice" :D

Personally, I like precisely the kind of rap you'd expect a middle class white ex-student type to like, viz public enemy arrested development de la soul cypress hill

I can't raise any interest in anything too 'gansgta', even if the music's good one would feel like a complete and utter pillock jivin along to raps about Uzis and "ho's" while being a soft southern white english fellow. (NWA, Snoop and the like being given the prissy/anal 'albums you must own' treatment in Q was just weird.)

Anyway I'm suspicious that much of that stuff's aimed at the (white) Beavis and Butthead demographic anyway.

Originally posted by Benny's Cobweb Eyes > Originally posted by Spotnick> Seriously!> > > > That's impossible.. I never and will never like hip-hop...>

Public Enemy have done some really excellent stuff, well worth listening to even if you don't like the genre.

public enemy have been one of my favourite bands since 'it takes a nation of millions to hold us back' was released in 1989. it and 'fear of a black planet' are both classics and i challenge even the most virulent rap-hater to dislike public enemy after giving these albums a listen!

another classic is de la soul's '3 feet high and rising', also from 1989. it's very experimental, and uses the best sampling ever: steely dan's 'peg'. these guys were just one step away from the sugarhill gang, fab 5 freddy and afrika bambaataa, hardly the gangsta rap of today.

i have to say that i do like eminem, though. i don't have any of his albums, but i think the little guy's got some good tunes.

actually last week m&m stuff was playing on the station i listen to in the car. i ran back in my house got my mp3 player and put on new order quickly...nuff said

Originally posted by 404 error Personally, I like precisely the kind of rap you'd expect a middle class white ex-student type to like, vizpublic enemyarrested developmentde la soulcypress hill

don't forget the second wave: the roots mos def jurassic 5 outkast to some extent del tha funkee homosapien/dan the automator, etc

i think alot of the groups are almost exclusively popular amongst white people. and while there's no problem with it, i just think some of the groups get more exposure because white people love their shit to a greater degree than they actually have talent.. if that makes sense. now obviously these guys deserve some respect (i love del and outkast) but some are a tad bit overrated, ie jurassic 5 and the roots. but alot of this is just opinion as well =)

Originally posted by 404 error Personally, I like precisely the kind of rap you'd expect a middle class white ex-student type to like, vizpublic enemyarrested developmentde la soulcypress hill

I'd like to add A Tribe Called Quest to that list; The Low End Theory is my favorite rap album. Gangstar's first album (Step in the Arena) is also very good.

just for the record, the people who introduced me to public enemy and de la soul were my black friends from brooklyn and queens. i didn't even know other white kids listened to this stuff until i got to college!

public enemy and anthrax 'bring tha noize'. fantastic.

*hear the drummer get wicked*

when chuck D raps, you can't help but listen. that man has the greatest voice.

Loved PE's first album as well, but Nation of Millions is still their finest moment, and the first two Eric B. and Rakim albums are very good as well.

Originally posted by Green Loved PE's first album as well, but Nation of Millions is still their finest moment, and the first two Eric B. and Rakim albums are very good as well.

reminds me...in junior high i had a class where someone had carved 'yo, bum rush the show' into the desk i sat at. then, someone else had added an 's' after the bum, a comma after the 's', and the letters 'er' after show in pen.

i got to stare at this for the entire year, so it's indelibly engraved in my mind!

I had a "bum rush" once. Nasty.

Originally posted by hibster is lose yourself the one with the led zeppelin guitar backing?

No.