But for a poor, white, emotionally unstable MC to excel in hip-hop and not be viewed as a villainous buffoon, he must possess prodigious artistic gifts and a real commitment to personal transparency. He’s also, on occasion, regurgitating grotesque sexist, homophobic stereotypes. When Eminem raps about violent, tragicomic death, he is furthering a grand murder-ballad tradition in folk and blues music.
But spend serious time with Eminem’s entire catalogue and you quickly realize that those two sides of his music are inextricable, one always informing the other. They eschew the more viciously somber, rock-leaning character studies helmed by Em and his longtime Detroit collaborators Jeff and Mark Bass. Some fans celebrate only the funny “Slim Shady,” when the musical comedy is quality controlled by executive producer Dr. It’s just now he’s finding it harder to joke about the darkness that has always fueled his best work.
Just listen to the vulnerability and self-doubt on his recent single “ Walk on Water.” The Detroit rapper continues to make art about how people are driven crazy by weakness and lack. “Keep making that face, it’ll get stuck like that.Though he’s been a multiplatinum, Grammy-winning star for over 20 years, Eminem is not an unequivocally triumphant figure, either within pop music or within his own mind. In every single place, every school I went Or take this situation in which I’m placed inĪnd sat on the porch and hoped and prayed Maybe just point me to the closest restroomĪnd half of ’em ain’t even funny, like, “Ha!Īnd you ain’t gotta walk no thousand miles. ‘Cause if I do that, then it opens a door I almost feel like I gotta check the temperature I think I’m startin’ to lose my sense of humor They can all get fucked, just stay true to you, soĭon’t let ’em say you ain’t beautiful, oh
I may be done with rap, I need a new outletĪnd I know some shit’s so hard to swallowīut don’t let ’em say you ain’t beautiful, oh Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Eminem – Beautiful (Official Music Video) () LyricsĮverybody has a private world where they can be aloneīut I need something to pull me out this dumpīut I need that spark to get psyched back up
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