Originally posted by dre1919
Well I'm one person who likes him and I won't make excuses to you saying "this one song is good." Actually, all his songs are quite good IMHO. The argument could be made that there are very few rappers in the history of the musical genre that are as accomplished at complex lyrics and have such a quick, flawless delivery as he does. Rap is difficult enough to produce, but to create something even more complex in it's beat timing and lyrical flow is very challenging. It's too bad you don't like his music or find the humor in almost all his songs, but that's just a personal decision for you. You can always turn off the radio. Like him or dislike him, the man has considerable skill at his craft.
As for the movie, I thought it was very good...especially for a rapper playing a serious role. The movie wasn't a stretch for Em since he's basically playing himself, but he did a good job with it because it could have become cheese real easy. (Anybody seen "Cool as Ice" with Vanilla Ice? You know what I'm talking about!) I really didn't care for the paintball shooting scene that this thread is about, but I also didn't overreact to it either. I think most intelligent people saw that and thought there were a car full of hoodlums using a paintball gun for something illegal. I really don't think people will see that then say "All paintball players are going to go around shooting things or people". They also burned a house down...that doesn't mean people will suddenly think arson is cool.
Stupid people have long since had the option to go strolling through Wal-Mart, see a paintballgun and think "Hey, I could buy that and cause trouble." This isn't a new idea for them, and just because Eminem does it doesn't necissarily mean we'll see a rise in it. I would have rather not seen that in the movie altogether, but that was the director's choice. We've been around the threat of people using our equipment to do illegal things for a long time and we've survived to this point, so I think we'll be ok.
Well I'm one person who likes him and I won't make excuses to you saying "this one song is good." Actually, all his songs are quite good IMHO. The argument could be made that there are very few rappers in the history of the musical genre that are as accomplished at complex lyrics and have such a quick, flawless delivery as he does. Rap is difficult enough to produce, but to create something even more complex in it's beat timing and lyrical flow is very challenging. It's too bad you don't like his music or find the humor in almost all his songs, but that's just a personal decision for you. You can always turn off the radio. Like him or dislike him, the man has considerable skill at his craft.
As for the movie, I thought it was very good...especially for a rapper playing a serious role. The movie wasn't a stretch for Em since he's basically playing himself, but he did a good job with it because it could have become cheese real easy. (Anybody seen "Cool as Ice" with Vanilla Ice? You know what I'm talking about!) I really didn't care for the paintball shooting scene that this thread is about, but I also didn't overreact to it either. I think most intelligent people saw that and thought there were a car full of hoodlums using a paintball gun for something illegal. I really don't think people will see that then say "All paintball players are going to go around shooting things or people". They also burned a house down...that doesn't mean people will suddenly think arson is cool.
Stupid people have long since had the option to go strolling through Wal-Mart, see a paintballgun and think "Hey, I could buy that and cause trouble." This isn't a new idea for them, and just because Eminem does it doesn't necissarily mean we'll see a rise in it. I would have rather not seen that in the movie altogether, but that was the director's choice. We've been around the threat of people using our equipment to do illegal things for a long time and we've survived to this point, so I think we'll be ok.
Yeah what he said.
dre1919 - You might like a rapper called Tech N9ne as well.
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