C. Parker said:
My nigga please! Em is not the best. He is good at what he does. Ras Kass spit harder than Em to me. You can't say Em don't get away with way more shit then the normal emcee. That's why Zino is talkin what he's talkin. It's not hatin, it's REAL TALK homie. Em the black Elvis of rap! What type of shit is that? A straight m/f diss if you ask a African in America like me. Coorperate is doing to rap what they did to rock-n-roll. That's why we have checks and balances. We gonna check the bullshit and balance that shit out. You feel me!
I agree that Em may not be the best and I also agree that he does get away with some things that a normal cat would not get away with.
However, do you think Eminem would last more that two seconds if he rapped about money? Are you kidding me? You think America would want to listen to a WHITE, MALE rap about having MONEY? There is no way in hell!!!
So using that argument, should CMR records be hated on by the most popular magazine in hip hop? Does Jay-Z and others do anything different from Em? I've heard Jay-Z, Eminem, Ja Rule, Nas, Nelly, and so many more cookie-cutter rappers saying that "they're the best thing in rap since ____". Eminem used Elvis to fill in the blank; what Jay-Z doesn't boast?
Don't get me wrong, I think Eminem was out of line with saying that, but he's been out of line from day 1. All these rappers on top are way more out of line than I think Em is since they rap about money, materialism, selfishness, fuckin bitches they don't get until they've sold millions, etc.
I dig Em cuz he's a breath of fresh air compared to rappers talking about fairtale lives they've seen on Scarface and Goodfellas. He raps on what he knows and lives. Whatever...... I'm don't want to sound like I'm defending him and you're opinion is your own. I just want to let you know that 1) yeah Em was out of line and hey if you feel culturally/racially offended there's nothing I can say, but 2) I've been offended concerning GEOGRAPHY, MATERIALISM, THE WAY MY GENERATION IS DEPICTED, THE MORALS COOKIE-CUTTER RAPPERS PUT OUT, and the list goes on.......
Listen to 102.9 and 98.1 and...........
I'm out.