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What does eminem's music mean to you?

Postby the real slim shady » Jan 15th, '11, 00:14

Im 14, i havent had drugs (yet), and i dont live a particularly 'hard' life, so when i talk about eminem most of my freinds say "why do you like his stuff, its not like you've done any of these things". I guess they're right, but for some reason i cant stop listening to em's music, even though i dunno why.
I dont know about you guys but i find it hard to work out why i love em's music so much, but what i wanna know is what makes you guys listen to it, and how can you relate to it?
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Re: What does eminem's music mean to you?

Postby mecuryball » Jan 15th, '11, 00:42

What does eminem's music mean
to me? :whistle:
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Re: What does eminem's music mean to you?

Postby the real slim shady » Jan 15th, '11, 00:42

mecuryball wrote:What does eminem's music mean
to me? :whistle:


i was expecting an answer like that..
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Re: What does eminem's music mean to you?

Postby cocaine2011 » Jan 15th, '11, 00:45

the real slim shady wrote:
mecuryball wrote:What does eminem's music mean
to me? :whistle:


i was expecting an answer like that..


LOL :laughing:
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Re: What does eminem's music mean to you?

Postby FreeSpeech » Jan 15th, '11, 00:47

the real slim shady wrote:Im 14, i havent had drugs (yet)

WTF haha why put in (yet)? Don't be stupid and make the same mistakes as Em and so many other people, people I knew are dead today because of heroin, some in jail, etc.

Butttt on topic, I guess I identify with his lyrics? Similar mom (she never put valium in my potatoes though), I use to have anger issues at the beginning of high school when I played bball, plus I just like his music. It's funny.
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Re: What does eminem's music mean to you?

Postby justbb09 » Jan 15th, '11, 01:36

What does his music mean to me?

all it is, is just music to me. Dont get me wrong, im a huge Em fan but its not like NEED his music to live. its just something i find really entertaining and i can listen to no matter what kind of mood im in. so i guess thats my answer.
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Re: What does eminem's music mean to you?

Postby jba1me » Jan 15th, '11, 01:37

FreeSpeech wrote:
the real slim shady wrote:Im 14, i havent had drugs (yet)

WTF haha why put in (yet)? Don't be stupid and make the same mistakes as Em and so many other people, people I knew are dead today because of heroin, some in jail, etc.

Butttt on topic, I guess I identify with his lyrics? Similar mom (she never put valium in my potatoes though), I use to have anger issues at the beginning of high school when I played bball, plus I just like his music. It's funny.


weeds ok but just dont do any harder drugs or pills. i tryed xanax once and it really fucked me up so im never taking pills again.

ot. eminem to me means white supremecy... :shifty:
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Re: What does eminem's music mean to you?

Postby Mahmoud48 » Jan 15th, '11, 01:39

to me eminem shows me thats its ok to be crazy , dirty minded
i mean i can relate to eminem ( being a minority in my school)
even though eminem is white its a minority in an all black neighborhood
i was picked on, but not to his extent and then i became a class clown (yellow brick road is almost like my life, even with the black girl part lol)

Also eminem shows that you can make it, no matter the odds if u believe u can achieve
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Re: What does eminem's music mean to you?

Postby Solace » Jan 15th, '11, 01:43

He's a talented writer, who's amazing at what he does. A lot of his songs are silly, yes, and I haven't done the things he says he does in his songs, but then again neither has he. A lot of his tracks are heavy and deep, which I enjoy the most, but he's versatile. Etc. I'll just wait and watch for EminemBase's post here which will pretty much = what I have to say.
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Re: What does eminem's music mean to you?

Postby EminemBase » Jan 15th, '11, 01:53

Well, it doesn't feel right to say what does his 'music' mean to me because...

He has hundreds of songs, all with different aims and intentions. He writes about many things, sporadically jumps topics and in and out of persona's so...

You could say what does X song mean to me and I'd be able to give a better answer. Although, I suppose I could basically summarize his underlying themes as an artist and say his music - above everything; above the intent, above the structure and lyricism - is basically about free-speech.

He didn't intend it to be that, or, all that it has become (few do), but, it's morphed into that. It morphed into it after The Slim Shady LP and he had to start defending himself. And, as well all know, the true defense came in the form of reactionary art - The Marshall Mathers LP.

He also rarely gets ANY credit by the way, for what he's done for free-speech in art, and of course music specifically. I've never heard him once properly championed yet, Government officials were campaigning to ban The Marshall Mathers LP and he was fighting fire with fire, against everyone and everything, and he turned it into art and entertainment...

Not that fucking politicians should or could ever truly censor art to the degree they hope they could (due to their very limited brains) so, you could argue his music was never under any true threat but, it still took a lot of vigor, intelligence and creativity to handle it the way he did. And he very much inspired a generation to speak their mind, he inspired more open and brutal lyrics and therefore more realistic acts that would try to follow (and so on). And he deserves big credit for all this.

His music means; integrity, humour, self-awareness, tongue-in-cheek - all that and more. But, you could spend days divulging a single song of his. Certain songs longer than others of course and, for different reasons but. His music means many things, at different points: it depends on the song, the aim(s) and so on.
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Re: What does eminem's music mean to you?

Postby One Mic » Jan 15th, '11, 01:55

Seeing as he is one of my favourite music artists of all time (not just hip-hop/rap wise)..... A LOT

I don't really know how to explain this, maybe some fellow Stans can understand what I'm saying. But when there is a new Eminem album coming out, the anticipation/excitement/build up for it is like nothing else I know. I can't or don't get excited that much for any other artist on the planet.

And like, you know other music artists you take an interest in, you might see some of their tracks have leaked, or they have new music videos out or something...I'm not that bothered about checking out STRAIGHT AWAY, if I can't be bothered I will wait a few days or something. But with Eminem, even if there is a snippet I check that shit straight away.

I really hope someone can relate ^

I can go for weeks and months without listening to him, and I like hundreds of different artists in various genres....but for me he is #1.
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Re: What does eminem's music mean to you?

Postby EminemBase » Jan 15th, '11, 02:00

^ Yeah, the impending release date of an Eminem album for me feels like the build up to getting high from drugs lmao.

And when I get it, it's intense satisfaction and wonder.

And yes, that happens with nobody else. B.o.B is definitely building that kind of base love and excitement in me already though but, nowhere near the degree of Eminem.

It's because fans know they're getting a full album of dedication and craft. His name is like Tarantino in cinema, it's become an adjective of sorts to its sector. You say Eminem and you get this whole baggage of imagery, expectation and attitude. It feels authentic and original, you feel you're familiar with it yet it could be the most groundbreaking thing you've ever heard all over again.
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Re: What does eminem's music mean to you?

Postby xnoxiousx » Jan 15th, '11, 02:05

***** wrote:helps me get through shit, seriously

this for me as well
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Re: What does eminem's music mean to you?

Postby mangomunky » Jan 15th, '11, 02:06

One Mic wrote:I don't really know how to explain this, maybe some fellow Stans can understand what I'm saying. But when there is a new Eminem album coming out, the anticipation/excitement/build up for it is like nothing else I know. I can't or don't get excited that much for any other artist on the planet.

And like, you know other music artists you take an interest in, you might see some of their tracks have leaked, or they have new music videos out or something...I'm not that bothered about checking out STRAIGHT AWAY, if I can't be bothered I will wait a few days or something. But with Eminem, even if there is a snippet I check that shit straight away.

i can definitely relate to this.
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Re: What does eminem's music mean to you?

Postby Good For Nothing » Jan 15th, '11, 02:15

One Mic wrote:Seeing as he is one of my favourite music artists of all time (not just hip-hop/rap wise)..... A LOT

I don't really know how to explain this, maybe some fellow Stans can understand what I'm saying. But when there is a new Eminem album coming out, the anticipation/excitement/build up for it is like nothing else I know. I can't or don't get excited that much for any other artist on the planet.

And like, you know other music artists you take an interest in, you might see some of their tracks have leaked, or they have new music videos out or something...I'm not that bothered about checking out STRAIGHT AWAY, if I can't be bothered I will wait a few days or something. But with Eminem, even if there is a snippet I check that shit straight away.

I really hope someone can relate ^

I can go for weeks and months without listening to him, and I like hundreds of different artists in
various genres....but for me he is #1.


You just summed up how I feel and act everytime anything drops by Em, I think one of the main reasons for this is that we're usually starved for tracks , cause really minus all the leaks the last thing we were meant to hear was Romans revenge ( correct if wrong ) Eminem and his team have fantastic quality control.
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