by EminemBase » Feb 7th, '11, 18:40
It's a stupid song but I lost / lose no respect for him as an artist for doing it.
Because, how good / bad the result is isn't the point, what's important is WHY the artist is doing it. And that song is a total and, bare with me and really read what I'm saying - total artistic indulgence. Now before anybody flips out, I DO NOT MEAN that "Fack" = artistic brilliance. I'm using the word LIT-ER-ALLY to mean, bare self-expression.
The song was made because HE WANTED to, not because he was pandering, he just found that nonsense funny at the time. But, bad music doesn't = lack of integrity. Compromise does. And nothing is more uncompromising than that song lmao.
I was more annoyed when he scrapped Relapse 2 because of fans bitching. He, and everybody may think he just 'changed direction' but it was so obviously him bowing to pressure. I can't prove it and I'm not saying that's a fact, but that's what I believe, looks very obvious to me.