by VenomBlackViper » Nov 29th, '11, 12:39
Jesus fucking fairy tale Christ, the fact that this is the first thread I saw when I decided to randomly log back on to TR is really a bad sign.
This is one of the stupidest fucking things i've read in a while, you do realize The Beastie Boys were already popular white rappers years before Eminem blew up? Hell, them blowing up gave him confidence that he could blow up as well.
On top of that alot of white rappers were already making music before Dre ever knew who Eminem was, including: Copywrite, Cage, Slug, Eyedea, Aesop Rock, Diabolic, Vinnie Paz, Apathy, Necro & Ill Bill. Need I fucking go on? On top of that half of them had the "crazy white boy" image as well, it's a Hip Hop cliche, Eminem did not invent that image, he simply marketed it right.
Do you realize Copywrite or Diabolic could have easily been what Eminem was if they were discovered by Dre instead? They were on the same skill level as Em when he was discovered by Dre, with the right image & promotion they could have blown up just like Eminem did. If it wasn't Eminem it would have been another white rapper on that level of skill with that style.
