Eminem is not "selling out" with his recent ads

[xxTrigger1989xx]

Whoah, FreeSpeech is actually on Eminem's side. I can't fucking believe it

[HereHere]

I honestly don't give a shit. It's an advert, for fuck sake. You guys take this shit way too seriously.
As long as he keeps making good music he can whore himself out on tv advertising gospel music, I don't give a shit. I'm a fan for his music, not because of his personality or what he does in life.

[Hiphopdane]

Those ads don't really have much to do with his music so I don't really care. He can sell out all he wants as a person so to speak as long as he doesn't do the same thing with his music. It's not our job to tell him what he should find interessting when he doesn't spit rhymes. To be fair it is not our job anyway.

When thinking about it, ads don't necesarrily make you a sell out - only if you promote some product you deep inside think is bullshit.

[AnalKiddo]

And so what if he is.. He can do whatever the fuck he wants and you'll all still suck his dick

[AbramIsaac]

I think people need to calm down and stop being so damn concerned about what Eminem does outside of his music. The man might like Lipton. I don't know, perhaps getting paid to advertise himself on the largest television event in America seemed like a win-win. Maybe it doesn't matter at all unless he starts name dropping Lipton on the next album. Or maybe it's just me and everyone else is right.

[sandhead]

http://bit.ly/eTIxg1 E new. com just did this, eminem is mainstream he sells, not sell(s) out. kk? thanks <3

[Willy]

If a company offered me the opportunity to write a commercial for the superbowl, and I was into football and had some funny ideas, I would do it in a heartbeat.

[Lundra]

Lmao at people thinking he would care about selling out anyway. Hypocrites Like you would turn down a million dollars to do a voice over? fuck outta here.

[Master Chief]

He had to work for them?

He wrote a little 30-second monologue (which he didn't even fully write himself) and got paid more than most people get paid in a year for real toil. You call that work?

I don't even care that much, but this Lipton thing is just bizarre. I mean, this commercial would have been cool if he didn't even get paid for it, but he unabashedly accepts millions for doing nothing. What did he do with the real Eminem?

So, is he supposed to say "don't worry, guys I'll do it for free keep your 1 mil dollars"? If he gets offered something he has interest in doing + money, why the fuck would he turn down the money? It's not like he was asked to do it for free and he demanded money.

[VenomBlackViper]

I've ignored this topic so far because I found this whole "he sold out" shit really fucking stupid. You people seem to forget it's HIS fucking life not yours, when you get on Eminems level then you can turn down getting paid millions of dollars to be in commercials at one of the biggest sporting events of the year.
People above also brought up my other point, if they offered you the chance to do what he did would you turn that shit down? if so you must be fucking stupid, it's easy money to star in commercials and GOOD commercials at that. On top of that once new Eminem leaks or a trailer for his movie come out then this topic is gonna be forgotten and you'll move on to complaining about other shit. I agree with some complaints about him but this shit is SO FUCKING STUPID.

/end motherfucking rant

[FreeSpeech]

Since when is it "selling out" to use your image to make easy cash?

Lmao... Man, seriously

I quite like you so am not trying to be a dick but, that line just looks like you're trolling or makes you look very silly, to anyone who truly understands the term selling-out.

Eminem does not = ice tea. But Eminem did now once = ice tea, for a price-tag. Ice tea has nothing to do with Eminem, he's endorsing a product for cash. What do you think selling-out means? The key word there is selling, though... out is just as important.

He SOLD (out) his name / image / likeness and 'artistic baggage' to Lipton Brisk ice tea, for a period of time (30 seconds in ad time) to allow them to use it to leverage their product. Selling-out does not get much clearer than that man. He cheapened his name, selling-out = compromising your image, or integrity FOR money. That's why it's called SELLING-out.

He put a price-tag on his name. He lessened the name Eminem, by associating it with a random product, which he openly endorsed by default, for MONEYYY.

And ps. the "Love the Way You Lie" as selling-out is... I mean you got this shit totally backwards to be fair lmao. It's hilarious to me how you consider... a, realistic, brutal song about domestic violence with Rihanna on the chorus (THINK ABOUT WHY HE USED HER!!) - A very public victim, of domestic violence, one of the most famous in recent times...

It's hilarious to me you consider THAT selling-out and yet consider endorsing ice fucking tea in a commercial as totally fine? You got them totally reversed. He put Rihanna on the chorus to create a paradox man, and the song itself... just because it happened to of been a no.1 - Since when has the easy route to e a hit been realistic, angry rapping about two lovers beating the shit out of each other?

The song is not compromised, in its execution or intent. Where as, Eminem - the rapper, actor, lyricist - randomly giving Lipton Brisk ice tea the power of all of that, for a chunk of change - is a compromise by default. It's whoring his name out, it's whoring out the Eminem brand.

It's like prostitution. Imagine his name as a pussy, what did he do? He leased the pussy for a period of time, for money. Sound familiar? = Selling-out. Does a whore have integrity.

PS. For the record selling-out is NOT confined to art. Paris Hilton is a sell-out, because she compromises her integrity and dignity. Eminem doesn't have to compromise his MUSIC to be a sell-out. Eminem the artist never goes away, was it Eminem the normal guy doing that ad? NO. It was Eminem the superstar public figure... Therefore, he's in 'artist character' and is leasing that for cash, and being Lipton's bitch. Slim Shady sold his cunt to Lipton.

You can be a sell-out as a person, artist and publc-figure. And that's what he became when he did that ad, just because his music is in-tact doesn't justify THAT. Doesn't have to be in his MUSIC. He's a public-figure. Eminem is a brand name in itself.

I think you misread homie, I said, despite hating LTWYL, it's NOT selling out, go back and look...

[xxTrigger1989xx]

He did it because he likes football and wanted to be a part of the Superbowl. That's why I think he did it. The money was just a bonus

[FreeSpeech]

He did it because he likes football and wanted to be a part of the Superbowl. That's why I think he did it. The money was just a bonus

I think he did it to broadcast subliminal messages to 111 million people that tell us to rape our own mothers and murder our girls

[Bubba]

1. LOL @ He only makes 15% of album sales. OMGZ!!! how will Eminem be able to find his next meal? Maybe i should tell all these charity's for children in Africa Eminem is in much more need of the money and support....

Lmao
That means he's like US$ 200.000.000 out of album sells alone

[TheRealSlimShady79]

I keep on hearing these "so called true eminem fans" saying he's a sellout because he's collabing with Rihanna, P!nk and Lil Wayne. They want the old em back.