by Satire » Mar 3rd, '11, 18:49
Yes.
On a personal level, he opened my eyes to rap. I used to think it was annoying and repetitive because of the stereotypes that exploded in what I like to call "the shit era". When I heard Eminem, I learned there was alot more to it. There was meaning, there was emotion, there was story telling. When I heard his songs, I related to it and was like "Wow, this guy is preaching my life right to me". He's the first musician that, when I listened, it made me think about my life.
As a technical rapper, he basically taught me lyricism. First, it was because he just said some funny ass, shocking shit that made me go like "Wow". But I always knew there was something about his rhyming that made him better than other rappers, and then I started to notice that unlike the other shitheads I heard on the radio, he rhymed more than one syllable at the end of each rhyme. I was BLOWN AWAY by Sing For The Moment. There's alot of rappers that have multis out the ass, but I still haven't found one that uses them like Eminem did. Not to mention the emotion and melody he puts in his music. He was close to the perfect rapper in his prime. He wrote so many flawless songs, he's a genius.
I don't listen to him so much anymore because I've discovered other rappers and I've pretty much played the fuck out of his discography, but he'll always be my favorite artist in any genre.