Amadeo wrote:I think this is an area where a lot of rappers fall short.
Their flow game might be tight, and their spitting game might be hot, but they need to make sure they're also good at shock value.
That's why Eminem succeeded. That's why MMLP/SSLP were so good, because he was making fags angry and the dumb sluts got offended by his sexist comments. When I heard As The World Turns I was like![]()
![]()
![]()
"Dammmn that's good shock value."
Then Eminem made TES and he fell off, because he didn't make any songs with shock value.
Nowadays you hear terrible rappers like Lil Wayne who just don't have any good shock value. Maybe if Yelawolf called someone a n*gger and said "Jesus is a cunt" then we'd all go![]()
"Omg, he didn't just say what I think he did, did he?" And Yelawolf would become the new Mr Don't Give a Fuck and he'd be good.
All these years of lurking and I was actually taking you seriously as a poster...