Almostlity wrote:
Rihanna = #1 Pop star at the moment
Lil Wayne = one of the Biggest Rapper at the moment
yeah, i'm sure he put them on his album just because he likes them, haha.
Em thinks TECH N9NE is dope and likes his music, yet he didn't put him on his album because it wouldn't sell as much as Wayne/Rihanna collabs.
Em's a sell-out,deal with it.
This logic makes Tech N9ne just as much a sell-out as Eminem ("Fuck Food" anyone?) (if not more so because Eminem was known in mainstream at the time he had a collab with Lil Wayne. Tech N9ne has now gained popularity in mainstream, but it's not comparable to a Lil Wayne or an Eminem).
Also, personally I think he explained his collabs with Lil Wayne in Talkin' To Myself:
"I almost made a song dissin Lil Wayne
It’s like I was jealous of him cause the attention he was gettin’
I felt horrible about myself
He was spittin and I wasn’t
Anyone who was buzzin back then coulda got it
Almost went at Kanye too
God it feels like I’m goin’ psychotic
Thank god that I didn’t do it
I would of had my ass handed to me"
He had something to prove.
As far as Rihanna is concerned... She was the
perfect choice for that song. Together with Whitney Houston (and that was in the news a couple years back, so it wouldn't have that much sense) Rihanna is the most famous example as a victim of domestic violence. If Eminem had worked together with Skylar Grey, it would have been just another song, but together with Rihanna it just gained intensity.
Had he worked together with Lady Gaga instead of Skylar Grey on "I need a doctor" as it was suggested at first, now that would have been debatable. But he didn't.
