by AbramIsaac » Dec 26th, '12, 18:06
I'm glad Yelawolf got the picture.
That guy knows what's up. He heard his fans, and he went back to what he does best. He knew from the beginning what he was doing though, and made it clear. His was a tactical move, that could have worked with enough backing, to bring in a wider audience that hasn't heard of him yet. Convert them over, bring them in on what he does, and then build his fanbase. Instead, he disappointed his existing fanbase, and built just about nothing.
Slaughterhouse seemed to think that they were making something so goddamn special that "Throw it Away" was an acceptable compromise to their artistic integrity. Well, no, it wasn't. Those guys can't seem to get together to make anything incredibly interesting anyway, there's no need to fuck it up even more by bringing Swizz Beats in to make a fucking strip club anthem. Guess what, I've been to the strip club once or twice, and I've heard Eminem playing in there multiple times in one night. Granted, not top caliber Eminem songs by any means, but a far shot from "Throw it Away", which is exactly what should have been done with the idea to make this song in the first place.
Yelawolf said fuck it, and went back into his pre-major mindset. That will work for him, because he was able to build with less, anything he gets now as a result of the increased resources and association with Eminem will be a bonus. Slaughterhouse is full of solo rappers, essentially. They may not be able to agree enough, or break themselves down in front of eachother, to take the risks necessary to make truly unique and innovative songs. We shall see, because those guys can all rap, but they seem to lose any kind of true artistry once they get together. Take away the alcohol and drugs? Well, it might work for them, but I'm not sure that's what caused them to settle for shitty song concepts and awful beats.
"America...just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable" — Hunter S. Thompson"Poison the well, your enemies are thirsty!" — Modest MouseJesus Christ wrote:Fuck all South Pacific island and island-continents.