Jaba wrote:Sing For The Moment may be amazing. But it did not have the effect or the reactions Rap God had.
How do you know, though?
Different eras. There was no Youtube when Sing For The Moment was released. No Twitter or Facebook. The internet was still pretty young.
Not to mention, no effort was made to create a video for Sing For The Moment (it was a bunch of footage thrown together), the video didn't come out for a year and the single was promoted less than Rap God. But a shit load of people loved Sing For The Moment at the time. It was just one of many great Eminem songs coming out at the time, and it was overshadowed by the success of Lose Yourself.
I can guarantee in ten years' time, far more people will remember the words to Sing For The Moment than they will Rap God. It's a much more memorable song.