Re: OT: Eminem's unreleased CD hits No. 2

[cstaylor]

Personally, I'd like to go No. 2 and No. 1 on Eminem's new CD.

Wahn Wahn Waaaa.... wakawakawaka... one thing you can say about Eminem... he's truly trash.

[Crispy]

He has songwriting talent and a grasp of the English language that surpasses 99.999% of his fans, but he doesn't need any ability to sell the kind of music he makes. His talent is going to waste.

[mercutio]

I've been in the music industry at various levels for about 15 years and while it pains me in some ways to say it in reference to eminem...

It is just as hard to write a hit song as it is to write a good song.... they just arent necessarily the same thing.

I dont like him but even I have to admit that *someone* in his organization is doing a good job of turning out hits and selling records

[mitch]

Eminem receives terror threat. I can only hope.

And another.
Eminem is a Bigot (in short)

The notion that there's something courageous about this attraction has been carefully cultivated; it's a classic marketing strategy. But in fact, Eminem's ascension is a glaring example of the herd reflex passing for rebellion. The real dissenters are the activists who've been pummeled for failing to see the complexity and originality of this bleach-blond Baudelaire. As a former rock critic, I know how easy it is to throw the word genius around. In this case, however, it's not about a lack of standards. It's about using the imprimatur of art to avoid looking your pleasure in the eye.

I hope Al Qaeda gets him. Then I only have to put up with MTV doing a bunch of shows about him dying.