Throughout this op, I will purposely try to stray away from the fact that Eminem is white, for I feel this, along with media hype and his general controversial being detract from his undeniable talent as a hip hop 'mc.' I thus want to focus more intimately on his character and music. I will not mention his poor upbringing, his loathing of his mother or even his dead uncle Ronney. Nor will I give any mention to his turbulent relationship with ex wife Kim, or his much publicised use of narcotics, or his trial for 'pistol whipping' someone for that matter. I'm sure you can find all kinds of weird and wonderful facts by consulting other ops, but for now ..  Read the complete review

Though Eminem has sometimes been described as an overnight success, Eminem has grown from a poor boy from the street’s of Detroit to one of the best Emcee in the world today. Eminem has influenced the rap game with his rhyming skills and his twisted lyrics. Eminem was born Marshall Bruce Mathers 111 in Kansas City, Missouri, he was born 0ctober the l7th, 1975, and he was raised by his mother (Debbie Mathers) as his father left when he was six months old. Eminem had a very unsettled childhood, moving house every couple of months, he first lived in Kansas City then moved to Detroit when he was five, then from five to nine years of age he moved to Kansas ...  Read the complete review

As I contemplated writing this opinion, I wondered if I would come off as being a hypocrite. This is because while I would not want my own young children listening to Eminem, I personally derive a great deal of pleasure from listening to his music and find him to be an extremely talented artist. Eminem is not right for everyone and should not be listened to by everyone, but in his proper context, I believe that Eminem should be regarded as one of the most gifted artists of this time. Yes, Eminem's lyrics are explicit and offensive to many groups. Yes, he talks about killing his wife, beating homosexuals, having sex with many girls, doing drugs, drinking ...  Read the complete review

BBBBBBBOOOOORRRRIIIIINNNNNGGGGGG Nah, not him, the opinion. I don’t want to write this for Christ’s sake, stop me! <Sigh> It’s 01:58 (time of writing, not posting), I’m not even a bit sleepy, and I might be going insane. Um, I just read an Eminem op (I always scan through the new music ops at night, leaving snotty comments), so I figured I should do one too. I’m filled with that special feeling of uncertainty, that this opinion will even been finished, let alone posted. I have a hundred of ‘em, gathering dust on my hard-drive. It’s like an opinion graveyard or something. I might just be talking to myself, I ...  Read the complete review

When I first heard about Eminem, and heard his songs, I admit to humming along to a couple of them, but I didn't really listen to the lyrics much at that time. Then, as he made the headlines more and more with his behaviour and words to his songs, I began to sit up and take notice. I realised then that the words to his songs spoke about rape, violence and assaults on women. I soon changed my opinion after that. His attitude, even though a lot of it may be for the press and publicity, simply stinks. He apparently said on Radio last week that his Mother should have been shot at birth - in which case he wouldn't be here now though, would he? What a ...  Read the complete review