Comments on: Eminem Covers XXL

By: j-cup

j-cup — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:19:50 +0000

yo sherm, if you kno anything about hip hop you know em’s a legend. plain and simple, hes a fuckin legend. the marshal mathers lp is still to this day the fastest selling hip hop album ever. the eminem show is a classic, relapse is dope, and the slim shady lp was bomb. eminem broke down barriers changed hip hop forever. so unless your a dumbass you’ll recognize em’s ridiculous skill. no matter how old he gets, i stay bumpin em’s shit erryday. dumbass.

By: Mally

Mally — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:51:58 +0000

WITH A SONG LIKE “WE MADE YOU” HE SHOULDA HAD ON RICHARD SIMMONS SHORT WITH A SEX ON THE BEACH IN HIS RIGHT HAND…

MAN EMINEM JUST REALLY TURNED ME OFF (PAUSE) WITH THAT SINGLE….FRIGGIN GEE WILLIKERS BBY GOLLY GOSH DARNIT MARSHALL…

@ TC…AT LEAST JADA GOT THE THERMAL ON AND ALL OF THAT WITH THAT PURPLE DADDY!

BUT WHAT WOULD FAT TONY SAY ABOUT THIS XXL COVER: GETDAFUCKAWWDAHEA!!!

ANOTHA TIME,

MALLY

By: Baby Paw

Baby Paw — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:44:49 +0000

Age ain’t nothing but a number, the older cats pee over most these young dudes anyway case in example, Ghostface, NAS, Jay-Z, Raekwon, Busta Rhymes, Mos Def, Rakim, Black Thought, GZA, Bun B, Scarface etc.

These younger cats need to actually need to get their game on point, and actually produce a decent emcee, besides Blu and Wale I ain’t tipping my hat to any of them. I’m prettier and wittier than a lot of them, on a bad hair day.

None of these noveau cats will cut it anyway, they’ll come and go like the wind, it’s the true skool artists still holding down the fort, they can’t be shifted, because they refuse to be budged.

By: Dirk Dreezy

Dirk Dreezy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:13:22 +0000

Can ANYONE explain who the fuck put an age limit on hip hop music, this is the only genre where the listener is so IGNORANT they base things on age rather than the music the artist produces for you to listen too. Half the people on this blog werent even around in the so called ‘”golden years” of hip hop. Age has NOTHING to do with the quality of music and once we get off this tip maybe we can start appreciating what the art as a whole brings to the table.

By: Deen

Deen — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:21:48 +0000

Agreed…

But Jigga is old as fuck.

By: The Real Anonymous

The Real Anonymous — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:41:47 +0000

I believe that the age of an emcee has now been extended greatly as evidenced by artists such as Jay-Z.

Hip-Hop as a genre and culture is still relatively young. I remember while growing up, it was fairly easy to spot the “old rappers trying to advance.” It was the way that they spit. But now… gone are the days when an emcee’s flow is a dead giveaway to his or her age.

If someone did not tell you Em or Nas’s ages… I highly doubt that it would even be a factor.

Around a decade ago, I would have sworn to you that someone such as Jigga would not be able to be as relevant as he currently is. But as said, Hip-Hop is really in its infancy if you are around my age.

So that is why I posed the question Sherm – it was certainly not to go at you in any way.

It is amazing to [finally] see a time when Hip-Hop artists can now be just like the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith’s, or Bon Jovi’s. Still making great music, selling out shows, still winning awards, and still selling records.

Before, the genre was just too young. But it is crazy how it has evolved – and so quickly in its acceptance of an “older” emcee.

I for one think it is great. No one is telling Mick, Steven, or Jon to hang up their mics…

Why should it be any different for an emcee?

By: 500K Flea

500K Flea — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:14:25 +0000

@ Sherm: So what’s a prime age to retire in rap??? I thought that most emcees got better with time (the good ones at least) because they had more experiences to talk about. It seems that 30+ is taboo in hiphop or something.

By: MAD MAX

MAD MAX — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:25:12 +0000

“his face is blatantly photo shopped”
True, they fitted the Punisher’s eyes in his face to make him appear more similar to the superhero.
Other than that I think it’s a funny cover and I hope Em lives up to it Punishing every faker in the game.

By: ANDRIULLI25

ANDRIULLI25 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:04:41 +0000

his face is blatantly photo shopped

By: xg4sx

xg4sx — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:56:34 +0000

well rakim hasnt put out a album since 99, so dont know how he’s getting a pass on making music. snoop had a make over, think “shizzle”. jay did kingdom come as his “remake” but well that CD sucked, so he went back to the AG hustler ways. nas got his spark back with either, but then dropped untitled, and well that speaks for it’s self.

em’s marketing has been a gimmick from the start, look at my name is, the video, the bleached hair(he has brown hair in real life). pretty much the only way white emcee’s will sell is with a gimmick (asher:college/bubba:redneck) get the avg fans to buy, cause most the real heads are already checking and can recognize skills when they come along.

and em’s not going to do ’00 em numbers, no one will, not in this econ/music market. if he does 750K it will be a smash. i mean kanye only did like 450k with 808, and he can be argued as one of the biggest hiphop/pop stars out right now.