Post by rfan8312 on Aug 27, 2021 19:47:16 GMT
Eminem - My Darling
I followed most of his career and it is a sort of fairy tale of the depths he came from, receiving an unusual amount of tools for his craft. Rhyming words that you wouldn't expect, rapidly, with bizarre laser precision enunciation. The look, the humor, the lack of fear of offending people, an alignment with hip hop royalty Dr. Dre, the creation of an alter ego named Slim Shady that every young male on Earth seemed to fall in love with. I was in my 20's when Eminem blew up and no one in any circles I knew of denied Slim Shady. I'd argue that he became the most famous person in the world at one point.
By the time this song was released Eminem was a prisoner of his own fame. I don't know of any actor, aside from maybe Leonardo DiCaprio who couldn't go anywhere without causing mass hysteria (Sharon Stone spoke of this in an interview calling it sad). On the album the song after this one is amazing as well called 'Careful What You Wish For'.
For a true Eminem fan, obsessed years ago with recordings of him in hotel rooms and clubs and street corners slaying other rappers before he was known worldwide, the 11/10 execution here of the "a deal with the devil" concept is 100% spot on.
I followed most of his career and it is a sort of fairy tale of the depths he came from, receiving an unusual amount of tools for his craft. Rhyming words that you wouldn't expect, rapidly, with bizarre laser precision enunciation. The look, the humor, the lack of fear of offending people, an alignment with hip hop royalty Dr. Dre, the creation of an alter ego named Slim Shady that every young male on Earth seemed to fall in love with. I was in my 20's when Eminem blew up and no one in any circles I knew of denied Slim Shady. I'd argue that he became the most famous person in the world at one point.
By the time this song was released Eminem was a prisoner of his own fame. I don't know of any actor, aside from maybe Leonardo DiCaprio who couldn't go anywhere without causing mass hysteria (Sharon Stone spoke of this in an interview calling it sad). On the album the song after this one is amazing as well called 'Careful What You Wish For'.
For a true Eminem fan, obsessed years ago with recordings of him in hotel rooms and clubs and street corners slaying other rappers before he was known worldwide, the 11/10 execution here of the "a deal with the devil" concept is 100% spot on.
