nope. not at all.

he's one of the greats. folks used to be try to "only see that he's white ignoring skill, because he stood out like a green hat with an orange bill."

when i lived in the south and we'd go through our cd wallets for long road trips (i played basketball and football) we'd always trade and listen to each other's music. To see who had what and folks were listening to.

i was cali boy, and they all had southern music, and besides kast (and dungeon fam) i wasn't really listenin to too much of any of it. and they'd always clown me for listenin to him. and i'd clown them claimin southern music was not lyrical.

"drug ballad" makes you laugh, and think about the drug scene. "who knew" talks about real issues, he really went in on influence and the critics. "if i had" if you're strugglin to make it, or ever dealt with any of that stuff, you can totally relate. "rock bottom" ain't nothin corny about that song. "cum on everybody" is the biggest single that never was, however sometimes they sneak it on the radio.
"the real slim shady" has a crazy true identity to it. like the beat and that time period and all of that were really captured, him and dre were in their creative pocket.

he put on a clinic in lyricism on "murder murder." and showed you how home field advantage pays off when you rap over your own beat, going against "blueprint" jay in his prime, and making it his song. "renegades"

out of all of the veterans in the game and people who have been doing it as long as he has, why is he one of the few "pure" rappers that ventured out and started making his own beats? yeah he may not have listened to all of the same records as a nas or jay z, but to deny his ability or that he's one of the greatest diminishes the validity/strength of your opinion.

he can't be that good at rappin on accident. and it's out of a genuine respect and appreciation of the culture. he's rap's larry bird, and if ashers, macs, yelas, are produced because they patterned themselves after him, the white rapper label kinda falls to the wayside, and its just about being good.