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Topic subjectRE: Yea agreed but he used to make good songs that's why it's glaring.
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13363202, RE: Yea agreed but he used to make good songs that's why it's glaring.
Posted by spitfire, Wed Jan-22-20 06:48 AM
>>I don’t listen to Em for replay value.. I listen for dope
>>lines and dexterity and I guess I’ve gotten better with
>>approaching rappers like him without holding them to the
>same
>>standard as a Jay.
>
>Like I know Em has always been polarizing for everyone for
>various reasons but IMO in the first part of his career, he
>was obviously a glorified battle rapper, but he was still able
>to make interesting and good songs even if he was still
>clearly just rappity rapping for the most part. The production
>was a huge part of that but he also flowed with said beats way
>better at that time.
>
>His last few albums the beats have been mostly somber and
>boring and he's just Bone Thugz' rapping over them a good
>chunk of the time.


You mean when Dre and his team were full on producing his stuff?