Tiger Woods Member since Feb 15th 2004 18427 posts
Fri Jan-21-11 09:03 PM
29. "An Eminem album where he just relaxes on the mic and doesn't pick beats" In response to In response to 0
He's probably the most talented rapper alive, but he can't write a great song to save his life. There's always some gay ass angle-he's a psycho, he's white trash, he's being silly, he's a recovering addict, he's sick of being famous, he's annoyed by boy bands-man just shut up and rap about how good you are like Jay-Z and Black Thought do. There's a place for reflection but it's always super defensive and it's on damn near every song. For a guy who's that famous he seems bizarrely out of touch with current events and contemporary pop music.
And he just cannot pick beats that don't sound generic and deliberately aimed for arenas. I thought nearly every beat on Recovery sounded the same, so imagine my surprise at finding out there were like 7 different producers on it.
I'd love to hear him over Justice League or Mannie Fresh where he isn't telling them what he wants, they're instead giving him something that's almost finished and just needs lyrics.