It's nice to be around fans that understand rap; I recall many groupies yelling about how horrible "Infinite" was. I thought it was tight as hell.

If you compare it to Em's newer work- well, it's much different. His voice is just so recognizable and distinguishable now, it's great, much more powerful than it used to be. However, his first album had a kind of calm, cool feeling to it, not all hectic and angry as he is today (not that that's a bad thing or good thing in anyway).

I remember many saying his first album sucked, and I think it pissed Em off. And so Slim Shady was born- and in his next album, we witness a complete mirror of Infinite. He's angry, he's funny, he's dissing countless people, and it seemed to launch him to stardom.

Sometimes I hate to say it, but it seemed like a mixture of raw talent and slight (very slight) "selling out" that made Em so popular- it was neccesarry. No one would take a white rapper seriously unless he became noticed. Eminem was so determined, it's really inspirational, and he dominated the music industry and now he's a household name.

Now that everyone knows him and recognizes him, he seems to be in a third stage- now it's just straight up gangster rap. His voice is much deeper than before, as well. He doesn't have many puns, punches, jokes... But his music is powerful. "Go To Sleep", fucking awesome song... "Fight Music"... There's so many.

In the end, I really don't think fame has gotten to Em. He's said he tries to think like every minute of fame could be his last, so he never lets it get to him, and everyone who interviewed him has found him to be more humble than they would expect. To accomplish what he has accomplished and managed to be such a great rapper and become so recognized, I beleive he really does deserve all the fame he's gotten.