deser_eagle

you must listen to 50 cent, cos your a faggot.

I'd like to see you write:

I'm above average in verbal cemantics/
The Aurora Borialis in the form of a rap ballad/
They look at me like poor bastard/
Why can't you manipulate Billboard with all your metaphor magic?/

You just dont understand what hes saying. Herb.

Ill Explicit does have some very valid points though. When you think back, Eminem was kinda a innovator. What was ruling in 1996? Bad Boy and Death Row = Puff Daddy and Dre = gangsta crap. Eminem was prolly one of the few that took clever punchlines and great lyricism at a high standard. Even though Infinite wasn't incredibly original, it has almost unmatched lyricism. I don't know many rappers that can write like this:

In a slug fest I get physical like physicians
Invisible like magicians wit mystical mic traditions

Thats 3 eight-syllable rhymes... just cos he makes a few pop singles now and has an image now doesnt mean he sucks... sure his lyrics are average these days, but I know most of you who hate him now hated him even during his Marshall Mathers/Slim Shady days but didn't have a reason until Eminem Show and this racism crap started. You would make 3 pop singles out of an album of 15 songs too if it could earn you $80 million over 4 years.

I do agree however, that Canibus will win.

And also don't forget that Eminem was actually one of the first white rappers, whether you believe it or not. Besides Vanilla Ice and Eyedea, I don't know many other ESTABLISHED white rappers that started before 1996, when Eminem released his first official record - this means it's likely Eminem has been battling since as early as 1992.