EMINEM; Not a Commodity
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Published: June 16, 2002

To the Editor:

Re ''Eminem III: Now He's a Franchise'' by Jon Pareles [June 2]:

Eminem's latest album, ''The Eminem Show,'' is not, as Mr. Pareles writes, the emergence of another tired franchise. It is a rap album. What Mr. Pareles calls a shtick is actually an introspection and wonder that have rarely been seen in the genre.

Though his interests may appear to be strictly commercial, no one has done more than Eminem to turn a once-stifled art form into something fresh, alive and limitless. It is Mr. Pareles's article that is a commodity: Eminem as a Sunday afterthought, digestible and unthreatening.

MICHAEL CLARK
Woodstock, Vt.
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WHAT THE FUCK? How many people thought that before eminem came along rappers didnt do anything different? I really must know.