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Re: Eminems success / labels future



Well, I saw that show, too.  I'm not into the rap stuff, but I liked the
mood he created.  I thought he was very talented.  Haven't heard him since.

M...


At 06:00 PM 9/30/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Well, not to get into an off topic flame war, but the one time I saw him 
>do a
>song with Elton John, it seemed like he was just saying the words he had
>written with no regard to the song's meter or structure.  Like rather than
>craft a line with a specific number of sylabols and put them in time in
>relation to the beat, he just said them as fast as he needed to before he 
>had
>to let Elton do his part.
>
>Give me Chuck D any day of the week.
>
>but that's just this man's opinion.
>
>Mark Sottilaro
>
>Steve Lawson wrote:
>
>> > Is it only me that thinks Eminem's sense of rhythm is completely off?
Not
>> only
>> > do I seem to have to (when I can't avoid him) here is asinine 
>rhetoric,
>> but
>> > it's rhythmically all over the place.  I'm not just talking "loose" 
>I'm
>> taking
>> > "suck."  Don't perpetrate the stereotype...
>>
>> Really?????? I think Eminem's sense of timing is INCREDIBLE - seriously,
I'm
>> so into his rhythmic thing it's not funny. The jury's still out on 
>whether
>> he's a remarkable social satirist or just trailor trash with a recording
>> budget, but I'm well into his rhythm...
>>
>> Steve
>> www.steve-lawson.co.uk
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